Glenn researches and writes about the history of printing, focused particularly on newspaper comics and printing molds. Order his book How Comics Were Made. He’s a long-time technology journalist, who contributes regularly to Macworld and TidBITS and writes books in the Take Control Books series. A former Amazon employee (1996–97) who used to eat burritos with Bezos, Glenn is more interestingly a two-time Jeopardy! winner.
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Last Notes npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…crum You are very kind! I wish I remembered the act of writing that but I do remember revising it many times for clarity! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…5jqv If I thought there were enough book buyers, I’d write a manual. It’s a very handy app. Transformed how I was building websites. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…tm70 They took me into a back room at Moscone West and let me touch it! I was astounded. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…t6s2 I used Facebook and Threads for marketing. I had first deleted Facebook many years ago. I only set one up again to promote my comics-history book—there are some book comics-fan groups on Facebook that aren't replicated elsewhere. (Older folks don't use Discourse.) npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…z7k8 Views aren’t worth much at all. Most advertising is tracked objectives (purchases, clickthroughs, sign ups) as far as I understand the value. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Just deleted permanently deleted Facebook and Threads accounts. On the fence about Instagram at the moment since I don’t make Facebook money there. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Will new tariffs doom my books to languish in a (very clean, well-lit, and well-run) warehouse in Vancouver, B.C.? You can help…if you would like a discount on my latest book, which was printed and is fulfilled from Canada! 🇨🇦 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…7wfc I FLY! AT LAST! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…d9dw It’s like Brexit in that it's a self-inflicted wound that will take potentially generations to recover from and leave us in an incredibly weak position globally. Only worse! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…t88w I forgot Threads existed for a few days! It doesn’t seem worth it? npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman It says, “God damn it, Brod, I told you to burn everything!” npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…tm3l In a Doctor Strange sort of “predicting all outcomes” setup, it seems like the Sisko was the only path they found and only if he picked up what they laid down? Like, there was clearly a possibility of failure even with their non-linear time consciousness? npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman As I think about DS9, it seems like the entire setup of the show is that the Prophets knew they would need a defender against the Pah-Wraiths, so they just used time and space to create one. (And, unlike most Chosen Ones, they had a plan that he would just become one of them instead of being discarded.) npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…5t76 I have been writing professionally, for cash money, about the Macintosh for decades and…just learned this. THANK YOU. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Why OCANADA? The book was printed and is warehoused in Canada, and I have no idea (nor does anyone else) if it will be subject to tariffs in a couple of weeks for sales or shipping into the United States! So enjoy the 10% off sale wherever you are! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Hellobonjour! How Comics Were Made, my book on the history of making and printing newspaper comics, is in a post-holiday, pre-possible-tariff sale! Get 10% off with coupon code OCANADA at checkout through 12 Jan 2025. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…efw6 was surprised the water bottle wasn’t Klein npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…lxs3 Makes so much sense, though! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…qzpw @nprofile…86l5 you’re responding like a pundit; I’m suggesting personally, think about what it means as a person if you think this is funny or are sharing it. Very different than a super observer view. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…qzpw @nprofile…86l5 people laughing at a man burning alive: What do you call it? npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…663l there’s a burned body of a human inside each photo. It’s like a snuff film. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…663l You want to share a picture of a person being burned to death? I don’t celebrate terrorism—or the death (or depiction of death) of people. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…86l5 It is—but it’s ghoulish to spread a photo of a man being immolated. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Once you find out someone burned alive in the Tesla Cybertruck, maybe it’s not funny to share the video anymore or joke about it. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Even for two people npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…ryjz oh weird. It was a regular link for me when retooted. Now it isn’t! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…7nxw A model T npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman I am in this one, so either seek or avoid npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Pleased as punch to congratulate @nprofile…6yxa for winning the American Society of Indexing’s 2024 Indexing Award in the trade (general market) book category for @nprofile…vh5w’s Shift Happens! https://www.asindexing.org/news/2024-indexing-awards-winners/ npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…jqvx Fun days to relive! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…jqvx Your journey into the past has been delightful to follow. I was writing machine code in 1979 for the 6502 (OSI computer, not Apple) and using MICRO SOFT BASIC on the same machine…I don't think I ever learned Apple’s BASIC variant! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…3yg5 Totes muh goats npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman I’ve put up for sale the rare “Sparky”-signed copy (to his hockey pal Mike) of “Snoopy and ‘It Was a Dark and Stormy Night’” on my website. I’ve posted pictures of the inscription and of the book’s condition. I used auction sites with completed sales to price it. https://glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/inscribed-snoopy-and-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night-signed-as-sparky npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Now sold out! The ebook version of Six Centuries of Type & Printing remains available! