My coworkers made me use Mac OS 9 for their (and your) amusement | Ars Technica

My coworkers made me use Mac OS 9 for their (and your) amusement | Ars Technica For about $75, I was able to pick up an 800MHz model with 512MB of RAM and a 40GB hard drive. It worked but included a non-working battery, no power adapter, and a wonky power jack. For $8.86, I picked up a new power jack (happily, it was separate from the main logic board in those days), and another $15 got me a used genuine Apple adapter (third-party substitutes are widely available for a few dollars less, but I am terrified of cheap off-brand chargers). That brought my total to a little under $100.

Adventures in old-timey usage of one of the very best laptops ever made. Mine still works perfectly, although it boots in to Jaguar, not OS9.

The making of Raspberry Pi Zero - The Magpi MagazineThe Magpi Magazine

The making of Raspberry Pi Zero - The Magpi MagazineThe Magpi Magazine The MagPi talks to Eben Upton and Mike Stimson about why the Raspberry Pi Zero exists, and how it was made

The very disruptive technology with a safe, cute name.

Teardown reveals Apple Smart Keyboard is not repairable -- but super durable | Cult of Mac

Teardown reveals Apple Smart Keyboard is not repairable -- but super durable | Cult of Mac The new teardown from iFixit reveals how Apple made the Keyboard/Smart Cover super durable by encapsulating the entire product in some high tech fabric that should make it last much longer than a normal keyboard, which is good because it is also impossible to repair.

Hopefully it's like a Titanium PowerBook and will last forever.

Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care? | Ars Technica

Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care? | Ars Technica This is the kind of thing that would probably matter more if there were an abundance of games for the platform; something that might equally provide the impetus to make the drivers better. As it is, I don't know if it's ever a problem. There wasn't anything I did on the phone that showed off this weak 3D performance, but these metrics are certainly not what I'd hope to see.

Don't look at the bench. Don't look at the bench.

Former NASA official: NASA must shed “socialist” approach to space exploration | Ars Technica

Former NASA official: NASA must shed “socialist” approach to space exploration | Ars Technica At the same time, Musk has said repeatedly that his ultimate aim with SpaceX is to land humans—perhaps even himself—on Mars. NASA also has a program to land humans on Mars. And just as NASA is building a heavy lift rocket to begin to accomplish this, so is SpaceX. Only its Falcon Heavy rocket will likely cost about one-tenth as much to launch as NASA’s Space Launch System; it will begin flying two years sooner as well.

That's a lot of cheese they got from mining the moon.

First look: DJI Osmo 4K steadicam with iPhone connectivity & control

First look: DJI Osmo 4K steadicam with iPhone connectivity & control DJI has begun shipping its anticipated 4K steadicam dubbed Osmo, featuring a three-axis stabilizer and dedicated iPhone clamp, allowing for super-smooth high-resolution footage in a compact and convenient package.

Pretty sure STEADICAM is a trademark. As neat as the Osmo is, it's not a steadicam.

At NeXT, Steve Jobs was "obsessed" with returning to Apple

At NeXT, Steve Jobs was "obsessed" with returning to Apple Jurvetson then went on to say he thought Jobs was nuts for thinking the company that fired him would ever buy NeXT and bring him back. But, of course, that’s exactly what happened.

Even if he didn't design the Apple I or ][, he had a special somethin-something.

Mining (And Learning) With The 21 Bitcoin Computer | TechCrunch

Mining (And Learning) With The 21 Bitcoin Computer | TechCrunch Essentially a Raspberry Pi connected with a custom bitcoin-mining ASIC and a heatsink, the computer is one of the most interesting MVPs in modern memory.

Don't mind if I do.

Woz: Jobs didn't design Apple computers - Business Insider

Woz: Jobs didn't design Apple computers - Business Insider Steve Jobs played no role at all in any of my designs of the Apple I and Apple II computer and printer interfaces and serial interfaces and floppy disks and stuff that I made to enhance the computers. He did not know technology. He’d never designed anything as a hardware engineer, and he didn’t know software.

I suppose we can ask Walter Isaacson what SWEET16 is and whether Jobs designed it. APPLE ][ FOREVER! Apple more or less controls popular media through yellow journalism. I mean, what major media outlet wants to be excluded from a fall special event? Exactly. Which is why we're hearing about this from a blogger.