dareiff

But still working on getting back into the habit. After burnout writing for someone else, it’s taken quite a while to want to write _anything_.

I was an early adopter, though, and I bought in because I perceived the whole point to be "you can have a sustainable, better product than something that gets gobbled up by a megacorp."

It used a DICT server for lookups: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICT

And 14 years ago, some servers still existed. They're hard to find now.

It always struck me as something fantastic to a) learn how to interface with a server b) learn cocoa/objective-c/etc c) redesign a simple app (https://www.omnigroup.com/assets/img/app/graffle-7/mac/full-...). Something you've just described in detail. Well, most of it.

Anyway, thanks!

He got the custom MVC framework for free — they built it for Tumblr, IIRC.

Text-only cache.

(Currently stuck on AT&T.)

I also see two edge cases.

I've had an LCD screen replaced (fo' free) 2 years outside the warranty period —

My first Mac, so it made an impression.

So all you had to do was wait for a postage-paid box and send it back?

As an aside, Apple's Bluetooth mice have always seemed terrible, IMHO.

Flash still stutters on Atom-based devices.

Useful is the definition of Yelp or Google Maps.

Productive. Well, perhaps a GTD app.