Engineer Brains
Master tinkerer, retired.
Loves: old Macs, cats, humour, SF&F, Star Trek
Loathes: politics, sport, Facebook, Google, anything POSIX
This might be he/it/oi-you.
- Canard! Pato! Anka! Ow!
- America, you're so screwed.
- Pretty much.
- Are yas gonna come quietly, or do I has ta rough yas up!
- Australians still sporting an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or iPhone X are advised *NOT* to update to iOS v16.7.13, released Tuesday by Apple. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
- Over three quarters of all cars in America are either white, black, or one of fifty shades of grey in between. Meanwhile in Australia ...
- Calling all floppies, calling all floppies ... David Pogue needs some help. He wants to include an audio file of a Macintosh floppy drive in action, but so far hasn't been able to find anything on the web. Can anyone help? (FB shortlink: tinyurl.com/yevdashe )
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- May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
- Why you should never EVER subscribe to media influencer channels on YT, TikTok or other services: They can collect AND SELL your personal data. www.forbes.com/sites/martin...
- Scary news for electronic musicians as one of the best-known names in the business faces closure: www.musicradar.com/music-tech/n...
- Remember when people started putting their iPhones up on FBM/eBay because they still had Fortnite running on them? Same thing's happening again but now they're advertising "Still runs iOS 18", according to a segment on NPR. When mainstream media goes "iOS 26 sucks" it's really bad.
- The tough part about improvising a home cinema on the #ISS was finding a spot where everyone would be comfortable ... for varying degrees of comfortable. "There's not much space out in space!"
- So you want to work in IT, do you?
- Y'know what I miss most on MacBooks? Socketed RAM & storage? No, 98% of laptops go to e-waste with the config they shipped with. Glowing logo in the lid? Close; it's not a Mac if the logo doesn't glow. What I miss most is the sleep LED.
- I herb you people like puns.
- Now I do.
- The latest issue of PALEBOY - The Magazine of Dirty Archaeology - has just hit the rock-stands.
- It won't be long before they unveil Microsoft Copilot Copilot, a service to explain which Copilot-branded product is the one you're actually looking for.
- If this isn't a @nanoraptor.danamania.com special, then it is definitely inspired by her work.
- Today's juicy truthiness:
- There are usually good reasons for not having some third-rate PC shop repair your iMac.
- Back in 1975, if you read the right comics, you could buy a Star Trek communicator, hand phaser AND tricorder for a mere $3.29. There were flying models of the Enterprise and the Klingon battle-cruiser, too, only $6.95.
- Are you running #OCLP on your old Intel Mac? Sick of the pink-screen lock-ups that happen with Chrome & Electron apps? An explainer & a comprehensive patching tool for over 150 apps (inc. Discord & VS Code) is here: marcosfermin.com/electron-ocl... #OpenCore #macOS
- Today's tech truthiness:
- Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/ #StarTrek
- Jeffrey Combs? Did someone mention Jeffrey Combs, Jeffrey Combs or Jeffrey Combs? www.youtube.com/watch?v=26H_...
- Some kids are just too sharp. A Trekkie friend got this delightful garden ornament for Christmas from his teenage son. Who knew that you could buy Star Trek inspired gnomes!
- I hope everyone is having a happy treksmas.
- A true Pontiac Trans Am, emphasis on the Trans.
- This floof is approximately 10% cat by volume. #Caturday
- Why is tech costing so much more these days? I'm glad you asked.
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- Say no to AI in browsers. kanenarraway.com/posts/can-yo...
- Some original #StarTrek tunes for you this morning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMy...
- Texas does something right for a change, sues multiple manufacturers of 'Smart TVs' (an oxymoron if there ever was one) for tracking what users watch. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
- Forget elf on a shelf, here's:
- Some people will wear fir anywhere.
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- There's taking an idea and running with it, then there's taking an idea only to trip over your own boot-laces and fall face-first into a cow-pat.
- Samsung to end SSD production. www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-to-h...
- How I feel about Apple's "Liquid [Gl]ass" UI design:
- Merry Treksmas.
- Shouldn't be too much longer.
