arborelia @arborelia@computerfairi.es

Richmond Pinball Collective has a Star Wars Episode One machine with an exclusive topper.

so this happened? this might be my first time** getting to a wizard mode* on a real #pinball machine and it’s heckin Munsters??

* as I understand it, Munster Madness is a pretty attainable mode if you play well, but there isn’t a bigger wizard, besides doing it again

** if mini-wizards count, I got Crank It Up on Metallica at SGDQ’s pinball arcade. I didn’t know what it was

Who is driving? Zut alors, cat is driving, how can this be

This article by an Xoogler illustrates why things at Google are hard to change.

From the point of view of my own issue, it shows why Google Scholar, with all its unearned academic authority, will never be able to change to be inclusive of trans authors.

https://medium.com/@pravse/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse-980c57cfd61a

People who shouted "SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE" at people lined up to buy books in the '00s were ahead of their time. Absolute visionaries

I've been learning about JPEG XL #generativeart and messing around with it over on cohost: https://cohost.org/arborelia/post/836312-i-grew-some-crystals

This is a 46 byte image file! Well, you're looking at a much larger .png of it

but it _could_ be a 46 byte image file if you were looking at the .jxl, which almost nothing supports yet

SCROOGE: You, boy! What day is it?
BOY: Why, it’s Mario the 64th!

and I have now seen a machine from 1937! the lost era of pinball! you can’t even find these in VPX!

it was not operational but that’s okay, it looks awful to play. and I have enjoyed games from 1935

went to the Asheville Pinball Museum and got the top #pindigo score on Blue Max (1975)! Note the 100,000 light. #pinball

Oh shoot we were supposed to get on Past 42, where do we turn around

Taking a week off from Silver Ball Century for Christmas.

No big stream tonight. I might do a late one-off stream where I stream the Metallica Christmas edition, because that seems fun.

1980 pinball will resume Thursday Dec 29 and Monday Jan 2.

🖼

Silver Ball Century, my chronological playthrough of virtual pinball, has reached 1979: https://twitch.tv/arborelia

UI: pweease can I send notifications to your desktop?

Me: you know what, since you asked so sweetly and persistently, sure, I'll change my mind

UI: really?! oh happy day!

Me: hahaha just kidding. Always Block

and yes, Stern made a pinball machine named "Pinball"

You're all good nice people so have a selfie