2024-03-18: Filed under things I miss from my days working at home: Not getting sick every couple of months 😷
2024-03-06: Trying to decide what 35mm film I want to try and shoot with next, it’s a little overwhelming …
2024-02-23: My husband and son were able to catch me working yesterday and snap a photo of me closing up the …
2024-02-14: Really digging Core Keeper, it’s easy to lose track of time while playing 😅
2024-01-31: Well, I guess it was inevitable. I did my first full day of trips in the subway and now I have a …
2024-01-24: Really happy that the new software features rolled out with the Supernote Nomad that don’t require …
2024-01-17: I would like to be surprised by Trump winning the Iowa caucus, but he represents hope for a lot of …
2024-01-04: I really enjoyed Cocoon, it was a perfect game to play in small doses before work
2024-01-01: Starting the year with the SD card in my phone crapping out, hopefully that’s not a bad omen
2023-12-31: Programming Adafruit Feather LCD in CircuitPython For anyone else who got an Adafruit ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT Feather over the holidays and wants to …
2023-12-16: How to know it’s nearly winter: Our short hair cat is insisting on having a lap to stay warm on at …
2023-10-14: Well alright then, I guess the iCloud Drive synching on Windows can’t handle too many changes at …
2023-10-07: 13 years together and still going!
2023-10-06: It is really hard to tell what window has focus in Windows 11, especially with two monitors 😅
2023-10-05: Starting to see the first signs of fall color!
2023-09-20: Ugh. Mail on macOS didn’t send an important email a couple of days ago, no idea why not. Very …
2023-09-14: One surprise extra medical later, I think I have done all the prerequisites to be hired by our local …
2023-09-11: Whoops I did not mean to use the proverbial cattle prod to get myself through today 😅
2023-09-08: It’s a run out of TP kind of Friday
2023-09-06: Why does cream cheese come in a bag inside of a box? It’s truly bizarre packaging if you compare it …
2023-09-01: Looking at current trends, laptops as a category are probably going to lose headphone jacks in the …
2023-08-08: I’m planning what I am going to bring on a trip, and it’s rather annoying that my phone is the only …
2023-08-07: Up-to-date Chrome OS running on a Mac Pro from 2008 is pretty wild to see
2023-08-07: Edge has to hold some sort of record for having the most stuff on screen when you open a new browser …
2023-08-03: One of the battery modules attached to our house’s solar panels hasn’t been working right for …
2023-08-02: It’s my second week of being between jobs and I’m having a heck of a time letting of the feeling I …
2023-07-27: Four days away and the cats are both purring and nipping at my hands. Mixed emotions at their purest
2023-07-20: Huzzah we managed to win our first kickball match last night, and it was even a shut out!
2023-07-06: Last night was a redo of our opening night for kickball, it went much smoother compared to last …
2023-07-05: This lentil based taco recipe was pretty good. A little too much tomato flavor if you add salsa, but …
2023-07-05: It is very difficult to internalize the idea that rest is productive time. The idea that idle time …
2023-07-03: Added speakers to my Amiga set up this morning, all I’m missing now is a printer 😆
2023-06-29: First night of kickball was memorable. The umpire showed up late and seemed to be under the …
2023-06-27: This mushroom french dip recipe was pretty good! It took me more than 30 minutes with the prep, but …
2023-06-25: We went to a Portland Sea Dogs game with some friends, it’s kind of funny how little the experience …
2023-06-22: Decided to step outside my comfort zone and sign up for a kickball league. If nothing else, it will …
2023-06-19: Has surfing culture always been such a thing in the northeastern US? I don’t really remember it …
2023-06-19: This modern port of Sokoban for the Amiga is pretty good! It always feels very zen to move boxes …
2023-06-14: My husband and I took our son to pride night at Fenway yesterday where folks donned their Red Sox …
2023-06-12: 30 minutes of pulling weeds out of our hardscaped front yard and I barely made a dent. Much regret …
2023-06-10: I love my Supernote, but I don’t know that I love the fabric covered protective case with two …
2023-05-26: TIL Amiga software installers will sometimes overwrite system files like IconX and can mess up …
2023-05-26: I am finding that the longer I go without meat as a regular part of my diet, the more averse I am to …
2023-05-24: The weather today has been a real journey. It started super chilly, then got hot and dry, and now …
2023-05-18: I don’t think I’ve ever seen an artist go to the trouble of inputting vocalizations as lyrics
2023-05-18: Nipped out to a more rural part of the county to get a break from the smoke filled air by our house, …
2023-05-16: Glypha: Vintage is legit. The game play feels simultaneously nostalgic while having a noticeably …
2023-05-15: Really liked this cucumber sandwich for lunch today. It was pretty quick to make the super tasty …
2023-05-14: I am doing my first project with a Wacom tablet, and I am really enjoying it, but I keep picking up …
2023-05-09: “Por favor quitese la” Qué? La ropa?
