Bloop got a donation match! Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments. givebutter.com/bloopholiday #tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit

“20 totes a-packing” isn't really a lyric to 12 days of Christmas but it IS the most we've ever stuffed into the Prius! #museum #storage #tetris #moving

Happy #Holidays from the #museum! Our timeline is almost fully populated and we're building out exhibits as fast as we can. Check out the cool lighting from one of our volunteers! #Pittsburgh #PGH #museums #technology #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Picked up a cute little TV, what do y'all think?

Our heat pump had icicles on it, so I had to do the obvious

Attic find. How'd I do?

Truly an honor and a privilege to have Matt and his son helping us at the museum! Join the newsletter and see what they helped with in our next update!

We are working around the clock to build Bloop and open by the end of the year, and that includes Thanksgiving. Happy holidays if you celebrate!

We've been working hard, and things are coming along! Please support the #museum this giving season - givebutter.com/bloopholiday #retrogaming #retrocomputing #gaming #games #computer #stem #technology #tech

So saddened to lose Burger Becky, teller of stories, coder of games, ports, libraries. Becky was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma just 2 months ago. The gofundme was to help with her care; now it's for the funeral. gofund.me/b71c7b1ae Please help us archive your stories or ephemera related to Becky!

It sounds cliché, but one of the hardest things standing up a new museum location has been communication! Getting a hold of people on the phone is hard!

It's about to get lit ... "lit"erally! Puns aside, this three-digit number of T8 LED bulbs will drop Bloop's lighting costs by 80~85%!

Last day of PGX! Come by and see us at #Pittsburgh #Gaming Expo in Monroeville, it's been a great weekend meeting folks! #PGH #PGX2025

PGX starts today! Visit us in the expo hall, kinda near the middle on the left when you're going towards the arcade. (it's the fifth row, we think). #Monroeville #PA #PGH #Pittsburgh #gaming #expo #retrogaming

Just a quick snapshot out of the back window at the museum. What do you think, should we mount a camera to capture the sunsets here? #Pittsburgh #PGH #PennHills #PA #sky

Going to PGX this weekend? We just got the time on @inversephase.bsky.social's panel, "The Computer Art Underground". It will be in Panel 2 at 1pm on Saturday! If you haven't picked up a badge yet, you can get 10% off with BLOOP2025 at pittsburghgamingexpo.com/buy-badges #pittsburgh #PGH #PGX2025

Trouble in paradise getting delivery set up for our new address... Is there anyone out there with a mail+parcel delivery box that is lockable and tamper/theft-resistant that they're actually happy with?

Let's hear it for our volunteers who have been vacuuming and @nocturnalplant.bsky.social who has been running the rug doctor for nearly two days on the second floor. We're not realistically opening up there for two years... we just really really really want the new #museum building to be clean!

tosdr.org Okay, someone is doing the thing. Apparently there are others like this!

In the interests of data archival, preservation, and historical logs, has anyone tracked the absolutely massive number of terms of service and policy changes with online institutions in the past year or so?

Anyone going to #Pittsburgh Gaming Expo? #PGX is 3-5 Oct (~2weeks) at the #Monroeville Convention Center. Maybe two panels from @inversephase.bsky.social, there will be lots of music and guest friends. Get 10% off a prereg if you use code BLOOP2025. Sound cool? pittsburghgamingexpo.com

Anyone going to #Pittsburgh Gaming Expo? #PGX is 3-5 Oct (~2weeks) at the #Monroeville Convention Center. Maybe two panels from @inversephase.bsky.social, there will be lots of music and guest friends. Get 10% off a prereg if you use code BLOOP2025. Sound cool? pittsburghgamingexpo.com

Back from #VCFMW! Kudos to the organizers; always a great time! Loved meeting (up with) everyone! Thanks to - @matt.godbolt.org - sleeping spot! - @oldskool.org - the original impetus to go as @inversephase.bsky.social 8y ago - @jeriellsworth.bsky.social - signing our DTV - all who donated to us!

the saga of moving the #univac 418 continues... #retrocomputing #mainframemonday #retrocomputer #mainframe #forklift #museum #computers #computing #technology #tech

No polls on bsky yet? Guess you'll have to vote on Mastodon: oldbytes.space/@bloopmuseum...

