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20:10

PDA Week begins!

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/12/07

PalmOS! Windows CE! Psion! Newton! Zaurus! Let's spend this week celebrating, exploring, and marveling in the glory of the Personal Digital Assistant! It may be the age of the Smart Phone, but there's some pretty cool stuff that happened with those PDA's from the 1990s and early 2000s!This episode also available on Lunduke.Locals.com. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe

26:13

Evil A.I. made in evil ways: ChatGPT & GitHub Copilot

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/12/05

Examples of two, popular A.I. systems — OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft GitHub’s Copilot — and how they can negatively impact the world… plus the highly unethical (and illegal) ways that they are developed.This episode also available on Lunduke.Locals.com. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe

23:40

Pondering on Mastodon and the Fediverse

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/12/04

With so many people jumping from Twitter to Mastodon, let's take a moment to talk about some of the downsides (and upsides) of Mastodon... and the Fediverse in general. Along with some of my, rather bizarre, history with it.Podcast also available on Locals. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe

35:08

Lunduke's Normal Computing News - Nov 9, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/11/10

It’s time for the weekly normal computer news. The Big Tech stuff that’s worth taking a look at.Apple now worth more than Google, Amazon, and Meta… combinedSeriously.“Apple finished Wednesday's session with a $2.31 trillion market cap, according to Yahoo! Finance data. Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta were worth a combined $2.3 trillion.”Microsoft sued for GitHub CopilotThe Joseph Saveri Law Firm has filed a suit against Microsoft.According to Bleeping Computing:The complaint was submitted to the U.S

29:51

Lunduke's Weird Computing News - Nov 6, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/11/07

Here is the “Weird” computer news — the retro and alternative OS stuff — for November 6th, 2022!Currently 3 blocker bugs for Haiku Beta 4For those looking forward to the upcoming “imminent" release of Haiku Beta 4… it’s worth noting that, according to the official Haiku bug tracker, there are only 4 issues that are marked as “blocker” for Beta 4.Meaning that — at least as of this very moment — only three known bugs are considered critical to be fixed before Beta 4 is released.What’s more, all three

48:25

Lunduke's Normal Computing News - Nov 2, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/11/03

It’s Wednesday! So let’s talk about the normal computer news. You know. Big Tech stuff. Popular stuff. (Come back on Sunday for the weird computer news…)Upcoming Lunduke Journal EventsNext week is a crazy week here at The Lunduke Journal!* Wednesday, November 9 - Haiku Week beings!* Thursday, November 10 - First Live Call-in Show!* Friday, November 11 - First show in the Lunduke Journal Video Interview Series!* Saturday, November 12 - “macOS Sucks”!For full details on how to join the official

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Lunduke's Weird Computing News - Oct 30, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/30

Got a sale going right now on Lunduke Journal Subscriptions!* Founding Member Subscriptions: $75 / Year (normally $125)* Lifetime Subscriptions: $200 (normally $350)For the details on how to take advantage of it, see this post on Lunduke.Locals.com.It’s time for some weird computer news! None of that mainstream, Big Tech mumbo jumbo. Just the weird, fun, alternative OS and retro stuff!Haiku Week is coming!From November 9th through November 16th, The Lunduke Journal Community will be celebrating

43:05

Lunduke's Normal Computing News - October 26, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/27

Time for your “Normal” computer news! You know. The mainstream stuff. Microsoft, Apple, Linux, Google. That sort of thing.Dive in below, and feel free to listen to the podcast as you go.Apple releases macOS VenturaThis week Apple released the latest revision of their desktop Operating System: “macOS 13 — Ventura”.Among the new features, Stage Manager (a tool for organizing windows on the desktop) and Freeform (a whiteboard-like software for real-time collaboration) seem to be the most

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Lunduke's Weird Computing News - Oct 23, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/24

On Wednesday we talked about the “Normal” computer news.But today is not Wednesday. Today is Sunday.Thus we do the only logical thing… we talk about the “Weird” computer news.Alternative Operating Systems. Retro computing. And funky stuff that most people will never hear about… but are mind-melting-ly awesome.Solitaire via GopherThis isn’t exactly breaking news — it was made back in April — but it was news to me. Plus… it’s so ridiculous and awesome that it deserves to get talked about.Someone

