Mail from Steve

When Apple was about to discontinue HyperCard, I coordinated a campaign to petition Steve Jobs to reconsider. We wrote snail mail, email, and faxes. He got mad. He tracked me down and sent me one of his famous one-liner emails.

My friend Catherine framed it for posterity.

framed

Of course, HyperCard was killed off shortly after.

 

Code Bits

  • On-Rev CGI example: A rotating image display that uses very little code, thanks to iRev scripting. Gives you a look at my own garden flowers too.

  • Dual Revlets: How to embed multiple stacks on a single page that communicate with each other.

  • CGIs in irev pages. Combine old-style Rev CGIs with on-rev scripts.

Games

  • MadLibs Make a crazy story. You never know what you'll get. Madlibs is an experiment using posted data within an iRev script.

  • Guess! We can guess any number you’re thinking about. Try it. You’ll need the RunRev plugin for this one.

  • Blocks, the addictive time waster, is now a revlet. Play online.

Jacque’s pen

The birds