Story of Sosumi & the Mac Startup Sound | Jim Reekes
The true story about the Sosumi beep, Mac startup sound, and other sounds I created at Apple. So many myths and urban legends. Here's the facts from the guy who did it.
he floppy disk collection is part of the Museum of Obsolete Media, which comprises over 800 media formats spanning audio, data, film and video storage media. This microsite is designed to run from a 3.5-inch High Density microfloppy and is self-contained, so requires no internet connection.
The creation of the original Macintosh has been extensively studied and written about, but what happened after it launched? What was it like to own a Macintosh in the mid-eighties? I intend to tell this story of the Macintosh through the pages of MacUser.
From the Macintosh ROM of Classic days, to Open Firmware in Power Macs, and on to (U)EFI with Intel, and ending up with LLB and iBoot in Apple silicon Macs.
Welcome to sourcehut! This suite of open source tools is the software development platform you've been waiting for. We've taken the wisdom of the most successful open-source communities and turned it into a platform of efficient engineering tools.
The mission of the AI Index is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, and globally sourced data for policymakers, researchers, journalists, executives, and the general public to develop a deeper understanding of the complex field of AI. To achieve this, we track, collate, distill, and visualize dat
The Mothership | The Apple Lisa and Early Apple Macintosh Archive
Welcome to The Mothership! The Apple Lisa and Early Macintosh Archive. The Premier Apple Lisa and Early Macintosh Archive, and the World's Largest Apple Advertising and Brochure Gallery Since 1999!
A collection of 150+ nifty tips and tricks for macOS, for both system features like the Dock, Spotlight, and Mission Control and built-in apps like Safari, Mail, and Photos.
30 years ago, the web emerged from the Matrix to change the world. But have we forgotten its original vision? Daniel Kehoe recalls the early days of the web.
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of blogs I enjoy reading.
Anton Zhiyanov
Brandon Rhodes
Brandur
Charity Majors
Dan Luu
Drew DeVault’s Blog
Fabien Sanglard’s Website
Harmful Stuff
Hynek Schlawack
Joel on Software
John Gruber
Julia Evans
Preslav Rachev
Simon Willison’s Weblog
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