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Lunduke Journal Community Weekly Highlights - Oct 21,...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/21

There is always something fun and nerdy happening over on The Lunduke Journal Community (Lunduke.Locals.com). Let’s take a tour of some of my favorite stuff that’s being talked about this week (ending October 21st, 2022).Note: This is by no means comprehensive. This is just a handful of the fun posts that jumped out at me this week. Things that made me smile. More family friendly, troll-free nerdiness than you can shake a stick at.Here is the podcast. And the links. All in one place.If you

39:36

Lunduke's Normal Computing News - Oct 19, 2022

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/19

Here comes the “Normal Computing” news of the week! What is “Normal Computing”? Stuff about Microsoft, Apple, Google, and the like. Big Tech. The “Big 5”. Mainstream. You know. “Normal”.Microsoft drops “Office” name… “Microsoft is now 365”In “well that’s a dumb idea” news… Microsoft is officially killing off their “Microsoft Office” branding — which has been a cornerstone of the company for over 30 years — and renamed their office suite… “Microsoft 365”.As someone who worked on the Microsoft

31:41

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/17

It’s time for the important news of the week! And this week is a fun one!Haiku Beta 4 is “imminent”!The September “Haiku Activity Report” has a number of excellent updates in it… but this little tidbit at the bottom of the monthly report was especially exciting: Are we beta4 yet?Two blocking issues were resolved last month. The only ones that remain are “tasks” (i.e. not true issues, but things which must be changed before the next release, and should not be hard to do at all.)Thus it is my plan to

26:02

Command Line Week starts... now!

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/12

Officially “Command Line Week” starts at 8am (Eastern) on Wednesday.But I’m just too excited. So I recorded the podcast episode and am posting it about 10 hours early. Let’s do this!Here is a quick outline of the schedule of events (all times Eastern):* Wednesday, Oct 12 @ 8am — Command Line Week kickoff podcast* All Week — The Community posting all manner of Command Line goodies at Lunduke.Locals.com* Saturday, Oct 15 @ 11am — Video Hangout for Founding Members and Lifetime Subscribers* Saturday,

29:56

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/10

What follows is the most important news for the week! Linux-y news! Retro computer news! Alternative OS news! You know… the stuff that matters!The Free Software Foundation is 37 years old!On October 4th, 1985, Richard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation.Weird thought: On October 3rd, 1985, the Free Software Foundation didn’t exist.After all these years, it’s almost hard to imagine a world where the FSF wasn’t around.A physical, retro-Hard-Drive sound simulator: HDD ClickerThis mad

47:10

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/10/03

It’s Sunday! Which means it’s time for some Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing news!You know… the important stuff.The podcast & the article! All in one spot! Huzzah!GNU toolchain hosting moving to… Linux FoundationIt appears that the GNU toolchain projects — which includes GCC, Make and glibc — are preparing to move their hosting entirely to… The Linux Foundation.Seriously.From the announcement:“During the Sourceware / Infrastructure BoF sessions at GNU Cauldron, the GNU Toolchain community

26:24

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News -...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/09/25

The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber PerksThe Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule:Monday - Computer HistoryTuesday - Computer & Linux SatireWednesday - Podcast (Subscriber Exclusive)Thursday - Computer History (Subscriber Exclusive)Friday - Wildcard day! Anything goes!Saturday - Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computer News ArticleSunday - Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computer News Podcast This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers

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Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News -...

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2022/09/19

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"DOS Week" begins at The Lunduke Journal!

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/09/14

* The “Live in DOS for a Week” Challenge* The “DOS Week” subscription sale* The Lunduke Journal Community — Where we are talking about our DOS challengeThe Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber PerksThe Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule:Monday - Computer HistoryTuesday - Computer & Linux SatireWednesday - Podcast (Subscriber Exclusive)Thursday - Computer History (Subscriber Exclusive)Friday - Wildcard day! Anything goes!Saturday - Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computer

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Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News -...

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2022/09/11

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Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News -...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology ·

2022/09/04

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