David Blue ※

Self-Described Software Historian and COMPAQ ride or die, Writing In Public, consulting from the bilge, and here to help.

𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺

David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

I was reminded today of the time I managed to capture the sound of a Sound Card's destruction while recording for the first Drywall album. clyp.it/ycvt1wij

October 20, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social
October 20, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

please just put modern stuff in a first-generation iPhone's body. inputmag.com/tech/the-apple-ip

October 20, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

I can't believe I almost forgot about The Computer Chronicles. youtu.be/Jt0OoXluC8g

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

so... you've just watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix and are deeply depressed/terrified about the internet.

well - especially for the grandparents out there - I made some comments I thought were necessary. bilge.world/the-social-dilemma

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social
October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

NOT Old Media.

RT @jason_koebler@twitter.com

Jeffrey Toobin suspended by New Yorker for pulling his dick out on work call, says he did not realize camera was on

vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new

🐦🔗: twitter.com/jason_koebler/stat

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

VIOLENT HALIBUT.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

jesus christ remember this? youtu.be/LSHZ_b05W7o

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social
October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

wow tysm google.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

classic.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

lmao @ what I just found in my Evernote archive.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

this managed to answer a lot of questions about absolute pitch. 20k.org/episodes/perfectpitch

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

more unicode fuckery here: davidblue.wtf/toolbox

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

here's an actual custom dinkus!

⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃ d i n k u s ⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃⎃

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

Microsoft should've bought Palm.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

@minkiu no! I'll have a look.

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

an exact equivalent:

I kill John Tesh, so God adds the following text to the "thou shalt not kill" commandment: "except when David Blue kills John Tesh."

October 19, 2020
David Blue ※
DavidBlue@mastodon.social

I guess we'd all been wondering how exactly Facebook was going to explain leaving Tump's islamophobic post(s) up... they made literally the WORST POSSIBLE CHOICE. like... it would've legitimately been better for them to be like "because we felt like it" than this.

October 19, 2020