Coal

I was called by a US Marines recruiting agent today and after he made me uncomfortable I hung up. He then called back and left a voicemail saying "a man would hold a solid conversation" and told me to call back when I fail in life. This is the state of the US government, ugh.

@curbal.bsky.social your discord account was hacked, it sent me a crypto scam

Some large piece of test equipment

An oddity at ax man I thought @saveitforparts.bsky.social may be interested in! Some very large display thing.... It's by the windows facing the road!

I think I have a crush on him now too...

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Guh me

But it has "special word processing!" It's special!!

Thanks for once again reminding me to work on my Mac classic :)

Spectravideo ad

The folks at spectravideo use theirs suspended in the air!

Immediately after writing this I see the alt saying it's a BBC master! Ignore me!

Is that an acorn? I'm not familiar with them much. Looks neat tho!

tbh as much as official rereleases are good for accessibility, I also feel like a lot of people just won't play games if they don't have official versions and that's not great for culture. Everyone should be downloading random ROMs until they find that special one that breaks their brain wide open.

Everybody should just pirate everything. Download all the ROMs you can, play old games that Nintendo wants to charge you $60 for the privilege of playing again, anybody who has a problem with this has incurable cop-brain and you shouldn't listen to anything they say

A power macintosh showing a Lego model of an old Cadillac limo from the 1920s-1930s

Weird / Interesting Macintosh Software I Own: Gryphon Bricks!
This is basically a Lego simulator, and it looks pretty in-depth too. Pretty neat!

Happy holidays from the program that brought you vocals in Katamari Damacy

Roly polys mac

ITS THERE IT WORKS

So great to meet @saveitforparts.bsky.social at his swap meet today! I'm the one who have you the variable power supply and chart recorder! I both successfully got rid of everything I brought yet also took in just as much!
It was really fun overall and I can't wait for the next one if there's more!

This applies to all CRTs

Toas

big bread big toast

A 1994 toastmaster bread maker

Merry Christmas to me

That was fun for me too! I've always been into it but that app definitely added to the spark!

I never knew you liked gardening?

Unironically one of the coolest telephone sounds out there. It's a very loud tone that goes off after your phone has been off-hook for a few minutes. It's basically just a scream to get your attention and make you hang it up lol

youtu.be/TjdIdY5aBns?...

@furrytel.net wait until they find out that there was a real phone line feature called the "Howler" tone...

Orion photographed shittily

🕋

Red and green aurora borealis

Most powerful aurora I've ever seen, stay tuned for pics later

HES ADORABLE HELP

A fan project, accessory, or reproduction is NOT "unauthorized exploitation," it's the entire reason we still think about Commodore at all! Don't destroy the fanbase you're supported by, or you'll have a rough fall ahead of you.

From the nucommodore website: Imposters may copy, but they can't compute. We've reached out in goodwill to some of these fan-led efforts, encouraging collaboration and offering to help legitimise their efforts. But while we may admire such passion, make no mistake - unauthorised exploitation of a brand that Jack Tramiel worked so hard to build, has no connection to the original IP, to our many key members of the original Commodore team, and to our Founder's original spirit.

Istg if @commodoreofficial.bsky.social goes the route of Nintendo, which it currently seems to be, I'm gonna be so disappointed. I was excited to hear they're doing stuff with the brand but reading up on their site it seems like they will be taking down fan projects...