Sorry to vaguepost, but I think my life needs a rebrand.

Setup is beginning for VCF Midwest… even bigger than before! #VCFMW #VCFMidwest

I’m not even halfway done packing the car. :( #vcfmw

Packing for VCFMW is only making my to do list longer.

Hey, my friend and I are going to be at #VCFMW next weekend, September 13th and 14th in Schaumburg, IL! I won't have anything to exhibit, but we are selling some retro odds and ends from 8 to 32 bit. Come say hi, even if you aren't buying, at Z24, 25, and 26.

Picked up a RAM tester on AmiBay, and this is so much better than the random assortment of Arduino hacks I used before this.

Work and home have been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to play. I went to boot my SGI Indigo2 and nothing. Turns out I forgot to secure one ribbon cable, and it was just loose enough to be a problem. I should make more time.

Man, computers used to be so much more cool.

I've been away from #Perl for years, but this hit me in the gut. mst was loud, passionate, potentially troubled, incredibly intelligent. So much was possible because of him (Catalyst, DBIx::Class). You touched lives, and made things live. Rest in peace, Matt. www.shadowcat.co.uk/2025/07/09/r...

#VCFMW 20 Table Requests are open! (closing 7/11 19:00 CDT): forms.gle/UCwSn9S3Gc8Q... Tables will be granted for a donation, which gets you a table, tablecloth, and power. You can also delete the table, to receive an open space (for those who are bringing racks, rolling displays, mainframes, etc.)

Trying to go back to kdenlive from DaVinci Resolve for editing on Linux. Spent the last 45 minutes working on a video, saving the whole time... ... but it crashed and it's all gone. aaahahahahahahaha.

Bill Atkinson died a few days ago. He is another pioneer who passed without the fanfare of someone like Jobs, but without Bill’s work, I probably wouldn’t have had the experiences and the spark of curiosity that drove my hobbies and eventually my career. www.wired.com/story/bill-a...

I have a 2-in-1 laptop. This morning, I kept fighting because I'd boot to the OS, and the keyboard & trackpad wouldn't function at all, but the touchscreen would. Turns out, the laptop was resting on top of another laptop with a magnet, causing internal devices to lock. Technology is for chumps.

Let me tell you how much I'm not going to "friend" a Marketplace seller, Facebook.

I've been feeling particularly elderly lately with a lot of pain in my hip. I noticed it was worse during the day, so I swapped out my desk chair with a regular hard dining chair, and a few hours later, the pain is gone. I guess my desk chair was cheaper than I thought.

I don’t think I want to. #marchintosh

I have this really neat Stearns Desktop Computer that I picked up in December. MN-made 16 bit 8086 machine. It’s very hard to repair without documentation or schematics, and I can only find reviews. Any chance anyone has seen a manual for this thing in their collection? #retrocomputing

If you're ever in a pinch and don't have a classic Mac mouse, but you do have an Amiga mouse laying around, a little bit of wiring can get you a perfectly functioning cursor. #retrocomputing #marchintosh www.nmelnick.com/2025/03/conn...

Nothing quite like sitting down to work on editing a video and finding the microphone was jacked the entire time.

Part of my joy in the retro hobby is not dealing with the negativity and lack of humanity in the wider world. The recent blow up around KansasFest has really outed some of the louder crappy people in the vintage computing space, and it makes me sad and angry.

I think I have a solid little circuit to go between a #Commodore B128 and the GBS8200 VGA converter. It's almost the right signal already, just a 7404 to invert the video signal and a resistor to make it amber. Going to make a board to integrate GBS-Control, and paste it to the back of a monitor.

I wonder sometimes what would have been different if we got an Amiga in the late 80s instead of inheriting a Mac 512Ke. Each of these platforms tickle me in a completely different way. #amiga and vaguely #marchintosh.

Still waiting for some RAM to come in from China, but I want my bench back. It’s reassembly day for the #Amiga 3000T! #retrorepair

Fun fact: The #Commodore #Amiga 3000T will boot to a flashing yellow screen unless the 68882 FPU is in place.

