https://spectra.video/w/42mNUHTs2yvrkERrsx5yRZ
experimenting with different ways of having people interact with the project
here is a quick 10 minute hacking session of a Tiny BASIC game called @oats
Basic computer skills for seniors (2000)
Which now applies to all of us.
#retrocomputing
I've just posted the results for this year's #fennel survey!
https://fennel-lang.org/survey/2025
thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts
I just finished uploading a few dozen Xerox PARC "Blue and White" technical reports to fill in the ones that were missing in
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/parc/techReports
PermaComputing _Wild Wiki Workshop_ with @wellgedachtpublishing
September 14th, from 2pm to 6pm
A PermaPublishing session exploring the pipeline from collaborative wiki content to physical publications using low-tech approaches. Well Gedacht Publishing will share their wiki-2-print workflow that they used to create their latest zine publication. Starting with markdown files, we'll walk through the entire process of script-based conversion with pandoc until you have a print-ready PDF.
saw a GE advert from the late 60s that referred to their timesharing BASIC as "conversational FORTRAN"
10/10. poetry. chef's kiss.
@akkartik I kinda live this weird life of tech ascendance where I could easily de-Microgunk my life and go full hermit at any time--and I did for many years.
But there is something to be said for living around others.
Anyway I think I am getting the better deal out of this one--I got this hunk of junk for AUD$170 second hand and sank thousands of hours into it with my partner last year alone.
I am trying to figure out an affordable way to replace it soon. I am thinking of getting a PC and putting steam on it, and plugging that into my TV. It will work with the controllers I already have.
I am pretty sure Nintendo has created more piracy than it has stopped, with its absolutely bonkers hardline legal attack dog approach.
Probably wasted loads of money too.