social.solarpunk.au

social.solarpunk.au

vidak | @vidak@social.solarpunk.au

# LOCATION

The unceded, stolen land of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land!!

# QUOTATIONS

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~winnie-the-pooh

… OH SHIT it still exists.
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I need to spend some time just playing around in BASIC, been thinking about graphics too

Good morning fedi! 🌞

'all modern digital infrastructure' xkcd edited to have a giant wedge shoved in the middle of the stack called 'ai' which is tipping everything over

I was thinking perhaps I would change Oats For My Goats into something more similar to the fedi bots that post lil unicode gardens or desert landscapes.

I cannot seem to decide how any game mechanics would work in a roguelike version.

Been looking through this, and getting some inspiration...

https://jggames.github.io/Type-in-Mania-Programs.html

goodwill price tag on a slightly hollowed out piece of a potato crisp
the tag says "Religious Items; $0.01; Size: NA; 07/20/2024 Orange"

rate my setup

A dance evolution arcade cabinet showing the Windows 7 embedded operating system without the game running. On the floor in front of it are a Microsoft intellimouse optical mouse and an old Lenovo keyboard, plugged in via a USB hub that trails off to the side of the cabinet.

Good morning fedi! 🌅

Piers Finlayson has developed a wireless debug probe for STM32, RP2040 and similar microcontrollers:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XY2RdaR9DeU

Just published: the last remaining real for the - issue 116!

I contributed an essay about the controversy and some more photographies from the 1980s.

The disk image can be downloaded soon from: https://digital-talk.github.io/

Game Design professor Linda Breitlauch in the 1980s - with her #CBM #PET computer

I am very excited to report that my book is now available for pre-order!!

If you like things that fly – be it aircraft, bugs or birds, then this book is for you!

I am also so delighted with the beautiful cover art by Rachel Hudson.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461507/up-by-rogers-dr-lucy/

The image features the book cover of "UP: A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us" by Dr. Lucy Rogers. The design includes whimsical illustrations of butterflies, birds, and clouds, with the title prominently displayed in bold letters. Also - there's a kite, aircraft and hot air balloon!

@vidak I remember playing many hours of Kaiser and it was written in C64 Basic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_(video_game)
https://kaiser2.strotmann.de/#org6e5c563
Thank you, @cstrotm !

After all these years, I've finally done it... Internet Explorer for UNIX.
Internet Explorer 4.0 for UNIX on Solaris 8.

@yrabbit no way!!!

Thank you!!

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@sammy sorry to disturb

meta

@sammy there used to be a convention where you deleted your account @ 1000 followers

I see it is never followed now

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