joshua stein
@jcs.org
Hello, cyberpals. I make @pushover.net and old Macintosh stuff and sometimes OpenBSD stuff for you and me.
Projects here: @klud.ge | @deskto.ps
Oak Park, Illinois
World Wide Web: jcs.org
Projects here: @klud.ge | @deskto.ps
Oak Park, Illinois
World Wide Web: jcs.org
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joshua stein
@jcs.org
· Jun 18
man i am not good with these computers
your honor, i did not insult that man's wife and then publish a blog post defaming him, it was my openclaw agent
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
your honor, i did not insult that man's wife and then publish a blog post defaming him, it was my openclaw agent
I saw the title and was like "wait what about the MailStation" but it turned out to be a whole video about the MailStation
I get e-mails about every year or so from someone that discovers them, tries making something useful, and then gives up
Maybe it can be you next!
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
I get e-mails about every year or so from someone that discovers them, tries making something useful, and then gives up
Maybe it can be you next!
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM 2026 - Hacking the last Z80 computer ever made
fosdem.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I saw the title and was like "wait what about the MailStation" but it turned out to be a whole video about the MailStation
I get e-mails about every year or so from someone that discovers them, tries making something useful, and then gives up
Maybe it can be you next!
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
I get e-mails about every year or so from someone that discovers them, tries making something useful, and then gives up
Maybe it can be you next!
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Reposted by joshua stein
Um.
I think we're going to need to hear a little bit more about this "residual data" from cameras people have installed in their homes.
I think we're going to need to hear a little bit more about this "residual data" from cameras people have installed in their homes.
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Um.
I think we're going to need to hear a little bit more about this "residual data" from cameras people have installed in their homes.
I think we're going to need to hear a little bit more about this "residual data" from cameras people have installed in their homes.
my love language to my wife is "i will setup and monitor your computer's backups"
February 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
my love language to my wife is "i will setup and monitor your computer's backups"
If I ever become extremely wealthy, I am going to build and live in a life-size replica of the Fisher-Price house, including a giant blue handle on the roof and a doorbell switch that is roughly 3 feet tall
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
If I ever become extremely wealthy, I am going to build and live in a life-size replica of the Fisher-Price house, including a giant blue handle on the roof and a doorbell switch that is roughly 3 feet tall
Reposted by joshua stein
I drew Ethel Cain in MacPaint from 1984 with a 25 year old mouse
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I drew Ethel Cain in MacPaint from 1984 with a 25 year old mouse
any of my mac friends want a g7287 superdrive for repair?
it gets many read errors in applesauce and has a faulty auto-eject mechanism
it gets many read errors in applesauce and has a faulty auto-eject mechanism
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
any of my mac friends want a g7287 superdrive for repair?
it gets many read errors in applesauce and has a faulty auto-eject mechanism
it gets many read errors in applesauce and has a faulty auto-eject mechanism
ok i see here for the question "why are you removing this device from your z-wave network" you wrote "it exploded"
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
ok i see here for the question "why are you removing this device from your z-wave network" you wrote "it exploded"
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My book *Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet* is available to buy again. Read about the rise of indie game publishing and digital distribution alongside stories of indie devs big and small making their way years before Steam existed. payhip.com/b/hbTL5
Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet
Originally published in late 2022 (UK) and early 2023 (US) by Unbound, Shareware Heroes is now officially out of print — as Unbound went bankrupt and the rights (but not the print design files) revert...
payhip.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
My book *Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet* is available to buy again. Read about the rise of indie game publishing and digital distribution alongside stories of indie devs big and small making their way years before Steam existed. payhip.com/b/hbTL5
"Blocking technology required: No 3D printer can be sold or delivered in New York unless it’s “equipped with blocking technology” that evaluates every print file against a firearms blueprint detection algorithm and prevents printing if flagged."
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/n...
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/n...
blog.adafruit.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"Blocking technology required: No 3D printer can be sold or delivered in New York unless it’s “equipped with blocking technology” that evaluates every print file against a firearms blueprint detection algorithm and prevents printing if flagged."
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/n...
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/n...
