Thirty years ago today, Apple announced the completion of a 10 month pilot project at the Johns Hopkins Hospital to assess the utility of the Newton MessagePad for health care case managers. web.archive.org/web/1998120505…

A selection of some of my favourite laptops from 1988 to 2008. *Music by Lukhash - Perpetual Motion music.lukhash.com

nuclear electricity isn’t technically renewable like wind and solar, but the reason for that is mostly a semantics issue. 🧵

Twenty eight years ago today, Newton Inc. and Visible Interactive teamed up on iGo — an interactive audio tour for the “America’s Smithsonian” 150th anniversary travelling exhibition. web.archive.org/web/1998020404…

Not only is agentic AI bullshit, but it's a specific kind of bullshit that AI hucksters have busted out in the past, and will bust out in the future, so it's worth spending a minute to unpack this bullshit and catalog its traits so that we don't fall for it. 1/

Hey, German-speakers! Through a very weird set of circumstances, I ended up owning the rights to the German audiobook of my bestselling 2022 cryptocurrency heist technothriller *Red Team Blues* and now I'm selling DRM-free audio and ebooks, along with the paperback (all in German

Calling high rail technology capable of reaching 220 mph "yesterday’s technology," when the maximum train speed in nearly all of the country is 79 mph, is beyond parody.

“"Criminalizing masking in the middle of an ongoing pandemic is a massive failure of public health.” Adam Reich joins us to talk about the erosion of disability rights, the dangers of repeated COVID infections, and what it means to truly “move on.”” #WearARespie 😷

Reverse-Engineering the TDA7000 FM Radio Receiver IC hackaday.com/2025/08/03/rev…

Hey Atomic Eric ⚛️✊ , am preparing gummy bears for nuclear table. Reminded of all banana-centric communications of Generation Atomics. Re-consider the error of your ways! Gummy bears: easier to transport, longer shelf-life… and don’t expose the consumer to radiation!

ちぃたん☆が「Number_i : BON」踊ってみた Chiitan danced to "Number_i : BON"

Alan Kay once said: "Turn up your nose at good ideas. You must only work on great ideas, not good ones." Inspiring, and exasperating. I've been grappling with it for years, on and off. Held as a lens, it really has pushed me to work on projects that have felt a lot more

Initiated by ETH Zurich’s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, "E‑Bike City" explores how cities can repurpose existing road space to prioritise micromobility—(e-)bikes, cargo bikes and scooters—and public transport, while maintaining essential car access.🧵

Twenty six years ago today,Paul Guyot compiled and published the very first edition of the Newton FAQ. This resource is still maintained and actively updated by Grant Hutchinson and the Newton community newtonfaq.com

So do I need to start wearing a neon sign around my neck or

I spoke with Mar Hicks about AI hype, expertise, how tools are used to amass power and reshape systems, and more! fastcompany.com/91384078/nothi…

Twenty eight years ago today, both the eMate 300 and 20th Anniversary Macintosh were awarded best of category prizes in I.D. Magazine’s annual design review. web.archive.org/web/1999022414…

Here are the FACTS. PA House Dems passed bipartisan transit funding and a budget package. PA Senate Republicans LEFT WORK FOR WEEKS to avoid doing the same. They are defunding mass transit and screwing over our kids so their bosses at CF run fake attack ads on Gov. Shapiro. BS!

The transit crisis was avoidable, but today ISEPTAPHILLY cuts begin. I’m calling on my colleagues in Harrisburg to come together and pass a budget that keeps Pennsylvania moving, and I encourage you to continue to add your voice, too. We can still save our public transit.

State #Archives preservation tip: Not all file types are created equal. In digital #preservation, we look for certain file types that offer stability and access. Consider looking at your own digital files: How easily can they be altered by another person? Will you be able to open