A lovely analysis of what makes human-made things last. www.experimental-history.com/p/i-like-em-...
I like 'em thick
OR: an apology to my English teachers
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When did laptop power supplies get so big?? This monstrous brick is only 330w and higher volume than a sfx pc psu…
Trying to get this spider out of my server gives another meaning to debugging 😵💫😵💫
Building my own gabecube for under $500! I’ve been so excited for a pc with cec that can do 4k and I’m unconvinced the steam box is it, so time to get crafty with a replacement laptop mobo
Going through unfinished hw projects is depressing. You put all this time into making a snes to gcc adapter, it works perfectly, and you know it still needs another 10-20 hrs of polishing
me: technically baseball is parryslop my dad: i’m gonna assume grandchildren aren’t in the picture near term then
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
It’s strange how sometimes the internet/computer feels more lonely than cleaning up the place and watching some tv haha
Back on the grind… I might’ve shaped this worse than even my first loaf, but damn if it isn’t tasty
Great read about my local crt scene! Gift link for any followers racketmn.com/crt-tv-minne...
I Want My CRT: The 'Insane' Demand for Giant Old-School TVs, Explained - Racket
2026’s hottest, must-have item? Analog TV sets from 30 years ago.
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Racket@racketmn.com · 3mo agoSomebody REALLY wants the 100-pound TV sitting in your basement.
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Schedule looks awesome! Feel so lucky to host sgdq in minneapolis, can’t wait for the classic bioshock infinite -> ss2 run at 1am then chug an energy drink to drive home
Games Done Quick@gamesdonequick.com · 4mo agoWe have our FULL #SGDQ2026 schedule!!!! gdq.gg/schedule Congrats to all of our runners and thank you to everyone who submitted a run this time around!! We can't wait to see you in July 💙 Register for SGDQ2026: gdq.gg/sgdq-2026
I wanted a truly modular/customizable desk shelf, so I built one. Rack Nook is a desk shelf system, based around 10" or 19" rack components. It's open source, you can find everything you need to build your own here: github.com/loopj/rack-n...
Excited for this film project from my ex office manager! He’s looking for additional support going towards post production/screening costs, if it looks cool to you give it a look! seedandspark.com/fund/20-shor...
2.0 Short Film - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
2.0 is a comedic short film about the engineer who creates the AI that's going to replace him. It is fictional (in the loosest sense of the word) but also extremely relevant to the world right now. We...
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This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America
Responding to “why don’t you do x anymore” with “because life’s too stressful now” brings the realization that maybe making time for x is what made life less stressful
Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not
My pre launch page for the Build A Boy is live on @crowdsupply.bsky.social crowdsupply.com/natalie-the-nerd/build-a-boy The only kit that will turn your Lego kit into a real working Game Boy - no emulation
100% this video. Buying a house this month and everyone who knows me asks “are you going solar?” I don’t want to, the economies of scale here make it much cheaper for the energy company to do so, but increasingly we’re in a position where individuals are the only ones who can make a change
Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 7mo agoLet's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
TIL about Bun's BUN_CONFIG_VERBOSE_FETCH variable. Logs all fetch calls to the console as a curl command for debugging! Saved me a lot of time building an integration today
Lil rgb bypass mod for the genesis, particularly proud of the routing
idk a hot take of mine is that if you practice typing itself as a skill, and/or your editors features, you'll have a much better time and produce better code as a result You'll just have less cognitive barrier between your intentions and the thing you're interfacing with
Dealing with funny bugs all of today but this takes the cake. I'm reinstalling Windows on a Surface Laptop, and the installer freezes as soon as I boot it up. Turns out the windows installer DOESN'T HAVE THE SURFACE TRACKPAD/KEYBOARD DRIVERS and you NEED a usb device to reinstall/recover. incredible
Advice for all "gamers" out there: go play a video game no one is talking about anymore, something like an old Gameboy Color game lost to time and online discourse. Nurture your personal connection to the medium of games/form opinions unaffected by what other people online say.
Two days done with Advent of Code! Having a lot of fun even though I feel really washed, day one taking me an hour still feels incredibly embarrassing. Trying to learn some more rust this year, and I feel like it's been really great for these kinds of solves github.com/PaulBGD/aoc25