marczak

marczak, 7 days ago to random

I see a bunch of people talking about testing web sites on less-than-ideal networks. If you're developing/testing on macOS and don't want to take a trip to Antarctica to test, download, "Additional Tools for Xcode..." from the Apple developer site, which contains the Network Link Conditioner pref pane. This will allow you to simulate poor network conditions (like slow, and/or lossy). Don't get caught by surprise: test your sites!

marczak, 20 days ago to random

Rage Against Florence and the Machine.

marczak, 24 days ago to random

Honestly, Retroarch is all I’ve ever wanted on iOS. https://www.threads.net/

marczak, 1 month ago to random

You may be interested in dairy alternatives:

https://boingboing.net/2024/04/29/after-a-vegan-blue-cheese-won-the-good-food-award-panicked-dairy-cheese-makers-forced-the-foundation-to-disqualify-it.html

Less cruelty, save the planet/human race.

marczak, 1 month ago to random

After 14 months of weekly(-ish), hour-long play, my friend and I finished Ultima IV again, after having played through it in the 80’s.

What a lesson in game design, and how these types of games have changed. Some incredibly deep content for a product created in 1985.

We played through on an original C64 with an Ultimate II cart for the disk emulation.

marczak, 1 month ago to random

Game controllers, please: sticks at the same height on each side. (I don’t understand the Xbox style of mismatched sticks.)

marczak, 2 months ago to random

Vuln researcher role at Apple: https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200537641/vulnerability-researcher

marczak, 3 months ago to random

While Flash was a battery killer and security mess, I still have to say: that was a great era of the internet. Flash was fun. People did cool, surprising things with it. Strongbad! Queer Duck! Hard Drinkin Lincoln! Games! Non-flash sites at the time also generally “just worked” and ads weren’t popping up over everything you were trying to read.

marczak, 3 months ago to random

Do I know anyone here that does WordPress consulting/development?

marczak, 4 months ago to random

I keep seeing people saying that “zero trust means you trust nothing”. However, when they shorten the phrase, they forget that it’s really “zero trust networking”, and the thing you don’t trust is the network. You can’t be in a position of trusting nothing, otherwise, how do you bootstrap trust? You start out trusting your own endpoint, and verify remote certs for services (and services verifying your endpoint), but don’t allow access just because a device is on a certain network.

marczak, 4 months ago to random

Not useful.

marczak, 4 months ago to random

Stopped into a Whole Foods yesterday and found this at each register. Add this to the no-way-never-in-hell list.

marczak, 4 months ago to random

The thing you stand behind when speaking is a lectern. The thing you stand on is the podium. (Apropos of nothing)

marczak, 4 months ago to random

A lot of tea, a lot of yaks shaved. Not a bad day.

marczak, 5 months ago to random

Oh, no, Yori: https://people.com/caddyshack-and-tron-star-cindy-morgan-found-dead-at-69-after-roommate-returns-home-8423226

marczak, 5 months ago to random

Here’s to you and yours having a fantastic 2024 (whatever that means for you).

marczak, 5 months ago to random

Oh, wait…I made the Wham thing!! I did not hear that Wham Christmas song at all this month! Stunning.

marczak, 5 months ago to random

Anyone writing anything, but especially anything technical or inside industry: your super power is to expand and explain acronyms on first use. If you’re writing something worthwhile, it will hang around and there will always be someone reading it that is new to the concepts. Be kind to those future readers.

marczak, 6 months ago to random

An update to Hex Fiend!

https://hexfiend.com

marczak, 6 months ago to random

Hey retro computing people: I have an Apple 13” color monitor. What’s the best way to drive this with something “modern”, like a RPi? Basically, drive it with a non-retro-Mac.

marczak, 6 months ago to random

Here’s a general security/privacy rule for all of your services: don’t sign into anything that acts as a proxy for the real service that you use. Messaging services, email, banking, whatever.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothings-imessage-app-was-a-security-catastrophe-taken-down-in-24-hours/

marczak, 7 months ago to random

I’m here to write in praise of the Apple Watch “Backtrack” feature. I was able to go on a good hike this past weekend, and used Backtrack to track my route and follow it back. I was safe in either case: I had a trail map as well, but Backtrack is an amazing addition.

I’m probably late to this: I was a hold off on any “wearable” until recently. My main interest is the heart data. I know way too many men that have heart issues right around mid-life. Turns out the other features are useful, too!

marczak, 7 months ago to MacAdmins

This is really, really great for #macadmins and #security people:

https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/11/06/adding-build-provenance-to-homebrew/

I will be following along.

marczak, 7 months ago to random

Finally picked up Horizon Forbidden West. Only a short bit in and again: wow, what a stellar job. The environment is even more beautiful, gameplay is like HZD but amped up a bit - just really great work. I don’t understand how there’s any debate around games being art or not. (They are, always have been.)

marczak, 8 months ago to random

I’ve seen a lot of griping that Apple kept such a strong focus on environmental impact during their event yesterday. On the contrary: it’s really important, and I wish more companies paid attention to this and reported on their actions.