So much of what I like(d) about computers is how or why they worked. The algorithms were clever. The “why” of many things could be reasoned about and understood if you knew the deeper principles upon which everything else was built. I…
When Zork I was originally released in the early 80s, it sold for around $30-40 in 1980s money (according to a few online sources I forgot to save a link to). That’d be $118-157 in today’s dollars according to internet calculators. Since…
Back in June of 2025, a retrocomputing-enthusiast YouTuber I hadn't heard of started a series of videos talking about a new project he had embarked on to save the classic computer brand, Commodore. It was a pretty audacious (and expensive) idea, but…
This morning I unintentionally posted a long-ish thread on Mastodon reminiscing about past computer-using. Then I remembered I have a blog, so I decided I'd publish it here too (with some very light editing) because why not? I spent a few minutes…
We don't get out much these days, but when we do we're always a bit worried about what our dogs are doing while they're home alone. Mostly the worry was for our youngest dog that we got during the pandemic and who…
Now that I have a new shiny blog, I can't stop thinking about posting to it - but what I've wanted to post since setting it up is mostly sadness and depression and that's probably not going to be very interesting for…