@bigbadbiologist.bsky.social
Big Bad Biologist. Doggo daddo. Alliteration Aficionado. (I'm a retro computing enthusiast that livestreams a lot of my restoration work, normally at noon eastern on Saturdays) Trumpers please kindly fuck off. https://www.youtube.com/@BigBadBench
Lots of #Marchintosh work queued up for Saturday's noon EDT stream: Wavy/wiggling Classic, a really bad shape Hard Disk 20, and Lazy Blue Goat's sad Quadra 660AV. youtube.com/live/J1JJcok...
And there it is.
Fucking chuds
Exchange I just had with a student who was running a gel backwards (aka why I love the teaching part of my job):
Me: What do I always yell at you?
Student: Don't be an ass!
Me: Well... yes... but with respect to gels.
Student: I only remember "don't be an ass."
Me: Run to Red!
New (actually short) short showing really fun wiggling from a Mac Classic. I bet @thetechknight.bsky.social knows exactly what component on the analog board went. youtube.com/shorts/AbTY0...
Figured it was time to solder up this external @bluescsi.com from @museumjoe.bsky.social to try out on the lciii for #marchintosh. Now let's see if I can get on #globaltalk. 😆
Funny how in a free country the elected officials seem to need the most security from the people who elected them. Strange setup for a democracy, isn’t it? We, the people, don't seem to have much input into our government. Looking at you @johnfetterman.com
#MARCHintosh tinkering action, action, action!! 🍏
Let's crack open this Macintosh SE and a LaserWriter Pro 630!
Live in 15 min:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Emp...
New (actually short) short showing really fun wiggling from a Mac Classic. I bet @thetechknight.bsky.social knows exactly what component on the analog board went. youtube.com/shorts/AbTY0...
Nice work!
You can’t tell from my camera angles, but that’s what I wear during my streams 🤪
I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.
Hey folks, today I went to a computer meetup and picked up a computer & some items. What did I end up picking up? Tomorrow, Monday, March 9, 2026, morning starting at 10am I am going to be testing the computer and other computer parts. Come see what works and doesn't.
youtube.com/live/ZpACcDl...
My ImageWriter II (via @polpo.org's amazing ImageScribbler LocalSquawk card) is now set up to accept prints!
.. also, among other problems, my Select button no longer lights, but it seems to be working, who knows?!
Go easy please! 😅
My first #marchintosh stream of the month! Let's try to repair a couple of Quadra 660av logic boards and try video input with them through my Mavica. Also, I want to show off what I have learned about this Sierra Video Systems Delta rack thing. (Noon EST on the 7th) youtube.com/live/-d5jHDI...
I have a matching Apple II 🤣
"The only ones who need to be worried right now is the Iranians who think they're gonna live"
-Pete Hegseth, Very Normal Guy
Hey folks, I am going to be desoldering 6 PCI slots from 3 motherboards starting at 9am eastern today. Come see if I get them off or end up crying. Tune into find out.
youtube.com/live/Tc3YtF9...
I'm about to start streaming my playing of Return to Dark Castle, released on Steam on March 3rd!
in....1 minute....
We’ll definitely try to use this chip, but replacements are available if needed. It’s one of the few off the shelf chips on this thing.
Running from now until Friday, March 13th, I need your help with some research I'm conducting. Full explanation in the survey. Let's have fun with this!
forms.gle/cqrzW7sZ3Aje...
(Please share this link. The more responses, the better the data collection.)
New video: @hackerboxes.bsky.social 0123 "Matrix" is up! HUB75 64x32 RGB LED matrix+Raspberry Pi Pico 2. Complex under the hood, but easy when you're standing on the shoulders of giants.(@adafruit.com Protomatter) Thanks to @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social for sponsoring this one
youtu.be/ylR5WNxnWPU
@lazybluegoat.bsky.social ‘s Q660av board out of the ultrasonic bath and… oh. Hmm.
Rebecca Heineman will posthumously receive the Ambassador Award at the GDC Awards.
A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports... 👏
(Read more at GamesIndustry)
I gotta admit, I'm pretty excited about this one. Bob "Dr. Macintosh" LeVitus is one of my favorite tech writers. Books, newspapers, magazines, blogs... you too have no doubt read his work.
He helped folks keep the faith even in some of the darkest times!
youtu.be/BCHMHAiCaMk
My first #marchintosh stream of the month! Let's try to repair a couple of Quadra 660av logic boards and try video input with them through my Mavica. Also, I want to show off what I have learned about this Sierra Video Systems Delta rack thing. (Noon EST on the 7th) youtube.com/live/-d5jHDI...
Any Democrat elected official who doesn’t bring this energy needs to be voted out. Primary them all. Useless.
IT'S OVER ONE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND
#PicoIDE
Oh, hims so wittle hims needs a wittle boost. I come from the south where we do have middle names Larry Joe, Betty Lou, Billy Bob, but MarkWayne is a new one on me.
