Wednesday, April 13, 2022

An interesting Quora posting about OS X becoming Unix Compliant during the early days.

An interesting Quora posting about OS X becoming Unix Compliant during the early days.


For legal reason, certification was needed, but the changes broke all of the Mac code. Until they fixed it.


https://www.quora.com/What-goes-into-making-an-OS-to-be-Unix-compliant-certified


Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The newly released Effect House SDK allows creators to build AR effects for use in TikTok’s video app.

The newly released Effect House SDK allows creators to build AR effects for use in TikTok’s video app.

A detailed set of documentation, specific types of special effects, and a dedicated set of guidelines are all part of Effect House.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/12/tiktok-launches-its-own-ar-development-platform-effect-house/


Here is a different view of what the future Verse may be focused on.

Here is a different view of what the future Verse may be focused on.


Education may be the most key portion of future tech, Founder Michael Bodekaer Jensen thinks he is has a jump ahead on this.


https://sifted.eu/articles/labster-edtech-raise/


Sunday, April 10, 2022

Easter is coming, and for those of us who can not draw a straight line, a Robot EggBot may be the solution.

Easter is coming, and for those of us who can not draw a straight line, a Robot EggBot may be the solution.

This CNC device can also be used to color 1”-3.5” round/egg-shaped items like ping pong balls, gulf balls, and even light bulbs.

https://www.makershed.com/products/eggbot-pro


Saturday, April 9, 2022

Apple's new “Friday Night Baseball” will include additional online content.

Apple's new “Friday Night Baseball” will include additional online content.


Sports & Entertainment venues have been working on this type of merging live/televised events with information on handheld devices. NFL specifically has been experimenting.


https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apple-introduces-broadcasters-and-production-details-for-friday-night-baseball/


Tech Humor

Roses are RED

Violets are BLUE

Unexpected error,

On line 42.


(I need that for a Father's Day card!)


Thursday, April 7, 2022

An interesting outsider view of the rise & fall of AOL.

An interesting outsider view of the rise & fall of AOL.


There were many reasons for the success, and ultimate failure, but AOL will always have a place in Internet history.


https://slidebean.com/story/does-aol-still-exist


Ps. One mistake, Steve Case did not change the name from Quantum to AOL.  The employees actually voted on it.  The #2 choice, the one I preferred, because I thought AOL was too USA specific, was Crossroads!