2023-05-08: Life has finally returned to the woods nearby
2023-05-07: Made shakshuka for the first time tonight, can’t go wrong with butter, cheese, and jalapeño 😋
2023-05-04: I think I’ve finally lost the T-Mobile data breach lottery 😑
2023-04-24: I believe it would be appropriate to call this the April of the Bloody Nose 😑
2023-04-17: There’s something so uncomfortable feeling about having to update a printer’s firmware. …
2023-04-15: Slowly but surely downsizing my retro tech collection to just stuff I actively use and enjoy 📦🚚
2023-04-08: It’s starting to ever so subtly look like spring…
2023-04-07: Swapped the caps on my ergodox ez from black to two tone gray, digging the old terminal keyboard …
2023-04-05: Oh April weather, why must you be so unpredictable 🥶
2023-04-03: TIL the “stealth messages” from a Lyra 3 keyboard adapter really can cause compatibility …
2023-03-25: Did a key cap swap on my Planck EZ. Really digging the end result
2023-03-25: Avocado and kale in a smoothie with pineapple juice and coconut is way better than it has any right …
2023-03-17: I guess it’s time for our ‘few times a year lap time’
2023-03-12: Super happy to now have my Amiga connected directly to my multi-input monitor
2023-03-12: For anyone who wants to use their 8BitDo Ultimate Controller through its the 2.4GHz USB adapter on …
2023-03-12: Ready or not, time for the sleepiest day of the year…
2023-03-11: Every time I bite into a little piece of bone in a portion of meat I’ve been served, I wonder if the …
2023-03-10: I was really tickled to notice this this morning
2023-03-09: With some unsupported finagling, I was able to get Windows 11 installed onto a Framework expansion …
2023-03-08: And just like that my Framework has a second drive 🪄
2023-03-06: Is there such a thing as consistent water pressure?
2023-03-06: Seeing The Embrace I finally got to see the Embrace in the Boston common today. It was much larger than I was expecting …
2023-02-28: Me alegro que Julieta Venegas esté girando de nuevo y vendrá a nuestra ciudad esta primavera. Mi …
2023-02-27: I put a call to our family bank on speaker phone with my son in the room and after hearing the robo …
2023-02-18: Pacific time zone = waking up to new Saturday YouTube videos 🔥
2023-02-14: A DisplayPort source can be passively converted to an HDMI input, but not vice versa? Wild
2023-02-13: I had honestly forgotten how much of a nuisance regular colds are 😑
2023-02-04: I have an open-ended goal this year of becoming at least a little less dependent on proprietary …
2023-02-04: Ugh, turns out that Intel Alder Lake GPUs randomly hard freeze under Linux. Adding i915.enable_psr=0 …
2023-01-24: I have been trying to listen to more terrestrial radio to reconnect with the world outside tech and …
2023-01-22: Each time my husband is under the weather, my respect for single parents deepens. I don’t know how …
2023-01-13: TFW you accidentally start the day with peppermint herbal tea with milk instead of black tea…
2023-01-03: For the last couple of years, the cover to our dishwasher’s soap dispenser has had a hair-trigger …
2022-12-31: It is unseasonably warm this weekend so I nipped out to the woods. Feels a bit incongruous for it to …
2022-12-30: Haha wut AmigaOS 3.1 feels out of place on an A1000 but it totally works with the Parceiro
2022-12-29: Parceiro came in the mail today. Slotted it in to the A1000 and it booted right up to the SD card, …
2022-12-27: Super excited to have a Parceiro 2 on the way for my Amiga 1000
2022-12-24: It is rather fun to sit and scan through terrestrial radio stations the old fashioned way with a …
2022-12-23: As much as I like using vintage joysticks, they just wreck my hands. Zoom! is super fun though
2022-12-17: Installing the driver for my Epson scanner on Ubuntu felt so sketchy. They bounce you through 3 …
2022-12-16: We have finally crossed the bridge from fostering our son, to adopting our son. The immense feeling …
2022-12-14: Finger tip eczema is back, must be nearly winter
2022-12-03: Installed a DF0/DF1 switch in my Amiga 1000 so that I don’t have to depend on its cranky barely …
2022-11-26: After weeks of procrastinating, I’m back at inbox zero in my personal account 🔥
2022-11-20: I got stands today to display these colorful stained glass plates made by a local artist. The only …
2022-11-20: I find it a bit disconcerting how warm high speed USB storage devices get
2022-11-19: We’ve been giving thyroid medicine to one of our cats for a few months now. He expects it, and will …
2022-11-15: The cats went and cried at my husband until he opened the curtains in our bedroom to let the morning …
2022-11-12: The A500 mini mouse is a little too close feeling to a vintage mouse. I keep trying to use it like a …
2022-11-12: With a Lyra 3 and a couple of adapters, my Amiga 1000 has a working keyboard! And it only looks …
2022-11-12: Level one charging is…not fast
2022-11-09: A reproduction Amiga mouse for my A1000? Sure, why not 😆
2022-11-06: Mi favorita letra mal escuchada tiene que ser “te apareciste esta noche con un arroz en tu pelo”
2022-10-30: Trying to diagnose a wired internet connection failure with a tethered connection is like pulling …
2022-10-29: Formatting floppy disks: Just as slow as I remembered 💾
2022-10-24: My Amiga 1000 now boots with a single floppy thanks to kickwork 🔥
2022-10-24: Headphones are never where you want them to be
2022-10-23: Another 16GB of memory and bright orange screen bezel? Sure why not 🙃
2022-10-22: An NEC FD1035 is an obnoxiously tricky floppy drive to lubricate. It doesn’t seem to be possible to …
2022-10-19: The relief of seeing water again in the local creek that’s been dry since August just put a smile on …
2022-10-16: She boots!
