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Blake Patterson

@blakespot.bsky.social

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Web dev at American U in D.C., dad, retrocomputing nerd, No Man's Sky explorer. I live in northern Virginia. (He/him) My blogs: :: bytecellar.com (vintage computing) :: nmsspot.com (No Man's Sky) :: nostalgicvirginian.com (Virginia memories)

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 1d

I still use them daily - not to clean my ears, but just because it's such a pleasant sensation.

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 1d

I confess, I use them often for cleaning edge connectors of all sorts, with rubbing alcohol -- I guess I was more meaning on one's person.

Reposted by Blake Patterson

Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d

As agents were driving away, they pointed a pepper ball gun and then a real gun at Chris Gentry, a combat veteran who was lawfully standing on the side of the road. The agent who pointed the real gun at Mr. Gentry’s face said “bang, bang,” and “you’re dead liberal.”

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 1d

Q-tips: the only thing anyone ever uses them for is sticking them in their ears, which is the very thing we are strongly warned against doing with them.

What are we supposed to act like we are doing with them that isn't their unspoken and only use?

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 7d

#AppleII #vintageapple #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #CRT #Apple #applelogo #photo #nostalgia #eighties #ByteCellar

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not sure how that got through QA.

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 8d

You hit the same Tahoe bug I did. I found a solution (posted on Masto earlier):

SOLUTION: If you turn desktop widgets OFF, this broken behavior occurs. If you turn them ON but remove (or move) the widgets on your own, the problem disappears. See link:

discussions.apple.com/thread/25613...

Fix for macOS Tahoe's broken icon placement

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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social · 8d

No Man's Sky Breach

🚪Breach Expedition
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🧑‍🚀Prime System Exploration
🔧Salvage Ship Parts
🪐Survive Gas Giants
💎Atlas Corvettes
🦑Infestations
👻Ghost Starship
🎁New Base Parts
🏗️Improved Ship Building
💪Salvaging

Out now, a free update

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks.

Tahoe is still very much a beta.

Safari sometimes does this,

macOS Tahoe screenshot showing zero contrast in parts of Safari

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 8d

Is there some way to disable macOS Tahoe's Finder's enormously spaced grid that prevents moving icons where I want them? Even at smallest grid setting, placing near edge of screen pushes icons to the neighboring display! It's ridiculous and bad.

#macOS #macOSTahoe #Apple #Mac #Tahoe #macOS26

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 11d

It's horrible. I shared my feelings over on Mastodon.

oldbytes.space/@blakespot/1...

Blake Patterson (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images After listening to a summer of reporting on the progressive betas of Apple's 2025 operating systems ( thanks #ATPpodcast ), I delayed installing macOS 26 Tahoe to give it some time...

oldbytes.space

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 11d

How'd it go? That's more "chippy" than mine. An early rev?

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 11d

A video posted last night by the President of the United States on his own social media platform.

( I have marked it as 'graphic media' so as not to jar the unprepared. )

#NoKings #rally #news #America #nsfw #video #offensive #DC #media #president #USA

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Ian Scott @polpo.org · 11d

Going live in five! Let's see if we can help @trinastechnobabble.bsky.social bring this GUS back from the dead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=04H2...

Working on a Gravis Ultrasound Sound Card with Ian Scott

YouTube video by Trina's Technobabble

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 11d

Here goes. Installing macOS Tahoe (26.0.1) on the M1 Max Mac Studio.

#macOS #Tahoe #M1 #Mac #MacStudio #Apple

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 22d

I'll post my hardware list. The OS can be inferred, lol.

bytecellar.com/the-list/

"The List" - Byte Cellar

The contents (and existence) of this list proves, without possibility of doubt, that I am beyond help. At any rate, here’s a list of the systems (and gadgets worth noting) I’ve owned through the cours...

bytecellar.com

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 22d

It looks like HP is ending support for HP-UX on Dec 31st of this year, though. (I was surprised it was still active!)

I have an HP-9000 712/100, but mainly use NEXTSTEP on it.

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Matthew Sparby @cloudscout.com · Oct 14

I finally built the BlueSCSI v2 kit I ordered from @museumjoe.bsky.social like a year ago and I'm pleased to report that it works perfectly in my HP 712/80 with both HP-UX and NeXTSTEP!

I did have to create a bluescsi.ini file for NeXTSTEP, though, as it wants specific drive geometry.

BlueSCSI v2 board sitting inside an HP 712/80 workstation.

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 22d

Nice! I have a BlueSCSI on my NeXTStation but still two spinning discs on my 712/100 (NEXTSTEP and HP-UX). I will have to consider one for the Gecko.

bytecellar.com/2016/03/02/a...

A Quick Tour of the HP-9000 712/100 NEXTSTEP Workstation - Byte Cellar

February was NeXT Month over at r/Rerobattlestations. Being a huge NeXT fan, I was eager to take part in the event, which entailed taking a photo or video of a retro computer running NEXTSTEP or OPENS...

bytecellar.com

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 22d

You not dancing tho?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTh...

Power Shift - HP Series 700 Workstation Promo

YouTube video by HouseDeKris

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 23d

Indeed. And that bundled Geometry Wars clone wasn't half bad!

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 23d

Any fans of the GP2X console from GamePark Holdings? Here are some photos of mine taken a little over 15 years ago.

Still works like a charm, ofc. :-)

#GP2X #GamePark #gaming #gamers #gameconsole #console #Linux #mobile #Silpheed #SegaCD #emulation #emulators #retrogaming #retrocomputing

GP2X console running Silpheed under SegaCD emulation

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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 27d

lol

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 28d

I guess I should just give up. Over the past few weeks, I will be actively walking on my daily walk, tracking it on the Apple Watch, and the it will ask me if I'm done with my workout.

WHILE I AM WALKING AND SWEATING.

#Apple #AppleWatch #exercise

Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 29d

Wife at home today.

#government #governmentshutdown #shutdown #fedGov

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