class war of the desktop

by jebni on June 7, 2004

I use John Gruber’s embedded software on a daily basis, and his lucid Mac nerdery is often really helpful. But his most recent arguments about why OS X has fewer security problems than Windows are nothing short of a form of (…)

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stray cat is crying, so stray cat sings back

by jebni on June 4, 2004

To cope with the heartbreak of missing Cyndi in concert, here’s some live tracks from 1984: “Money Changes Everything“, “She Bop” and “All Through the Night“. Notable in particular are that voice during her onstage banter, the muscularity of the (…)

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so unusual

by jebni on June 4, 2004

Some boys take a beautiful girl And hide her away from the rest of the world I want to be the one to walk in the sun Oh girls they want to have fun Girls just want to have fun (…)

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chromatographic madness

by jebni on June 3, 2004

Early colour photographs of Tsarist Russia. I had no idea, but colour separation photography was apparently used experimentally as far back as the 1860s!