Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

we're doing it again

perhaps i have not introduced this part of the net to PonderSlab; this is a Thinkpad T61 from around 2006. it's got a Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, a 250 GB SSD that I added myself, and it's currently running FreeBSD 15.1 because I got bored.

It's more usable than I expected it to be in this setup; there's some things I have not figured out yet, but it seems comfortable with LXQt.

the occasional hobby of mine: forcing old computers to do things that max out CPU usage

So (cough) remember how I said I needed to quit taking in more Golfshrine inventory? I packed up the shelf contents into boxes? ...That just got a bit more complicated, because I somehow still took in more inventory. Acquisitions and news in this month's update:

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/updates/2026-10-10.html

Golfshrine News: the navigation bar has been relocated from the left side of the page to the top. But also, we've acquired more stuff, so that's actually worth writing the update about.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/updates/2026-09-03.html

I figure I owe this site the update as well since I posted about it here before. The Thinkpad, now dubbed "PonderSlab", is now running FreeBSD 15.1, has functioning wi-fi, graphics and audio drivers, runs Lxqt as its window manager...

And pulls 33.5 FPS from Quakespasm at 1280x800. 😙​

I honestly thought there were only three golf sims associated with General Motors brands, two years ago. That number has not risen, but I've discovered a missing link: a standalone, shareware golf game from the same company, developed separately from the Buick and Cadillac brands.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/buick.html

I was able to boot up one of my recent acquisitions for the first time last night, since I've now got its power cable: a Lenovo Thinkpad T61, from 2006. 2 GHz Core 2 Duo, integrated graphics, and 4 GB of RAM. Can't put storage into it without a disk caddy, but I can at least boot some things from USB to ensure the thing still functions; namely, Haiku (a build from 2024) and Linux Mint 22.3 (it's what I had on hand). Alas, it froze during the Quake test, so I'll hold off on any further.

I've owned this old, beat-up Callaway Big Bertha golf club for months. Only today did I get around to doing what I actually meant to do with it when I bought it.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/updates/2026-07-29.html

In this month's Golfshrine update: a shareware distribution of a retail game, a Sega Genesis cartridge rescued from the discount rack, and the Canadian that I sometimes wish that I were.

I've had this post on the backburner for six years, through an entire format-change (it was almost a YouTube video!), before I decided it needed to be a blog post instead. Prime Target, a Macintosh FPS game that's weird precisely because it isn't weird.

https://netizen.club/~wildweasel/blaugh/posts/2026-07-05-Prime-Target---Senseless-Patriotism.html