@molleindustria.org thanks for the follow! hopefully we can work together once we open in the 'burgh also, "I'm happy to talk about your architectural trauma" is a very Pittsburgh line

We're so busy packing trucks, moving, and unpacking, that we don't have time for an email update quite yet - but here's a shot of the most recent truck where we loaded up a bunch of fixtures from a closed-down Joann. Hope this will hold you over!

Dude. We're right here, we already have that stuff hanging on the wall, and we're still cool to visit. 😜

Does your company have a datacenter? Bloop is looking for some donations of reliable, high-capacity, identical harddrives aka spinning rust. Performance less of an issue. Maybe a dozen drives. Get in touch if you can help!

Our input exhibit has come down, and is packed up for the move to #Pittsburgh!

Want to get nice updates about our #museum news in a digest in your email? Support the museum for $1 on givebutter or DM us with your email address - it's a great way to stay up to date on everything going on. bloopmuseum.com

"I wonder if there's anyone out there who could review my website, compliment me lightly, and make a suggestion as to how to improve my search engine visibility? Maybe they could send me a screenshot identifying some minor issues." ....said no person ever

Got some extra change in Cash App? Our donation platform now accepts it, and we are working towards renovating our new space. Check it out: givebutter.com/bloopholiday #fundraiser #fundraising #nonprofit #museum #museums #cashapp

Today, we'll be at @carnegielibrary.bsky.social for their Vintage Tech Appreciation day! Come on out and talk to us about the #museum, participate in their scavenger hunt, or make some retro calls! www.carnegielibrary.org/event/vintag... #Pittsburgh #PGH #PA #library

cost cutting measures are getting out of control, y'all

We think these links got *more* visibility than other posts. 🧝‍♂️ But that's a wonderful change, tbh

Did you know that over one third of Bloop's collection is boxless? This means two things: - We will definitely take your loose game or hardware item. - We will definitely take your empty box or orphaned manual. Let us know if you have either, and we'll reunite it. We are variant-aware!

Fantastic video. Don't forget RFCs 1149 and 2549, though! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

Tell us you haven't studied the history of games and AI without telling us you haven't studied the history of games and AI.

Also, if you don't happen to have a forklift, we're looking for Tink-Tonk in the Land of the Buddy-Bots........ *specifically for PC*. @inversephase.bsky.social's childhood copy is pretty messed up!

Call for help: Bloop needs to make a #forklift materialize at our #Pittsburgh building sometime mid-late next week. We'll need it three times, but probably only for a few hours each time. Anyone got one we can borrow before we call and rent one instead?

We met a TON of awesome people at our first Tekko! If you talked to us at a panel, in the hallways, or at our table, please reach out!

Spotted at #Tekko, these dudes are supporting their Densha de Go conductor by acting out riding the train. いつもお世話になっております! #Tekko2025 #Pittsburgh #PGH #Conventions #Cons

...and like that, the game exhibit is now packed and ready to move to Pittsburgh. 🚚 Thanks to our final tour groups today for checking it out before we tore it down!

Bloop's longest-standing exhibit in our current space, the video game exhibit, is getting packed up for our move to Pittsburgh, where it will be expanded! Here's a look at it in all its glory 👾

Oh hey, notifications! We should write a cliche post about how you can stay up to date on all the latest news by ringing the bell thing!

Hmm, that post looks like I'm calling the demo unit an S-100 Sound Effects, here's one of those since I don't have mine out right now

Do you own any items - individual specific items, not just ones of the same type - that have a cultural significance in some group? A Trek prop, one of Mulder’s office posters, one of Steve Jobs’ turtlenecks, an animation cel, the spear of Longinus, a pope’s finger bones - anything?

One of the first sound cards. Not THE first, it's an S-100 sound effects, a stereo AY-3-8910 board for IMSAI/Altair/etc. Mine was owned by the 8910's creator. Maybe more exotic: his portable demonstration unit, probably the first portable chiptune device. It'll go in @bloopmuseum.bsky.social soon.