Jim Luther
@jimluther.techhub.social.ap.brid.gy
Retired Apple software engineer. I used to polish, refine and fix things, and sometimes I created completely new things.
(I made the IIgs Finder icon. It was […]
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@octothorpe a good reminder that I still have a few apples from our tree to convert into a pie.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@octothorpe a good reminder that I still have a few apples from our tree to convert into a pie.
@octothorpe That’s a very nice gesture!
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@octothorpe That’s a very nice gesture!
@octothorpe our neighbors use a local service with the initials ELM. I’ve decided the L stands for LOUD. The have the loudest mowers and blowers know to man.
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@octothorpe our neighbors use a local service with the initials ELM. I’ve decided the L stands for LOUD. The have the loudest mowers and blowers know to man.
@octothorpe I live near the Everett airport and flight paths sometimes go over the house. I woke to a dream the other day that I was looking out the window and missiles were flying over the house. Too much news and jet sounds lately. 😬
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@octothorpe I live near the Everett airport and flight paths sometimes go over the house. I woke to a dream the other day that I was looking out the window and missiles were flying over the house. Too much news and jet sounds lately. 😬
@haineux @Eggfreckles The Mac OS 8.6 release was tastier.
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@haineux @Eggfreckles The Mac OS 8.6 release was tastier.
@briankrebs or their last name is Trump.
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@briankrebs or their last name is Trump.
@samhenrigold I’m reminded again of a change I made in Mac OS 8.1 for HFS Plus.
I had to change the Start Manager code that loaded extensions so extensions would continue to load in MacRoman order. To keep Conflict Catcher working, I had to add new API it could use to control the order of […]
I had to change the Start Manager code that loaded extensions so extensions would continue to load in MacRoman order. To keep Conflict Catcher working, I had to add new API it could use to control the order of […]
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October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@samhenrigold I’m reminded again of a change I made in Mac OS 8.1 for HFS Plus.
I had to change the Start Manager code that loaded extensions so extensions would continue to load in MacRoman order. To keep Conflict Catcher working, I had to add new API it could use to control the order of […]
I had to change the Start Manager code that loaded extensions so extensions would continue to load in MacRoman order. To keep Conflict Catcher working, I had to add new API it could use to control the order of […]
@briankrebs @Stattenf How many ways can you spell Stattenfield, Keith?
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@briankrebs @Stattenf How many ways can you spell Stattenfield, Keith?
@briankrebs I have a friend who wrote an article for a magazine. They misspelled his name three different ways: on the cover, in the table of contents, and then on the first page of the article. 🤦♂️
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@briankrebs I have a friend who wrote an article for a magazine. They misspelled his name three different ways: on the cover, in the table of contents, and then on the first page of the article. 🤦♂️
@octothorpe And someday, Discord and Bluesky will start charging or advertising. Enshittification of free or low cost services from companies who eventually want profit always comes at some point.
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@octothorpe And someday, Discord and Bluesky will start charging or advertising. Enshittification of free or low cost services from companies who eventually want profit always comes at some point.
@eschaton @gruber I donated my collection to the Computer History Museum. The only issue I have a few copies of is the one where I had the lead article.
My article started out as a Technical Note. It was ready to publish. Then, it took me another 6 months of rewrites to get it published in […]
My article started out as a Technical Note. It was ready to publish. Then, it took me another 6 months of rewrites to get it published in […]
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September 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
@marioguzman This is a why I have scroll bars always on with macOS.
As I’m sure you know, scroll bars tell you with a glance if you can see the entire content or not, and if you can’t see the entire content, they tell you what part of the content you are seeing and how much of the content you […]
As I’m sure you know, scroll bars tell you with a glance if you can see the entire content or not, and if you can’t see the entire content, they tell you what part of the content you are seeing and how much of the content you […]
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August 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@marioguzman This is a why I have scroll bars always on with macOS.
As I’m sure you know, scroll bars tell you with a glance if you can see the entire content or not, and if you can’t see the entire content, they tell you what part of the content you are seeing and how much of the content you […]
As I’m sure you know, scroll bars tell you with a glance if you can see the entire content or not, and if you can’t see the entire content, they tell you what part of the content you are seeing and how much of the content you […]
@liam @marioguzman I don’t have to worry about my 2020 Air… unsupported by 26. I’ll probably wait to update the rest of my devices.
August 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@liam @marioguzman I don’t have to worry about my 2020 Air… unsupported by 26. I’ll probably wait to update the rest of my devices.
@marioguzman @octothorpe when I attempt to tell Siri to play music I like, it understands about as well as my dog
August 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@marioguzman @octothorpe when I attempt to tell Siri to play music I like, it understands about as well as my dog
@octothorpe @marioguzman but better than anything I’ve seen from the auto makers
August 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@octothorpe @marioguzman but better than anything I’ve seen from the auto makers
@octothorpe @aparrish Native color was in HyperCard IIgs but at a lower resolution.
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@octothorpe @aparrish Native color was in HyperCard IIgs but at a lower resolution.
@marioguzman The sarcasm is strong in this one.
August 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@marioguzman The sarcasm is strong in this one.
@uliwitness I’ve never noticed anything breaking and I’ve always had scroll bars always on (MacOS)
August 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@uliwitness I’ve never noticed anything breaking and I’ve always had scroll bars always on (MacOS)