Quality of life changes, week 45 2024

I overheard a few techbros having a conversation next to me at this coffee shop. It was easy, they weren’t using their indoor voices: Dude A: Day one seems to all be about accessibility. They have workshops and… Dude B: Well that’s a massive wank. Day two? Being an older millennial, I can still remember when nerds were on the side of the...

I read a lot of blogs. My public blogroll is woefully out of date; I probably have close to a third more feeds in my reader than what I have published there. Independent writers are my favourite, because I get enough curated, sanitised corporate media in my $DAYJOB and other places. I realise though that while I’ve mentioned how to start...

It might shock some of you to know I spend time in coffee shops. Apothecary Coffee is my favourite on Sydney’s North Shore, tucked away next to the Zenith building in Chatswood. They do great espresso, but I’m a particular fan of their pour-overs. This is opposed to a pour-on, which I’ve thankfully only performed at this coffee shop twice....

In no particular order: The parameters for FORMAT in DOS to prepare a 720 KiB double density floppy disk, instead of high density. When Funan Centre in Singapore was The IT Mall. How to answer a phone call that’s a fax. “Hello, Ruben speaking…” PSSSHHHHHHHHHH aaah hang up and press the button! How to recover a PC bitten by the Chernobyl virus,...

I loved reading syndicated comic strips when I was a kid. I had all the Garfield Fat Cat Three Pack volumes, and oodles of Far Side and FoxTrot. It was also so much fun as a kid seeing them adopt Xmas decorations at that time of year. And yet, I never really made the transition to web comics; Matchstick Cats from my friend Neil notwithstanding. I...