Simple Beep

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius•simplebeep.com

Technology

A podcast looking back at the history of Apple and the Mac community. Hosted by Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius.

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e2 – Kaleidoscope

We revisit the golden age of Mac interface customization: the development of the Kaleidoscope control panel, the extensive Kaleidoscope scheme archive, and the limited possibilities for theming in OS X. Links for this episode: Kaleidoscope The Kaleidoscope scheme archive "the golden age" John Siracusa's Yosemite review talks about K Appearance Manager Copland Gizmo and Hi-Tech System fonts: Chicago , Charcoal , Espy Sans the Appearance control panel Aaron extension Greg's shareware K's creators ...

Nov 29, 2014•1 hr 9 min

e1 – Startup Chime

Our first episode takes a tour of the Macintosh startup chime, from drilling holes in a prototype Mac case in 1982 to the current chime we've known and loved since 1999. Links for this episode: Origin of the chime From the Apple II to the Macintos h Jim Reekes Interview about the chime, Sosumi, and more [NSFW audio] Several retellings of the story: [1] [2] [3] [4] Reekes' (nonexistent) Wikipedia entry Stanley Jordan artist of the Power Mac 6100/7100/8100 chime The chime in pop culture WALL•E The...

Nov 15, 2014•50 min

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