2022-10-15: Yeeesh using Linux as a virtualization host is not for the faint of heart
2022-10-15: I know it’s not necessarily rare or unique but the signatures in the top cover of the Amiga 1000 …
2022-10-12: I am bummed. The PS/2 keyboard adapter I got for my Amiga 1000 just causes it to get stuck in a …
2022-10-09: When you can smell the ghost of cream cheese past
2022-10-05: With baseball being a big part of my healing from a difficult childhood, it’s been really touching …
2022-10-03: I got a DIY edition 2nd Gen Framework Laptop so that each member of my family can have their own …
2022-09-24: Schlepped the Amiga 1000 cross country in a checked suitcase. Happy to see it made it without any …
2022-09-21: Ridiculously excited that a friend passed on an extra Amiga 1000 to me. Many hours of fun to come
2022-09-17: My Spanish listening skills have improved a lot this past year, and occasionally shuffle will bring …
2022-09-10: After a couple of years of being bilingual at home with my husband, I find it funny that I now have …
2022-08-25: My older cat was in a bit of a mood this morning with my husband off on a business trip. Must be …
2022-06-17: Went to the store intending to buy a new fitted sheet for our bed, ended up with a flat sheet …
2022-05-28: Starting to poke around the Amiga platform for the first time. So far, it’s like an extra colorful …
2022-04-30: I am not sure if it’s some sort of placebo effect, but I’ve tried various Bluetooth headphones at …
2022-04-23: A small quality of life upgrade for my MiSTer set up: a power switch
2022-04-21: I was very thankful to be able to go into my local office today for the first time in 2 years. …
2022-04-20: Re-shell attempt number two went a bit better. I managed to install the screen hinges correctly, and …
2022-03-05: I haven’t used our photo printer in ~6 months, and in that time it seems to have spontaneously died? …
2022-01-13: TIL if you want to suppress the grub boot menu on a dual boot Ubuntu install, you need to use a …
2022-01-11: It is quite neat to be able to make apps in Swift Playgrounds, it makes the iPad Pro feel more like …
2022-01-09: Looks like if you want to have functional Rust auto complete in the snap version of VS Code, you …
2022-01-08: Past me: Oh, I’ll just pop the extra m.2 NVMe module I have into my ThinkPad. Present me: Well …
2022-01-05: My friend was kind enough to give back my first C64 after losing interest in it. Feels very …
2022-01-04: Too Lame for the PINEBOOK Pro Sometime in summer 2020, I got it into my head that it would be a good idea to buy a PINEBOOK Pro, a …
2021-12-29: Coming to the conclusion I’m not cool enough for a distro more advanced than Ubuntu. Just don’t have …
2021-12-29: Need to get the analog board of my Mac Plus serviced, it’s gotten to the point that it needs …
2021-12-13: Gees why do toaster naan only last 3 days out of the package before they go moldy?
