The Retro Millennial Podcast

Episode Notes News * Surprise Apple “Scary Fast” event scheduled for Monday, 10/30 at 8:00 pm Eastern (5:00 Pacific) — Watch it here * What to expect from Apple's big Scary Fast event today | Digital Trends * Apple Rumored to Follow ChatGPT With Generative AI Features on iPhone as Soon as iOS 18 - MacRumors * Apple Boosts Spending to Develop Conversational AI — The Information * Ubuntu 23.10 “Mant...

Episode Notes In this episode we look at some news from the last month and a half, and discuss an article by Terms of Service with Chris Martin in which he reviews the book Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities (full disclosure: this is an affiliate link if you want to support my work) . News Apple News * Apple held their annual Fall event t...

Episode Notes * Command Line Tool of the Week: try by binpash Linux/FOSS News * Linux Unplugged Podcast episode 514 * Debian 12 “Bookworm” released * GNU/Hurd 2023 Released — Phoronix ; GNU.org * Solus 4.4 released * Compare Thunderbird 102 to Thunderbird 115 * Evolution mail client team seeking beta testers for project’s flatpak Windows News * Updates to ReactOS — the open source clone of Windows...

It’s that time of the year when Tim Apple comes out and shows us the new shiny that we can all expect to see in a coffee shop near us at some point soon. That’s right, it’s WWDC! This year, the keynote had a lot of hype surrounding it with rumors of a new VR/AR-type of headset, and they were right. I watched the full 2 hour, 7 minute announcement so you don’t have to (unless you want to, of course...

Episode Notes News * KeePass Master Password Vulnerability — https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/keepass-exploit-allows-attackers-to.html?m=1 * Declassified documents reveal FBI misuse of FISA surveillance powers — https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4012650-fbi-misused-surveillance-tool-fisa-section-702/ * Read the official document here — https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702%...

The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes * New-Old Stock 006: The Mandalorian Season 3 Review * Windowblinds 11 from Stardock Software - https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/ * The Golden Girls Take Manhattan DX - https://www.jeoy.dev/projects/tggtmdx Recent Articles This i...

In this episode we recap the notable parts of the Windows Vista Challenge and I share my final thoughts on one of the most maligned operating systems to date. Command Tool of the Week: Dooit The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

Episode Notes In this episode I explain what happened to cause me to move away from Linux as my daily use operating system. We also discuss the headlines regarding: * New deals between XBox, Nvidia, and Nintendo * Mercedes Benz’s absurd plans for the 2024 E Class * Windows 11’s Desktop as a Spyware Service * GPL violations by Voice.ai, and * One Plus’ anti-right to repair “battery encryption” News...

Episode Notes Command Line Tools of the Week * CMatrix - Creates a Matrix-style feed in your terminal * Wikit - A command line program that can search for Wikipedia entries News * Google Confirms Stadia Shut Down * Raiden Voice Actor Sparks Wild Rumors for the Future of Metal Gear Solid * Microsoft makes Xbox Series X/S “Carbon Aware” * Apple caught scanning their users local files? * Twitch Strea...

Episode Notes * EctoLife - The World’s First Artificial Womb * DistroTube - Five Very Popular Linux Distributions that are now DEAD! * Crunchbangplusplus - The Classic Minimal Crunchbang Feel, Now with Debian 11 Bullseye * Hannah Montana Linux - I’m sorry… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/su...

The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes Housekeeping & Recent Articles * Retro Finds of the Week Vol. 4 & Vol. 5 released * Introduced The Retro Millennial Chats ; join and come discuss: * Your own retro finds * Retro gaming * Vintage computing * Nostalgia in the wild * A brief ret...

Just a quick wrap up of a busy year and a huge thank you to all of you for all of your support! The Retro Millennial is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Episode Notes Recent Articles News * Kickstarter for the Checkmate 19” IPS Modular Display * Trump’s NFT Silliness * Major breakthrough in fusion energy * Nuclear fusion: What does it mean for space exploration? Command Line Tool of the Week - exa “ exa is an improved file lister with more features and better defaults. It uses colours to distinguish file types and metadata. It knows about symlinks...

