Thomas Brand
@eggfreckles.org
💻 - Endpoints Engineer @ MIT
🍏 - PowerPC Mac Enthusiast
👣 - GNOME on Framework 13
👟 - 15+ Boston Marathons
👁️ - Legally Blind (LHON)
🐢 - I like snapping turtles
🐘 - mastodon.mit.edu/@EggFreckles
🍏 - PowerPC Mac Enthusiast
👣 - GNOME on Framework 13
👟 - 15+ Boston Marathons
👁️ - Legally Blind (LHON)
🐢 - I like snapping turtles
🐘 - mastodon.mit.edu/@EggFreckles
It's been one year since I moved this monster off the road last Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's been one year since I moved this monster off the road last Halloween.
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Quadra Pounder with Cheese
July 26, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Quadra Pounder with Cheese
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📝 New blog post! Wanted to write a bit about Framework's event today. It's nice to have some excitement about computers again. stevestreza.com/2025/02/25/f...
Framework's February 2025 Event
It’s nice to be excited about a computer company’s products again. Framework held an event today, showing off some new updates for existing…
stevestreza.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
📝 New blog post! Wanted to write a bit about Framework's event today. It's nice to have some excitement about computers again. stevestreza.com/2025/02/25/f...
Attention @manton localghost.dev/blog/this…
February 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Attention @manton localghost.dev/blog/this…
Apple Resumes Advertising on X
February 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Apple Resumes Advertising on X
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Here's a little tidbit I just learned. The PowerPC architecture is what drives the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, currently on Mars. (There are also SPARC CPU's on board as well!)
#nasa #cpu #risc #mars #oldcomputers #vintagecomputing
#nasa #cpu #risc #mars #oldcomputers #vintagecomputing
February 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here's a little tidbit I just learned. The PowerPC architecture is what drives the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, currently on Mars. (There are also SPARC CPU's on board as well!)
#nasa #cpu #risc #mars #oldcomputers #vintagecomputing
#nasa #cpu #risc #mars #oldcomputers #vintagecomputing
Does anyone else remembers the release of Mac OS X James P. "Sulley" Sullivan?
December 23, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Does anyone else remembers the release of Mac OS X James P. "Sulley" Sullivan?
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Apple PowerBook Duo 280c
#apple #powerbook #powerbookduo
#retrocomputing #vintagemac
#allthemicrosoftwordtoolbars
#hashtagswilleventuallyworkjustyouwaitandsee
#apple #powerbook #powerbookduo
#retrocomputing #vintagemac
#allthemicrosoftwordtoolbars
#hashtagswilleventuallyworkjustyouwaitandsee
October 15, 2023 at 7:56 PM
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my soul aches for a translucent blue scanner
December 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM
my soul aches for a translucent blue scanner
My school's social elephant has been down all day.
December 7, 2024 at 4:39 AM
My school's social elephant has been down all day.
So who else remembers rocking out to their Texas Instruments Ti-83 graphing music player in Math class?
December 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM
So who else remembers rocking out to their Texas Instruments Ti-83 graphing music player in Math class?
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December 6, 2024 at 10:36 PM
post somebody you've been told you look like who you definitely don't look like.
December 6, 2024 at 10:20 PM
post somebody you've been told you look like who you definitely don't look like.
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Who remembers the Apple Newton MessagePad? This is an Easter Egg they threw into later models based on a Doonesbury comic strip that was lampooning the poor handwriting recognition in the early models.
December 4, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Who remembers the Apple Newton MessagePad? This is an Easter Egg they threw into later models based on a Doonesbury comic strip that was lampooning the poor handwriting recognition in the early models.
I am as excited for Apple Intelligence in my Macintosh as I was for Ping in my iTunes.
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I am as excited for Apple Intelligence in my Macintosh as I was for Ping in my iTunes.
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Apple has always been serious about Newton gaming.
September 8, 2023 at 1:51 PM
Apple has always been serious about Newton gaming.
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Sun SPARCpad 5, running some kind of CDE. Look at it, not even a mobile version, just a full desktop thing jammed into it like that.
September 16, 2023 at 1:31 AM
Sun SPARCpad 5, running some kind of CDE. Look at it, not even a mobile version, just a full desktop thing jammed into it like that.
I don't know how to get started with Bluesky. Do I first have to pick a server, compile my preferred mobile client, or write a backend optimization in GoLang?
December 5, 2024 at 3:18 AM
I don't know how to get started with Bluesky. Do I first have to pick a server, compile my preferred mobile client, or write a backend optimization in GoLang?
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The Halloween monster I found today during my run.
November 1, 2024 at 2:53 AM
The Halloween monster I found today during my run.
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Switching from the standard controller to DualShock on Gran Turismo was an unreal upgrade. It brought levels of nuance my 14 year old brain could barely comprehend.
October 21, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Switching from the standard controller to DualShock on Gran Turismo was an unreal upgrade. It brought levels of nuance my 14 year old brain could barely comprehend.
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The NeXTlevel was NeXT Software's first handheld device, eagerly awaited but canned just two weeks from release when Apple purchased NeXT and chose not to pursue gaming. All 250,000 release devices were pulled from channels and unceremoniously rolled into landfill out northwest of Dubbo.
July 2, 2024 at 4:01 AM
The NeXTlevel was NeXT Software's first handheld device, eagerly awaited but canned just two weeks from release when Apple purchased NeXT and chose not to pursue gaming. All 250,000 release devices were pulled from channels and unceremoniously rolled into landfill out northwest of Dubbo.