Macboy

11/07/2024

Finally a feature worth upgrading for.

Looks like we’ve got some bad apples with iPhones.

01/25/2024

Watching live!

Welcome to the Computer History Museum channel on YouTube. We're committed to preserving and presenting the history and stories of the Information Age. Here ...

11/01/2023

I actually thought the biggest surprise was going to be that the entire event was AI generated art. via Inc. Magazine

The entire thing was shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

07/14/2023

This was an interesting session, check out the recorded Zoom.

"In yesterday's discussion of The Apple II Age, author Laine Nooney and historian Finn Brunton explored the history of the pioneering Apple II and the software titles that helped personal computers become part of our daily lives. The session recording is now available for viewing."

via Internet Archive

Join us for an engrossing origin story of the personal computer—showing how the Apple II’s software helped a machine transcend from hobbyists’ plaything...

06/26/2023

One more thing ...

This video was created using AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and others. It shows the possibilities of what's possible with AI and it starts a conversation...

05/16/2023

Check your old Gmail accounts for stuff you might want to keep, consider retiring them permanently and officially.

Google today announced that it is updating its inactive account policy, with Google Accounts that have not been used in at least two years to be...

12/11/2022

Trying out YouTube Shorts

The entire movie boiled down to a YouTube Short.

05/19/2022

Thank you for the excellent music!

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

05/13/2022

To eleven!

The band is getting back together. A sequel is in the works to the 1984 rock mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” with director Rob Reiner returning alongside stars Michael McKean, Christ…

01/20/2022

Journalist Jason Snell of MacWorld deserves an award for writing a tech article everyone can understand and appreciate.

Why the Green Bubble Kerfuffle misses the point of why iMessage exists—and how Apple could do better

07/07/2021

Finally some important audio industry news!

The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance industry group is leading an effort to finally get rid of "male" and "female" connector terminology and replace it with something not horrible.

06/15/2021

Uh oh, it's 2002 all over again. Via MacRumors
"Some M1 iMac Models Shipping With Crooked Mountings"
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/14/m1-imac-crooked-mountings/

17"

06/09/2021

The new Universal Control feature demoed at WWDC reminded me of this oldie. https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22523322/apple-wwdc-impressive-drag-and-drop-universal-control-demo

Multiple Monitors

06/09/2021

All the old comics right here.

Archives of my old series of comic strips about Macintosh culture, ran from 2000-2003 on http://macboy.com/cartoons/ztp

11/03/2020

I post this every 4 years.

11/01/2020

Some of these old cartoons are so insider I forget what I meant when I made them. But considering we are on the path to peace in the Middle East, I'm reposting.

Conflict

02/26/2020

Not entirely necessary but FUN!

Get the ‘ambience and vibe’ of the legendary LA facility

02/19/2020

✂️

A pioneering computer scientist who worked at Apple from 1980 to 1997, Larry Tesler died this week at the age of 74.