A map of Akihabara from the first ever issue of Technopolis, dated August 1982, has been added to my collection of old Akiba maps in this blog post: blog.gingerbeardman.com/2019/05/11/b...

Today's listening is the majestic double album set "Apple Venus" (1999) & "Wasp Star" (2000) by XTC Absolute genius. song.link/https:/music... song.link/https:/music...

I heard Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" for the first time last night (don't ask me how I've missed it since 1982) and that intoxicating mix of Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham has drilled so far into my brain I didn't know a song could go that deep. #gypsy

Since this last update almost a week ago I realised my initial solution was broken in Sandbox environment...so I had to rework it! The result is that you can now see HFS volume labels in the TestFlight version of Spindle. Hurrah! All set for launch.

THINK BIG. song.link/https:/music...

Already up to double digit listens on this! Love it.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Happy Pacman World 2 Re-Pac release day!! To celebrate, I'm giving away a free copy of the game!! Just like and repost to enter! #BandaiNamcoCreator

@siracusa.social I finally (!) updated to macOS 15 (!) and thought you might like to see the results of a Hyperspace scan of my home folder.

“Vie” by Doja Cat is pretty special. Such a fun listen. Like a lost Janet Jackson album. Good vibes. song.link/https:/music...

What are your favourite iOS apps I might not have heard of?

Duplicated 50 (fifty!) 2FA codes using Show QR Code in OTP Auth (device 1) and Scan QR Code in Passwords app (device 2) at which point you pick a password/account to attach to before/after the scan (if you leave it until after it guesses reasonably well what account to attach to)

Just upgraded from an iPhone XS (2018, iOS 17) to an iPhone 16 Pro (2024, iOS 18). What can I say? I like to take my time? Any good apps that are iOS 18 and up?

From the fjords of Norway comes this week's #NewMusicMix "Let Me Love You" by Thomas Dybdahl www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-eh... A perfect sub-3-minute pop song. Instant classic.

New uploads @archive.org: - HyperLib 1994 No. 1 CD1 - Media Front CD-ROM FRONT No. 3 (1995-09) - Mac Ga Ichiban! Vol. 51/54/57/58 (1998-12, 1999-03/06/07) - Mac100% (1999-06/07) - Mac Fan Internet CD-ROM (2000-08) - So-Net CD-ROM [UCD2-204R13] (2002) archive.org/details/@gin...

I had a fantastic talk w/ John Szczepaniak, badass author of "The Untold Story of Japanese Game Developer" books: a one-of-a-kind endeavor that'll never be repeated. Please share his story! Game-mag BS, Kojima, interviewing 80+ JP devs in 90 days! gamesdonelegit.com/found-in-fan...

👀 looking for a new name for my "enhanced sfxr". For a while I was calling it "macSFXR", then "sfxr NEXT", but I can't use sfxr. Unique features are comprehensive import/export, coalesced history (undo/redo) & mixing multiple sounds. I have some ideas but am open to suggestions!

Spent a *very* annoying evening adding HFS volume label probing to Spindle for ripping vintage Mac discs. Since Catalina macOS no longer supports reading HFS volumes, so I had to roll my own Swift code to do this, building on many useful lessons learned from hfsutils source.

UFOs (Braxe + Falcon & Phoenix) Release New Single! WTF!!?! Amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ztg...

I'm starting to get texts about this now so I guess I need to say something: There is a fundraiser going around about a "preservation disaster" raising money right now that I highly advise you to stay very far away from. A particular British tabloid is running with it unquestioningly. Thread:

Crazy times when the latest Sonic racer is better than the latest Mario Kart. What is happening?

Does anybody know if Apple use the data they collect from Personalised Spatial Audio and Ear Detection to influence the shape of the industrial design of the AirPods Pro...because these new ones really are a great fit.

More polishing of the Spindle UI: - device descriptions come from the internet - two the same shows exact model number - stop button is now red - progress of most complete rip displayed as badge - dumping requires less permissions than other tools! 😎 #cdrom #macos #swiftui

Hurrah! The ISO output from Spindle now matches my reference file. I was missing the last sector; classic off-by-one error 😅 Aside: I have a ContextMenu Action to add the MD5 hash of a file as its Finder comment. #macos #cdrom #redump #swiftui #indiedev

On 25th August 2012 I hosted a public retro gaming event in the function room of a pub on Penzance promenade. It was a success and we had dozens of systems available on free play. Some kids had never seen a joystick, never mind an Atari ST or Amiga! Here's me playing Virtual Boy.