2021-12-02: Ugh, missed two appointments in a row. Hard to balance the demands of work and family sometimes 😑
2021-11-27: Thanksgiving: The holiday of boundless dirty dishes 🍽🦃
2021-11-20: Kind of crazy that USB-C has been a thing long enough that I have a pile of too many spare chargers
2021-11-16: I went to the New England Quilt Museum to see their COVID-19 exhibition, and wow. I don’t think I’ve …
2021-11-15: My creative battery has reached 0% and I’m not even sure what to do to recharge 😤
2021-11-12: Change I am here, in this moment, in this place. Brought here, as I often am, by a reminder that all is of …
2021-11-01: Something I miss about living on the west coast is how the terrain makes you feel small. I’m …
2021-10-28: I dozed off at the dentist today while getting a filling, I think I’m approaching peak parenthood 😪
2021-10-28: Haven’t worked in customer service for nearly a decade, still have automatic phone voice 💁♂️📞
2021-10-27: Coffee maker is dead, great way to start the day ugh
2021-09-05: Went to an air show for the first time yesterday, my inner child is still smiling
2021-08-31: That’s two nights in a row I didn’t get my phone on the Qi charging pad enough for it to work 😑
2021-08-18: Whoops, I think I left my zx spectrum powered on for the last month…
2021-08-15: It was surprisingly emotional to go to Fenway for a game after the bleak mess of 2020. It had been a …
2021-08-08: Every time our kid shows me something on his phone from the other side of the room, and I can’t see …
2021-08-07: Yowza. Accidentally played a network multiplayer game on 5G and my phone is uncomfortably warm
2021-08-05: It is quite trippy to use Windows on an iPad via Shadow. So far, it’s quite a good experience
2021-08-04: It’s fun how much the iPhone mini feels like a throwback to the iPhone 5, my favorite generation
2021-07-30: Yesss back to buying locally roasted coffee
2021-07-28: Finally got around to installing Mini vMac onto my iPad Pro. It defaults to 1x speed which feels …
2021-07-26: Gosh it is unsettling to get thick wildfire smoke in New England 😐
2021-07-24: Trying out some new sleep habits – no screens at all before bed. It was very weird to wake up …
2021-07-21: My pinebook pro stopped showing software updates for Manjaro Sway edition. Looks like the solution …
2021-06-26: Making real boot disks for the Apple //c feels like falling in a time warp 💾
2021-06-19: Got a SCART to HDMI adapter, now I just need to figure out how to use the extra features of the ZX …
2021-06-14: Looking forward to messing with this once my display adapter arrives
2021-05-24: “You gonna gimme some of that Swiss chard?”
2021-05-14: We have been slowly thrifting a complete set of Corning ware for my brother in the pattern he likes, …
2021-05-08: Happy to report I was able to do some writing on my Mac Plus running System 6 without it crashing 😆
2021-05-08: First time mowing the lawn in a decade or so. Can’t say it’s a chore I missed 😅
2021-05-05: Phone cameras seem to have a hard time focusing on our black cat, but occasionally I can snap a good …
2021-05-03: Attempted to do some casual writing on Mac OS 9, and it crashed after a page. Guess it’s back to …
2021-05-01: Forgot to turn the heat back on after a warm spring day yesterday and the house is so cold this …
2021-04-11: Our older cat has started to enjoy lap time in old age. A bit unexpected after a lifetime of not …
2021-04-11: First time using Gnome in who knows how long, and uh wow it got weird
2021-04-08: Feels like it’s time to spend some time with my 8 bit machines after spending a year with my Macs. …
2021-04-07: It smells like the ocean outside the house tonight 🌊❤️
2021-04-03: Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention before, but it seems wild to me to have red flag warnings in …
2021-04-01: When getting the coffee maker ready to brew a cup, I put a filter in, scoop coffee, and add water …
2021-03-23: Went to considerable effort to get the SetDate control panel onto my Mac Plus to be able to set the …
2021-03-23: Happy day: my router has decided to play nice with my last gen PowerBook G4 running Tiger
2021-03-19: Trying to stay positive during a particularly challenging week. So thankful to have easy access to …
2021-03-16: It must be so nice to be a cat wrapped up in a warm blanket on a cold winter morning
2021-03-15: It’s fun to revisit Widget Workshop as an adult. I think this game is what laid the foundation for …
2021-03-14: Happy to have a titanium PowerBook G4 again. This is easily my favorite laptop industrial design …
2021-02-15: Ooh there’s a big upgrade available for Pixaki. It looks like they’ve fixed basically all the pain …
2021-02-09: A sign of getting older: the effects of a bad night’s sleep linger for multiple days 😑
2021-02-04: Using MacPaint is very strange. It’s largely the same as modern raster editors, but all the small …
2021-01-31: This weekend’s project: setting up a Raspberry Pi Zero W to act as a bridge to the modern internet …
