Category Archives: Miscellaneous

The End of an Era

To most people working in publishing today, the name Quark is synonymous with the publishing process itself. The Denver-based company’s flagship product, QuarkXPress, set the standard for DTP and anyone looking for a job in the industry had to have … Continue reading

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Jef Raskin did NOT like Steve Jobs

Note: I’ve been meaning to blog about this since I came across it last month, but haven’t had the time… Normally, this kind of thing doesn’t grab my attention, as I have little interest in anything related to Steve Jobs … Continue reading

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KansasFest 2011 Announced

The dates for next year’s “Summer Camp for Geeks”, KansasFest 2011 were announced today.  The annual celebration of all things Apple II will once again take place at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri.  Make sure you mark off your … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia, Round 2

Okay, this should be an easy one – no chance of a technical inaccuracy like last week.  Everyone knows the Apple /// was a colossal failure for Apple.  Even so, it still managed to make a few appearances on the … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia

A quick Apple /// trivia question: what’s wrong with this picture?

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STFU

  You know, I need to hire a full-time assistant to follow me around all day whose only job would be to intervene whenever I forget who I am and try to volunteer for public speaking, interviews, or anything that … Continue reading

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What the hell happened here?

This is a bit weird, to say the least.  As I was swimming through the intertubes today, as I often do, I came across this blog entry, titled “Where Apple’s Go To Die”.  The blog belongs to a Lebanese photographer … Continue reading

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A Family Reunion

I played around with Photoshop’s Photomerge tool to create this panorama of the machines currently set up in my office. What you see here represents maybe 20% of my collection. I’m posting this because I like it, but also because … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Joe Kohn

Notice was posted to comp.sys.apple2 and the KansasFest mailing list this morning that Joe Kohn, proprietor of the long-running Apple II software store Shareware Solutions II, passed away on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Joe was a respected member … Continue reading

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