Looks like somebody has been playing a little too much Power Diggerz on their PlayStation 😎 mainichi.jp/english/arti...

Great new album for this week on #NewMusicMix "The Rub" by Your Smith song.link/https:/music... Just a solid release in a kinda blue-eyed-pop-soul style.

Spindle update: tidied up the UI (grids are great!) and submitted for TestFlight. #macos #swiftui #buildinpublic #cdrom #preservation #macapp #macdev #redump #dumping

With this whole Liquid Glass fiasco, I kind of don't want the new iPhone or the next MBP as you'll have to use it on those systems. What an absolute car crash.

Added my game YOYOZO - 39 KB - 2 credits (me & musician) - 1 GOTY accolade blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/11/21/y... 🤓 cc @hushcrasher.bsky.social

Thought ripping CDs was a solved problem? Think again. One drive: good. Multiple drives: better. Spindle for macOS—coming soon #indiedev #macdev #macos #redump #swiftui #cdrom

My Bookmarks extension for the Nova editor is riding high! It took about 10 months to break into the "most popular" chart, and from that point it increase in popularity. So, it's the same old visibility issue as any other store front.

Currently at 148 countries, 12K+ downloads.

Ooh! The new SF Symbols 7 app was just installed by brew on my machine. Much faster searching and better presentation of which OS they are available in...both very welcome changes! #sfsymbols

sfxr Next—definitely absolutely no more features - sound colours are now shown in mixed waveform preview - mini previews for each sound (optional) - status bar with info and render quality dropdowns #screenshotsunday #indiedev #gamedev #sfxr #soundfx #macos #macdev #swiftui

maybe the cutest train driving game ever?

The Great Wave 神奈川沖浪裏 is on view at Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, until 21st September 2025. www.theccma.org/hokusai See: greatwavetoday.com

The Great Wave 神奈川沖浪裏 is on view at Creative Museum, Tokyo until 30th November, 2025. creative-museum.tokyo/exhibitions/... See: greatwavetoday.com

I was at Blackpool Empress Ballroom tonight to see Richard Hawley perform "Coles Corner" for its 20th Anniversary. ...some 31 years after coming here for my first ever gig: Björk on her "Debut" tour in 1994!

Huge news for weird elder millennials

Super Mario Galaxy movie LET'S-A-GO! About time I replayed Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. New Yoshi game looks great—I’m all over that. Virtual Boy peripheral is very cool. Bananza DLC seems nice. Lego Voyagers looks intriguing. The rest left me cold... I'm so picky these days.

Here’s a quick look at mixer mode that just went out to testers: - select multiple sounds in the sidebar to mix them - timestretch, (volume) gain, (timing) offset - mix settings are saved on the history item and in the doc - might save a roundtrip to your audio editor - surprisingly flexible!

Here’s a quick look at mixer mode that just went out to testers: - select multiple sounds in the sidebar to mix them - timestretch, (volume) gain, (timing) offset - mix settings are saved on the history item and in the doc - might save a roundtrip to your audio editor - surprisingly flexible!

Oh hey look at that! If you select multiple sounds they will be mixed together. You can set volumes and offset timing for each sound. More work on this will come, but at launch won't be far from this ux. #sfxrNext #gamedev #macos #sounddesign #indiedev

This week's #NewMusicMix from Sydney, Australia "WINSTON" (album) by Winston Surfshirt song.link/https:/music... YouTube Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... "All Killer, No Filler"

Donating my monthly Playdate earnings to Cybersmile ✌️ If you see harassment, bullying, or online abuse—speak up and shut it down. Silence makes it seem acceptable. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”—Desmond Tutu

sfxr Next: create retro game sound! Use preset, set sliders, or edit values with keys. Accurate waveform preview. Full undo/redo, lock faves, coalesced edits. Export and copy as various formats. Supports QuickLook! 🔔 testflight.apple.com/join/gG1Ypumz #screenshotsaturday #macos #swiftui

I knew Spinal Tap 2 was coming but the release date is surprisingly close!

The Great Wave 神奈川沖浪裏 is on view at Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, until 5th October, 2025. Hokusai × Hiroshige www.hokuchu-event.com/pickup/hokus... See: greatwavetoday.com