I’m happy to announce that 512 Pixels now has a permanent merch store over on Cotton Bureau. At launch, I’ve got five shirts for sale. Three of the designs are back from the vault, updated for 2024, with a new 512 Pixels logo shirt and a design celebrating the original iPod1 joining the collection:
These designs are all available on-demand, and ship within a few days. Cotton Bureau is offering free shipping on orders placed before July 11 with the discount code HBDCB11.
We’re very excited to launch TWO new tech history podcasts today over at Relay. Welcome to the network, Brushed and Linen!
TLDR: I have joined David Smith’s company and will be working with him on his portfolio of apps, including Widgetsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++ and more.1
This isn’t changing anything I do at Relay or here on 512 Pixels, but it is important to me to disclose this change in my working life.
Later this year, Relay will turn 10 years old and this blog will turn 16. In July, it will be 9 years since I left my job to go indie.
We just closed down Relay’s annual St. Jude campaign, at an all-time high of $775,375.54. That puts our total over the lifetime of the campaign at $2.98 million.
I’ve said for a long time that Relay has the best community on the Internet, and each September, y’all prove it.
Thank you.
If you missed the Kickstarter, or just want to order a 2024 Apple History Calendar, stickers from each of the three projects and more, now is your time!
After many hours of processing, this year’s Podcastathon is now on YouTube for your viewing pleasure:
It has taken 15 years of being a content creator, but I’ve finally been able to destroy someone in a game of Human Hungry, Hungry Hippos for a good cause!
Tomorrow, this very website turns 15 years old.
Old-school readers will remember 512 Pixels’ original name, ForkBombr. I bought the domain from my friend Kevin for a couple of slices of pizza, as I thought the programming joke was pretty clever.
I don’t have many screenshots from those early days, but I managed to find this one in my archives. It’s from the development phase of the first version of the blog, so don’t worry, the logo ended up a good bit smaller by the time the site went live.
As part of Relay’s on-going fundraiser for St. Jude, I’ll be streaming again this weekend. This time, I’ll be building LEGO’s new Mars Rover (Model 42158). I am very pumped about it.
Join me on Saturday, September 9:
As the Relay FM community is blasting through our milestones, I will be streaming this weekend, taking apart a white MacBook. I opened about 753,289 of these notebooks back in the day, so we’ll see if I can still do it by memory!
Join me on Saturday, September 2:
Today, we are announcing Relay FM’s 5th annual fundraiser for St. Jude. Over the last four years, the Relay community has raised $2.2 million for this mission. St. Jude won’t stop their lifesaving work until no child dies from cancer. With your support, we’ll be one step closer to that day. One cure closer. One child closer.
St. Jude is an amazing institution, and one that does incredible work in an incredible way:
Myke and I are very excited to announce that we will be hosting a live show next year in London to celebrate Relay’s 10th anniversary!
The show will be on July 27, 2024 at the epic Hackney Empire theatre in London. Details and tickets are both available now!
I honestly cannot believe that our weird little side project is now nine years old, and that I’ve been doing it full-time for eight. Over the last near-decade, I’ve gotten to work — and become friends — with so many amazing people.
To celebrate, we’ve got some very exciting news out to our members, via our Discord and the newsletter!