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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3w ago

RE: https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/117275710069576084 I was rate limited by the Internet Archive after a rather prolific run of research and link checking for an ongoing project. After contacting them and explaining the situation, my IP address was unflagged within a couple of hours. The folks running the archive are wonderful and are doing their very best to keep this invaluable resource accessible, despite the onslaught of rude scapers and freeloading bots.

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“Fix the Wayback Machine!” We’ve heard you. The Wayback Machine has been dealing with waves of high-volume automated traffic. Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, explains what’s happening and what we’re doing about it. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Twenty five years ago today, I compiled and published the very first version of the Newton Glossary as a page on my personal website.

At the time, it consisted of a mere 527 terms and 23 sources.

An early version of that page can be found in the Internet Archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20011031103303/splorp.com/newton/glossary/

Twenty. Five. Years.

https://newtonglossary.com

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

This image from today’s VCF event illustrates the intersection of computing devices with rainbow Apple logos and computing devices that run on AA batteries.

#vcfpnw
#retrocomputing
#applenewton

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Holt carp. Bringing Swift to the Apple II https://yeokhengmeng.com/2026/06/swift-on-apple-ii/

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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A bit more detail about this nutty hardware. #SCSI #RetroComputing https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/hardware-software-you-have-that-no-one-talks-about.5341/page-2#post-48337

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Announcing the July release of the Newton Glossary!

This edition contains 2,280 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, cross-references, and trivia related to the #AppleNewton.

https://newtonglossary.com

Since the last month’s update, another 43 terms and 5 sources have been added.

Latest additions:

https://newtonglossary.com/latest

Full release notes:

https://newtonglossary.com/changes

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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Related, I just confirmed that the time zone update was also pushed out to Mojave.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@nickheer@c.im Let me fire up a few old friends in the basement and I’ll report back.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social @clede@theforkiverse.com SVG, pfft! https://lmnt.me/badges/

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social @paperposts@masto.paperposts.me The smarter choice was using a supercapacitor, like Apple did with the #MessagePad 2x00 and #eMate series #Newton devices. It would hold clock related data for ages if you removed the main power or battery. Of course, user and system setting were stored in flash RAM, so you never lost that.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

It’s a bit hard to discern over the buzz of the crowd, but I think this sushi place in Seattle is playing a dance remix of Fleetwood Mac.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social Nope. SiteMill originated at Seneca as well. Adobe just ran with it.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

The latest update to my Comment #Blocklist for #WordPress features over 65,000 terms, phrases, and other bits of text string persnicketiness to keep your site as spam free as possible. https://github.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blocklist

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@kaaswe@swecyb.com Shhh … we won’t tell anyone.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@lorimolson@mstdn.ca Indeed! One for a SCSI hard drive and the other six to connect to NuBus SCSI accelerator cards in six different Mac boxes. File sharing server over SCSI!

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@erikvorhes@typo.social Welcome to our meetup.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @Luke@typo.social cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Adobe

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

RE: @poploser@mstdn.ca

“… with the zeal of an obsessed and deranged subredditor.”

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Serendipitous toots o’ the day.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@billgoats@bitbang.social I know, right? https://mastodon.social/@splorp/109906510702073493

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social @paperposts@masto.paperposts.me The supercapacitor is tagged in this photo on Flickr, but you’ll likely need to view it on desktop to see the note overlays. https://flic.kr/p/5keAJ

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@icm@mastodon.sdf.org Who is the guy taking photographs with Speed Graphic in the fourth image? I totally missed that moment.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Luke Love the #beigetown hashtag. I like to think @stewf would approve.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 1w ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social @loudestnoise@mastodon.social I am making note of Taco Mama for potential future endeavours.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Luke The $158 is per toner cartridge, not for the printer. I think I paid around $900 for the printer new prolly 15 years ago.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social I beta tested Ceneca PageMill in 1994, prior to the Adobe acquisition.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@poploser@mstdn.ca Duly noted.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social @mwichary@mastodon.online @kottke@mastodon.social I think it was David Turnbull demo’ing the Picocomputer 6502 … he had software and movie clips on NFC cardlettes.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu @flargh@mastodon.social What‽ 🤔

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Luke Yeah, Phaser is definitely a Tektronix leftover.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social Luke.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@Luke@typo.social Here’s another one of mine. https://compunabula.com/donk

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu @flargh@mastodon.social For the record, I have dipped my toes in at least two oceans.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @Luke@typo.social However, Adobe’s 1994 Annual Report mentions Image Club Graphics three times. https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/01/102770159-05-01-acc.pdf

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

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@Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu @flargh@mastodon.social That image should’ve had a content warning.

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@kottke@mastodon.social You know what’s nuts? Who the heck is Fred Again and why should I care?

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Grant Hutchinson @splorp@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @Luke@typo.social I remember TrueForm, but can’t recall who they got it from. There’s also no mention of Image Club Graphics, which came along with the Aldus acquisition to become Adobe Studios and the Adobe Image Library.

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