This is a weird website. 1/3 of posts are about the horrors of world events. 1/3 are random cartoons of all sorts and 1/3 people posting pictures of themselves at the gym.

I am in my “Despondent. I told you so” era.

Atari ST daily pixel art « Free Bee », 1988 By Maurice Molyneaux Atari ST CAD-3D (Cyber Studio) animation, 72 frames, 320x200, 16 colours #atari #atariart #ataripixelart #demoscene #atariST #atariSTe #320x200pixels #16colours #MauriceMolyneaux #CAD3D #CyberStudio

My wife told me that a thing is trending on one of the META owned sites that predicts how your 2026 is going to be based on the number one film from when you were 10 years old. And mine is the Empire Strikes Back. So yeah, that would be not ideal for me.

Finished Stranger Things. Not mad on how it ended. Nothing is perfect in this world, but you can still enjoy imperfection and I rather did.

NYE AHL Hockey Hershey at Lehigh Valley.

Though enthusiasm is low, it's off to work I go.

How I’m going into 2026

Darwin is 14 today. He is as awesome as ever. #cat

PiMiga 5 released, AGS Amiga Game Selector 3 released, TONS of New Games, Stunt Car Racer, New Amiga Documentary & More Amiga News with Amiga Bill for the week of December 21, 2025 #commodore #commodoreamiga #Amiga #AmigaNews #AmigaBill #Retrogaming LINK: youtu.be/XmtXXOr2MeI

Wifey looking festive

A Google Santa Tracker for #Atari8bit #FujiNet Users is at: TNFS://apps.irata.online/Atari_8-bit/Internet/Santa Tracker.atr #retrocomputing

In 2019 I made a simple #AtariST Christmas demo that included music, falling snow flakes, and a scrolling banner. Happy #Christmas everyone. One of these days I ought to make another one.

Way back in 2012, I spent Christmas at Walt Disney World. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Hollywood Studios was pretty neat.

NEW EPISODE! Atari Party 2025 was last month and I got to chat with a bunch of amazing people! Have you played Atari today? @rectapete.bsky.social @atarispot.bsky.social @atariarchive.org @nathaniellockhart.bsky.social @fergojisan.bsky.social Listen here! ⬇️⬇️ stillloading.libsyn.com/still-loadin...

I won the 2018 r/retrobattlestations Holiday Music Week contest on Reddit with my Atari ST. I digitized a bowl of Christmas ornaments with Computereyes and then wrote a GFA BASIC program to display the image. I then programmed (poorly) Silent Night to play on my MT-32 whilst displaying the lyrics.

Don't bother mom, she's busy charting her portfolio on the trusty #Atari 800.

Back in 2018 I participated in the r/Retrobattlestations Holiday Music Week on Reddit with an Atari Portfolio and a program I made in BASIC that displayed a simple Xmas tree and played Jingle Bells.

Somedays I struggle to concentrate at work so I make silly things in #Atari BASIC instead.

Nothing creepy about this dude.

I am stoked to be in TPUG Magazine's special Amiga 40th issue. I gave them a bunch of games to choose from & these are the ones they picked. I would add Invyya and Rogue Declan, but I am happy some hard working devs got recognized #commodore #commodoreamiga #c64 #TPUG #Amiga40

Mood of every sane American right now. I'm sure to the outside world that is a contradiction of terms, but there are a few left.

Sonic The Edgehog in development for #AtariLynx #atari

@philsan.bsky.social @atariste.bsky.social @rectapete.bsky.social @thejoyofsticks.bsky.social @gears-of-games.bsky.social @retrogamermag.bsky.social @retro-gamer.de

This little knucklehead turns 26 today. Where has the time gone?

I participated in Logiker's Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2025 with a quick #AtariST GFA BASIC entry. If you have a few minutes to spare and a vintage computer of any type, join in the challenge. logiker.com/Vintage-Comp... #Retrocomputing

Times are tough at the House of Fletcher. #cats

Something about the first accumulating snow of the season looks and feels amazing. By mid January it is just annoying. #snow

BackLash Atari ST, One of my favorite ST games #Atari

Ever since I saw the Typeframe (a DIY writerdeck or cyberdeck), I wanted to build one. And so I did! I tweaked the design here and there to fit what I had on hand and my tastes. Here's the result. I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Since the Secretary of Transportation wants us to exercise at the airport he needs to remember that OJ started that back in the 70’s. What a ridiculous place we live in. I’m sorry world, some of tried to stop this insanity. We failed.

With Apple deprecating AFP and its less than great SMB file sharing, I've spent way too much time this weekend figuring out old school NFS shares for something I need to at work. My head hurts, but I think I have it sorted.

Friday night vibes. #Atari

Atari ST and 8-bit brothers playing one of the greatest games of all time, Ultima ]|[. The ST version may look better, but I played the 8-bit version so much that Christmas of 1983 that my heart lies there.

Playing a bit of FujiNet High Score enabled Donkey Kong on @tschak909.bsky.social ‘s apps.irata.online server. I’m not very good. Come knock me off this list! #Atari

Hey US automakers, you've already abandoned those of us that prefer to drive an actual car versus a SUV or truck making it difficult to buy things you sell. If your vehicles become even less fuel efficient because of this, even if you try to sell an actual car, I will not consider buying from you.

I’ve been holding on to this 2009 Apple Xserve in my office at work for a long time. Maybe it’s time to think about letting it go to someone who might use it for something more practical than a place to hold boxes. #Apple #Macintosh

There a few songs that always make me smile when I hear them. The Pointer Sisters - He’s so shy is one of those. I am immediately ten years old and carefree whenever it plays.

Live Now! HOT New Amiga Games, The Latest Amiga News, Amiga Events Around The World & More! #commodore #commodoreamiga #amiga #retrogaming #AmigaBill #AmigaNews LINK: twitch.tv/amigabill

🎵 We are family…. I’ve got all my sisters with me…. 🎶 #Atari

Can one guy really have too many iSight cameras? Asking for a friend.

Loved the Atari line! I was the Denver area repairman in the 80s. Here's some of the stuff I still have:

@kirkman.bsky.social Figured you might appreciate that I have this.

And the last thing I am putting away from Atari Party is the venerable Atari Falcon030. The Falcon would be Atari’s final computer before concentrating on the Jaguar games console. It featured a 68030 CPU and a Motorola 56001 DSP. #Atari

Putting things away from Atari Party. This is the Atari MEGA STE. The left side of the unit is designed to handle the weight of a CRT monitor while the right side is where the hard drive is and the fins allow for air flow cooling. Cool design. #Atari

Putting things away from Atari Party. Here in the Atari Jaguar. I once owned just about everything for this system, but these days just a small subset. I do have a multicart though so that makes things more complete. Sadly the Jaguar was the end of the line for the Tramiel era of #Atari

Putting things away from Atari Party. Here is the Atari XE Game System. Atari rebadged its home computer line into something to compete with Nintendo. It basically just competed with its own 7800 console and nobody else. It came with Flight Simulator 2. You know, something every kid wants. #Atari

Putting things away from Atari Party. Here are my Atari Lynxes. I received the original Lynx from my brother for Xmas ‘89 and the Lynx 2 from him Xmas ‘91. #Atari

Putting things away from Atari Party. Here is the Atari Portfolio. It is known as an ATM hacking computer from the Terminator movies. I used the Portfolio at Temple University to attempt to stay organized. My original Portfolio is gone, but @benjedwards.com sold me this one a few years ago. #Atari