maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

what have we lost??? i reckon it's psychedelics. that was behind a lot of it, probably. as the boomers die out, within a couple of decades, we'll be back down to "1950s IBM employee" levels of drug use in the nerd community

if you go back 30 years, computer enthusiasts would be excitedly showing you all the graphics their computer can produce. they'd be proud of all the colours, all the icons, the pictures, the 3D screensavers. nowadays, computer enthusiasts are excitedly showing you a screen packed full of terminal windows. they're proud of how they've found a way of using a computer that ensures they only ever have to interact with a sea of dull, monospaced text

Jon the Programmer's Squinky Tennis! An Easter egg game found hidden in several different Game Gear games published in the 90s by CodeMasters. I've been curious about this game since I was about 13 as you can't play it unless you have two GGs and a link cable. And there were no videos online anywhere of it. I finally gave up waiting and made my own video

https://youtu.be/yh5I3b2p4UQ

maybe youre too drunk for karaoke when it takes you 5 times to spell "lyrics" on a google search

Latest distraction from meaningful work: figuring out what makes BeOS icons look like BeOS icons and how to draw pixel art in that style