The Lunduke Journal of Technology

You can’t throw a rock without hitting news of a Tech Company doing yet another round of layoffs. Every day a new one. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Meta… layoff after layoff after layoff. Let’s talk about exactly why this is happening — it’s been a long time in coming. And, if we’re being honest, we all know that it needs to happen. Lunduke Journal Monthly PDF - Exclusive Videos & Books...

The Lunduke Journal of Technology has always been a “Politics-free” zone — a place where we can focus purely on the nerdy stuff that unites us all together. Some time back I created the “Conservative Nerds” community to provide a fun place for nerds to discuss political topics (in large part as an outlet to help keep The Lunduke Journal of Technology completely free of all politics). Starting toda...

I think I can confidently say that 8-Bit Week, here at The Lunduke Journal, was a massive success! While previous themed weeks have been a blast (including DOS Week , Haiku Week , & PDA Week ), 8-Bit Week blew them all out of the water… with a huge amount of wildly varied content posted by all of you in The Lunduke Journal Community . The collection of links to 8-Bit Weeks posts for Days 1 & 2 and...

The first 48 hours of “ 8-Bit Week ” here at The Lunduke Journal has been an absolute blast! Apple II. Commodore 64. Tandy Color Computer 3. Atari 800. These first two days of 8-Bit Week were filled to the brim with fun, fascinating posts by members of The Lunduke Journal Community . Below is a, roughly chronological, list of 8-Bit Week posts in our community. Read through them all… or simply chec...

Behold! 8-Bit Week begins at The Lunduke Journal! First we had DOS Week … then Haiku Week … then PDA Week … and now — it is time for an entire week dedicated to 8-Bit computing and gaming! Join us here at The Lunduke Journal on Substack — all week long — for articles focused on 8-Bit goodness. History, gaming, the works. And then swing over to Lunduke. Locals.com to see what everyone in the commun...

2022 has been a big year for The Lunduke Journal. A big year, filled with big articles. What follows are some of my personal favorites — not necessarily the most popular articles… but the ones that I found the most interesting. Or that made me smile the most. A few news items, some historical pieces, and a few bits of satire. All over the map, really. Presented here, in no particular order. Becaus...

It’s the end of the year. Which means I am morally obligated to provide the official Lunduke Journal predictions for 2023. Plus… predictions are fun. And the computer world has a crazy year ahead of it. You can also listen to this episode over on Lunduke. Locals.com The Lunduke Journal of Technology is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a fr...

Earlier in 2022, Lunduke predicted that the Haiku Operating System would become viable for daily use by many people (Lunduke included) by the end of the calendar year. Magically on schedule, Haiku now has a viable web browser (GNOME Web / Epiphany) ported and functional. Plus: Let's talk about PDA Week and the Tandy Zoomer. This episode is also available on Lunduke. Locals.com . This is a public e...

PalmOS! Windows CE! Psion! Newton! Zaurus! Let's spend this week celebrating, exploring, and marveling in the glory of the Personal Digital Assistant! It may be the age of the Smart Phone, but there's some pretty cool stuff that happened with those PDA's from the 1990s and early 2000s! This episode also available on Lunduke. Locals.com . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

Examples of two, popular A.I. systems — OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft GitHub’s Copilot — and how they can negatively impact the world… plus the highly unethical (and illegal) ways that they are developed. This episode also available on Lunduke. Locals.com . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/su...

With so many people jumping from Twitter to Mastodon, let's take a moment to talk about some of the downsides (and upsides) of Mastodon... and the Fediverse in general. Along with some of my, rather bizarre, history with it. Podcast also available on Locals . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/s...

It’s time for the weekly normal computer news. The Big Tech stuff that’s worth taking a look at. Apple now worth more than Google, Amazon, and Meta… combined Seriously . “Apple finished Wednesday's session with a $2.31 trillion market cap, according to Yahoo! Finance data. Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta were worth a combined $2.3 trillion.” Microsoft sued for GitHub Copilot The Joseph Saveri Law Firm...

Here is the “Weird” computer news — the retro and alternative OS stuff — for November 6th, 2022! Currently 3 blocker bugs for Haiku Beta 4 For those looking forward to the upcoming “imminent" release of Haiku Beta 4… it’s worth noting that, according to the official Haiku bug tracker , there are only 4 issues that are marked as “blocker” for Beta 4. Meaning that — at least as of this very moment —...

