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Designing Windows 95’s User Interface – Socket 3

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:06:06 +0000

Three years ago I came across an interesting paper written up by a Microsoft employee, Kent Sullivan, on the process and findings of designing the new user interface for Windows 95. The web page has since been taken down - one reason why I’m a bit of a digital hoarder. It specified some of the…

Forget Comcast. Here’s The DIY Approach to Internet Access. | WIRED

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:05:52 +0000

Spanish engineer Ramon Roca got tired of waiting for telecom companies to wire his town — so he did it himself.

Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:05:44 +0000

Writing when tech has broken the web's social contract

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:05:35 +0000

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

The AI Great Leap Forward

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:21:28 +0000

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today’s top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba…

In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:58:44 +0000

The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to restrain themselves from excessive eating, drinking, scrolling, and shopping. It’s perfectly normal to pursue these and other pleasures even to the point of serious problems […]

Democratising Handwork in Wood

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:29:34 +0000

Keeping handwork alive in a world of machine tools