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Search Half a Million Github Repos quickly
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Virtualization of Classic Computers
As my friends know, I’m a huge fan of classic computers (and LEGO, but that’s a whole ‘nother blog post). My personal collection includes an original Macintosh, an IBM PC Jr, Atari 600, Timex Sinclair 1000, a new-in-box TI 99/4a, several Radio Shack Color Computers, two Coleco Adams, a 20th Anniversary Macintosh and many more.
In light of having too many toys and not enough space, I ended up getting rid of the two CRT displays that I had in the game room (errr, guest room), which left me with just our rather large OLED TV’s to use. While it’s great fun to connect a computer from the 80’s, such as the Color Computer, to a 65″ OLED TV, the reality is it doesn’t work well – a text resolution of something like 24×20 characters means really huge letters, and of course the games / apps from those days are archaic.
While I do dream of someday setting up a wing of a mansion with ancient computers, attached to time appropriate monitors, that dream depends on winning the lottery, which is by no means guaranteed. So in the meantime, messing around with emulators for a few minutes every now and then manages my classic computer urges, without requiring me to rewire things in the house and question my life choices.
For your enjoyment, here are some links to emulators and other goodies that can be fun to play with. They’re all browser based, so no effort needed to get started!
ZX 81 (Timex Sinclair T1000)
https://zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/jtyone.html
ZX Spectrum
Atari ST
http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/atari-st/
Commodore 64
https://c64emulator.111mb.de/index.php?site=pp_javascript&lang=en&group=c64
Commodore VIC 20
https://www.mdawson.net/vic20chrome/vic20.php
A Big Pile of Emulated Apps and Resources
This site has emulators for a ton of apps, ranging from Oregon Trail, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 1 (!), all the way through a TI-57 Programmable Calculator!
It also has a large library of public domain software and shareware.
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Clean Windows 11 Installs
A lot of people are upset by the advertising and misc junk that clutters up Windows 11 immediately after install.
Here are two tools to help remove that clutter:
OFGB
OFGB is described as: A GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11
OFGB will disable:
- File Explorer Ads
- Lock Screen Tips and Ads
- Settings Ads
- General Tips and Ads
- “Finish Setup” Ads
- “Welcome Experience” Ads
- Personalized Ads
- “Tailored Experiences”
- Start Menu Ads
- “Notification Suggestions”
- Bing Results In Search
- Edge Search Bar Widget
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OFGB can be found at: https://github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB?tab=readme-ov-file
Wintoys
Wintoys is described as: “Experience Windows in your way and keep it fresh every day. Set up, debloat, optimize, repair, and tweak your operating system in a simple, time-saving, yet safe approach. Maintain it in a clean, healthy and productive state while having everything you need in one place.”
Wintoys Features
Speed up your Windows and increase the framerate in certain games just by tweaking some settings.
- Keep your Windows clean and free up your storage using the built-in cleaner feature.
- Run the most advanced repair tools available in Windows in a few clicks. Bye bye terminal!
- Take control over ads and privacy related settings.
- Personalize your desktop and learn cool new features that are worth using in Windows.
- Uninstall any app, even those apps that don’t have an uninstall option in Windows.
- Find out which services you don’t need and safely disable them with only two clicks.
Download It
Wintoys can be found at: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p8ltpgcbzxd?hl=en-us&gl=US
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Mapping the AI mind of Claude
I find it fascinating that we really don’t understand how AI (aka LLMs) really work!
https://www.anthropic.com/research/mapping-mind-language-model
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mRNA Cancer Vaccines Show Great Hope
A lot of people were resistant to mRNA vaccines for Covid 19. I wonder if they will feel the same if it can save them from guaranteed death?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-mrna-cancer-vaccine-triggers-fierce.html
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Republicans in congress are warning that some of their members are compromised by the Kremlin
Just sticking this here for future reference.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-russia-kompromat-putin-congress
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Blockchain: Innovation or Illusion
Just going to leave this here. So far the claims in the video (that blockchain hasn’t found a strong reason to exist that isn’t already handled by other, better, solutions) is holding true. Will it in the future?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tspGVbmMmVA
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A Minimalist Start Page
Got this from Paul Thurrott’s end of year wrap up. It’s a chrome extension to do a very pretty and minimal start page. It also works with Edge and should work with other Chromium based browsers.
Bonjourr – A minimalist start page.
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Hey! FAQs about leaving the cloud
I’ve said for years I never want to build another data center… and this blog post validates that… but it doesn’t mean that going all in on the cloud is always the right choice.
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