2021-01-30: With the help of a ton of dongles, I’ve connected my HP 100LX to my WiModem232. I did not expect it …
2021-01-29: Got the sequel to my favorite MS-DOS handheld. Really surprised how featureful Windows CE 1.0 is, …
2021-01-25: What a wonderfully 90s box
2021-01-24: Added a sitting area to our bedroom this weekend so that the husband and I can more easily have time …
2021-01-21: Yesss. Finally found a reasonably priced serial cable for my HP 100LX. Can’t wait to be able to use …
2021-01-20: Best part of an Apple Silicon laptop has to be how slowly the battery drains while it sleeps
2020-12-30: The quality of modern C64 games really blows me away
2020-12-28: I’m glad this isn’t actually true
2020-12-21: Ordered a new battery and solid state drive for my touch wheel iPod. Should be a fun little project …
2020-12-20: Sad times – my last gen PowerBook G4 cannot connect to our new WiFi router. No support for WPA 2 😕
2020-12-07: Did a bit of finagling and got iSH on my Apple Silicon Mac. Since this is a shared machine, …
2020-12-01: Enya’s music is a really good vibe right now while it feels like the pandemic is spinning out of …
2020-11-22: On the off chance anyone else is running Manjaro Sway edition on their pinebook pro, and they’re …
2020-11-20: Pleased to have been able to get the bottom case properly back on my pinebook pro. It turns out you …
2020-11-20: Ha. It turns out I’ve had a piece of plastic film on my pinebook pro’s trackpad all this time. Here …
2020-11-06: Excited to be able to paint walls for the first time ever. Changing this room that will be my home …
2020-11-05: Set up my Mac Plus in a temporary spot while finishing moving house. I feel like this is similar to …
2020-10-25: Because the Floppy Emu needs to be firmware flashed when switching between a Mac and an Apple II, …
2020-10-22: Neovim on an iPhone. Sure why not
2020-10-07: After some prodding, the PowerBook G3 pismo I had in high school is (mostly) working. It needed a …
2020-10-07: The PowerBook G3 Pismo has such bizarre design language
2020-10-01: It’s pretty crazy just how little is inside a pinebook pro
2020-09-27: Manjaro on my pinebook pro up and crapped out at the start of the weekend. The most recent update + …
2020-09-22: It’s a small thing, but I really love Trader Joe’s hatch chile mac and cheese for lunch
2020-09-13: I have really been enjoying the Mac version of Epyx Rogue this week. The mouse-centric game play is …
2020-09-04: I really like the keyboard on the Pinebook Pro. It’s inexpensive, but the keys have a lot of …
2020-08-30: I am really digging Manjaro Linux, especially its package manager. So low fuss compared to the …
2020-08-29: I’m impressed with the Pinebook Pro for how inexpensive it is. Happy to have a laptop I can tinker …
2020-08-24: Huh. Surprisingly easy to install Mac OS 9 on an unsupported PPC Mac
2020-08-23: The performance delta between the first and last gen 12 inch PowerBook is pretty crazy. The last gen …
2020-08-08: 30+ years of debris including some sort of insect nest and signs of spilled soda. A little grossed …
2020-08-08: It’s so strange that the Mac Plus’s keyboard has an exposed IC underneath the space bar
2020-07-26: I really can’t get over how good Figma is. It must be one of the nicest web apps ever made
2020-07-26: Well that’s a first. I had an extension cord stored in my toolbox, and I think it reacted with …
2020-07-06: Disturbed to have gone to the park and seen almost no one wearing masks. Feels like we’ve run out of …
2020-07-05: Writing on a compact Mac is just so pleasant. There are absolutely no distractions. No internet, no …
2020-06-18: So happy that the latest Pixaki update makes selections with the pencil not glitchy
2020-06-07: I have been thoroughly enjoying Doc Cosmos for the C64 this week. It’s a platformer with an amazing …
2020-06-07: I finally pulled the trigger this weekend and deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I didn’t …
2020-05-16: Found a copy of MousePaint that works with my particular Apple //c hardware. Very nostalgic feeling …
2020-04-25: Man, the original FireWire charger for the iPod is huge! It’s about the size of the power adapter …
2020-04-23: If only social distancing prevented food poisoning 😑
2020-04-21: Still have this “CD-ROM Discman” from when I was a kid. It’s both a SCSI drive and a portable CD …
2020-04-21: Oh no, my USB floppy drive has up and died 👻
2020-04-21: Really wish there was a modern device like the HP 100LX. It runs on two AA batteries which last …
2020-04-20: The Teensyboy Pro is just about the coolest thing ever
2020-04-19: USB-C on a PowerBook G4? Sure why not
2020-04-19: Grabbed a bargain basement AlphaSmart Pro just for the heck of it. I was curious about these devices …
2020-04-15: Decided to re-shell my Game Boy Advance SP. Would not recommend. Mistakes were made, the old shell …
2020-04-01: Turns out it’s super easy to connect to a modern computer on the local network with the WiModem64!
