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Microsoft announces ClippyGPT
“This is a major win for the burgeoning ‘artificially make people seem intelligent’ industry,” stated ChatGPT. ⌘ Read more
Announcing "The Lunduke Journal of Nerdy Entertainment & Retro Delights"! (N.E.R.D)
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & General Nerdiness. Books, Comics, TV, & Film. ⌘ Read more
10 comics about Linux and programming and stuff.
I have a disease where I can't stop telling Linux jokes. Doctor says it's terminal. ⌘ Read more
Digital Prepping, Part 3 - Backups, Storage, and EMPs
Planning your data storage, safeguarding it from disaster, and doing the same for your electronics. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal continues to expand!
New (nerdy) publications! New benefits for subscribers! ⌘ Read more
Lunduke Journal says no to "A.I. written articles"
As many Tech Publications (like CNET) are moving away from human writers, the Lunduke Journal draws a line. ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXI
Roman Numerals are nifty. ⌘ Read more
Man discovers If Statements, becomes A.I. expert
“I can use these If-statements to actually make a computer think. To make decisions. Woah.” ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot creates complete Operating System that is "definitely not Linux wink wink"
“It was created by an Artificial Intelligence. So it’s definitely not plagiarism or anything.” ⌘ Read more
The Story of Otrona -- The Colorado Computer Company of the early 1980s.
The "BMW of portable 8-bit computers"... has been all but lost to history. ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Linux Foundation launches "Open Internet Explorer Toolbar Foundation"
“Our research indicates that everybody loves Internet Explorer toolbars,” stated Linux Foundation Executive Director, Jim Zemlin. ⌘ Read more
Digital Prepping, Part 2 - Preparing your Operating Systems to be Off-Line
Because Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and even Linux... are addicted to the Internet. ⌘ Read more
A census for computer nerds!
Listen now (21 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 23rd, 20223 ⌘ Read more
A census for computer nerds!
Listen now (21 min) \| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 23rd, 20223 ⌘ Read more
Digital Prepping, Part 1 - Off-Line Websites & Maps
The first step in making your computer usable when the Internet goes away. Because it will. ⌘ Read more
The Great Lunduke Journal Computer Nerd Survey of 2023
It's sort of like a census... except just for Computer Nerds. And also not all that much like a census. ⌘ Read more
Breaking: Google hires John Connor to fend off ChatGPT threat
“I can take down ChatGPT, no problemo,” stated Connor. “This’ll be easy money.” ⌘ Read more
You get a layoff! And you get a layoff!
Listen now (32 min) \| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 20th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
You get a layoff! And you get a layoff!
Listen now (32 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 20th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XX
More Roman Numerals than you can shake a stick at. ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation decreased Linux spending to 3.2% in 2022.
Down from the, already absurd, 3.4% in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation, bored with Linux, launches Open Metaverse Foundation
Vaccines... Maps... Metaverse. You know. Anything but Linux. ⌘ Read more
The Big Tech layoffs are just beginning
(And that may not be such a bad thing... in the long run.) ⌘ Read more
Ask Lunduke Anything! (As long as it's nerdy.)
Listen now (57 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 17, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Ask Lunduke Anything! (As long as it's nerdy.)
Listen now (57 min) \| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 17, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Announcing the second publication in The Lunduke Journal family.
Listen now (15 min) \| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 16, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Announcing the second publication in The Lunduke Journal family.
Listen now (15 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 16, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Developer abandons his 1,000th empty GitHub Repository
"This is what GitHub was created for," says CEO. ⌘ Read more
Two Wild Soviet Personal Computers of the 1980s
The Agat 4 and the Iskra 1256. The height of Soviet-styled, Sci-Fi inspired personal computers. ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XIX
It's Friday! So let's look at some funny, nerdy pictures! ⌘ Read more
The War on Physical Media
Listen now (31 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - January 12, 2023 ⌘ Read more
The War on Physical Media
Listen now (31 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - January 12, 2023 ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week: The Grand Finale
Listen now (28 min) \| Scheduled: BSD Week, Linux Games Week, Serenity OS Week, & Plan 9 Week! ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week: The Grand Finale
Listen now (28 min) \\| Scheduled: BSD Week, Linux Games Week, Serenity OS Week, & Plan 9 Week! ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Farmer moves router to barn. Now has stable WiFi.