So I've had this #Amiga 3000T for about a year and a half, and for the last year, the board sat on a shelf. Massive battery damage–when mounted, the battery is at the top of the board, and it just drips death down the entire centre of the board.

I sat on this silver label #Commodore 64 for a couple of years because I didn’t want to use a non-matching RAM chip. Finally found one for a reasonable amount, and it looks great on the board. The case is still in progress. :) #breakallthethings

Booked! Might even have a table again.

Just continuing to make mistakes over here. #retrocomputing #apple #breakallthethings

Got a weird one today while visiting Minnesota. This is a Stearns computer, 8086, partially IBM PC compatible. Not a ton of info out there on it, but it doesn’t seem like a ton were made and it has weird Amiga 1000 energy. Also has a clock, so that’s gonna be fun. #retrocomputing

Announcing the 9th #BlueSCSI Toolbox platform- WEB! That's right - control your BlueSCSI from your browser, phone, or whatever! Currently in closed Alpha but you can follow along here or on the TinkerDifferent post here: tinkerdifferent.com/threads/anno...

This game was at the house we are staying at. I feel like it has a very late 1980s #Apple vibe.

On the development of Kid Pix, a paint program that did everything wrong for grownups but everything right for kids.

My #Amiga 4000 died a day after attempting a 68060 upgrade, not entirely convinced it was related. No boot, black screen. A few days later, I’m making progress, but this one is weird as hell. #retrocomputing #repair

Fixed up a PB410 motherboard for a friend, battery leaked and took out the neighbouring 74F151. Replaced it, but after nearly no ISA cards were functional, realized that there was trace damage underneath. After tracing things out, thought I should at least share my findings in case others need it.

I have been looking for this retroish video for so long that I was starting to think I made it up. I loved it in the early 2000s, and somehow love it more now. youtu.be/mkshOPPTKHo?...

Picked up a boxed copy of BeOS 4.5 last weekend at World of Commodore. I really don’t normally buy software, but this was too good to miss.

US Thanksgiving means I have time to play. The #Amiga 1200 is reassembled with everything functional again, and has a permanent home.

For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

Oh, man, my #SGI Indigo2 lives! The High Impact video card wasn’t lighting up. Console filled with VC3SRAM errors. Replaced both chips on the board, and it’s fully functional! Excited to play with it. #retrocomputing

My favourite Apple products are when they were willing to just get weird. Probably why I like Amiga so much. Commodore was just always weird.

We were considering a move back to the US from Canada in the last few weeks. The election put us on our heels, maybe more than I was expecting. I find myself at the crossroads. Stay in relative calm and safety for our kids, or go back and figure out how to fight again.

If you're gen x or millennial, odds are you have known some people online for *decades*. Across multiple now-dead forums, across vast gulfs of time in internet years. You've probably got a friend group that outlived multiple sites.

Vibe. Something about this Apple IIgs still gets to me. Never had one, but we had these at school, and I couldn’t get enough of it. #retrocomputing #iigs

I love that this monitor will sync with literally anything. #AppleIII #retrocomputing

A DOS PC doing DOS PC sh. #retrocomputing

Goth night at our house, maybe. Currently showing my 11 and 8 year old how awesome The Crow soundtrack is. Jury is still out, but not in my heart. :)

Not a fan of shotgunning chips, but after a lot of tracing, gave into the internet and decided to remove, test, deoxit, and replace every IC on this #Apple III board. Glad I did, because I found 5 dead chips, and I’ve moved from no video to short blips. Gotta go shopping tomorrow. #retrocomputing

VCFMW was so fun. Friend of mine and I had a couple of tables, sold some things. Since I’m a big idiot, I also bought a few things that require some repair or attention. Also met some super nice people, exhibitors and attendees, and even Maccy and the Macintosh Librarian. Excited for next year!

Made it to #vcfmw safely! Come see me at O8/9. Or don’t. :)