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Lunduke Journal April Wrap-up
A commitment to no ads, live streaming on the way, & April PDF Magazine.
Bryan Lunduke
April 30, 2023

April was an awesome month here at The Lunduke Journal. And the month ahead is shaping up to be even better.

Here’s a quick end-of-the-month wrap up: The new monthly PDF is available, Lunduke’s favorite articles from April, Live-streaming coming to The Big Sunday Tech Show… and The Lunduke Journal is now the tech publication with the least amount of ads or promotions (by far).

Which is rad.

No Ads. And only one day of promotion per month.

The Lunduke Journal is pretty gosh darned unique in the Tech Publication world:

  • We never run any advertisements

  • We never take a single penny from Big Tech

Cool, right? It means we are never influenced by any tech company. Let’s take that a step further by standardizing on this:

  • No promos in all podcasts

  • Minimal links at the end of all articles

  • Only have promotions or sales one day per month

In fact, if you’ve been listening to the recent podcasts (and the Big Sunday Show), you know that there are already almost zero bits of promotion in Lunduke Journal shows. Which is awesome.

In essence, The Lunduke Journal now has less of anything “promotion-y” than any major Tech Publication (or YouTube Channel… or Podcast…) in existence. And that is all thanks to all of you amazing subscribers. You’ve made this possible.

This was inspired by the absolute onslaught of advertisements we get bombarded with when reading most tech news sites. Overlays, banner ads, pop up ads… ads covering more of my screen than the actual articles. It’s insane. And it seems like most of the big podcasts and YouTube Tech channels aren’t much better. Let’s make The Lunduke Journal a sanctuary… a place where we can not be bombarded with 300 ads on every page.

Last Day of the Month: Lifetime Sub deal is beck for a day!

Only one day of sales or promotions? For a whole month?! Oh, boy. Well, shoot. Better make it good then!

Just for one day — April 30th — we’re temporarily bringing back the Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription… for $160.

A “Lifetime Subscription” comes with the same perks and benefits as the Founding Member Subscription… for life. Pay once… get full access every part of The Lunduke Journal (including Locals and Substack, all of the downloads)… forever. No need to ever pay again. Which is nifty.

To get a Lifetime Subscription:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.

  2. Choose "Give Once".

  3. Enter "$160" (or more) in the amount field.

  4. You will then receive an email within 24 hours with details once your Lifetime account is all setup.

This is only available today — April 30th. Tomorrow, May 1st? The deal is gone.

There we go. Boom. There’s one sale for the month. Now enjoy the ad-free Lunduke Journal.

April PDF Magazine Available!

The April edition of The Lunduke Journal of Technology PDF magazine is now available for download!

97 pages of DRM-free nerdines! Every article published during April. Download it. Back it up. Read it on whatever devices — using whatever software — you like! The way it was meant to be.

The Big Sunday Tech Show live streaming starting soon!

The Big Sunday Tech Show is humming right along! Two hours, every Sunday, of solid nerdiness.

And now, the next stage of The Big Sunday Tech Show is getting ready to hit… live streaming. Starting soon, there will be a regular Sunday live stream for the Sunday Show for those who would like to tune in as it is recorded!

Details will be sent out to all subscribers in the days ahead!

Lunduke’s Favorite Articles from April

There was a whole lot of good stuff happening during April — and here are my 6 favorite pieces (not including The Big Sunday Show):

  1. Microsoft & Google: "You'll have no real computers, and you'll be happy"

  2. The era of ad supported services is coming to an end (and that's a good thing).

  3. Why is Firefox called Firefox?

  4. Mozilla, OSI, & the memory-holing of Computer History

  5. The "Big Three" Linux companies ranked by Revenue, Employees, Kernel Contributions

  6. The Rust Foundation goes to war against people using the word "Rust"

Links for various Lunduke Journal stuff

There are oodles of places to get The Lunduke Journal of Technology. Here’s a few of them. Because links are handy.

That’s all for now! Thank you to everyone for a great April!

-Lunduke

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“When are you going to add a TempleOS Lifetime Wall??!”

I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve received that request over the last few weeks. Well. What the heck! Why not?

There are now three Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls (displayed both on Lunduke.com and the end of all new shows) with space available:

  • Macintosh System 1

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A few quick notes:

  1. The Windows 2000 Wall, which was introduced only 2 days ago, is already about half way full. At the current rate, that one will likely be full by the end of the week. Still plenty of space on the Mac System 1 Wall.

  2. The discount on Lifetime Subscriptions ($125… discounted from the normal $300) runs through the end of June.

  3. One Lifetime Subscription = Name Listed on One Wall. These Walls are crazy popular and fill up super fast, so I have to put that limit in place.

  4. Want your name on more than one Lifetime Wall? Grab a second Lifetime Subscription (use the discounted rate) and you can have your name added to one of the Walls with space still available.

Massive high five to everyone who has supported The Lunduke Journal and made these retro-computer Lifetime Walls so much fun to do!

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Behold! The "Win 2K" & "Mac System 1" Lifetime Sub Walls!

Woah! The 8th Lifetime Subscriber Wall of The Lunduke Journal (aka “The Windows 1.0 Wall”) is already full! After only one week! That’s nuts!

So I’m opening up two new, retro computer walls!

  • Wall 9 - “The Macintosh System 1 Wall”

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Show your support for The Lunduke Journal, and be immortalized in a retro computer screenshot. Win-win!

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  1. Scroll down and grab a new Lifetime Subscription (at that bonkers discount).

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How to Grab a Discounted Lifetime Subscription:

There are 3 different ways to pick up a Lunduke Journal Lifetime sub. All of them work great and include the same perks. Choose whichever works best for you!

Get a Lifetime Subscription via Locals:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.

  2. Select “Give Once“.

  3. Enter “125“ into the amount field.

  4. After checking out, Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status. (This usually happens within a few hours.)

Get a Lifetime Subscription via Substack:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Substack.com/subscribe.

  2. Select the “Lifetime Subscription” option.

  3. After checking out, Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status. (This usually happens within a few hours.)

If you would also like full, Lifetime access to Lunduke.Locals.com (which is included):

  1. Make a free account on Lunduke.Locals.com.

  2. Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the email address you use on both Substack and Locals (can be different email addresses).

  3. Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status on Locals.

Get a Lifetime Subscription with Bitcoin:

Bonus: Save an extra $10 with the Bitcoin option, as Bitcoin processing has fewer fees associated with it.

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  • Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the following information: What time you made the transaction, how much was sent (in Bitcoin), and the email address you use (or plan to use) on Locals.com or Substack.com.

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The 8th Lifetime Subscriber Wall (“The Windows 1.0 Wall”) of The Lunduke Journal launched exactly one week ago… and it’s already almost full! Bonkers!

 

At the current rate, the “Windows 1.0 Wall” will be full sometime tomorrow (Saturday).

Want your name immortalized in that glorious 1985 styled goodness, proclaiming to the world your support of The Lunduke Journal?

Don’t have a Lifetime Subscription?

  1. Grab one for $125 (normally $300).

  2. You’ll get a confirmation email (within just a few hours). Reply to that email with how you would like your name displayed on a Lifetime Wall.

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  1. Just toss an email to bryan [at] lunduke.com with how you would like your name displayed on a Lifetime Wall.

Easy peasy.

First come, first served. Once the “Windows 1.0 Wall” is full, the final version will be added to Lunduke.com and the 9th Lifetime Wall will debut!

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