Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #250,955! Almost made the first 0.25M!

If #8,675,309 isn't named Jenny I will be greatly disappointed.

My latest tech history column is now up on Every! In 1981, Don Estridge broke every rule IBM had to create the IBM PC. He invented an entire industry and gifted it to the company he loved. IBM never forgave him for it. This is his story. every.to/the-crazy-on...#history#technology

The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC

Don Estridge broke all of Big Blue's rules to create the home computer. The company would never forgive him for it.

In 1994 the Pet Shop Boys were invited to perform 'Go West' at the Brit Awards. They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments vimeo.com/293437684

Pet Shop Boys • Go West (Live At Brit Awards) • 1994

Pet Shop Boys выступают вживую на Брит Эвордс 1994 с шахтерским хором.

Don't Look Up

Interesting trending search on Google as of Monday... "my eyes hurt". Note the correlation to the path of the eclipse totality across the US...

And after getting through the fountain pen scandal of the day, they scratch the needle across the record with the news that Lamy has been sold to... (checks notes)... Mitsubishi. Say what? After COVID and Trump I don't think anything surprises me anymore...

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Here’s a shareable version of the article. No, I had missed this ink drama completely. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/s...

Intrigue, Ink and Drama Grip the Fountain Pen Community

A manufacturer reintroduced Dark Lilac, a limited-edition ink, to great fanfare. The only problem? The color had changed.

Haven't seen this linked in the fountain pen feed yet, but it's quite good. ukfountainpens.com/2019/03/24/1...

New Handle Day! One of the few times one can be happy to have a short handle and others won't make fun of you for it... Anyone else manage to get theirs down to 5 characters (okay, 6 with the @)?

New Ink Day Herbin - La Perle Des Encres - Bleu Calanque, in my Moonman A2 It was the best match I could find at the local inkery, I quite like it. Finding the A2 just as nice to write with as the A1, but it's a lighter pen overall. I know, I should find a better paper reference background... :P