Tag Archives: desktop publishing

Reclaiming My Creative Life With Vintage Macs: The Cigar Box Mac Mini Stack

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Joe_Williams

After months of tinkering, I finally built the Murciélago Mini-Stack: a 2010 Mac mini sitting on top of a 2022 M1 Mac mini, all resting on a cigar box. Two Macs, one keyboard, and zero subscriptions. Here’s how I reclaimed my creative life with vintage hardware I already own. Continue reading →

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Building a Robot

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Joe

…with Affinity Designer. I started to work on this mechanical man to shake the rust from my vector graphic cartooning skills. Of late, I have been spending more time with pencils and paper than I have been with the Affinity … Continue reading →

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Yeah, but is it a real Mac?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Joe_Williams

I built my first Hackintosh a little over a year ago, and I recently upgraded it to the latest operating system for Apple, but it’s always been bothering me whether it was a real Mac. It is certainly speedy as … Continue reading →

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