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Derek K. Miller
Personal blog · penmachine.comculturewriting
Derek K. Miller writes Penmachine, a personal blog at penmachine.com about culture and writing. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “The Last Post (2011)”. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a page on Martin Sikes' Blue Board BBS software, a Vancouver-Shanghai construction comparison, and as a comparison for Jake's posts. Derek K. Miller died in 2011.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Last Post (2011)3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-05-03
What Hacker News says?
Ah bulletin boards :) For years I have been searching for a copy of Blue Board ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Board_(software) ), a popular BBS program in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area written by the late Martin Sikes http://www.penmachine.com/martinsikes/ I even talked with the owner of Sota Software, the publisher, but I never heard anything back. If anyone has a copy, PLEASE let me know! I've been wanting…
Comment linking /martinsikes/
on “Original bulletin board thread in which ‘:-)’ was proposed”Submitted The Last Post as a story · 604 points
HN discussionI was huge into the BBS scene in the early 80's. My favourite were Blue Boards written by the late Martin Sikes: http://www.penmachine.com/martinsikes/ Martin was an early influencer in my life. Here I am 30 years later and I still love technology. I have been searching for a copy of his Blue Board software for years so I can setup a memorial BBS site over telnet in Martin's honour. I even managed to contact the own…
Comment linking /martinsikes/
on “How to get a C64 on WiFi and start BBSing again”Submitted The Last Post (2011) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe level of construction is astonishing, made clear in this comparison of Shanghai over 10 years. http://www.penmachine.com/2011/01/vancouver-and-shanghai-gro...
Comment linking /2011/01/vancouver-and-shanghai-growing-fast
on “Have You Hugged a Concrete Pillar Today?”Submitted The Last Post as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere have been a few of Jake's blogs posts on HN recently, and I find them a hard but somehow rewarding read. He conveys a level of lucid, unsentimental insight into his situation that I find remarkable: not only because I'm sure that in his position I would be petrified into silence. I hope that the remainder of his life is full of love. Jake's posts remind me of those of Derek Miller [1], who died back in 2011. H…
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on “Turning two lives into one, or, things that worry me about Bess, after I’m gone”Submitted The Last Post as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Last Post (2011) as a story · 2 points
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