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Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-27

pico-mac-nano: a tiny Macintosh replica

The pico-mac-nano project is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while, and reminds me of the old SpritesMods ESP32 hack (which I think might still be a bit more functional), but has i(...)

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pico-mac-nano: a tiny Macintosh replica
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-25

Early Summer Musings

It’s early Summer, and the slanted sunlight from beneath the drawn blinds reminds me it’s a balmy 30oC outside in a way the orange arc that frames the temperature complication on m(...)

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Early Summer Musings
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-18

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ on Linux vs Windows

I really want to get my hands on a AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 machine, although not in laptop form. In between this and the Radeon 8060S iGPU tests, the new AMD APUs are looking lik(...)

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ on Linux vs Windows
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-15

The Chuwi MiniBook X N150

The netbook era has come and gone, but I am one of the many people who miss small form factor laptops (12” or smaller), and I’ve found it somewhat frustrating that they’ve been now(...)

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The Chuwi MiniBook X N150
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-14

Microsoft Cuts 3% of Workforce

This dragged me all the way back to last year, and just as last year, it gave me pause.(...)

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Microsoft Cuts 3% of Workforce
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-13

The Vibes

The profusion of hype on the Internet has led me to take a lot of things with a grain of salt, and if you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that generative AI has already added more(...)

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The Vibes
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-12

The Orange Pi RV2 RISC-V SBC

Although I’ve spent many years looking at SBCs, so far nearly all of them have been ARM-based, and this is the first time I’ve had a proper look at a RISC-V system.(...)

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The Orange Pi RV2 RISC-V SBC
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-10

Notes For Recent Weeks

This was a bit of an eventful week–at work and otherwise. I seem to be energized by constant context switching, so a peak of project work actually resulted in me needing to “relax”(...)

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Notes For Recent Weeks
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-09
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Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-07

Xogot: iPad Game Dev with Godot

Miguel de Icaza’s tour de force in Swift development (that I have had the priviledge of beta testing, albeit not as consistently as I would like) is now on the App Store. (...)

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Xogot: iPad Game Dev with Godot
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-06

New 12-Inch ARM Surface Pro

This is one of those times when I must say it is very frustrating that Apple not only killed the 12” MacBook but also refuses to make the iPad a more generally useful device (and I(...)

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New 12-Inch ARM Surface Pro
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-03

My Quest For Home Automation, Part 6

This weekend, I finally migrated my home automation setup off the Raspberry Pi 4 it’s been running on for the last four years and into an LXC container managed by Proxmox on my Bee(...)

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My Quest For Home Automation, Part 6
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-03

On The Apple U.S. App Guidelines Update

Apple’s revised guidelines following the Epic Games ruling are… not a good look, and I hope the EU doubles down on this to force them to do the right thing and change the rules “gl(...)

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On The Apple U.S. App Guidelines Update
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-03

On The Apple U.S. App Guidelines Update

Apple’s revised guidelines following the Epic Games ruling are… not a good look, and I hope the EU doubles down on this to force them to do the right thing and change the rules “gl(...)

taoofmac.com/space/links/2025/

On The Apple U.S. App Guidelines Update
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

The Great AI Breakdown

I finally got around to cleaning up the AI section of the site, which had become a bit of a mess, and broke it down into the following sections:(...)

taoofmac.com/space/notices/202

The Great AI Breakdown
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

The Kingroon KP3S Pro (V1), Two Years Later

It’s been two years now since I got myself one of the first iterations of the Kingroon KP3S Pro, so I thought I’d post a sort of cursory long-term review of what it’s been like to (...)

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The Kingroon KP3S Pro (V1), Two Years Later
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

Model Context Protocol

This page is a collection of notes and links related to the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a proposed standard for extending managing context in large language models (LLMs) via ext(...)

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Model Context Protocol
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

Large Language Models

This page is a collection of notes and links related to large language models (LLMs), their applications, and the underlying technology. It serves as a reference for understanding (...)

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Large Language Models
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

AI Speech Technologies

This page is a collection of notes and links related to AI speech technologies, including Text-to-Speech (TTS), Speech-to-Text (STT), voice synthesis, voice cloning, and other rela(...)

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AI Speech Technologies
Tao of Mactaoofmac
2025-05-01

AI Image Generation

This page is a collection of notes and links related to AI image generation technologies, including Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative image models that hav(...)

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AI Image Generation

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