Monthly Archives: July 2014

Apple Shows Its True Colors in Recent Mac Video

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Blake Patterson

Upon returning to Apple in 1997, Steve Jobs set forth to pull the company back from the brink and turn it into the most influential company in the world. And in the course of his 14 year (second) reign, he … Continue reading →

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NeXTstation Turbo Color Battery Swap

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Blake Patterson

I recently rearranged the computer room a bit to bring the NeXTstation Turbo Color (which I picked up from a refurb outfit in Frederick, MD back in 2000) to the fore, having spent a good bit of time with NEXTSTEP … Continue reading →

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Susan Kare’s EG 2014 Talk – I Spy Something Familiar…

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Blake Patterson

The other day I was listening to my favorite podcast, RetroMacCast, during lunch at my office desk (which is my routine) when John & John made me aware of a 20-minute presentation given at EG 2014 by legendary digital artist … Continue reading →

Posted in Just Rambling, Macintosh, NeXT | 3 Comments

Magazine BASIC: “Hacker’s Rap” Circa 1984

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Blake Patterson

The other night I was flipping through my boxes of Apple II floppy disks looking for the driver software for my Apple //c’s Cricket! soundbox (that story’s coming soon, I promise) when a certain floppy caught my eye. It was … Continue reading →

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Hey Look, It’s ‘Flappy Bird’ for the TI-99/4A!

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Blake Patterson

You’ve probably heard of the game Flappy Bird, which has had a controversial life in the iOS App Store. Well, here it is ported to the TI-99/4A, my very first computer. (Pardon the video quality; I had a camera in … Continue reading →

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