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Glenn Fleishman

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A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https://sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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https://sixcent.info/
Glenn Projects Newsletter:
https://buttondown.com/glennf/archive/

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Mar 08, 2026

Do I know anyone in the York, England, area (admittedly large) who might help me get in touch with the descendant of a pioneering printing technologist? The person in question has a very thin online presence, but I believe would welcome the contact about his family.

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Mar 05, 2026

I can’t quite believe this is true, but there is a direct connection between FLONG and the BIRTH OF THE INTERNET via Bolt Beranek and Newman. This is not a joke. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see/posts/4627201

While you’re reading the update, consider backing my book—this story will be added to it!

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Mar 03, 2026

With all the good writing at the moment about Apple’s unfortunate recent run of bad UI/UX, I wanted to highlight the excellent @nickheer@c.im’s examination of Pages for macOS: https://pxlnv.com/blog/window-chrome-of-our-discontent

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 24, 2026

Just launched on Kickstarter! “Flong Time, No See,” my collection of essays and reported work on printing history and people’s labor. Not academic—it’s a lot of fun, as you learn about a wildcat typesetter strike, “bogus” copy, type lice,” and much more! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see?ref=cbf9r2

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 19, 2026

RE: @grammargirl@zirk.us

One of my favorite topics is SHOUTING CAPS—second favorite, how to do typographic research in text-based searching!? So much fun.

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 15, 2026

Since 1999, I’ve run a book-price comparison site called https://isbn.nu. Over time, it had run out of steam, a bit. I just spent a few hours over the last couple of weeks refreshing it and tuning performance. The search data is a bit out of date; that’s my next task. (I receive affiliate fees.)

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

Lays didn’t lie.

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

About the selfhood of researchers, yes.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t2dfq4ktezmwjdnjjaygw4bl/post/3meln7zymkp2r

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

The obsession with pointing at seed oils as leading to bad health now makes sense.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:efx3llkdwipqoz4ie37tego6/post/3melihbfhhs2q

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

Also, I just learned about Open Graph meta tags and have fixed up some of my sites that appeared with arbitrary or no images on social media.

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

I want to share a tool I created that helped me immensely with managing Kickstarter digital rewards after I sent an initial download link. I prefer to create time-limited download links rather than ones that are valid forever. I’ve had bad experiences. Through malice or accident, you can wind up

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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Feb 11, 2026

I am so aged that I am not sure words make sense anymore. Shockwave was a sophisticated media renderer but has nothing to do with animated GIFs as far as I recall? My mind. (NYT article)

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My new year's resolution is 640 x 480 #retrocomputing
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@flargh@mastodon.social Don’t be dense.
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@glennf@zeppelin.flights I'm dithering, tbh
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Jan 05, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social It’s not a black-and-white decision, Peter!
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My new year's resolution is 640 x 480 #retrocomputing
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Jan 05, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social Don’t be dense.
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Suggested list of titles to AVOID for your first novel: "The Lord of the Rings": or, how to make a fortune from phone ringtones and lose it again in one fell lawsuit. … Untitled: a Remittance Man in I
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Jan 03, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Charlie\’; DROP TABLE 'customers', the book that destroyed book selling.
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@mwichary@mastodon.online @quixoticgeek@social.v.st HTML started as a drastically cut-down subset of SGML. SGML is the motherlode. (I was tracking HTML professionally from 1993-ish.)
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

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@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Dec 13, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop @mwichary@mastodon.online @quixoticgeek@social.v.st Before SGML, there was Compugraphic typesetting—when I first learned about HTML (and then backwards, about SGML), I was shocked to see relatively similar coding standards to what I used to type on the EditWriter 7500, a device still in wide use by the mid-1980s because it was a workhorse.
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@chrisphin@mastodon.social @glennf@zeppelin.flights we pay "deductibles" - out of pocket expenses our insurance providers make us pay before they'll cover the bill. Most of them reset in January. I've
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@flargh@mastodon.social @chrisphin@mastodon.social Yeah, it is the worst. Co-pay, deductible, co-insurance, and out-of-pocket. Basically means after paying more than we would in comparable income tax
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@glennf@zeppelin.flights @chrisphin@mastodon.social There was a 2020 study that showed Americans would save $450 billion a year switching to universal health care. But US corporations use private heal
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Dec 02, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social @chrisphin@mastodon.social Tracks too well!
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@chrisphin@mastodon.social @glennf@zeppelin.flights we pay "deductibles" - out of pocket expenses our insurance providers make us pay before they'll cover the bill. Most of them reset in January. I've
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Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman
@glennf@zeppelin.flights

A printing and comics historian and, somehow, also a tech journalist, book editor, and graphic designer. You can order my book Six Centuries of Type & Printing at https:// sixcent.info Find out about my work at glennf.com Two-time Jeopardy! champ.

zeppelin.flights
@glennf@zeppelin.flights · Dec 02, 2025
@flargh@mastodon.social @chrisphin@mastodon.social Yeah, it is the worst. Co-pay, deductible, co-insurance, and out-of-pocket. Basically means after paying more than we would in comparable income tax in a country with socialized or similar care, we then have the privilege of getting “free care.” For us, that’s $50,000 this year before tax credits and deductions. (Family of three.) The tax offsets are pretty good, but I anticipate we would pay a straight $20,000 in another economy in tax as our healthcare share…
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