They could have put more effort into the illustrations on this bag of tater tots. Those are clearly french fries.

Are there any projects or kits out there to convert an old Macintosh 128/512/Plus mouse (M0100) to optical?

Is there a German word for the feeling of shame you get after realizing you just wasted over an hour watching your 3D printer doing its thing?

Non Sequitur

L'enfer, c'est les autres.

I will always be amused by how much toilet tank flappers look like starships.

The Bambu Lab logo looks like someone tried printing the old Oldsmobile logo but their printer had a layer shift halfway through...

Only 8 months until #VCFMW Who else is planning on going this year?

Hey, @bmw-driver.bsky.social, have you seen this project? www.yyzkevin.com/picopcmcia/

You know that weird thing you do when you’re driving and your mind wanders to something unpleasant so you change the station on the radio? Strange, isn’t it?

No cheating. Reskeet the most recent picture of your pet(s).

Time to get rid of my extra 3D printers. If you know anyone in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area who’d like a good deal on a 3D printer (1 is brand new), here are links: minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ele/d/mi... minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ele/d/mi... minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ele/d/mi...

Also in this announcement - the front panel and WiFi interface developed for #PicoIDE is also coming to BlueSCSI!

After 27 hours with this printer, I’m suitably impressed. I got my first 3D printer a little over 12 years ago. I’ve had several different models over the years but this is the first one that “Just Works”. It’s weird to get excellent prints every time without having to tweak every little thing.

Happy New Year to all my #VintageComputing / #RetroComputing friends!

Merry Christmas to me. This has been an adventure. First, I went to get it at Microcenter but it wouldn’t fit in my car. Had to go back home to switch vehicles. Then I had to get it into the house by myself. It weighs 46.2 kg (~102 lbs). It’s all assembled now and running its initial calibration.

The picture looks like it was taken with a potato but I’m happy that I was able to meet Stewart Cheifet 7 years ago. I’m saddened to hear that he has left us. He was a true champion of computing’s golden era.

Managed to get a New Old Stock Sony Discman. Similar to my first CD player except this one has the radio tuner. Currently rocking out to Tulllycraft.

What would be an appropriate wine pairing for Utz peanut butter filled pretzel bites? Asking for a friend.

it wasn't my fault and I said I was sorry but with her dying breaths the old woman laid an ancient curse on me, so that any time I hear even one measure of "what a fool believes", just one bloopy synth hook, the song gets stuck in my head on repeat for weeks on end

Finish the quote...

Correct me if I'm wrong but, at it's core, Kim Possible is really a story about a teenager struggling to learn the difference between confidence and arrogance.

This poor, neglected, barn-find Elenco XK-300 microprocessor trainer is part of my vintage computing project backlog. Some day...

My efforts to get all this vintage computing stuff organized continue. Made my first trip to Ikea in ages today to pick up some shelves. I was hoping to be largely complete with this project by tomorrow but it's likely going to take another couple of weeks. Still, steady progress...

Listening to KFAI on my Zune. Gotta say, I wish I had one of these when they were still supported devices. It's really pretty slick and I love that it has an HD Radio tuner.

If it's cold enough for the snow to glisten, go back inside.

We have achieved soup. I repeat, we have achieved soup!

Riding out the snowstorm by spending time in the kitchen. You've heard this story before but let's hear it again...

I think Lego stuff is cool but it's not really my thing. That said, I was REALLY tempted to buy this today.

Our foster dog, Cowboy, just had his third bath in two days. This time with anti-skunk shampoo. There's still a hint of lingering Eau de Pepé Le Pew but that will get taken care of when he gets a proper grooming soon.

Unfortunately, our new foster, Cowboy, smells more like a cow pasture right now. He has clearly had a run-in with a skunk in the recent past. He's very sweet, though, and quite adorable. We just need to get some skunk shampoo tomorrow.

This Panasonic PV-1275 VHS VCR looks fantastic but I think it needs some new belts.

I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:

While the aforementioned Telix was my one true love in the DOS terminal world, I also have a couple of other retail boxed terminal programs, Procomm Plus and SmarTerm340... and these are sealed, New Old Stock! I should open them and do a three-way shootout sometime soon.

Spontaneous GONG.

I mentioned earlier that my vintage computer "collection" had gotten out of hand. And yet, I went to Free Geek Twin Cities again tonight... not to buy any more computers, though. I bought a retail copy of Telix for DOS. This software was a crucial part of my existence from 1989 to 1995 or so.

There's a fine line between "collecting" and "hoarding" and I'm slowly, painfully, accepting the fact that I am on the wrong side of that line with my vintage computer stuff right now.

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

Just sitting here listening to Pretty Hate Machine on CD in my computer's CD-ROM drive. Did I just fall through a wormhole back to the early 1990s?

It's irritating to see how many news stories about the new fees for flying without a REAL ID completely fail to mention the fact that you don't need one of you have a passport.

I'm tired. I need to get a good night's sleep before I go back to work tomorrow after a week off. But there's a stupid owl who won't shut up.

I made a traditional English trifle. Ladyfingers, jam, custard, beef sautéed with peas and onions, more custard, bananas... mmmm.

And Leon is getting laaarger!

Starting my day in the traditional way.

Our new foster dog, Luca, is a very good boy. #dogs #RescueDogs

Super Colon Blow! New fiber internet is installed. Speed test comparison showing the last several days with the fastest service Xfinity offers in my area to the new service from Gateway Fiber.

Sometime in the next 90 minutes, a fiber installer is supposed to hook up my new internet service and I can finally say goodbye to Xfinity.

It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

I always thought there were only two power connector types for the VIC-20. The two-pronged connector on the long boards and the C64-style DIN connector on the short boards. Today I learned that there are two very different two-pronged variants. Top is from my NTSC VIC-20, bottom from VC-20.