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Category Archives: lowendmac
The distraction of distraction-free word processors
I’m currently not writing at least three books. At least one of them, I am convinced, is an amazingly good idea. I’ve written a dozen chapters, at least one of which doesn’t make me cringe when I read it back, … Continue reading
Posted in computers, literature, lowendmac, Raspberry Pi
Tagged Python, RaspberryPi, writing
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Original Macintosh Finder font
I am a bit obsessed with Susan Kare’s original 1984 Macintosh bitmap fonts and design and made my own Truetype version of her great Chicago font using BitFontMaker. I then got intrigued by the font used on the labels of … Continue reading
Posted in lowendmac, nostalgia
Tagged font, Mac, Macintosh, Susan Kare, TrueType, typography
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Two (3!) new old bitmap fonts
I’m a huge fan of Susan Kare’s work – she designed the beautiful fonts and icons on the original 1984 Macintosh computer, a real work of art. I am always telling my students about this. They probably think I am … Continue reading
Using an old Wacom Graphire tablet in OS X 10.10 Yosemite
I love it when I make things work that shouldn’t and I also love saving money. This does both. I have an old Wacom Graphire graphics tablet model ET-0405-U. It’s not supported by recent versions of OS X, but graphics … Continue reading
OS X parental controls on a netbook
My kids want to use my Hackintosh netbook – a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2 running Snow Leopard. One of the great things about OS X is its excellent built-in parental controls, but on a netbook with a small 600 pixel-high screen, … Continue reading
Posted in computers, lowendmac, MacOS X
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