Category Archives: Handhelds

“MuffinTerm”: A Great New Terminal App for BBSing on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Blake Patterson

Readers can find quite a few posts on this blog about my enjoyment of modern-day BBSing — “dialing in” to online Bulletin Board Systems that can still be found out there on the net. I consider BBSing to be a … Continue reading →

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Handheld Gaming on a Snowy Day

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Blake Patterson

The recent winter storm in the D.C. area left us snowed in for a couple of days last week, and when I wasn’t romping around in the white stuff with my daughter or otherwise enjoying the family, I spent some … Continue reading →

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The iOS Family Pile (2015)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Blake Patterson

It may be that I need help. Here’s the breakdown: Earlier piles: 2012, 2010

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My “Portable Week” Offering to /r/RetroBattlestations

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Blake Patterson

Another week, another competition over at Reddit’s /r/RetroBattlestations. This week was Portable Week. The challenge was on the easy side this time around: display a message of greeting to the subreddit on the screen of a portable retro battlestation. Now, … Continue reading →

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It Occurred to Me That a Lot Has Changed in Mobile Computing over the Last Fifteen Years

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Blake Patterson

This past weekend my wife and I headed down to Charlottesville, VA for the night, to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. When we met, she was half-way through law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and I soon … Continue reading →

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A Trove of Apple Promo Videos from the ’80s and ’90s

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Blake Patterson

For a few years now I’ve been sitting on two DVDs full of Apple promotional videos that someone put together and auctioned on eBay. Happily, most of the content was new to me. The videos promote various Apple systems, primarily … Continue reading →

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‘ActiveGS’ for iOS: Boundless Mobile Apple II Goodness

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Last week I wrote a post about FTA’s recent iOS release Active GS – Best of FTA [App Store]. (I wrote one for TouchArcade too, actually.) The app is a collection of Apple IIgs demoscene productions from FTA and associated … Continue reading →

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iPad 2 Launch Day at the Apple Store in Clarendon, VA

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Yesterday was iPad 2 launch day and, of course, I was there to grab Apple’s most powerful iOS device by far. I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, as I just couldn’t put the thing down. I’ll post … Continue reading →

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FTA Releases Apple IIgs Emulator in the iOS App Store

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Long-time readers may be aware of the fact that I’ve long been a big fan of the demoscene. I saw my first true demoscene production (or “demo”) the night I received my mail order Amiga 2000 back in 1989. I … Continue reading →

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Of a Dancing Baby and a Pocket Reference

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Just a quick one here. I dug out my Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 the other night to take a video to share around of the Dancing Baby app put together by Arnold Kim (of MacRumors.com) back in 1997 or so. … Continue reading →

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