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Thoughts about retro tech, web browsers, and anything else. A project by @corbin.io. Made without generative AI.
That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.'
That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.'
The release of U2's album Songs of Innocence spawned jokes, backlash, and arguably, a worse music industry.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.'
Is Android really the next big desktop operating system?
Is Android really the next big desktop operating system?
Google says Android-powered laptops are coming in 2026. Will they actually matter, though?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is Android really the next big desktop operating system?
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New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss Microsoft Kin, the Windows Phone spinoff that went from launch to death in two months.
YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss Microsoft Kin, the Windows Phone spinoff that went from launch to death in two months.
YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
I made a website with Apple iWeb in 2025
I made a website with Apple iWeb in 2025
Apple's late-2000s WYSIWYG website creator still works, as long as you have an old Mac.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I made a website with Apple iWeb in 2025
Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time
Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time
A Microsoft blog post about "vibe working" broke me.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time
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Techathon 2025 is this Saturday, September 27th, 2025! I'll be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a bunch of tech journalists, creators, and other cool people.
We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!
We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!
Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025
Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).
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September 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Techathon 2025 is this Saturday, September 27th, 2025! I'll be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a bunch of tech journalists, creators, and other cool people.
We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!
We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!
I hacked Microsoft Edge to make my ideal Chromium web browser
I hacked Microsoft Edge to make my ideal Chromium web browser
You can use custom IT policies to turn Microsoft Edge into a decent Chrome alternative.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I hacked Microsoft Edge to make my ideal Chromium web browser
We hate AI because it's everything we hate
We hate AI because it's everything we hate
Tech companies wanted "AI" to represent a bright future. Now it represents every annoyance in our daily lives.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We hate AI because it's everything we hate
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Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font : FireWire, the Newton PDA, and other technologies from Apple's past are still hiding in macOS. www.spacebar.news/apple-histor...
Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font
FireWire, the Newton PDA, and other technologies from Apple's past are still hiding in macOS.
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August 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font : FireWire, the Newton PDA, and other technologies from Apple's past are still hiding in macOS. www.spacebar.news/apple-histor...
I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust
I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust
Servo was supposed to be Firefox's future. Now it's an independent effort to make a fast and secure web browser engine.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust
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Apple don't believe in legacy support & will regularly strip frameworks they deem too old (macOS 26 Tahoe finally drops FireWire, for example) but there's one place in current macOS where the past still lives - the 'Apple Symbols' font.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Apple don't believe in legacy support & will regularly strip frameworks they deem too old (macOS 26 Tahoe finally drops FireWire, for example) but there's one place in current macOS where the past still lives - the 'Apple Symbols' font.
www.spacebar.news/apple-histor...
www.spacebar.news/apple-histor...
New feature for the spacebar.news website: all advertisements are removed when you are signed in with a (free) account!
The newsletter and RSS feeds still have no advertisements.
The newsletter and RSS feeds still have no advertisements.
July 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New feature for the spacebar.news website: all advertisements are removed when you are signed in with a (free) account!
The newsletter and RSS feeds still have no advertisements.
The newsletter and RSS feeds still have no advertisements.
Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font
Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font
FireWire, the Newton PDA, and other technologies from Apple's past are still hiding in macOS.
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June 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font
How to download audio-only media files with yt-dlp
Yt-dlp: How to download audio-only media files
You can download videos and audio as MP3, M4A, OGG, or other audio formats with the yt-dlp command line tool.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How to download audio-only media files with yt-dlp
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I remember using Opera Mini on my little Ericsson candy bar with an incredibly slow connection; reading news on a text-optimized site while on the train. www.spacebar.news/the-flip-pho...
The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use.
Opera
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May 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I remember using Opera Mini on my little Ericsson candy bar with an incredibly slow connection; reading news on a text-optimized site while on the train. www.spacebar.news/the-flip-pho...
This is every Ubuntu Linux default wallpaper
Every Ubuntu Linux default wallpaper (download)
The default wallpapers from over 20 years of Ubuntu Linux, from Warty Warthog to Plucky Puffin, in full original quality.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is every Ubuntu Linux default wallpaper
Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game
Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game
John Madden. John Madden. Aeiou. Aeiou.
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May 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game
The worst tech event ever: looking back at Google I/O 2024
The worst tech event ever: looking back at Google I/O 2024
Put some glue in your pizza, while you do vibe home renovation.
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May 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The worst tech event ever: looking back at Google I/O 2024
Data hoarding is more important than ever
Data hoarding is more important than ever
The destruction of public data and media is reaching critical levels. You can help stop it by downloading literally everything.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Data hoarding is more important than ever
What is real in the age of AI slop and SEO spam?
What is real in the age of AI slop and SEO spam?
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find factually-accurate information online in 2025.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What is real in the age of AI slop and SEO spam?
Why can't we go back to small phones?
Why can't we go back to small phones?
The iPhone SE is dead, and with it, the compact smartphone as a mainstream product. What happened?
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March 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why can't we go back to small phones?
The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini
I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR
I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR
The golden era of 3D home movie releases might be over, but community workarounds have brought them back in VR.
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January 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR
This is the perfect 'retro' Mac
This is the perfect 'retro' Mac
I grew up using Mac computers, and for a long time, I've wanted something that would allow me to use all those old applications and games in a more convenient setup. I now have the perfect 'retro' Mac,...
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November 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This is the perfect 'retro' Mac
New slop just dropped, from OpenAI
New slop just dropped, from OpenAI
How many wings does an airplane have? OpenAI's video generator doesn't know.
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October 24, 2024 at 5:27 PM
New slop just dropped, from OpenAI