Circuit Rewind
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Hey there, Vince here with Circuit Rewind!
Retro/Modern tech hybrids? Video Games? Jankinator!? Yeah, maybe.
Though, you may know me better as Darkain or "That One Cospix Guy" ™
youtube.com/@circuitrewind
Retro/Modern tech hybrids? Video Games? Jankinator!? Yeah, maybe.
Though, you may know me better as Darkain or "That One Cospix Guy" ™
youtube.com/@circuitrewind
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Hey all.
Sorry for the delay with updates. It's been a crazy couple of months, but I finally have something to talk about.
TL;DW, shipping is expected in early February after delays caused by ESD testing. Final PCBs and other components have been ordered.
youtu.be/2yKA1igNsVc
Sorry for the delay with updates. It's been a crazy couple of months, but I finally have something to talk about.
TL;DW, shipping is expected in early February after delays caused by ESD testing. Final PCBs and other components have been ordered.
youtu.be/2yKA1igNsVc
Openviro Axe PoE November 2025 Update
YouTube video by Craft Computing
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all.
Sorry for the delay with updates. It's been a crazy couple of months, but I finally have something to talk about.
TL;DW, shipping is expected in early February after delays caused by ESD testing. Final PCBs and other components have been ordered.
youtu.be/2yKA1igNsVc
Sorry for the delay with updates. It's been a crazy couple of months, but I finally have something to talk about.
TL;DW, shipping is expected in early February after delays caused by ESD testing. Final PCBs and other components have been ordered.
youtu.be/2yKA1igNsVc
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The new Steam Cube looks pretty awesome!
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The new Steam Cube looks pretty awesome!
GDI I found another exceedingly annoying bug in the new Windows 11 Notepad that has never existed until this version
If you open a file, lets say from removable media (CD, USB, SD, etc), and then remove the media, previously it would stay opened, because files load INTO RAM
Now? Notepad hard-locks
If you open a file, lets say from removable media (CD, USB, SD, etc), and then remove the media, previously it would stay opened, because files load INTO RAM
Now? Notepad hard-locks
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
GDI I found another exceedingly annoying bug in the new Windows 11 Notepad that has never existed until this version
If you open a file, lets say from removable media (CD, USB, SD, etc), and then remove the media, previously it would stay opened, because files load INTO RAM
Now? Notepad hard-locks
If you open a file, lets say from removable media (CD, USB, SD, etc), and then remove the media, previously it would stay opened, because files load INTO RAM
Now? Notepad hard-locks
Rewired under the desk!
Swapped out the Mikrotik switch for a Ubiquiti which necessitated remounting all this gear that used to be zip tied to the Mikrotik lmao
Thunderbolt 4 dock on the right
G93SC power brick on the left
All working great!! :D
Swapped out the Mikrotik switch for a Ubiquiti which necessitated remounting all this gear that used to be zip tied to the Mikrotik lmao
Thunderbolt 4 dock on the right
G93SC power brick on the left
All working great!! :D
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Rewired under the desk!
Swapped out the Mikrotik switch for a Ubiquiti which necessitated remounting all this gear that used to be zip tied to the Mikrotik lmao
Thunderbolt 4 dock on the right
G93SC power brick on the left
All working great!! :D
Swapped out the Mikrotik switch for a Ubiquiti which necessitated remounting all this gear that used to be zip tied to the Mikrotik lmao
Thunderbolt 4 dock on the right
G93SC power brick on the left
All working great!! :D
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One of my favorite pickups for the office
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of my favorite pickups for the office
WALP that was just super odd and weird
Both ProxySQL nodes on my network which run in a high-availability cluster via CARP on FreeBSD...
Both failed to initialize CARP, therefor their shared HA IP address never got assigned to either node.
Simple reboot of each fixed it, but weird troubleshooting
Both ProxySQL nodes on my network which run in a high-availability cluster via CARP on FreeBSD...
Both failed to initialize CARP, therefor their shared HA IP address never got assigned to either node.
Simple reboot of each fixed it, but weird troubleshooting
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
WALP that was just super odd and weird
Both ProxySQL nodes on my network which run in a high-availability cluster via CARP on FreeBSD...
Both failed to initialize CARP, therefor their shared HA IP address never got assigned to either node.
Simple reboot of each fixed it, but weird troubleshooting
Both ProxySQL nodes on my network which run in a high-availability cluster via CARP on FreeBSD...
Both failed to initialize CARP, therefor their shared HA IP address never got assigned to either node.
Simple reboot of each fixed it, but weird troubleshooting
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Check out my new podcast/youtube video with Stephen Jones of the Interim Computing Museum (formerly of the Living Computer Museum!) @sdforg.bsky.social you can support them with a tax-deductible and matched donation and visit them now! youtu.be/EFkxiLBSjTo?... icm.museum
The Past Still Boots with the Interim Computing Museum's Stephen Jones
YouTube video by Scott Hanselman
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Check out my new podcast/youtube video with Stephen Jones of the Interim Computing Museum (formerly of the Living Computer Museum!) @sdforg.bsky.social you can support them with a tax-deductible and matched donation and visit them now! youtu.be/EFkxiLBSjTo?... icm.museum
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FreeBSD has officially joined the Open Container Initiative (OCI), marking an important step in aligning FreeBSD’s long-established jail technology with widely adopted container standards.
Watch the discussion:
buff.ly/023KSqB
How do you see OCI compatibility influencing your use of FreeBSD?
Watch the discussion:
buff.ly/023KSqB
How do you see OCI compatibility influencing your use of FreeBSD?
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
FreeBSD has officially joined the Open Container Initiative (OCI), marking an important step in aligning FreeBSD’s long-established jail technology with widely adopted container standards.
Watch the discussion:
buff.ly/023KSqB
How do you see OCI compatibility influencing your use of FreeBSD?
Watch the discussion:
buff.ly/023KSqB
How do you see OCI compatibility influencing your use of FreeBSD?
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Last month at PRGE, we held a reunion panel with Nintendo employees who launched the NES. Hear from Bruce Lowry, Gail Tilden, and Lance Barr about how the scrappy staff at NOA defied all odds and released one of the most iconic game systems ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WDfsiLiRA
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Last month at PRGE, we held a reunion panel with Nintendo employees who launched the NES. Hear from Bruce Lowry, Gail Tilden, and Lance Barr about how the scrappy staff at NOA defied all odds and released one of the most iconic game systems ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WDfsiLiRA
One of the weirdest pickups for my collection now:
3x professional studio monitors that fit in a 2U space!
Each have their own HDMI input.
Conveniently, I already had a 8x8 HDMI matrix sitting right below where I wanted it ;)
This rack is starting to really kick some serious ass!
3x professional studio monitors that fit in a 2U space!
Each have their own HDMI input.
Conveniently, I already had a 8x8 HDMI matrix sitting right below where I wanted it ;)
This rack is starting to really kick some serious ass!
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One of the weirdest pickups for my collection now:
3x professional studio monitors that fit in a 2U space!
Each have their own HDMI input.
Conveniently, I already had a 8x8 HDMI matrix sitting right below where I wanted it ;)
This rack is starting to really kick some serious ass!
3x professional studio monitors that fit in a 2U space!
Each have their own HDMI input.
Conveniently, I already had a 8x8 HDMI matrix sitting right below where I wanted it ;)
This rack is starting to really kick some serious ass!
Two weeks ago, I owned no Ubiquiti hardware at all.
Am I doing it right...?
Oh, and this is only at one location I manage, I still have two more, one of which is fully stocked up as well with the other being ordered here this week :P
My wallet HURTS!
Am I doing it right...?
Oh, and this is only at one location I manage, I still have two more, one of which is fully stocked up as well with the other being ordered here this week :P
My wallet HURTS!
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Two weeks ago, I owned no Ubiquiti hardware at all.
Am I doing it right...?
Oh, and this is only at one location I manage, I still have two more, one of which is fully stocked up as well with the other being ordered here this week :P
My wallet HURTS!
Am I doing it right...?
Oh, and this is only at one location I manage, I still have two more, one of which is fully stocked up as well with the other being ordered here this week :P
My wallet HURTS!
I was there, in person, near the front row.
Yeah, this really is one of the most important video game historical panels of all time!
So many unique nuggets of gaming history come back to the decisions these people made, and they share never before heard details about them!
Yeah, this really is one of the most important video game historical panels of all time!
So many unique nuggets of gaming history come back to the decisions these people made, and they share never before heard details about them!
Y'all, I know two hours is a big time commitment, but this panel I arranged and hosted last month is one of the most important things I've ever done for video game history. The launch of the NES is a crazier story than most people realize, and my guests were extremely generous with their memories.
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I was there, in person, near the front row.
Yeah, this really is one of the most important video game historical panels of all time!
So many unique nuggets of gaming history come back to the decisions these people made, and they share never before heard details about them!
Yeah, this really is one of the most important video game historical panels of all time!
So many unique nuggets of gaming history come back to the decisions these people made, and they share never before heard details about them!
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Happy Wednesday everyone! @lawrencesystems.com joins Talking Heads this evening to discuss the AWZ/Azure Outages, Nvidia's $5T totally-not-a-bubble valuation, and switching to MacOS???
See you all tonight, 6PM Pacific!
youtube.com/live/77zFGRF...
See you all tonight, 6PM Pacific!
youtube.com/live/77zFGRF...
AWS and Azure Outage Details; Nvidia $5T AI Bubble; @LAWRENCESYSTEMS❤️MacOS - Talking Heads Ep.406
YouTube video by Craft Computing
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy Wednesday everyone! @lawrencesystems.com joins Talking Heads this evening to discuss the AWZ/Azure Outages, Nvidia's $5T totally-not-a-bubble valuation, and switching to MacOS???
See you all tonight, 6PM Pacific!
youtube.com/live/77zFGRF...
See you all tonight, 6PM Pacific!
youtube.com/live/77zFGRF...
These Amazon layoffs are absolutely fucking heartbreaking.
I didn't work for Amazon, but I live very close to their Seattle campus.
Every restaurant I frequent and am known as a local at this week... Literally the only customer during the Noon lunch rush is just me...
I didn't work for Amazon, but I live very close to their Seattle campus.
Every restaurant I frequent and am known as a local at this week... Literally the only customer during the Noon lunch rush is just me...
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These Amazon layoffs are absolutely fucking heartbreaking.
I didn't work for Amazon, but I live very close to their Seattle campus.
Every restaurant I frequent and am known as a local at this week... Literally the only customer during the Noon lunch rush is just me...
I didn't work for Amazon, but I live very close to their Seattle campus.
Every restaurant I frequent and am known as a local at this week... Literally the only customer during the Noon lunch rush is just me...
Did some wire cleanup on my Telco rack this evening.
Currently setup for 48x POTS lines, 8x T1/E1 lines, and 16x dialup modems.
Yes, all of that, wired up, and pictured here to a single patch panel!!
Currently setup for 48x POTS lines, 8x T1/E1 lines, and 16x dialup modems.
Yes, all of that, wired up, and pictured here to a single patch panel!!
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Did some wire cleanup on my Telco rack this evening.
Currently setup for 48x POTS lines, 8x T1/E1 lines, and 16x dialup modems.
Yes, all of that, wired up, and pictured here to a single patch panel!!
Currently setup for 48x POTS lines, 8x T1/E1 lines, and 16x dialup modems.
Yes, all of that, wired up, and pictured here to a single patch panel!!
Hey, so like... remember back when I still knew how to use a camera and lights !?
(yes, the light bursts are real, only the wings were sh00ped in after the fact)
Also, PNW forests are AMAZINGLY beautiful!!! <3 <3 <3
And and and, Li is super awesome and amazing :D
(yes, the light bursts are real, only the wings were sh00ped in after the fact)
Also, PNW forests are AMAZINGLY beautiful!!! <3 <3 <3
And and and, Li is super awesome and amazing :D
Linktober Day 28: Mask
Skull Kid was a dream costume for a really long time, and I finally made it 10 years ago! This was one of my favorite photoshoots.
Pic by Darkain Multimedia
#linktober #linktober2025
Skull Kid was a dream costume for a really long time, and I finally made it 10 years ago! This was one of my favorite photoshoots.
Pic by Darkain Multimedia
#linktober #linktober2025
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hey, so like... remember back when I still knew how to use a camera and lights !?
(yes, the light bursts are real, only the wings were sh00ped in after the fact)
Also, PNW forests are AMAZINGLY beautiful!!! <3 <3 <3
And and and, Li is super awesome and amazing :D
(yes, the light bursts are real, only the wings were sh00ped in after the fact)
Also, PNW forests are AMAZINGLY beautiful!!! <3 <3 <3
And and and, Li is super awesome and amazing :D
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Nobody wins an 18-inning game of baseball. An 18-inning game of baseball is only ended
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Nobody wins an 18-inning game of baseball. An 18-inning game of baseball is only ended
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wait wait I can make this stat stupider:
there have only been 2 World Series games this long. They were both game 3, both dodgers, both at home, both won by a walk off home run from a white guy whose name is an alliteration
there have only been 2 World Series games this long. They were both game 3, both dodgers, both at home, both won by a walk off home run from a white guy whose name is an alliteration
dodgers 2-0 in 18 inning games in game 3 of the World Series on their home turf
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
wait wait I can make this stat stupider:
there have only been 2 World Series games this long. They were both game 3, both dodgers, both at home, both won by a walk off home run from a white guy whose name is an alliteration
there have only been 2 World Series games this long. They were both game 3, both dodgers, both at home, both won by a walk off home run from a white guy whose name is an alliteration
These "two cables" turn out to be 24 total fibers!
For comparison, 12-fiber MTP/MPO cable vs 2-fiber cable.
I needed a lot of high-bandwidth networking in one place not near the networking core, and didn't want another switch there anymore.
This is a GREAT solution!
For comparison, 12-fiber MTP/MPO cable vs 2-fiber cable.
I needed a lot of high-bandwidth networking in one place not near the networking core, and didn't want another switch there anymore.
This is a GREAT solution!
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
These "two cables" turn out to be 24 total fibers!
For comparison, 12-fiber MTP/MPO cable vs 2-fiber cable.
I needed a lot of high-bandwidth networking in one place not near the networking core, and didn't want another switch there anymore.
This is a GREAT solution!
For comparison, 12-fiber MTP/MPO cable vs 2-fiber cable.
I needed a lot of high-bandwidth networking in one place not near the networking core, and didn't want another switch there anymore.
This is a GREAT solution!
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ROMs for booting MacOS on the Apple Network Server have been found/archived - now how to flash them to other ANS - Are you a OF expert or know about PPC Mac ROMs? Join in and let us know.
tinkerdifferent.com/threads/appl...
tinkerdifferent.com/threads/appl...
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
ROMs for booting MacOS on the Apple Network Server have been found/archived - now how to flash them to other ANS - Are you a OF expert or know about PPC Mac ROMs? Join in and let us know.
tinkerdifferent.com/threads/appl...
tinkerdifferent.com/threads/appl...
Fish Tape / Wire Pulls
One of the greatest invention in history !?!? I sure think so!
Adding "two" more wires from my core network in the storage unit down to my entertainment center... for "reason"... ;)
One of the greatest invention in history !?!? I sure think so!
Adding "two" more wires from my core network in the storage unit down to my entertainment center... for "reason"... ;)
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fish Tape / Wire Pulls
One of the greatest invention in history !?!? I sure think so!
Adding "two" more wires from my core network in the storage unit down to my entertainment center... for "reason"... ;)
One of the greatest invention in history !?!? I sure think so!
Adding "two" more wires from my core network in the storage unit down to my entertainment center... for "reason"... ;)
So fresh and so clean!!
Look at the brand new flooring just installed this week over at @pinkgorillagames.com by UW.
I'm hardly ever over at this location, but am a weekly regular at the other two.
But special times calls for a special visit ;)
Look at the brand new flooring just installed this week over at @pinkgorillagames.com by UW.
I'm hardly ever over at this location, but am a weekly regular at the other two.
But special times calls for a special visit ;)
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So fresh and so clean!!
Look at the brand new flooring just installed this week over at @pinkgorillagames.com by UW.
I'm hardly ever over at this location, but am a weekly regular at the other two.
But special times calls for a special visit ;)
Look at the brand new flooring just installed this week over at @pinkgorillagames.com by UW.
I'm hardly ever over at this location, but am a weekly regular at the other two.
But special times calls for a special visit ;)
Okay, how much do I hate myself !?
Seen today at @repcwa.bsky.social in Seattle, the 46 floppy edition of Microsoft Office 97 Professional for $40... Less than $1/disc!!
Seen today at @repcwa.bsky.social in Seattle, the 46 floppy edition of Microsoft Office 97 Professional for $40... Less than $1/disc!!
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, how much do I hate myself !?
Seen today at @repcwa.bsky.social in Seattle, the 46 floppy edition of Microsoft Office 97 Professional for $40... Less than $1/disc!!
Seen today at @repcwa.bsky.social in Seattle, the 46 floppy edition of Microsoft Office 97 Professional for $40... Less than $1/disc!!
I ran into a very VERY interesting hardware incompatibility issue last night...
A GPU that uses 40bit memory addressing.
This limits the system's address space (yes, that means RAM and more) to only 1TB.
The box had over 1TB addressable memory.
So, what happened...?
A GPU that uses 40bit memory addressing.
This limits the system's address space (yes, that means RAM and more) to only 1TB.
The box had over 1TB addressable memory.
So, what happened...?
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I ran into a very VERY interesting hardware incompatibility issue last night...
A GPU that uses 40bit memory addressing.
This limits the system's address space (yes, that means RAM and more) to only 1TB.
The box had over 1TB addressable memory.
So, what happened...?
A GPU that uses 40bit memory addressing.
This limits the system's address space (yes, that means RAM and more) to only 1TB.
The box had over 1TB addressable memory.
So, what happened...?