I really can’t get over how good Figma is. It must be one of the nicest web apps ever made
Read moreWell that’s a first. I had an extension cord stored in my toolbox, and I think it reacted with something else in there because when I took it out the extension cord was putting off a foul smell
Read moreDisturbed to have gone to the park and seen almost no one wearing masks. Feels like we’ve run out of patience for being ‘inconvenienced’ by the pandemic
Read moreWriting on a compact Mac is just so pleasant. There are absolutely no distractions. No internet, no multitasking, not even inline spell checking. But you still get a nice rich text editor with a high quality keyboard.
Read moreSo happy that the latest Pixaki update makes selections with the pencil not glitchy
Read moreI have been thoroughly enjoying Doc Cosmos for the C64 this week. It’s a platformer with an amazing soundtrack where you jump between timelines to solve challenges in search of an alien device
Read moreI finally pulled the trigger this weekend and deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I didn’t really use them, but with the latest revelations about Facebook it did not feel right to keep them
Read moreFound a copy of MousePaint that works with my particular Apple //c hardware. Very nostalgic feeling to make black and white pixel art
Read moreMan, the original FireWire charger for the iPod is huge! It’s about the size of the power adapter for the 12 inch MacBook. One of the subtle ways that technology has advanced in the last two decades
Read moreIf only social distancing prevented food poisoning 😑
Read moreStill have this “CD-ROM Discman” from when I was a kid. It’s both a SCSI drive and a portable CD player. It has way more features than I remembered! It does shuffle and two levels of bass
Read moreOh no, my USB floppy drive has up and died 👻
Read moreReally wish there was a modern device like the HP 100LX. It runs on two AA batteries which last months with regular usage
Read moreThe Teensyboy Pro is just about the coolest thing ever
Read moreUSB-C on a PowerBook G4? Sure why not
Read moreGrabbed a bargain basement AlphaSmart Pro just for the heck of it. I was curious about these devices back in the day. Turns out this model has the worst keyboard I’ve ever used. The key caps sit over a membrane, and are super wobbly 🤢
Read moreDecided to re-shell my Game Boy Advance SP. Would not recommend. Mistakes were made, the old shell is in many pieces in the trash. But amazingly it still works!
Read moreTurns out it’s super easy to connect to a modern computer on the local network with the WiModem64!
Read moreFinally got around to doing a dead line repair on my original game boy. The fix seems to be slightly intermittent, but it’s much more playable now
Read moreUpgraded my Commodore set up this week with a Pi1541 set up. I’m quite pleased with the increased software compatibility
Read moreWorking on Commodore keyboards is quite tedious. I had to de-solder a connection, and remove 18 screws to swap the key stems on my Plus/4
Read moreThe 6 key stem on my Plus/4 got damaged during shopping. To mitigate that, I’ve swapped one of the Control key stocks over until I can figure out how to repair or replace the broken key stem. Much more usable now
Read moreTurns out the power supply that came with my Commodore Plus/4 is junk. I’m very lucky it didn’t damage the computer during the time I had it plugged in. It’s now been replaced with an adapter to make the plus/4 work with my modern C64 power supply
Read moreIt’s an intermittent problem kind of evening
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