Shipping large software to end-user devices is a complicated process. Shipping large software securely to end-user devices is even more complicated. Signing the things that ship to end-user devices is one of those complications, and it gets even more complicated … Read more
In all of English there are few words rich enough in their history and variety of use to warrant a dedicated dictionary that runs to hundreds of pages and multiple editions. That fuck is at the same time one of … Read more
Firmware, software that’s intimately involved with hardware at a low level, has changed radically with each of the different processor architectures used in Macs. Classic Macs based on Motorola 68K processors come with their own Macintosh ROM. That changed after … Read more
When the first Macs with internal hard disks started shipping in 1987, they were revolutionary. Although they still used 800 KB floppy disks, here at last was up to 80 MB of reliable high-speed storage. It’s worth reminding yourself of … Read more
Kamal 2 is coming with a brand new custom proxy that’s replacing Traefik. Let’s have a look at why is that and what it means. Why Kamal needs a proxy Kamal is a simple deployment tool built around Docker containers. … Read more
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underlying infrastructure and then chronologically. You’ll also notice that within … Read more
[update December 2021: files for 86Box install at https://technologists.com/DellUnix2.2.1/ update December 2020: Dell Unix on 86Box “Today let me present Dell Unix more properly, with 1024×768, 256 colors video and proper networking using emulated VGA and NIC.” update March 2012: … Read more
A brief interview with Tcl creator John Ousterhout February 8, 2023 — Dr. John Ousterhout is a computer science luminary who has made significant contributions to the field of computer science, particularly in the areas of operating systems and file … Read more
November 15, 2022 — Dr. Brian Kernighan is a Canadian computer scientist who contributed to the development of UNIX at Bell Labs. Along with Dennis Richie, he co-authored a fundamental book on C, The C Programming Language. He has been … Read more
01 May 2024 6 min read The Zeiss Model I planetarium, created for the Deutsches Museum, opened to the public in May 1925. Deutsches Museum In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had … Read more