Observed arrival · 2026-09-07

This Is Matt, Making Old Macs Talk to Today’s Web

thisismatt.net Observed source

Editorial interest 86/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An independent maker’s portfolio of radio, classic Mac, iPhone, and small computing projects.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-07 issue.

Field notes

The page indexes a set of small software projects spanning public shortwave radio, Mac OS 9, iPhone and iPad, low-end Linux hardware, and archival file formats. Its classic-Mac work includes a claimed TLS 1.3 implementation, a Claude chat client with AppleScript tool calling, network control of a Mac OS 9 machine, and a reader for 400K MFS disk images. Radioband is presented as an app for reaching public receivers worldwide, with a shortwave-focused version marked as coming soon.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible

✦PrettyNotable craft visible

●ProPolished or operationally mature

◎NicheUnusually specific use

◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade

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