Jon W
jonandnic.com
Jon W
@jonandnic.com
Husband. Dad. Nerd.
Googlest coolest move in years! Kudos, can't wait for a new Pebble watch!
opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/see-...
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
iOS 18 Bug -Certificate Trust Sett… | Apple Developer Forums
developer.apple.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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I feel like this thing where new versions of Microsoft Windows immediately push you into their cloud services, with a truly timeshare-presentation-level of resistance to NOT using them, and then complaining about how you've overusing your allocation, and then demanding money or they "delete"... is..
a penguin toy that says it 's illegal in red
ALT: a penguin toy that says it 's illegal in red
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
We traded in, but did we trade up? From a BMW i3 to a Chevy Bolt EUV...
www.jonandnic.com/2024/10/19/o...
One more for the road... - jonandnic dot com
Upgrading from a 2016 BMW i3 to a 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV for more range, and hopefully less hassle. But the real question is, can it run on DIY sun power?
www.jonandnic.com
October 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
The original Apple TV booted to a video showing how a little device could contain a world of entertainment. They didn’t have to crush art and culture to make this statement. Maybe Apple’s marketing department could take some notes from… Apple?

youtu.be/n9uJ44SOYSQ?...
All Apple TV Startup Screens
Here's a full compilation of Apple TV startup screens from the first generation Apple TV introduced in 2007 to the latest Apple TV 4K. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartinNobel_ Discord: https://discord.gg/WNBp6xh
youtu.be
May 10, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Coolest thing on the Internet (er... radio) today!
www.racunalniski-muzej.si/en/40-years-...
May 8, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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The newest app for legacy webOS lets you follow this feed (and other legacy webOS news sources) right from your TouchPad!
Grab it at the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/webOSLives
webOS Lives on webOS App Museum II
News from the world of legacy webOS!
appcatalog.webosarchive.org
May 4, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Who keeps asking for new Planet of the Apes movies?
May 6, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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While at#VCFEast, I got to meet the author of one of the original books (one of the ONLY books) on webOS Development. Here's what he had to say the community...
forums.weboslives.eu/d/52-meet-th...
April 20, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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#VCFEast is less than 3 weeks away, and #webOS will be there! Come learn about the Linux and web-based Mobile platform that almost changed the world:
vcfed.org/events/vinta...
March 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Flixnet is the latest app for Legacy webOS -- free (public domain) movies for retro devices. Written in cross-platform Enyo. Grab it from the App Museum:
appcatalog.webosarchive.org/app/Flixnet
March 7, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Syncing iMessage and webOS Messages is now possible, thanks to OSS...

Message Bridge runs on a Mac and makes your messages available via REST:
github.com/dremin/messa...

The first new Synergy connector for webOS in >10 years syncs messages into your Messaging app:
github.com/webOSArchive...
February 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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LuneOS has a stable release -- Eiskaffe! The best of the legacy webOS mobile platform plus freshbits from the opensource webOSE project, now available for Touchpads, PineTab 2, and more! Get the details from @pivotCE at pivotce.com/2024/02/15/l...
February 16, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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webOS Archive now has TouchPads for sale! Check out our Tindie store for a great deal on an awesome retro tablet!
www.tindie.com/products/web...
February 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
All weekend we were hearing a random meowing in the garage -- when we knew our cat was inside. So we put out some food and a camera. This is what we found living in our car (it lives in our house now!) youtu.be/um_vgj0OlO0
November 16, 2023 at 10:37 PM
So... is Bluesky mostly just politics, then?
November 16, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Speaking to my daughter's 7th grade class tomorrow about presentation and job interview skills. So Bluesky-verse, help me out:
What would you tell your 12-year old self about those topics?
November 16, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Found living inside our car this past weekend. Had to take the back bumper cover off to rescue her. Guess we have a new cat — kids wouldn’t accept any other outcome. And she sure is cute…
November 15, 2023 at 9:06 PM
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Sharing sensitive data
November 14, 2023 at 7:20 AM
New here, guess I should say hello. I used to be a software dev, now I’m just a clumsy tinkerer, solidly middle-aged dad, and sometime tech exec in one of the most boring subsets of that industry.
My biggest and favorite contribution to an open ‘Net is keeping Palm’s WebOS alive: WebOsArchive.org
November 15, 2023 at 3:17 PM