Author: Jack Slater
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Technology Connections with a Beginner’s Guide to Electric Cars
Technology Connections is one of my favorite channels to watch, the host has a consistently well-researched and focused take on interesting topics with a great sense of humor and understanding of translating difficult topics to something the rest of us can understand. From interesting coffee makers to (in this case) electric cars. In this video…
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Notes from Apple’s iPhone 14 Infomercial September 2022
Apple held its biggest event for the year today, another pre-recorded infomercial unveiling the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 8, SE 2022, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro. Once again Apple also removed any pretense of concern for the public, their workers, and the press, or…
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OBS Studio 28.0 Released with HDR, Native Apple Silicon Support & Lots More
If you stream video and audio online in 2022 you’re probably using OBS Studio. It’s free and open source software to stream to Twitch, YouTube and plenty of other services that have been created and gone out of business in the decade that OBS has been around. Today OBS Studio 28.0 came out with native…
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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection Coming Sep. 6th
When Last Call BBS was on the way, Zachtronics said it was their last game in addition to a collection of solitaire games. That collection is now listed on Steam , and now we know it has new 4K graphics and one brand new tarot-themed solitaire game called Fortune’s Foundation in addition to seven other variations…
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XScreenSaver Turns 30
Jamie Zawinski noted the 30th anniversary of XScreenSaver’s version 1.0 release with the original USENET post and more bits of fun trivia although he notes that version 1.0 of XScreenSaver is missing. XScreenSaver must be one of the longest continually updated software projects out there, it has great stuff from the past like your flying toasters and almost everything…