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Image 1 — [OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)
Image 2 — [OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)
Image 3 — [OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)
Image 4 — [OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)
Image 5 — [OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)
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[OS] 🥳 Windows 95 turns 31, so RetroMac 2.7 brings the whole thing to macOS. Fun stuff included (Free / $10 Pro)

Hey 👋

Disclosure: I'm the guy behind RetroMac.

🪟 Windows 95 shipped on August 24, 1995. 31 years ago today. Good day to release the theme (and some new features)

Problem: Making your Mac look like the machine you grew up with means collecting wallpapers, icon packs, a dock replacement, a boot screen and some CRT shaders by hand. RetroMac is a menu bar app that does it easily: 30+ shaders (CRT, VHS, LCD, Trinitron), classic OS themes (Windows, MacOS, beOS, NEXT,eetc) with a dock, boot screens, icons, widgets. Nothing in the system gets patched, one click reverts it.

New in 2.7: Windows 95 theme: classic colors, boot screen (when activating the theme), wallpapers, icons, desktop widgets, and the Funstuff as seen on the Original Win95 CD, including its wallpapers, the game Hover! and the two videos, Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and the Rob Roy trailer.

Comparison: Analog TV Simulator (https://analogtv.net) goes far deeper into signal physics than I ever will, and cool-retro-term (https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term) is the classic for a CRT terminal. Both amazing and great Apps!

RetroMac is more focused on the parts neither of them touches: dock, boot screen, icons, wallpapers, screensavers.

Pricing: Free with 15+ shaders. Optional Pro for 10 USD one time, no subscription, for extra and custom presets plus the webcam shader. Most of you will be happy with the free version.
macOS 14+, universal, notarized DMG from my own site, no App Store, no accounts, no tracking.

Website: https://myretromac.app
GitHub: https://github.com/klotzbrocken/RetroMac
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikklotz/

u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 2 months ago
▲ 62 r/TwoXPreppers

Growing apartment friendly salad fixings

With the cyclospora contamination going around on store bought greens, I would like to recommend the humble sprouter for a quick and easy way to grow some fresh salad produce in just a few days with no soil or electricity needed (and minimal counter space required) for us apartment dwellers. All you need is a sprouting jar, the seeds, and water.

It’s not full leafy greens mind you, but you can get different seed mixes for spicy sprouts, protein mix etc and dress it with a vinaigrette or any salad dressing.

Microgreens are another no-soil no-electricity required option.

Hydroponic units are great - I have three - but the setup and maintenance is just that bit more involved.

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u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/flickr

Guest links and AI scraping

Forgive me if this has been asked before. I have albums with photos set to “only me” privacy level that I selectively share via guest link. As I understand it search engines don’t crawl this material and the privacy relies on a difficult-to-guess URL to make it very unlikely any rando would stumble across it. Such a guess would of course be trivial to AI. Are these photos vulnerable to being ingested by any AI agent out there trawling the web?

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u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 3 months ago
▲ 4 r/Archivists

Temp and humidity meter

Hi! Does anyone have experience or recommendations for a portable temperature and humidity meter that won’t break the bank? I see one on Gaylord for $175, but not sure if we’d be wasting our money. Thank you!

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u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 3 months ago
▲ 5 r/MuseumPros

Recs for temp and humidity meter?

We’re researching storage spaces for a small contemporary art collection. I was hoping to bring our conservator to the site visits but our director didn’t wish to pay their day rate, this tells you what I’m dealing with. The conservator recommended I take temperature and humidity readings. I see a small unit on Gaylord for $175, but that price seems to be uncharacteristically low for such a device, which makes me suspicious. Would this be worth getting or likely junk / unreliable?

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u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/findfashion

Old navy flip flops special edition

I think old navy only made these for one season like 20 years ago. They came in all colors including metallic silver and gold and were sold alongside the regular cheapo lightweight old navy flip flops with the white printed logo on the heel bed. These are heavier weight and more substantial and the rubber has a slight embedded sparkle to it. The bottoms say Made in Brazil.

I imagine it’s unlikely I’ll find any dead stock floating around after all this time, but if this rings any bells for anybody I’d love a similar style rubber. Havanaias come close but not quite as good, and I don’t like the thong part on theirs.

Thanks!!

u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 4 months ago
▲ 22 r/BehindTheClosetDoor

I'm interested in this vest. Of course there is an AI image included and of course it's not accurate at all. The neckline is different, buttons are larger and a different color.

At this point I don't even care if "helpful" or "accurate" AI product photos do exist because how I am I supposed to differentiate those as a buyer (if the differences aren't as obvious as this one)?

Is there a way, as buyers, we can express this? Purchasing rewards the behavior, cold-messaging the seller seems a bit aggressive and leaving a less-than-5-star review after purchase could open one up to a poor review in return (on ebay at least.)

The whole thing is just so tiring.

u/Biddy_Impeccadillo — 5 months ago