nosleep.page does one weird trick: leave it open and it stops your computer falling asleep. This can be surprisingly annoying to accomplish through the proper channels. In my case I have a Windows laptop that can't be woken from sleep over bluetooth, but must work both as a normal sleep-when-closed laptop and as a never-sleep desktop. This solves my problem in a simple no-configuration way—the alternative is having to constantly mess with Windows' fiddly power profiles.
"Nosleep" website stops your computer falling asleep
1983 Tandy Model 100 upgraded with new CPU, keeps old display
Stephen Cass upgraded his 40-year old Tandy Model 100 (previously at Boing Boing) without completely obliterating its innards: the new CPU is far faster than the original, but the old display is exactly as it was. I'm not the first person to have thought of this, of course. A number of folks have upcycled the… READ THE REST
Code BBC Basic online (or just enjoy the wild tweet-size demos)
BBC Basic (previously) was a well-regarded implementation of BASIC made for use in schools in the UK. Now you can play with it online [via] in a web-based environment that's far nicer to use than a real BBC Micro. The in thing is to make spectacular demos that fit in a tweet. BBC Micro bot… READ THE REST
CP/M is now open-source for real
CP/M, the more capable of the two operating systems offered for the popular Amstrad CPC range of home computers, is now unequivocally open-source. Though it has been purportedly open source for some time, the license contained a peculiar specificity whereas the new wording is "equivalent to the well-known BSD or MIT licenses." READ THE REST
Get a $250 Restaurant.com E-Gift Card for $35 with this early Black Friday markdown
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Keep your real phone number private for $25 with Hushed
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Save 85% off this gorgeous cashmere shawl with this early Black Friday deal
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