2020-03-31: Finally got around to doing a dead line repair on my original game boy. The fix seems to be slightly …
2020-03-08: Upgraded my Commodore set up this week with a Pi1541 set up. I’m quite pleased with the increased …
2020-03-07: Working on Commodore keyboards is quite tedious. I had to de-solder a connection, and remove 18 …
2020-03-07: The 6 key stem on my Plus/4 got damaged during shopping. To mitigate that, I’ve swapped one of the …
2020-03-06: Turns out the power supply that came with my Commodore Plus/4 is junk. I’m very lucky it didn’t …
2020-03-02: It’s an intermittent problem kind of evening
2020-02-19: Gotta catch ‘em all
2020-01-25: I realized this week that I‘ve been out of the closet for well over a decade now, and it’s kind of …
2020-01-24: I only have two dungeons left in Link’s Awakening. I’m really sad that I’m so close to finishing it, …
2020-01-09: I absolutely love how quiet and peaceful it is during the day whenever the temperature drops below …
2020-01-05: TFW your USB-C dongles have dongles
2019-12-27: Hmm. Not sure what the best way to get low latency audio output from my iPad Pro and have a midi …
2019-12-26: It’s really quite cool that USB-C on the iPad Pro means I can plug a midi sequencer into it and it …
2019-12-26: This year’s neat Christmas gift: Nintendo branded playing cards from the 1970s
2019-12-20: I’ve been interested in futzing with Apple IIgs software, but I don’t have the space for a real …
2019-12-19: Turns out that my final revision PowerBook G4 is ‘new’ enough that I can copy files directly to it …
2019-12-13: 😕 it seems the one computer I have from my childhood – a PowerBook 2400c – has started to have …
2019-12-09: Updated my MiSTer set up and installed some new cores this evening with the intention of trying some …
2019-12-07: Finally got around to getting Number Munchers and Word Munchers on the Apple //c. Holy crap is Word …
2019-11-26: Whoops, I did not mean to spend 4 hours futzing with pixel art. Pixaki reminds me of the good old …
2019-11-26: Being able to transfer files from my iPad to my Apple //c has to be the best part of iOS 13
2019-11-25: Today’s uncomfortable lesson: deoxit burns if it comes in contact with bare skin. Serves me right …
2019-11-23: At the end of Luigi’s Mansion 3, you get a letter ranking, and I only managed a B 😑
2019-10-05: With the purchase of an AirPrint-enabled printer and iPadOS 13 supporting USB storage devices, I …
2019-08-19: Yikes. The Amiga version of Eliminator is basically impossible.
2019-08-12: Oh man, MiSTer is so cool
2019-07-14: Hmm, SD2IEC is mysteriously not seeing any of the files on its SD card. Probably a sign it’s too hot …
2019-07-01: For anyone looking to replace the HDD in a PowerBook 150 with a Compact Flash card: you need an …
2019-06-27: The correct power supply and hard drive replacement for the PowerBook 150 arrived today. With any …
2019-06-24: Continuing my informal quest to own all of the portables I had growing up. This PowerBook 150 is …
2019-06-10: Picked up a mouse for the //c. Didn’t expect it to come in its original box in like-new condition
2019-06-07: I rekajiggered the cables on my Commodore monitor so that my Apple //c video is in monochrome green …
2019-04-28: Honestly a bit shocked that Executor still works more or less perfectly on Windows 10 when run as …
2019-04-10: Finally had a spare moment to figure out l the source of the strange plasticy odor coming from the …
2019-03-25: My goodness, I can’t stop laughing at the horror movie tune that plays when you collect a big white …
2019-03-22: Couldn’t resist trying to run GEOS on the //c. Unfortunately I don’t have a mouse or joystick right …
2019-03-21: Got the Apple //c booting to a floppyemu! Unfortunately it cannot boot from most external drives …
2019-03-12: The Apple //c has alps switches, it is an absolute joy to type on ❤️
2019-03-12: I’m starting on an Apple //c adventure. I’ve got 2 now. The 1st unit I got turned out to not work. …
2019-03-06: Got a little desk from IKEA to put my retro set up on. I forgot how difficult positioning a large …
2019-03-03: Finally bit the bullet and bought Affinity Designer, and I’m amazed at how full featured it is for …
2019-03-02: A friend sent me his RetroTink 2x to try out. A bit disappointed in the image quality, it’s very …
2019-02-19: Guess it’s time to relive my childhood, bought an Apple //c
2019-02-15: Such regret for not getting a flu shot this year 😑
2019-02-12: Never would have imagined that there’s a vi clone for the C64, let alone that it would be so feature …
2019-02-02: One of my cats seems to recognize Dunkin Donuts branding. When I get a bagel from there, I usually …
2019-01-26: It absolutely blows my mind I can browse the modern web on a PPC-based Mac from 2005. TenFourFox is …
2019-01-21: My long weekend project: getting music onto this 2nd gen iPod. Surprisingly difficult since I had to …
2019-01-21: I forgot how much I love the keyboard on the PowerBook G4. I’m sure it’s in part that I have had …
2019-01-12: We were given an original Game Boy for Christmas. I did a quick restoration and clean up this …
2019-01-08: Hmm, the Vic 20 is putting off a mysterious foul odor when in use. I should probably find the source …
2019-01-06: Ordered some desolder braid. The power switch in my flat C64 is broken and needs to be replaced. …
2019-01-05: Caught this when coming into LAX for a layover yesterday. It looks like another planet
2018-12-14: I thought this game – Rescuing Orc – didn’t work with the SD2IEC, but it just does not like the …
2018-12-13: This is probably silly, but I recently picked up a C64 to use as my “daily driver.” Parts for the …
2018-12-11: There is just something so pleasant about the VIC-20. The primitive graphics and sound make using it …
2018-12-07: I really missed living somewhere with four seasons. It just makes everything feel more dynamic
2018-11-30: Got the WiModem working with the VIC-20. This is probably the oldest computer I’ve gotten online …
2018-11-28: Cheese and Onion is both technically impressive for a VIC-20 game, and a lot of fun. Really enjoying …
2018-11-28: Super excited to try out the Penultimate+ cartridge with the VIC-20!
