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2023-01-06
Late night walk
2023-01-09
My weird double-headed SCSI cable arrived so I can test the BlueSCSI again to see if it was just the...
2023-01-09
It's been a few months since I learned about RS-449 and I can't stop thinking about it.
2023-01-09
This pack of floppies I bought to use with my Mavica came with... An ad for the Mavica!
2023-01-11
My solution to the PowerBook 500 series trackpad not being a fan of Japanese winters.
2023-01-11
There is definitely something funky going on with SCSI on this PowerBook
2023-01-12
I have succumb to the temptation of frivolous novelty - I ended up buying that lonely last Beta cass...
2023-01-14
My HARD OFF Megathread!
2023-01-20
The new Microwave+Convection combo oven arrived
2023-02-01
The 22" Cinema Display works perfectly! What a beautiful setup this is!
2023-02-05
For all of Bluetooth's problems
2023-02-12
I'm finally typing on my Newton!
2023-02-22
I'd been looking for a Newton Getting Started card to play the CalliGrapher handwriting practice game
2023-04-07
Was searching through backups and ran across something completely lost to time - just a single refer...
2023-04-21
12 years ago I spotted a box fan for sale which made me do a double-take
2023-04-22
I have a confession to make!
2023-05-05
Looks like when this shop opened they sold CDV discs!
2023-05-28
My uncle is downsizing and sent me a picture of a Smack-a-Mac with "look at this thing I'm throwing out"
2023-06-07
Dusted off my 3D camera after a few months lying in a drawer
2023-06-22
Currently taking my family on a 2-week camping road trip from Kyushu to Hokkaido and back.
2023-07-07
Man that "EyeSight" external display on the AppleVisionPro is really uncanny valley
2023-07-07
Looks like Pac Man's got something he has to deal with!!
2023-07-13
Sign of the times: Sparklers these days are being sold as “reduced smoke so it's easier to take pi...
2023-08-08
Here's your periodic reminder about how cursed Japanese wiring is.
2023-08-15
My wife got our kids the Blu-ray of the Studio Ghibli anime 耳をすませば/Whisper of the Heart
2023-08-16
The 90s were so dumb but so great
2023-09-02
Suddenly remembered I had a Wacom Graphire 2 tablet I picked up for like $3 at HARD OFF
2023-09-02
Picked up “Under the Apple Tree” (林檎の樹の下で)
2023-09-03
Was reminded of the time I bought an old phone (NEC 600-P) to let my kids play-call each other through a Cisco SPA
2023-09-07
A few months ago I took the family on a 5200 km round trip camping trip to Hokkaido and back
2023-09-15
Picked up a bunch of storage pouches from Daiso to sort my mess of cables.
2023-09-15
I bought the Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter that they claim provides support for "charging
2023-09-28
It's always amused me that in Japan Daihatsu markets a car called the CANBUS.
2023-10-01
I'm always amused when I spot a Chevrolet MW - a rebadged Suzuki Wagon R+
2023-10-01
HyperCard StackStories 1: The Monopoly Clone
2023-10-10
One of the weird things Apple did in the 90's was when they ported QuickTime to Windows
2023-10-18
Windows CE??? Yes, one of those late night purchases showed up in the mail today… A Casio Cassiopeia A51 (2.0)
2023-10-20
The camera app I work on just added a feature to shoot still photos direct to a USB-C drive on the new iPhones
2023-10-22
HyperCard StackStories 2: The Email System
2023-10-23
Hey look, I picked up a SPARC machine!
2023-10-24
Imagine it's 1997 and you're a Japanese businessman
2023-10-28
Meet the Human Test (ヒューマンテスト)
2023-11-07
I found the network rack gacha
2023-12-25
Merry Christmas everyone!