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👋 Just some loser who loves Web 1.0, Gopher, Gemini, and anything retro-related on the internet
🌍 North Lanarkshire, Scotland
🗣 Followers 31 · Following 16 · Logs 148 · Docked 3 years ago
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Probably isn’t a hot take here, or be the first to say this, but I’m getting super sick of the big web. It all feels so artificial, like everything is just done for money and nothing else, and the regular people on social media are just doing things for clout and the memes are samey, make no sense or just generally not funny at all. It all feels so fake. The only area I go on the web nowadays by choice are Neocities/Wiby.me sites. Good to at least see a community on the web trying to keep what creativity and thrill of exploration there is on the web alive.
💬 4 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I got a CD that came from a magazine from a charity shop the other day, and I’m fascinated by it. I’ve seen it’s one in a line of many CDs. Feels like the music equivalent of a demo disc. They have songs from what were then new albums, and is a great way to discover new artists!
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I finally saw No Time to Die. Loved it! It was a lot less serious than Daniel Craig’s other films, gave him a personality and one-liners. Would thoroughly recommend it!
💬 4 Replies · 1 Thumb · 2 years ago
I’ve starting using IPFS as a way to self host images and videos for my site without needing my PC on 24/7, seems pretty neat.
💬 2 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I’m going to see the 1st Harry Potter film in the cinema tomorrow, they’ve remastered it for the 20th anniversary. Figured why not, since I never saw it in the cinema originally.
💬 3 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I just found a shop in a shopping centre that still sells VHS tapes, and they had tonnes! I bought a good few for like 20p each!
💬 2 Replies · 1 Thumb · 2 years ago
I’ve finished modelling all of the levels for my game. Was planning to release in Spring 2022, so now I have plenty of time to polish up the gameplay, add more weapons and film cutscenes. It’s getting exciting!
💬 3 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I’ve began to notice that since I’ve been using Station, I don’t care about how many likes or followers I get, like I did when I was on big tech social media. Instead, I look forward to seeing people’s replies and actually having a conversation. Makes me think how social media has never been about being social, but rather it just being a popularity contest. Anyone else notice this?
💬 6 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I just beat Cyberpunk 2077. I did all of the side gigs and objectives that were actually beatable (Some weren’t!), and went through multiple endings thanks to quicksaves. The game seems to get a lot of flak online, but honestly, I loved it!
💬 3 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 2 years ago
I went to my first D&D game this evening after a friend suggested it to help me get out more. I had an absolute blast! Definitely going back next week!
💬 1 Reply · 4 Thumbs · 2 years ago
In an ultimate crossover of old and new tech, I’ve made a Mixtape of songs from Spotify, so I can take those songs with me when I go out without needing to install the app on my phone! It was the first time I made a tape on my new stereo, and I have to say the quality is really good, probably the best I’m going to get from a Type 1.
💬 2 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 years ago
I finally got a boxset of Digimon Adventure Tri on Blu-Ray and watched it. Loved it!
💬 1 Reply · 0 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Things are finally back to normal for us. We had no internet for a week due to a power cut basically destroying our router, and then Ubuntu suddenly had a problem with my Nvidia GPU, making me completely reinstall the OS (Someone once told me the Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu were good. They lied). But here we are, finally, with internet, and a working OS that isn’t Windows 😮💨
💬 7 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 3 years ago
I got my new PC up and running, and I wiped my hard drive for it, thinking the asset files for the game I’m working on would be backed up by MEGA, ready to download on the new PC. The cloud drive was over a month out of date, despite having the client running constantly . If it wasn’t for the git repository for the game itself, I’d have lost 3 levels and dozens of props. Needless to say, I’m really mad.
💬 2 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 years ago
I decided to get into the new Digimon Card Game and went to a weekly event in a shop at my town and played some games. Had a blast! 😁Met some potential friends, too
💬 1 Reply · 2 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Just built my computer, or most of it. It started up! I’m so relieved! I’m going to get a case and PCI exhaust fan before I really started using it, though.
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 years ago
I got myself a Sony CFD-S70 cassette stereo today, it was the last one the store had (and apparently in other stores around the country). I heard that for a (relatively) new cassette deck, it was good, and sure enough, it’s pretty good, even through headphones! Have yet to notice any wow and flutter. Speakers are a bit tinny, though.
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 years ago
Just ordered parts for my new PC. Gonna have 16GB ram, an RTX 2080, a BD-XL M-Disc drive and a Ryzen 5 CPU, all enclosed in a 90s style case with an old IBM keyboard! It’s going to be the ultimate sleeper build! 😛
💬 3 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 3 years ago
I got my iBook today. Turns out MorphOS requires a G4 minimum and the only Airport card that supports MacOS9 doesn’t support WPA2, so the laptop isn’t as useful as I thought. However, I’ve been having a blast trying old Mac software and games, so I’d say it was still worth it!
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 years ago
I ordered an iBook G3 clamshell from eBay. I’ve always wanted one since I was a kid, so I’m very much looking forward to getting it! I heard you can actually install AmigaOS on it since it uses PPC, so I’m definitely going to look into dualbooting it with MacOS9!
💬 5 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Hey, is it possible to log into the same Station account on other computers/browsers? How would I do it?
💬 2 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Seems one of my favourite capsules (gemini://tilde.team/~sumpygump/explore/) has stopped working properly. (It’s supposed to give 3 random Gemini links a day). I hope it gets fixed soon!
💬 3 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 years ago
I’ve noticed that since I’ve started using the SmolNet, my habits have changed. I’m on the clearnet a lot less, and certainly using social media a lot less! I used to go on Reddit and Youtube on my iPad every night in my bes, but now I barely touch them. Not out of spite or anything, but because I’m genuinely not interested in using them. Instead, I spend my time browsing Gemini and Gopher, and checking on places like this. I feel more connected to this community, and I’m not so scared about sharing stuff here. I also feel like modern social media has too much stuff on it and feels overwhelming, if that makes sense. Anyone else noticed anything like this?
💬 0 Replies · 4 Thumbs · 3 years ago
My iPod classic broke beyond repair, so I’ve decided to get into Minidisc instead or getting another. I just won an auction for a NetMD player, that comes with a carry case, and 15 blank discs for less than what a base unit costs! I’m so excited to jump in! :D
💬 1 Reply · 1 Thumb · 3 years ago
I just started BBSing, and found a community that I really clicked with and spent all night chatting with them! Thanks for those here who pointed me to the right places to get me started!
💬 2 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Hey, I want to get into telnet/BBS. What’s a good place to start for absolute beginners?
💬 4 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 3 years ago
I just found out that someone is making a wap/wml browser (wApua) for Linux, and learned how to make a wml page myself to go with my http site. Makes me wonder if WAP will ever make a Gopher style comeback, because the tech is definitely interesting in it’s own right! I also found winWAP for Windows, but does anyone know of any wap/wml browsers for iOS and Android?
💬 0 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 years ago
Does there exist a web browser that can not only browse Gemini and Gopher, but also the SpartanWeb, a.k.a. the net with all the big commercial sites filtered out, similar to what Wiby.me does? If not, there should be!