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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Started in #radio 30+ years ago, which transitioned to #podcast 20+ years ago. “Mac OS Ken” focuses on Apple news. Used to do a show - “The Checklist” focused on security. And another about #StarTrek. These days, all the I REALLY want to talk about are #fountainpens, #printmaking, #stationery, #Apple, #podcasting and #radio.
The image at the top is a collection of fountain pens on display. The icon is a cast pewter “no kings” pendant.
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@brclayt@mastodon.world @adastra1930@mastodon.social He was a hard working, tough talking AM radio host. And he's back! Jesus Limbaugh - Monday - Friday! All Day on AM 1510!
Hello @rejinl@masto.nyc. About a year ago your work inspired an idea - Making scale-mail out of paper. Well here we are. 26” tall by 15” across. 67 scales. Paper = upcycled junk mail. The colors are from fountain pen inks mixed in the pulp, then baked at a low temp for about an hour. Held together with twine (amazingly intricate and haywire on the back). Made the scales almost a year ago and finally put it all together this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement! #art #handmade #paper
“This one horse has three offspring competing in this year's Kentucky
Derby.”
Asked if they could be any more proud, the horse said “neigh.”
“Nobody’s ever seen anything like it” would be a drinking game that would KILL YOU.
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@jgamet@mastodon.social @flargh@mastodon.social It's a crap timeline and you can tell it I said so.
So - this feels like an important story. It’s a piece from The Atlantic on Hitler’s obsession with architecture. Just a piece about history.
Apple News link, because that’s what I have. But find it where you can. Well worth a read.
sham-bo•lic | SHam'bälik |
adjective informal, mainly British
chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged
Derp.
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@timelordiroh@mstdn.iroh.tv honestly, I think it’s intimidation. The first pen I bought (four years ago, I think) I bought as a decoration (part of a desk set, it matched a clock). Owning it, I thought “well… I SHOULD try it…” and it wrote like a dream. Before that, they were scary. People just need to get one in their hand and try writing.
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@Shelly@zeppelin.flights with respect - the site is Apple World Today. They’re probably going to do the Apple angle (as did the guy who runs Mac OS Ken).
@dtm@mastodon.cc yeah. Feels like we’ve handed Gatling guns built by 8th graders to 5th graders.
@dtm@mastodon.cc not complaining, but the survey response options are not nuanced enough for me. I feel like there could eventually be great uses. But it’s currently being pushed as a cure all for ails we don’t actually have.
I miss Movie Phone.
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@flargh@mastodon.social @dankennedy_nu@journa.host interned under Morning Guy Tai (nothin' kinky) and hung out with @henrysantoro@mastodon.social. That was the last time I willingly got up at five in the morning on the regular.
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@flargh@mastodon.social This could be an excellent guerrilla marketing campaign. “Seriously - what's up with Violet?"
I can’t remember what you're talking about. Which makes me want to go back and watch it. Which I have not wanted to do all season.
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@overcastfm@mastodon.social curious - do you ever talk to podcasters about the changes you put in place?
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@flargh@mastodon.social heavy snow, cold, and blizzards force us inside. Even if you enjoy the moments (I always did), there’s something to emerging. To seeing others emerge. To being able to get back out and talk about it.
Anyway - that’s what I remember.
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@flargh@mastodon.social I think Tim Cook's legacy is... well cooked at this point. Whether we should have bought it or not, he sort of traded on being a guy who cared about decency. What I meant about how long Bezos was Bezos versus Cook being Bezos was give us a fucking minute to deal with the fact that, while he may have a spine, he doesn't use it to stand for what we thought he would.
Call us fools for believing in the image if you like, but it's gonna take time to get over.
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@flargh@mastodon.social Bezos has been Bezos for years. Tim Cook has only been Bezos-esque for a few quarters.
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@flargh@mastodon.social hipped someone to this song the other day. A real bummer that it could be our alt. natl. anthem at this point.
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@Noupside will what you’re seeing be available online? I have been a believer in stories as “game changers” for years. I’d love to hear the talk you’re hearing.
Trust the fucking page. Srsly.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social source? I’d like to be able to point to it when arguing against the assholes.
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@LeslieBurns@esq.social The Zippo and the ritual. Tapping the unopened pack... turning the first one upside down... I quit over 15 years ago and STILL miss the trappings sometimes. And the built in community. (focusing on the wrong thing here, I know... but damn)
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@flargh@mastodon.social like the Robert Blake defense: I couldn’t have shot my wife! I was back in the restaurant getting my gun!