I remember using one back in the day. It was a pretty horrible experience. It might be a more interesting concept with modern optical tracking technology but the rollerball stuff back then was just awful.
Probably. I'll find a solution eventually, even if it has to wait until my next trip across the pond. Heh.
Turns out all links to bbc.co.uk sites get redirected to bbc.com now if you're outside of the UK so everything breaks. Even worse is that bbc.com is a minefield of the worst full-screen advertising slop you can imagine if you try viewing it without a good malware blocker.
When I go to the story, it momentarily shows me a page that might have an embedded version but the page instantly redraws with a version that does not. When I go to the page for the BBC Sounds episode directly, it momentarily shows me the Play button but the page instantly redraws with a 404 error.
This is a good read. I wish Paul's BBC Sounds documentary wasn't currently geoblocked. Hoping to have a listen sometime soon.
Probably the rarest Commodore in the world. Behold the SX20, it's portable VIC20 🙃 & its mine! #SX64
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG1k...
#RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20 #SX20 #SX64 #ItsRealHonest
What percentage of motor vehicles currently in use do you think have at least one stray French fry on the floor somewhere?
It’s 4:30am. Why am I still awake? Insomnia sucks.
🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
That’s exactly what came to mind for me as well.
I’m glad I’m not in the dating pool these days. Decades ago, I had multiple people accuse me of copy/paste because I had the nerve to actually write more than just, “hey whatsup?”
It's just too bad I don't understand Japanese.
わかりません
A stack of Minidiscs next to a Sharp MD-MT15 Minidisc Recorder. A Commodore US*8 calculator can be seen in the background.
Last weekend I picked up hundreds of Minidiscs. They all had stuff recorded on them, including a bunch of Japanese music so I've been having fun listening to those. So far I've been introduced to the following groups:
Mongol800
Chemistry
Dreams Come True
Shakalabbits
#PhysicalMedia
Replace “old PS1 games” with “old computers” but, yeah.
Vintage Magnavox “Phantom” remote control.
Go ahead. Call me a control freak.
Black and white dog laying on a dog bed holding an empty a stainless steel dog bowl in his mouth.
Gilbert would like to draw your attention to the fact that this bowl is empty.
#Dogs
Bulk trail mix and flannel shirts as far as the eye can see!
Two black dogs sitting in a car. One is in the backseat. The other is sitting in the driver’s seat.
Hello, I’m your Uber driver, Mabel. Help yourself to a Milkbone.
#Dogs
Two logos. On the top is the logo for Tensorflow, an AI software library. On the bottom is the logo for Fleet Farm, a chain of retail stores. Both use similar stylized orange letters.
Who wore it best?
76°F outside. It’s unintentional door slamming season again.
I still have one tape that I recorded off KTMA myself back then. It was The Last Chase.
Oh, the hours I spent playing this game... back in the day on my C64 and even more recently, although I typically play it on a PET these days.
I don't remember ever caring about Eurovision before but I love this song and video from Look Mum No Computer. Just so much fun.
youtu.be/8XR2RvfZ-68...
Who are you? The spirit of Cesar Chavez. Why do you look like Cesar Romero? Because you don't know what Cesar Chavez looks like.
[386Enh]
Two pictures of the character Darrin Stephens from Bewitched. On the left is Dick York with text that says, “DLSS 5 OFF” and on the right is Dick Sargent with text that says, “DLSS 5 ON”
Dammit, Nvidia!
Two images of the character Ernest LeClerc from the TV series Allo Allo. On the left the character is played by Derek Royle and there’s text that says, “DLSS 5 OFF”. On the right the character is played by Robin Parkinson and there is text that says, “DLSS 5 ON”
Dammit, Nvidia!
There’s no place like 127.0.0.1
The Hunt For Marlboro Red October?