Another picture from WWDC in 2006; looking down at people at charging station tables. Mac laptop batteries didn’t last all that long back then.
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The answer to the #WhatsItWednesday question today: it’s the bottom-right corner of a 2002-vintage 23″ Apple Cinema HD display.
The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a limited-edition “iCEO” plush toy (mint in box) of a certain mercurial fruit company CEO.
The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a Mac OS X 10.1 installer CD-ROM, to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the general release of Mac OS X 10.0 (while I used 10.0, unfortunately I don’t have an installer disc for it). 💿
The Micro.blog challenge word for day 29 (a bonus day) is “light”. The sunlight reflecting off my desk in the morning is blinding; I need to put something there to reduce that glare. 📷 #mbfeb
The Micro.blog challenge word for day 25 is “code”. I write macOS and iOS code for a living. Also I need to clean my screen. 📷 #mbfeb
The Micro.blog challenge word for day 11 is “machine”. I have a collection of old Macs in a corner of my office; antique PowerPC-based machines, including an early iBook, an original iMac, a G5 tower, a Mac mini, plus some ancient displays etc. 💻🖥📷 #mbfeb
Jason Snell’s 20 Macs for 2020 project wrapped up today with his number 1: the iMac G3. While I had some misgivings at his relegating the original Mac to number 3, I can’t argue with his first choice. It was truly a game-changer for Apple and the world.
A couple more old reference books: the manuals for THINK’s Lightspeed Pascal (1988) and THINK Pascal (1991), plus some more books on my shelf. 📚