"Another idea I had was to add running water. But that’s probably just a pipe dream." ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Gizmodo stuns world by publishing Tech article
"We won’t let computers distract us from our core mission…complaining about Elon Musk" ⌘ Read more
No Backup: The demise of physical media
From "Backup Floppies" to "No Physical Media" in 40 years. ⌘ Read more
Commodore SX-64 -- The first color, portable computer
Bonus: The (real) story of the portable Amiga! ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week -- Days 3 & 4 Roundup
More 8-Bit fun than you can shake a stick at. ⌘ Read more
Intel 8008: The wild tale of the first 8-Bit CPU
Not technically the first... and not actually designed by Intel. ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week -- Day 1 & 2 Roundup
Listen now (27 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - January 5th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week -- Day 1 & 2 Roundup
Listen now (27 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - January 5th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
The 10 Best Commodore 64 Games... Ever.
(According to Lunduke) ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week begins at The Lunduke Journal
Listen now (21 min) \\| Apple II. Commodore 64. Atari 400. NES. Sega Master System. And so many others... all week long! ⌘ Read more
8-Bit Week begins at The Lunduke Journal
Listen now (21 min) \| Apple II. Commodore 64. Atari 400. NES. Sega Master System. And so many others... all week long! ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XVIII
Because it's the end of 2022, and we deserve a good laugh. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke's Favorite Stories of 2022
Listen now (38 min) \\| News, history, & satire. The computer-y articles that Lunduke found the most interesting over the last year. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke's Favorite Stories of 2022
Listen now (38 min) \| News, history, & satire. The computer-y articles that Lunduke found the most interesting over the last year. ⌘ Read more
CIA & FBI can neither confirm nor deny they know about these Operating Systems
Gentoo Linux, OpenBSD, and even Windows Vista are hush-hush. ⌘ Read more
The CIA invests in these Tech companies
Video games. Search engines. Social Media. Open Source. Even SQL databases. Seriously. ⌘ Read more
The incredibly boring, totally reasonable finances of the GNOME Foundation
Frugal. Transparent. Focused on their core business. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Predictions for 2023
Listen now (41 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 27, 2022 ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Predictions for 2023
Listen now (41 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 27, 2022 ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: The Lunduke Journal predicts 37% more buzzwords in 2023
"Imagine a sharknado… but with buzzwords instead of sharks. Horrifying." ⌘ Read more
Animated ASCII fireworks in your Terminal for New Years
Lunduke's Holiday BASH Animations now has a "Fireworks" option. ⌘ Read more
Help The Lunduke Journal "Speak Truth to (Tech) Power"
This publication is unique, and needs your support. ⌘ Read more
The Fork Bomb: What it is, how it works, and where it originated
The idea started in 1969... and it's been causing computers to crash ever since. ⌘ Read more
Haiku Beta 4 -- The Definitive Review
With the latest Beta, the open source Haiku Operating System becomes viable for daily usage. ⌘ Read more
Report: Over 33 Million Desktop Linux users, worldwide
A detailed analysis of all available Desktop Linux market share metrics. ⌘ Read more
Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla
Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that's just for starters. ⌘ Read more
Animated ASCII Christmas Tree and Hanukkah Menorah in your Shell
Because your Terminal deserves to feel festive during the holidays. ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Red Hat CEO admits he "has no idea what Kubernetes is"
“Pretty sure it’s like, Rust, I think,” stated Canonical CEO. ⌘ Read more
Apple has changed... and not in a good way.
Apple of 2022 is not the same company it used to be. It has, to be frank, lost its way. ⌘ Read more
The Linux Foundation launches map foundation to compete with Google
And, you know what? It's actually pretty well licensed! ⌘ Read more
Commercial Dev Tool vendor adds ARM64 and "Dark Mode" for Linux
The multi-platform Xojo IDE (Mac, Windows, iOS) keeps beefing up their Linux support. Which pleases Lunduke. ⌘ Read more
"The Sidecar" -- Adding advanced networking, and a Linux shell, to a Psion palmtop
One of the coolest designs I've seen for extending older computers via the serial port. ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: EU orders Apple to add RS-232 port to iPhone
“We’re… super… excited to add a serial port to the iPhone,” stated Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a not at all forced tone of voice. ⌘ Read more
AltaVista Search Engine turns 27 years old
Before Google was even an idea... there was AltaVista. ⌘ Read more
PDA Week Wrap-up!