The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Episode Notes News * The Epiphany web browser (Gnome Web) has been ported to Haiku * Infinite Mac: An Instant-Booting Quadra in Your Browser * Michael MJD - Running Mac OS in a Web Browser Command Line Tool of the Week: Deep-Daze Deep-Daze is a Python appl...

Episode Notes Recent Articles * How to Bypass “Pipe connection has been broken” Error in VMWare Fusion 12 * RETRO REVIEW: Command & Conquer (1995) * Subscriber Poll News * All Over Windows - Installing Office XP Small Business * Scott Shafer - Established Titles Scam * Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.2 Released * Mozilla Acquires Active Replica and Pulse Main Topic - My 5 Favorite Laptops fro...

Episode Notes News * AEW Fight Forever * Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Graphical Issues * Splinter Cell turns 20! * Jason David Frank Passes at 49 * Batman Voice Actor, Kevin Conroy, Passes at 66 The Retro Millennial is a listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with oth...

Episode Notes News * Pokémon Scarlet & Violet release on Friday * New fix for Joy Con drift * YouTube | Stoic Financial - Crypto Companies Collapse & Massive Fraud Exposed * YouTube | Mental Outlaw - FTX Has Collapsed, Over $1 Billion in Customer Funds Lost * Forbes - FTX Declares Bankruptcy * Fortune - A Hacker Stole $400M from FTX this weekend. Here’s what we know so far * Reuters - At Least $1...

Episode Notes News * Slingbox servers are shutting down * LGR’s video on Slingbox * Mac84’s video on Slingbox * Twitter lays off 3,700 workers * Meta lays off 11,000 workers * Supply chain malware attack hits over 250 US news sites * Official Haiku website * Download Haiku R1 Beta 3 * Download Haiku nightly builds Command Line Tool of the Week: say Syntax say “Text to be spoken.” Use say to speak...

No big topic this week. I got a little sick last weekend and have been having trouble kicking it to the curb, so this week is just a news roundup! I’m planning to record again on Monday to get back on schedule. Episode Notes News * iPhone 14 New Crash Detection Reportedly Goes Off on Roller Coasters * Open Core Legacy Patcher version 0.5.1 released * Ventura compatibility added * Working on machin...

Episode Notes Command Line Tool of the Week: Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux * https://github.com/taviso/123elf News * Silent Hill Announcements: https://gamerant.com/silent-hill-transmission-october-2022-f-2-remake-ascension-townfall/ * Apple’s October 2022 Announcements: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/10/apple-introduces-next-generation-ipad-pro-supercharged-by-the-m2-chip/ * OpenBSD 7.2 Released: ht...

It’s been a wild week for gaming news. Razer’s new portable system, speculation about news for Silent Hill, Bayonetta 3 drama, and the final collapse of G4TV. Let’s talk about it, and what companies need to learn from it. Episode Notes Command Line Tool of the Week: Tilde Tilde is a text based word processor/text editor much like MS-Edit on the old DOS systems. Install on Debian-based Linux Distro...

A couple of days ago, a YouTuber published a video discussing a recent protest where high school students walked out over a new rule supposing to ban smartphones from campus. Let’s talk about the situation, and my response to his thoughts. Episode Notes Command Line Tool of the Week: Links Install on Debian/Ubuntu/Windows (via WSL) sudo apt install links Install on macOS via Brew brew install link...

Retro gaming is a fun hobby that I’ve been into for the last 6+ years. Let’s talk about it, and some tips on getting into it yourself. Episode Notes COMMAND LINE TOOL OF THE WEEK: RANGER Install on Linux (Debian-based) or Windows via WSL (Debian/Ubuntu): sudo apt install ranger Install on macOS via Homebrew: brew install ranger NEWS * Nintendo 64’s Goldeneye 007 Confirmed for Switch Online and Xbo...

Let’s have a chat about life, business, working in the IT industry, and some lessons I’ve learned along the way. Thanks for listening to The Retro Millennial podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe

Let’s talk about what Apple announced this week. Also, I finally dug out my old microphone, so enjoy the improved audio! Thanks for listening to The Retro Millennial podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes and support my work. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe