Aaron Giles
@aarongiles.com
Author of DREAMM, JPEGView, and Connectix Virtual Game Station. Former MAME maintainer/contributer. Ex-LucasArts, ex-Microsoft.
First cassette I ever bought, from the local drugstore when I was 7 or 8. Played it on my mono cassette player endlessly, then joined the Columbia record club to start growing my collection. Fell prey to Styx denigrators for many years but have since come back around to appreciate their awesomeness.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
First cassette I ever bought, from the local drugstore when I was 7 or 8. Played it on my mono cassette player endlessly, then joined the Columbia record club to start growing my collection. Fell prey to Styx denigrators for many years but have since come back around to appreciate their awesomeness.
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i'm cheering for any of these guys to face literally any consequence. just one. i'm begging for table scraps
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
i'm cheering for any of these guys to face literally any consequence. just one. i'm begging for table scraps
Did my yearly Tacoma brewery tour today. Happy to report 3 of the 4 I visited had a black IPAs (aka CDAs) available. Auspicious start to the new year for sure. 😜
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Did my yearly Tacoma brewery tour today. Happy to report 3 of the 4 I visited had a black IPAs (aka CDAs) available. Auspicious start to the new year for sure. 😜
I'm so not a game player. Every once in a while I open one of my few mobile games and it immediately spams me with tons of free shit in the hopes I will start binge playing. Even the games I do play (Word Cookies) I'd rather figure it out myself instead of spending the 50k coins I've accumulated.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I'm so not a game player. Every once in a while I open one of my few mobile games and it immediately spams me with tons of free shit in the hopes I will start binge playing. Even the games I do play (Word Cookies) I'd rather figure it out myself instead of spending the 50k coins I've accumulated.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.
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So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
Microsoft's year of shame
Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!
www.pcgamer.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bob-ombadil.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bob-ombadil.
Have to admit that one of my favorite genres of YouTube videos these days is @acollierastro.bsky.social talking about why billionaires are just so incredibly dumb. Because OMG it's so true. People need see beyond the buzzwords and recognize the BS they are spewing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
YouTube video by Angela Collier
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Have to admit that one of my favorite genres of YouTube videos these days is @acollierastro.bsky.social talking about why billionaires are just so incredibly dumb. Because OMG it's so true. People need see beyond the buzzwords and recognize the BS they are spewing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
Whenever I hear that "albums are dead", I think it's incredibly short sighted. In the past, you would buy an album based on a strong single or two, or based on past commitment to an artist. You sank your hard-earned $$$ into it, and when you listened, you would try hard to justify your purchase. 1/3
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Whenever I hear that "albums are dead", I think it's incredibly short sighted. In the past, you would buy an album based on a strong single or two, or based on past commitment to an artist. You sank your hard-earned $$$ into it, and when you listened, you would try hard to justify your purchase. 1/3
I seem to be one of the few with no Spotify account, but if I did here's what would be in my wrapped this year: ALT BLK ERA, Apoptygma Berzerk, Perturbator, Depeche Mode, Chevelle, TMBG, Styx, Scars on Broadway, Nothing More, Electric Callboy, Slipknot, Kasabian, Kiki Rockwell, The Warning.
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I seem to be one of the few with no Spotify account, but if I did here's what would be in my wrapped this year: ALT BLK ERA, Apoptygma Berzerk, Perturbator, Depeche Mode, Chevelle, TMBG, Styx, Scars on Broadway, Nothing More, Electric Callboy, Slipknot, Kasabian, Kiki Rockwell, The Warning.
Heh, as an 80s kid I always thought Loverboy was hugely underrated compared to their peers. IMO they deserve a similar level of love to Journey, but seem to be largely forgotten. This was a fun reaction video to "Turn Me Loose", especially the octave jump in verse 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2h...
I Have NEVER Heard Loverboy Before, And Was Not Ready For This! Vocal ANALYSIS of "Turn Me Loose"
YouTube video by The Charismatic Voice
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Heh, as an 80s kid I always thought Loverboy was hugely underrated compared to their peers. IMO they deserve a similar level of love to Journey, but seem to be largely forgotten. This was a fun reaction video to "Turn Me Loose", especially the octave jump in verse 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2h...
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Lindsay, as always, does not disappoint.
This is the first time they made me slap a content warning on a video. Merry Christmas! nebula.tv/videos/linds...
Lindsay Ellis — The Macabre World of Bodycam YouTube
The American proliferation of body cams hasn’t netted us improved relations with the police, but at least it gave us a whole lot of content.
nebula.tv
December 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Lindsay, as always, does not disappoint.
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Fuck, man. I'm sick in my heart about this.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Fuck, man. I'm sick in my heart about this.
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Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.
Just finished dress rehearsal for this weekend's performances of Messiah. I signed up with yet another choir this year in order to sing it in its entirety with orchestra, and it does not disappoint. 20 choruses and they're honestly all bangers. The real challenge is to not oversing until Sunday!
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just finished dress rehearsal for this weekend's performances of Messiah. I signed up with yet another choir this year in order to sing it in its entirety with orchestra, and it does not disappoint. 20 choruses and they're honestly all bangers. The real challenge is to not oversing until Sunday!
Been rewatching the BBC Sherlock episodes recently and remarked, "Hey, it's Bilbo and Smaug together again!"
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Been rewatching the BBC Sherlock episodes recently and remarked, "Hey, it's Bilbo and Smaug together again!"
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Sometimes I try using AI to generate assembly code, and the results are always funny, no matter what I ask for
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sometimes I try using AI to generate assembly code, and the results are always funny, no matter what I ask for
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“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them”.
Frank Herbert, Dune.
Frank Herbert, Dune.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them”.
Frank Herbert, Dune.
Frank Herbert, Dune.
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Pedro Pascal in Turbo Pascal
June 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Pedro Pascal in Turbo Pascal
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My son just informed me of this, where They Might Be Giants wrote and recorded a song to sync to the Walk This Way video
vimeo.com/253025437
vimeo.com/253025437
LAST WAVE
https://archive.org/details/LastWave_201712
vimeo.com
October 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
My son just informed me of this, where They Might Be Giants wrote and recorded a song to sync to the Walk This Way video
vimeo.com/253025437
vimeo.com/253025437
As a choral singer I'm super into traditional church music myself, but TBH this is absolutely badass, no notes.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
As a choral singer I'm super into traditional church music myself, but TBH this is absolutely badass, no notes.
Decided to listen to my random singles collection today. Sadly most are MP3s from Amazon, but it's pretty fascinating cross-section of music I grew up on plus music from the 90s-00s when I moved to the Bay Area plus a smattering of random newer stuff that caught my fancy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Decided to listen to my random singles collection today. Sadly most are MP3s from Amazon, but it's pretty fascinating cross-section of music I grew up on plus music from the 90s-00s when I moved to the Bay Area plus a smattering of random newer stuff that caught my fancy.