2018-11-23: Oh wow. The new iPad Pro really does feel like a device from the future
2018-11-21: Put some replacement feet on the VIC-20. It feels like this project is now complete! Can’t wait for …
2018-11-19: This is probably more window dressing than anything else, but I added heat sinks to the VIC-20’s …
2018-11-18: I’ve set out to write a simple blackjack game in Basic with the goal of it running on the unexpanded …
2018-11-17: Picked up a dead test cartridge. The C128 has been acting a little odd lately, figured it’d be good …
2018-11-17: There is nothing quite as satisfying as shredding documents
2018-11-16: I think the VIC-20’s case came out well. I was able to scrub off most of the marker and paint. I …
2018-11-16: I hit a bit of a snag in my plan. The “known good” VIC-20 main board I had turned out to be not so …
2018-11-16: The keys dried nicely over night, I was able to put them all back on this afternoon. I’m quite …
2018-11-15: Although I got this VIC-20 with the intention of putting my working main board in it, it seems there …
2018-11-15: Case is looking much better after a scrub with soapy water. This must have been a kid’s computer in …
2018-11-15: Washing the key caps in soapy water was extremely satisfying, the keys make the same noise as LEGO …
2018-11-15: I am cheating a bit. I couldn’t figure out how to get the space bar off with the key cap removal …
2018-11-15: Never realized how much effort it takes to get all the caps off of a keyboard. This is the first …
2018-11-15: Inching ever closer to having a working VIC-20 system
2018-11-11: Ahhh, the grocery store was so busy this morning. I guess the thanksgiving rush has started
2018-11-01: Tried out some new C64 games. Really digging Krakout and Uridium!
2018-10-31: New power supply arrived for my Commodore machines today. I was finally able to try out the Vic 20 …
2018-10-27: Got a set of drawers and tidied up my retro corner. Still a work in progress, but most of my …
2018-10-26: Decidedly not the most aesthetically pleasing mod, but now I don’t have to deal with flaky double …
2018-10-26: Floppy extension cable arrived in the mail today, looks like I should be able to finish installing …
2018-10-23: Finally got around to trying out the flashfloppy hacked gotek I ordered for my ST. It works! However …
2018-10-12: I’ve been thinking it might be a good idea to proactively replace the hard drive in my PowerBook …
2018-10-01: I have 4 double density floppy disks. It seems that only two work reliably. One is questionable, and …
2018-09-28: Now that I have a permanent setup for retro computing, I think I will cycle through my wedges so …
2018-09-25: Ack! I know I haven’t really played since I was a kid, but I don’t remember being this bad at Q*BERT …
2018-09-23: Thanks to Jan Beta’s YouTube series on repairing a C128, I was able to finally put the power LED …
2018-09-23: Reopened the ST, and managed to get the RF shield off this time. Turns out you just need to slide …
2018-09-21: There’s something very cathartic about cleaning old hardware at the end of a work week
2018-09-18: It’s amazing how different an experience gaming on a CRT monitor. It feels so much more nostalgic – …
2018-09-16: My Commodore setup is complete: it now has an authentic (1802) monitor. The picture is amazing, and …
2018-09-14: Welp. I think the 1040STF tops the metal TI 99/4a for my personal record of least serviceable …
2018-09-14: Great. The Atari ST’s monochrome output is compatible with the TV’s VGA input. No upscaler required …
2018-09-11: Hello, Atari ST. You’re going to be an adventure
2018-09-10: After a relative searched through their old disks, a Discman driver has been found! If anyone …
2018-08-31: Does a machine with modern networking, but a dead architecture count as retro in any sense yet? 🤔
2018-08-31: Friday night? Time for some old school AppleTalk networking
2018-08-29: Stella sure likes to nap on my 8 bit micros
2018-08-27: Got a replacement power cord for the VCR, so I was finally able to check that my 8 bit machines …
2018-08-17: I am super pleased to have a complete vintage PowerBook set up. This 2400c came with an Ethernet …
2018-08-17: I have never seen rubber feet perish so thoroughly before. They are the consistency of caramel
2018-08-14: Good news: it looks like all but one of my antique computers survived moving coast to coast. Not …
2018-07-07: Here we go, got a VIC-20 mother board. Just need to find a broken donor machine I can harvest a …
2018-06-09: Slowly replaying Wario Land, a childhood favorite which is just as fun as I remember
2018-06-06: It’s more a novelty than anything else, but there is a (sorta functional) Apple I emulator for …
2018-05-20: Stella is lucky to be a house cat. Yelling at your prey in the wild does not tend to get you dinner
2018-05-18: Photographed my collection for documentation purposes, and couldn’t resist getting a little …
2018-05-14: Finally got around to trying GEOS. It’s nuts that they got a pretty decently usable desktop …
2018-05-12: An unusually warm Saturday makes for one happy cat
2018-05-05: Picked up a toolbox for the assorted stuff I have for working on retro hardware. Feels a bit like …
2018-05-03: Got CP/M loaded up on the C128, and my goodness it is slow in 40 column mode!