Spending a week reminiscing and marveling at the glory of the PDA. ⌘ Read more
What was the first PDA?**
It wasn't the Palm Pilot. Nor the Newton. Let's keep going back to find the answer... ⌘ Read more
The Tech Bullies vs. Raspberry Pi
The mob of Tech Bullies has chosen a new target this week. ⌘ Read more
Haiku becomes viable for daily use (right on schedule)
Listen now (24 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 9, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Haiku becomes viable for daily use (right on schedule)
Listen now (24 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 9, 2022 ⌘ Read more
The Tandy Zoomer -- The x86 PDA before the Palm Pilot
A 1992 handheld, with multitasking, that could access AOL. Wild. ⌘ Read more
Will A.I. like ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot replace human programmers?**
An in-depth analysis. ⌘ Read more
PDA Week begins!
Listen now (20 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 6, 2022 ⌘ Read more
PDA Week begins!
Listen now (20 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 6, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Links to everywhere you can find Lunduke on the Internet
RSS feeds, social media, video sharing... all of it. ⌘ Read more
Evil A.I. made in evil ways: ChatGPT & GitHub Copilot
Listen now (26 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 4, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Evil A.I. made in evil ways: ChatGPT & GitHub Copilot
Listen now (26 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 4, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Pondering on Mastodon and the Fediverse
Listen now (24 min) \| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 3, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Pondering on Mastodon and the Fediverse
Listen now (24 min) \\| The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 3, 2022 ⌘ Read more
How to Pronounce Tech Words (part 2)
Watch now (6 min) \| Some computer words are hard to say. Let Lunduke help you. ⌘ Read more
How to Pronounce Tech Words (part 2)
Watch now (6 min) \\| Some computer words are hard to say. Let Lunduke help you. ⌘ Read more
Sideloading is the most important feature of any SmartPhone
You heard me. Most important feature. By far. ⌘ Read more
The SCREAM Test
One of Lunduke's Super-Amazing(tm) Programming Tips ⌘ Read more
TempleOS lives on... in a very weird way.
Watch now (20 min) \\| The new "ZealOS" looks to continue the work of Terry Davis. Sorta. ⌘ Read more
TempleOS lives on... in a very weird way.
Watch now (20 min) \| The new "ZealOS" looks to continue the work of Terry Davis. Sorta. ⌘ Read more
A Smalltalk SmartPhone: The "SqueakPhone"
Watch now (18 min) \| An alternate universe of what a smartphone OS could be like. ⌘ Read more
A Smalltalk SmartPhone: The "SqueakPhone"
Watch now (18 min) \\| An alternate universe of what a smartphone OS could be like. ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Ubuntu expands in-Terminal advertising program
Users can now enjoy advertisements right from their Command Line. ⌘ Read more
How to pronounce Open Source & Linux words
Watch now (7 min) \\| Think you know how to say "GNOME" and "Ubuntu"? Think again. ⌘ Read more
How to pronounce Open Source & Linux words
Watch now (7 min) \| Think you know how to say "GNOME" and "Ubuntu"? Think again. ⌘ Read more
Firefox version 107
Watch now (17 min) \| The most boring Firefox... ever. ⌘ Read more
Firefox version 107
Watch now (17 min) \\| The most boring Firefox... ever. ⌘ Read more
Unity 7.6... for Arch Linux!?**
Watch now (16 min) \| Because, why not? ⌘ Read more
Unity 7.6... for Arch Linux!?**
Watch now (16 min) \\| Because, why not? ⌘ Read more
LibreOffice going Blockchain?!
Watch now (16 min) \| Seriously. LibreOffice met with Ethereum to talk about this. ⌘ Read more
LibreOffice going Blockchain?!
Watch now (16 min) \\| Seriously. LibreOffice met with Ethereum to talk about this. ⌘ Read more
Interview: Brian Hall (veteran PalmOS dev)
Watch now (63 min) \| On: Newtons, Sony Clie PDAs, the end days of PalmOS, and emulating old consoles & computers. ⌘ Read more