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2023-09-15
I bought the Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter that they claim provides support for "charging
2023-09-15
Picked up a bunch of storage pouches from Daiso to sort my mess of cables.
2023-09-07
A few months ago I took the family on a 5200 km round trip camping trip to Hokkaido and back
2023-09-03
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
2023-09-02
Picked up “Under the Apple Tree” (林檎の樹の下で)
2023-09-02
Suddenly remembered I had a Wacom Graphire 2 tablet I picked up for like $3 at HARD OFF
2023-08-16
The 90s were so dumb but so great
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
2023-08-08
Here's your periodic reminder about how cursed Japanese wiring is.
2023-07-13
Sign of the times: Sparklers these days are being sold as “reduced smoke so it's easier to take pi...
2023-07-07
Looks like Pac Man's got something he has to deal with!!
2023-07-07
Man that "EyeSight" external display on the AppleVisionPro is really uncanny valley
2023-06-22
Currently taking my family on a 2-week camping road trip from Kyushu to Hokkaido and back.
2023-06-07
Dusted off my 3D camera after a few months lying in a drawer
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"
2023-05-05
Looks like when this shop opened they sold CDV discs!
2023-04-22
I have a confession to make!
2023-04-21
12 years ago I spotted a box fan for sale which made me do a double-take
2023-04-07
Was searching through backups and ran across something completely lost to time - just a single refer...
2023-02-22
I'd been looking for a Newton Getting Started card to play the CalliGrapher handwriting practice game
2023-02-12
I'm finally typing on my Newton!
2023-02-05
For all of Bluetooth's problems
2023-02-01
The 22" Cinema Display works perfectly! What a beautiful setup this is!
2023-01-20
The new Microwave+Convection combo oven arrived
2023-01-14
My HARD OFF Megathread!
2023-01-12
I have succumb to the temptation of frivolous novelty - I ended up buying that lonely last Beta cass...
2023-01-11
There is definitely something funky going on with SCSI on this PowerBook
2023-01-11
My solution to the PowerBook 500 series trackpad not being a fan of Japanese winters.
2023-01-09
This pack of floppies I bought to use with my Mavica came with... An ad for the Mavica!
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
My weird double-headed SCSI cable arrived so I can test the BlueSCSI again to see if it was just the...
2023-01-06
Late night walk
2022-12-24
Christmas present to myself (ok... late night Mercari impulse buy I'm trying to justify)....
2022-12-23
It just turned the 24th here
2022-12-22
Only in Japan
2022-12-19
My SHARGE Classic Mac-style USB-C adapter just arrived
2022-12-18
Three-hour WeekendProject when I couldn't sleep last night.
2022-12-17
It amuses me that they made just SO MANY of these PowerBook HDI-30 SCSI adapters back in the day tha...
2022-12-17
The microSD card I ordered yesterday for my BlueSCSI arrived today so I gave it a quick test - seems to work fine!
2022-12-17
It's now cold enough that it's time to bust out the DoCoMo coffee mug warmer with a nice message on it
2022-12-13
New CD arrived today, busting out the appropriate playback equipment
2022-12-11
This evening took the family to check out "Little Tokyo"
2022-12-03
Some bedtime reading
2022-12-02
Yes there it is! The Quadra 700 I won on Yahoo!Auctions when I put in what I thought was a low bid that would never win!
2022-12-02
Ooh! A suspicious box has arrived....
2022-11-28
I keep accidentally activing the re-dial features of various Bluetooth audio devices.
2022-11-26
Staring in horror at this Frankenmac Quadra 700 for sale on Yahoo! Auctions
2022-11-25
These PC component coasters are too damn cute
2022-11-24
The west: Gingerbread house!
2022-11-23
I recent learned that the latest generation of USBC power meters can actually read the E-marker so I...
2022-11-21
This is my favorite 10 Mbit ethernet hub since it has a little load indicator bar made out of LEDs s...
2022-11-20
The lineup of dongles required to capture video off an old Macintosh PowerBook
2022-11-19
My Vaio VGN-UX50 just arrived from Yahoo! Auctions!
2022-11-18
WeekendProject I'm hacking on when I want a distraction