Alternativeto.net Finds Alternatives One site I find myself landing on all of the time is called “Alternative To.” It does exactly what its name implies - finds alternatives to popular applications and services. It’s crowd driven and does a great job finding neat open source projects you’ve never heard about.
Calmira Makes Windows 3.1 Look Like 95 On the topic of cool interfaces for old computers, Benj Edwards on YouTube tweeted out this screenshot of Calmira - an open source tool that makes Windows 3.1 function like Windows 95. Calmira is open source and was first released back in 2001. Find more of my retro content here.
New Video: Yolobox Mini Review Buy one on Amazon (compensated affiliate link). - The Yolobox Mini combines a streaming video encoder, recorder, and monitor in a single device. It’s pricey but compared to other devices like it in the production world it’s actually pretty reasonable. See more production videos. and subscribe!
Apple II DeskTop Turns a II Into a Mac Apple II DeskTop (also known as MouseDesk) is a remarkable piece of software developed for the Apple IIe and //c way back in 1985. It replicated the look and feel of a Mac desktop on the II with surprisingly decent performance. It is still being worked on and is now open source. It works on original hardware as well as emulators (including the MiSTer).
320,000 Subscribers! We hit 320,000 subscribers today! Slow and steady is preferable IMHO to becoming a viral one hit wonder. Thank you for your continued support! Here’s a video I made about my channel’s strategy from last year when I hit the 300k mark.
AirTag Anti-Stalking Alarm Updated Apple pushed an update on their Airtags product that they say will tune “the unwanted tracking sound to more easily locate an unknown AirTag.” See more on AirTags here.
Ariel School Documentary Trailer One of the most compelling UFO stories in the 2020 documentary “The Phenomenon” involved a 1994 incident at the Ariel School in Zimbabwe. There students claim to have seen a UFO and its occupants after the craft landed next to their playground. A new documentary by Randall Nickerson will focus entirely on this story, visiting the former students on how this incident impacted their lives. Definitely check out the Phenomenon if you haven’t seen it already, I talk more about this incident in this Weekly Wrapup video.
Qualcomm’s M1 Competitor Delayed PC World has a great scoop on the status of Qualcomm’s M1 competitor. The company says it won’t be shipping the new chip until late 2023 - putting ARM based Windows PCs further behind Apple’s Macs. The big question is how farther along will Apple be by then? I covered the performance disparities between Windows ARM and Apple’s M1 about ten months ago. Apple’s M1 has been on the market for almost two years now.
AVGN Pays Respect to Contra I still remember the day I bought Contra 35 (yikes!) years ago. It is one of my favorite games of all time. AVGN did a great analysis of what made this game so great : it was tough but fair. Back in the day I managed to get to the last level until word of mouth about the “Konami code” made it to my school. I still remember the thrill of reaching the winter level on my first continue.
Samsung’s New T7 Reviewed Watch my Samsung T7 Shield review here and Buy one on Amazon (compensated affiliate link). Samsung released a revision of their T7 portable SSD. This new one is called the “Shield” and it offers a more rugged design vs. their previous model. Performance, however, is the same. See more portable SSD content here. New Plex Logo & Job Openings Plex updated their logo today! Looks a bit more rounded than the old one.