Millie @Atatra@computerfairi.es

bring back multi-column desktop website designs. stop making everything mobile-first. sometimes i just want my eye sensors blasted with information. look at this website https://www.lingscars.com/

i've also posted it on my non-tumblr blog now: https://maple.pet/blog/solving-a-base64-mystery-nobody-asked-for

several hours later here's a writeup on how i did:

https://www.tumblr.com/maplesynth/742691202686730240

spoilers, i didn't recover the whole JPEG. but about half of it is intelligible

updating my resume to add that i can solder better than an FAA certified engineer

translucent trans floppies

now more than ever, despite all misgivings about new leadership and layoffs at mozilla, if you care about the internet and you're still using chrome/ium over firefox, you are the problem

this was a fun style departure for me! i hope to do more of these soon :)

if you want something like this, hit me up! https://maple.pet/commissions

QRT https://hachyderm.io/@datarama/111892933900642622

if you've tried to use an original xbox controller under windows 10 and have had issues with XBCD (no rumble) and Xb2XInput (delayed/stuck inputs) check out my fork which improves polling by using async libusb i/o

https://github.com/Lana-chan/Xb2XInput/releases

#xbox #gaming

Wooo! more working ZX Spectrums in my house :D
thanks again to @mavica_again . It even included a Dymo label for the TV connection to mark these as composite. exactly the right vibe imho.
I know who to contact next time I need an old computer repairing.
#zxspectrum

@lexbailey and another one is alive and happy after a Z80 swap :)

unfortunately in a bit of a state right now since it's being tested with the wrong matching keyboard 😅

huge thankyou to @mavica_again who fixed one of my ZX Spectrums, and is currently fixing two more for me :)
It did a very thorough job of repairing, tuning, and composite-modding this machine that was really showing its age. It now has a lovely stable image with all the right colours.
If you need an old computer fixing up, definitely see if Mavica has some time :)

@TonicBH

turns out the carriage starts at an offset of 60 steps, so when i was scaling data to a full page width of 960 steps everything was offcenter to the right. i've corrected this in pypenwriter and made it not issue redundant moves to minimise penup/pendown noise

(this picture being offcenter is just due to the scale not matching the paper)

https://github.com/lana-chan/pypenwriter