It’s Wednesday! So let’s talk about the normal computer news. You know. Big Tech stuff. Popular stuff. (Come back on Sunday for the weird computer news…) Upcoming Lunduke Journal Events Next week is a crazy week here at The Lunduke Journal! * Wednesday, November 9 - Haiku Week beings! * Thursday, November 10 - First Live Call-in Show ! * Friday, November 11 - First show in the Lunduke Journal Vide...

Got a sale going right now on Lunduke Journal Subscriptions! * Founding Member Subscriptions: $75 / Year (normally $125) * Lifetime Subscriptions: $200 (normally $350) For the details on how to take advantage of it, see this post on Lunduke. Locals.com . It’s time for some weird computer news! None of that mainstream, Big Tech mumbo jumbo. Just the weird, fun, alternative OS and retro stuff! Haiku...

Time for your “Normal” computer news! You know. The mainstream stuff. Microsoft, Apple, Linux, Google. That sort of thing. Dive in below, and feel free to listen to the podcast as you go. Apple releases macOS Ventura This week Apple released the latest revision of their desktop Operating System: “ macOS 13 — Ventura ”. Among the new features, Stage Manager (a tool for organizing windows on the des...

On Wednesday we talked about the “Normal” computer news. But today is not Wednesday. Today is Sunday . Thus we do the only logical thing… we talk about the “ Weird ” computer news. Alternative Operating Systems. Retro computing. And funky stuff that most people will never hear about… but are mind-melting-ly awesome. Solitaire via Gopher This isn’t exactly breaking news — it was made back in April...

There is always something fun and nerdy happening over on The Lunduke Journal Community ( Lunduke. Locals.com ). Let’s take a tour of some of my favorite stuff that’s being talked about this week (ending October 21st, 2022). Note : This is by no means comprehensive. This is just a handful of the fun posts that jumped out at me this week. Things that made me smile. More family friendly, troll-free...

Here comes the “Normal Computing” news of the week! What is “Normal Computing”? Stuff about Microsoft, Apple, Google, and the like. Big Tech. The “Big 5”. Mainstream. You know. “Normal”. Microsoft drops “Office” name… “Microsoft is now 365” In “well that’s a dumb idea” news… Microsoft is officially killing off their “Microsoft Office” branding — which has been a cornerstone of the company for over...

It’s time for the important news of the week! And this week is a fun one! Haiku Beta 4 is “imminent”! The September “Haiku Activity Report” has a number of excellent updates in it… but this little tidbit at the bottom of the monthly report was especially exciting: Are we beta4 yet? Two blocking issues were resolved last month. The only ones that remain are “tasks” (i.e. not true issues, but things...

Officially “ Command Line Week ” starts at 8am (Eastern) on Wednesday. But I’m just too excited . So I recorded the podcast episode and am posting it about 10 hours early. Let’s do this! Here is a quick outline of the schedule of events (all times Eastern): * Wednesday, Oct 12 @ 8am — Command Line Week kickoff podcast * All Week — The Community posting all manner of Command Line goodies at Lunduke...

What follows is the most important news for the week! Linux-y news! Retro computer news! Alternative OS news! You know… the stuff that matters! The Free Software Foundation is 37 years old! On October 4th, 1985, Richard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation. Weird thought: On October 3rd, 1985, the Free Software Foundation didn’t exist. After all these years, it’s almost hard to imagine a...

It’s Sunday! Which means it’s time for some Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing news! You know… the important stuff. The podcast & the article! All in one spot! Huzzah! GNU toolchain hosting moving to… Linux Foundation It appears that the GNU toolchain projects — which includes GCC, Make and glibc — are preparing to move their hosting entirely to… The Linux Foundation. Seriously. From the ann...

The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday - Computer & Linux Satire Wednesday - Podcast ( Subscriber Exclusive ) Thursday - Computer History ( Subscriber Exclusive ) Friday - Wildcard day! Anything goes! Saturday - Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computer News Article Sunday - Linux, Alternativ...

The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday - Computer & Linux Satire Wednesday - Podcast ( Subscriber Exclusive ) Thursday - Computer History ( Subscriber Exclusive ) Friday - Wildcard day! Anything goes! Saturday - Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computer News Article Sunday - Linux, Alternativ...