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👋 Just some loser who loves Web 1.0, Gopher, Gemini, and anything retro-related on the internet
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I’m going to the airport to fly to Italy first thing tomorrow. Kind of nervous, because it will be my first time going on a flight by myself. 😬
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I’ve been delving into 3DO homebrew, have managed to load some images and make the controller cycle through them. Compared to the PS1 and Sega Saturn, the 3DO dev has been a much smoother experience so far. The community welcoming and helpful, too!
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I got this game called “Virtuoso” on the 3DO the other day. The game is objectively terrible, but I can’t help but love it for how quirky and how early 90s it is!
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I’m going through my backlog of games, and played through Parappa the Rapper 2. Feels like it improved on everything from the original, and it has an amazing soundtrack! The game does crash on me on one specific cutscene, though.
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I just watched the Simpsons episode “Homer Badman”, and it’s literally a manifestation of what we call “Cancel Culture “ today.
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Watching some of the last films to get released on VHS makes you realise how the films weren’t made with 4:3 in mind. I’m watching Spiderman 2 and there are loads of shots where the characters are cut off at the sides and some of the text doesn’t fully display. Either that or was just lazy pan and scan. Probably a combination of the two.
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I’ve started to watch video tapes (Currently in a Simpsons mood) before I go to sleep instead of using my iPad. It’s nice.
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I just learned how to connect to my phone from my PC via SSH and selfhost static sites on it. I’m not sure I’ll use it any time soon when I have the hosts that I have rn, but I’m very glad I decided to learn the skills. It was so much fun and I have a new found appreciation for Android phones!
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I’ve finished all of the levels in my game, and now I’m just cleaning things up squashing bugs and preparing to film the cutscenes. It’s pretty exciting!
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So I ended up winning a job lot of 20+ new blank VHS tapes for £10 in an eBay auction I forgot all about. 😅 So I have a whole cabinet full of blank tapes… now what?
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A newspaper here published an article online calling Scots a dialect, and it received enough backlash for them to change their wording. This is the first time I ever recall that happening. Looks like the general attitude towards Scots is heading in the right direction!
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My boank VHS tapes arrived, and I made my first video mixtape! (I downloaded my all time favourite Garry’s Mod videos and made a compilation of them) It was good fun, and I can’t help but keep rewatching it! (Just like my audio mixtapes, I guess)
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I decided to try out Lagrange on iOS. I’m not actually a big fan of it on other platforms, but as a Gopher browser on iOS, it’s pretty good! Feels like I’m exploring the gopherspace in the same way I do Gemini on Elaho!
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Turns out there’s a massive abundance of new old stock blank VHS tapes out there! Manager to get a bunch of them without really breaking he bank!
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I found a Sony VCR (SLV-E730) at a Charity Shop. It looked very high end and had a SCART in! Also came with some 007 tapes, All for £50! I couldn’t resist! I’ve been waiting to get a good deal on one for a couple of years! Feels amazing to finally have a proper deck! Also found a site that lets people in the British Isles get new VHS tapes, so I plan to make video mixtapes with it! So excited! 😁
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Hey, I’m trying to find this word game on Gemini where you have a “wheel”(?) and you need to make words with the letters in the wheel, and it must include the one in the centre. Anyone remember what it was called or have a link?
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I just realised that I have an irrational hatred for thin clients, and I’m not sure why.
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Does anyone else get depressed during the new year? Like you desperately want to go out and/or do something exciting, but nothing does the job?
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I got my covid booster shot yesterday, my head and arm hurt now…
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I’ve been looking at prices of Nintendo 64 games I want to get, and prices for even common games are so extortionate now! It’s really getting out of hand! :(
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I’ve noticed that since I’ve mostly quit mainstream social media, my days feel a lot longer and I have more time to read books/magazines, watch films and most importantly, play video games. I feel my mental health has improved drastically since!
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I was browsing Midnight Pub, and found this post: gemini://midnight.pub/posts/701 I did the same thing on my iPad as the OP and have been experiencing the same thing, almost like withdrawal. Even inspired me to make a post on my GemLog about it. Anyone here had a similar experience?
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So I’ve been using Librewolf, a Firefox fork that removes any telemetry and deletes all cookies, for a good while now. Long enough to confidently say that when a website says it needs to use “essential” cookies to run the site properly, it’s an outright lie. I’ve yet to have a site not work for me.
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I got a blister on my right index finger from practicing the bass today, and it hurts to even type on my PC, so I might have to take it easy with game dev for a bit.
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Someone made a dedicated browser for websites on the Yesterweb ring, and a forum where it’s members chat, called Yesterweb Surf+. I love it! Only thing is I think it’s Electron based…
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I was making a Minidisc full of Christmas songs, to help get into the Christmas spirit while I’m away, and just listening to the songs I was copying over was enough to get me excited for Christmas!
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So a few years ago, I decided to avoid using Google as my primary search engine, and instead use Ecosia and DuckDuckGo, but with the expectation that I will need to fall back to Google for some searches. I just realised, a few years later, that I’ve rarely if ever done so. Ecosia/DDG give me the results I need on a daily basis. Feels good not using Google at all, tbh.
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Got to try out a full drum kit yesterday, and had an absolute blast playing songs in a band! People seemed really surprised when I said I’ve only been playing for 2 months. Got to play Bass, too, that was fun!
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I joined a Discord server for a local filmmaking meetup group, and they’ve been very helpful with giving advice and helping me in general with making my first projects! I aim to make films in Scots, because there’s a shocking lack of them out there especially given the language has nearly 2 million speakers!
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I’ve started to go through my backlog and play through all of my games. I started playing Superhot. I forgot how much fun the game is!