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Dec 31, 2021

The TEAC Drive Episode: A Little Drive Kerfuffle, The New Difficult Life of Floppy Drives, Sustaining the Flux, Circuit Boards, Jumpers and Software Configurations. Plus: A Dream of a Future Superfluxer.

Some thoughts on the TEAC drives that make up the vast majority of the dozen-plus floppy drives I use for...


Dec 27, 2021

The Streaming Episode: A Try at Streaming, Winamp, Shoutcast, College Radio, Bifurcated Timing, The Manager Phone, Top Of The Hour, Justin, Twitch, The Running Mind, Streaming Forever.

I'm streaming a lot of days at this point, at twitch.tv/textfiles and twitch.tv/sketchthecow. Services are so transient and changes...


Dec 24, 2021

The Paul Andrew Mitchell Episode : A Relatively Infamous Presentation, Lifetimes Ago, A Quick Recap, What's Happened Since, What P.A.M. Represents, Podcast Fuel, A Bit Player, The Most Important Lesson.

A little revisiting of that awesome time I was sued for two billion dollars.

The presentation, if you've missed it,...


Dec 20, 2021

The DOS Applesauce Episode: A Package Arrives, The Difficulty of DOS, The Rolls Royce of Drives, The Variations, The Extra Steps Applesauce Takes, Reading Directories, The Cog in the Machine, The Software Future.

Some words appreciating the release of the newest Applesauce utility disk reader, now capable of reading...


Dec 17, 2021

The Death Threats Episode: A Favorite Co-Worker, Stairs and a Truck, The Ease of Communication, Wikipedia Real Names, A Threat Through a Window, BBS and MUD and Internet, The Vintage of Threats for Internet Archive, Homeless With a Phone, 13 Years of Mail, A Price Worth Paying. Plus: A Matter of a Bill

Death threats...