This carbon monoxide detector beeped and now shows "End"
It has ample battery but it decided its productive life of 10 years has been lived and it knows it can no longer function and must be discarded
I don't know why but it made me sad, like watching the Terminator descend into that steel vat
👍
It has ample battery but it decided its productive life of 10 years has been lived and it knows it can no longer function and must be discarded
I don't know why but it made me sad, like watching the Terminator descend into that steel vat
👍
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This carbon monoxide detector beeped and now shows "End"
It has ample battery but it decided its productive life of 10 years has been lived and it knows it can no longer function and must be discarded
I don't know why but it made me sad, like watching the Terminator descend into that steel vat
👍
It has ample battery but it decided its productive life of 10 years has been lived and it knows it can no longer function and must be discarded
I don't know why but it made me sad, like watching the Terminator descend into that steel vat
👍
Wallops 2.2 is out today:
jcs.org/wallops
It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running
jcs.org/wallops
It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running
Wallops - A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
jcs.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Wallops 2.2 is out today:
jcs.org/wallops
It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running
jcs.org/wallops
It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running
i wonder what metrics could be used by a utility app to disable touch ID in a situation like this, like how iPhones disable face ID if the face scanned looks very different
coming out of suspend with no home wi-fi signal in range? a long delay between waking up and a finger being scanned?
coming out of suspend with no home wi-fi signal in range? a long delay between waking up and a finger being scanned?
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
i wonder what metrics could be used by a utility app to disable touch ID in a situation like this, like how iPhones disable face ID if the face scanned looks very different
coming out of suspend with no home wi-fi signal in range? a long delay between waking up and a finger being scanned?
coming out of suspend with no home wi-fi signal in range? a long delay between waking up and a finger being scanned?
bad news team, we have some savage cum errors
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
bad news team, we have some savage cum errors
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The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
i ask again, wtf is this ui
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
i ask again, wtf is this ui
I got flashrom on OpenBSD working with a USB ch341a programmer:
nano:~$ doas flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v goose
flashrom v1.6.0 on OpenBSD 7.8 (amd64)
[..]
Found Unknown flash chip "SFDP-capable chip" (16384 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
nano:~$ doas flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v goose
flashrom v1.6.0 on OpenBSD 7.8 (amd64)
[..]
Found Unknown flash chip "SFDP-capable chip" (16384 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
January 26, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I got flashrom on OpenBSD working with a USB ch341a programmer:
nano:~$ doas flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v goose
flashrom v1.6.0 on OpenBSD 7.8 (amd64)
[..]
Found Unknown flash chip "SFDP-capable chip" (16384 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
nano:~$ doas flashrom -p ch341a_spi -v goose
flashrom v1.6.0 on OpenBSD 7.8 (amd64)
[..]
Found Unknown flash chip "SFDP-capable chip" (16384 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
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Oh wow, it's a beta of System 7.5!
System 7.5a5! Lots of cool things to play with...
System 7.5a5! Lots of cool things to play with...
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Oh wow, it's a beta of System 7.5!
System 7.5a5! Lots of cool things to play with...
System 7.5a5! Lots of cool things to play with...
@actionretro.bsky.social fwiw, that version of MacTCP you installed on your latest Mac Plus video from the Garden is old (2.0.6) and you likely want 2.1 which no longer has that terrible class a/b/c selector that is hard to figure out, and has bug fixes
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 PM
@actionretro.bsky.social fwiw, that version of MacTCP you installed on your latest Mac Plus video from the Garden is old (2.0.6) and you likely want 2.1 which no longer has that terrible class a/b/c selector that is hard to figure out, and has bug fixes
did you know there was a tv show in 1998 based on The Net and it was terrible?
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
did you know there was a tv show in 1998 based on The Net and it was terrible?
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
archive.org/details/the-...
her trusty sidekick is a talking toshiba libretto
Happy 40th Birthday, Macintosh Plus
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Happy 40th Birthday, Macintosh Plus
neat
"enable widevine support; now chromium can utilize multimedia/openwv to play [drm encrypted] content"
github.com/openbsd/port...
"enable widevine support; now chromium can utilize multimedia/openwv to play [drm encrypted] content"
github.com/openbsd/port...
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM
neat
"enable widevine support; now chromium can utilize multimedia/openwv to play [drm encrypted] content"
github.com/openbsd/port...
"enable widevine support; now chromium can utilize multimedia/openwv to play [drm encrypted] content"
github.com/openbsd/port...