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Checking out an alternative to Internet Radio – Griffin Radio SHARK

Checking out an alternative to Internet Radio – Griffin Radio SHARK

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Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m always on the lookout for alternative methods to accomplish tasks, and I particularly enjoy challenges. Listening to radio is something I’ve enjoyed all my life, and even though I have many terabytes of music and subscribe to many different podcasts, I still enjoy radio to discover new music. Internet radio is nice and all, but I wanted a way to listen to radio on my Mac even when there is no internet available. Unable to find anything that could…

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Archiving outSPOKEN 9.0

Archiving outSPOKEN 9.0

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Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a project, one of many, that I have been working on. As this project has now ended, I thought it would be fun to recap the journey. July 3rd, Steve from Mac84 receives an email. The email asks him for help to track down version 9 of outSPOKEN, a screen reader for Mac OS 9 that lets visually impaired or blind use the system. Version 8 is available on Macintosh Garden but does not work on Mac OS…

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Trying something not computer related again (running log – last update: June 1, 2021)

Trying something not computer related again (running log – last update: June 1, 2021)

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Reading Time: 22 minutesWhen you’ve been servicing computers in one way or another for 23 years, sometimes it can get a little boring. Something I’ve run into several times over the years and I usually take a break for a week or two and do something completely different. Gardening, playing darts, console games, movies, tv shows, and stuff like that can kill some time but it’s more of a small break than a complete get-away-from-computers, you know? 2020 has been a good year…

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