2018-05-02: I suppose it’s not the most eco-friendly, but I really like having a printed copy of the …
2018-04-28: Finally get to try out one of the stranger bits of Windows 9x software I’ve long been …
2018-04-27: Took some futzing, but Windows 95 is now running correctly with all required drivers on the Libretto …
2018-04-25: Installing Windows 95 for what must be the first time since, gees, middle school maybe? Very …
2018-04-24: Today I learned there’s an honest to goodness C64 Canabalt port!
2018-04-22: A upcoming long distance move is a good opportunity to rehome some of my extra systems
2018-04-21: Ideal setup achieved: Commodore 128 SD2IEC WiModem64 Now I can play all the games, and visit all …
2018-04-19: Huzzah, after putting a solid state hard drive in, the Libretto has jumped back to life. Now I need …
2018-04-19: A Toshiba Libretto 50CT. It currently does not POST, but it does boot into the bios recovery screen. …
2018-04-19: the start of a new project perhaps
2018-04-16: heyooo, I am online with my C64
2018-04-11: Acquired an AGS-101 model Game Boy Advance SP. It’s shocking how much better the screen is. I wonder …
2018-04-10: The C128 system guide I ordered arrived today! It seems the original owner never sent in for their …
2018-04-10: “If I fits, I sits”
2018-04-08: Debating whether or not to buy / make a serial cable for my Z88. It has a DB-9 port, but the pin out …
2018-04-04: Acquired a WiModem64 for my C128. Wasn’t expecting it to be this small, it’s the size of about two …
2018-04-03: it seems the cats do not appreciate me noodling with the SID chip in my C128. they abstained from …
2018-04-03: oh no, the counter on my datasette seems to have started jamming! can’t say I am surprised …
2018-04-01: It’s amusing how badly out of date browsers fare with the modern web. I am amazed my DS Lite can …
2018-04-01: Cost of having the C128 System Guide printed and bound from a PDF: ~$60. Cost of buying an original …
2018-03-25: The C128 seems to be working fine with the new fuse, so I put the RF shield/heatsink back on. Now I …
2018-03-25: I did not realize how yellowed my datasette is until I put it next to the C128. I might have to do …
2018-03-25: Plot twist: after replacing the fuse in the power supply, my C128 powers on. Used it for an hour …
2018-03-24: The video cable for my Commodore 128 arrived today and… there’s no video output. Turns out …
2018-03-24: The forces ridiculousness have caused me to install Windows 3.0a on my HP 100LX
2018-03-13: Now that my last project is done, time for something new! My Commodore 128 arrived today. It seems …
2018-03-09: and so, my TI 99/4a repair saga comes to a close for now. I’ve installed a new old stock replacement …
2018-03-04: Yesss, after trying for 3 months, I was able to purchase a Commodore 128 for an almost reasonable …
2018-03-03: Taking apart a compact Mac is vaguely terrifying
2018-03-01: while decidedly not authentic, or even good looking, relabeling the top keys on my TI 99/4a at least …
2018-02-28: Quite pleased with my new acquisition, a Cambridge Computers Z88. It fits 3 criteria I’ve been …
2018-02-16: got an Atari joystick adapter for my TI-99/4a. really enjoying the games on this platform – they’re …
2018-02-15: maxed out my titanium PowerBook G4’s ram at 1GB! while I already had more than enough memory for …
2018-02-12: omg this face
2018-02-12: ahh I can’t wait for the joystick adapter for my TI-99/4a to arrive. I can’t imagine what possessed …
2018-02-11: at the prompting of a friend, I found a shell program for my SE/30
2018-02-10: my first experience with using a modern flash memory adapter on a retro device – the FlashRom 99 for …
2018-02-10: somebody does not like their topical flea prevention medication…
2018-02-07: why would you even try??
2018-02-06: Picked up a pair of TI-99/4A. There’s just something about that wedge form factor – I would say it’s …
2018-02-05: less esoteric, but more novel. running vim on the last PowerBook capable of booting Classic Mac OS
2018-02-03: My HP 95LX and HP 100LX after transferring my documents over IrDA. Getting the 100LX was a pretty …
2018-02-02: life is but the pursuit of running vim on increasingly esoteric hardware