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…44ea pillow pusher npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…zcwt Wow, no! I've only read about it. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…5zlq Yes, although the cases are very very few for non-commercial ones, too. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…76g2 I think that is an optimistic view of software. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…mh0g Tuesday: “I will fight this deportation notice about my non-legal working status when I was first working in the United States!” [allegedly] npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman An unfortunate semi-secret of the aviation world is that no control tower has ever talked a non-pilot through landing a craft successfully. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650464/can-passenger-be-talked-through-landing-plane-emergency npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…44ea (possibly “bedhog”) npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…44ea what is the opposite of spreadsheet npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…rcvf Looks like he had a regular gang! I’m guessing this Mike might have passed away if it were signed in the 1970s. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Accidentally purchased a personally inscribed first-edition Charles Schulz book. This was via an online bookstore that I guess didn’t recognize the “Sparky” signature. Schulz seemingly signed his full name to people he didn’t know and Sparky—the nickname given to him at just days old—to friends. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman ONE left. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Now just two left forever! Deal still on. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman With just three copies left, I’m having a quick post-Christmas sale to close the “books” on this book! Get $10 off with coupon SIXYEAR at checkout. https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-museum-time-capsule-and-more/six-centuries-letterpress npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…7sl8 @nprofile…vh5w I think our best bet for humanity is if we regress from WWW to gopher to telnet to tin cans. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…vh5w Gopher was very clever. IIRC right, you could telnet into Powell’s very early and use a system there to search their database and order books (may have had to call to give them a c.c.). I don't think they had a gopher server, but a lot of people did. It felt kind of like a BBS evolution. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…6f5f The ferry & Xmas Day is amazing. We once had late bags on both directions of a flight on Alaska. We went to complain and ask when our bags were arriving…and they said, "oh, our guy goes home at 9 p.m. [it was maybe 10] so we'll have to send them to you tomorrow." Me: "PUT THEM ON A TAXI. " They did not. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman I published my year in review for 2024—it’s an exercise in me remembering, hey, what did I do this year? https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2024/12/26/2024-year-in-review npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…6f5f I just found what happened to your luggage—oof. We have now I think 12 AirTags deployed across cars, purses, messenger bags…a trombone case! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…rcvf Thank you! I am beyond thrilled that you enjoyed it enough to gift give! That is an author’s dream, for sure. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Four AirTags are just $70 at Amazon at the moment, $30 off the normal price. https://amzn.to/4iUgbLV npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…cgrd Swedish is the name of the hospital group. Seattle was founded by Scandis npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…z7k8 I wouldn’t predict when, because people will pour good money after bad indefinitely when they believe in something ridiculous. But it seems like results for many companies that are trying to use LLM-based stuff has turned out poorly already, so the future revenue opportunities are already closing down. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Three copies of this letterpress-printed title (from an edition of about 425) now remain! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman I’m weirdly unconcerned about the AI power usage boom because the AI crash is going to be enormous. https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/113720033364065097 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…dn05 Hey, hurray, and thank you! Please feel free to ask anything, too! It was the best thing I’ve ever had the privilege to make for people. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Late Christmas or Hanukah gift: the ebook edition of How Comics Were Made! An instant download. https://glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/how-comics-were-made-ebook-pdf npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…qf5x Hurray! Thank you! This book is Dad-Approved™ by a Dad For All Parenting Spectrums®. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman The happened quietly to Swedish, another major system, several years ago. Catholic organizations dominate healthcare as part of a mission to suppress abortion services and contraception, while also having an unethical profit stream. Perfect for the Church. https://c.im/@carolannie/113705489717780882 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…pluq oh our old one broke. But I meant buying a rebate version of the smart one and then returning it to Amazon or something similar! I think we’ll stick with what worked! This reminds me a check before I buy something next time, though! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…pluq Interestingly, Amazon has it for ~$40 more but I've already installed mine. So I could do the rebate version ($83 versus $120) then return the one sent to me to Amazon, but that seems wasteful and vaguely wrong! eBay lists the same unit in new condition for ~$70-$90! Ah, well. But I wanted it quickly as the heat wasn't working in the guest room our older kid is staying in… npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…pluq i did not as i already got one subsidy for our main thermostat. Going to check now whether i can get another ! Thanks! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman May I humbly suggest that for the comics-and-history buff in your life, my book about how newspaper cartoons were made—including never-before-printed Doonesbury and Peanuts printing artifacts—would be a great gift? https://glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/how-comics-were-made npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Yesterday, I did *not* install a new baseboard thermostat when I realized I wasn’t sure what all the wires did. I spent nearly two hours figuring out I did NOT know enough. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…tydg He paces himself with the patience of a man receiving a large paycheck. I have actually put this on in the past, it's very nice! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman The solution was wacky: npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…mh0g Turf to surf dining, though npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman For those interested in owning a piece of a book as it came off the press, I’ve made a limited number of press sheets available from How Comics Were Made. As a bonus, I will sign the sheet! https://glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/signed-how-comics-were-made-press-sheet-full-size (ships w/in U.S. in a tube) npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…30r7 I’ve got to try more things still—all the basic stuff didn't work! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…twq3 Did that npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…30r7 I've done that! Hilarious video, though, for one line of typing—but I get it. You can't screen capture it! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…3rr3 Seems widespread! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…3rr3 indeed! I’ve been updating for testing. Has seemed stable. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…299u I’ll check! Thanks for the suggestion! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…7sl8 interesting!! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…6gy4 Yes. Relaunch and reboot don’t clear state npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…nfkd nothing like that running! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman My desktop in 15.2 Sequoia has disappeared. I get Finder windows, but nothing on the Desktop itself; the Desktop folder has items in it. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman THREE! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…7fmf incredible. The codex as a format dates back 1,000s of years to South America but more by reputation apparently. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…3rr3 🫣 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Three! https://twit.social/@glennf/113693135491120963 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Just four perfect copies left; all the imperfect ones have been sold. Get one of the last of these letterpress beauties that will ever be sold! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…d3ud He also solved a version of the Sorting Burnt Pancakes problem: https://aperiodical.com/2016/02/open-season-pancake-flipping/ npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman New York Times Tech Guild donates remainder of strike fund to striking Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh!! https://www.unionprogress.com/2024/12/19/stunned-by-the-solidarity-new-york-times-tech-workers-make-shocking-114000-donation-to-post-gazette-strikers-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/ npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman It’s the season of giving—particularly giving technical support when you go home to visit family or they come to you. Take Control Books is celebrating WinterFest with a bunch of Mac app developers and offering 30% off all books—including all eight of mine!—with code winterfest2024 or via this link https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/winterfest2024 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…e6le I have had so many conversations with friends, medical providers, strangers, family that start with them saying, “Of course, I don’t support murder, but…” It’s kind of a sea change. It should be a memento mori for all the wealthy and horrible people: you will die. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman Five of those imperfect copies have now been sold! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…qjds @nprofile…pks2 Adam Engst just wrote up an inexplicable case of this in TidBITS. https://tidbits.com/2024/12/06/beware-obituary-scam-sites-and-fake-iphone-security-warnings/ @nprofile…dyj9 npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman With just FIVE perfect copies left at $180, I’ve made available 10 *imperfect* copies that sell at a reduced price. You can get a copy for from $50 to $125, depending on the issue. A full description of imperfections appears at the bottom of the listing: https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-museum-time-capsule-and-more/six-centuries-letterpress npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…pagu Thank you so much, Ralph! I loved that era and working in it! I failed to take *any* photos of my work environment, which may have had to do with the price of film at the time…I'm so pleased you liked it! I keep having to refer back to it myself, as I distilled so many things that I had lots of notes about before into concise coverage. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as They really wanted to sell tiny boxes with rolls of film forever. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as we had the DCS100, serial number 0000001. The first production digital camera and the first production unit! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as We had every scanner: drum, flatbed, film, overhead film. It was ridiculous We had the best technology in production in 1991: Kodak’s own, Leaf, Kodak Photo CD (entire system), forgetting the drum scanner brand. It was astonishing. Kodak was 10 years ahead of the competition and 10 years later it was 10 years behind. The worst technological failure—like oil companies refusing to invest in renewables. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as !!!!! And it only cost you $10,000 to ship insured! npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as We used to joke about that at the Kodak Center for Creative Imaging in Maine. We sometimes had to send huge amounts of data (for the time) across the country and we think we had among the highest throughput in 1991–1993. npub1zfvsvm4qsvgmkfuxq4j5kv6jfdp4hngf3xng2d5rwl5vs83660hq8m7aqc Glenn Fleishman @nprofile…h8as FedEx that sucker overnight and you’ve got the highest bps in the land.
