The Retro Roadshow
@retroroadshow.org
The Retro Roadshow is the San Francisco Bay Area's premiere pop-up museum of vintage technology! Visit www.RetroRoadshow.org to learn more
I was unloading for our Apple-themed Retro Roadshow event at the Sunnyvale Library yesterday. When I set our Flower Power iMac down onto a flatbed alongside our NeXT MegaPixel Display, my Internet-addled brain went "huh... I've seen his before..."
Took me a moment but I figured it out 😂
Took me a moment but I figured it out 😂
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I was unloading for our Apple-themed Retro Roadshow event at the Sunnyvale Library yesterday. When I set our Flower Power iMac down onto a flatbed alongside our NeXT MegaPixel Display, my Internet-addled brain went "huh... I've seen his before..."
Took me a moment but I figured it out 😂
Took me a moment but I figured it out 😂
The Retro Roadshow is making our 3rd consecutive appearance at the Bay Area Maker Faire! Our exhibition this year is titled "Fly to the Future!" and features an incredible range of flying-themed games running on classic consoles and computers. We hope to see you there!
https://youtu.be/MSkDVchVIfk
https://youtu.be/MSkDVchVIfk
September 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The Retro Roadshow is making our 3rd consecutive appearance at the Bay Area Maker Faire! Our exhibition this year is titled "Fly to the Future!" and features an incredible range of flying-themed games running on classic consoles and computers. We hope to see you there!
https://youtu.be/MSkDVchVIfk
https://youtu.be/MSkDVchVIfk
We had our whole 2025 Maker Faire lineup of vintage computers and gaming worked out weeks ago, but when news broke that Apple co-founder and all-around delightful human being Steve 'Woz' Wozniak would be in attendance we had to make a last-minute change: the Apple IIe is coming out to play!
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We had our whole 2025 Maker Faire lineup of vintage computers and gaming worked out weeks ago, but when news broke that Apple co-founder and all-around delightful human being Steve 'Woz' Wozniak would be in attendance we had to make a last-minute change: the Apple IIe is coming out to play!
Big shout-out to Sean / Action Retro, who not only makes fantastic YouTube videos, but also now offers the ultimate shirt for my regular spelunking expeditions to our local electronics recycler!
#EwasteConnoisseur @actionretro.bsky.social
#EwasteConnoisseur @actionretro.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Big shout-out to Sean / Action Retro, who not only makes fantastic YouTube videos, but also now offers the ultimate shirt for my regular spelunking expeditions to our local electronics recycler!
#EwasteConnoisseur @actionretro.bsky.social
#EwasteConnoisseur @actionretro.bsky.social
Our thanks to Gilroy Public Library and their devoted community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! The positive feedback we received was truly humbling. Tell your family, friends, co-workers, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - spread the word!
www.RetroRoadshow.org
www.RetroRoadshow.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our thanks to Gilroy Public Library and their devoted community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! The positive feedback we received was truly humbling. Tell your family, friends, co-workers, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - spread the word!
www.RetroRoadshow.org
www.RetroRoadshow.org
The Retro Roadshow would like to express our thanks to Los Altos Public Library and their community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! Tell your family, friends, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - help spread the word!
www.RetroRoadshow.org
See you soon!
- Sarai & Huxley
www.RetroRoadshow.org
See you soon!
- Sarai & Huxley
August 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Retro Roadshow would like to express our thanks to Los Altos Public Library and their community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! Tell your family, friends, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - help spread the word!
www.RetroRoadshow.org
See you soon!
- Sarai & Huxley
www.RetroRoadshow.org
See you soon!
- Sarai & Huxley
TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮
This drive was from my main computer when I moved to Las Vegas with my older sister in 2000, and it became the first machine I used to really explore the Internet, downloading music from Napster, burning CD’s at 1X speed…
Feels like uncovering a time capsule of 19yo me!
This drive was from my main computer when I moved to Las Vegas with my older sister in 2000, and it became the first machine I used to really explore the Internet, downloading music from Napster, burning CD’s at 1X speed…
Feels like uncovering a time capsule of 19yo me!
August 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮
This drive was from my main computer when I moved to Las Vegas with my older sister in 2000, and it became the first machine I used to really explore the Internet, downloading music from Napster, burning CD’s at 1X speed…
Feels like uncovering a time capsule of 19yo me!
This drive was from my main computer when I moved to Las Vegas with my older sister in 2000, and it became the first machine I used to really explore the Internet, downloading music from Napster, burning CD’s at 1X speed…
Feels like uncovering a time capsule of 19yo me!
If I can borrow a phrase from @actionretro.bsky.social , pictured here is some TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮
I can’t believe I’ve located my old MacOS boot drive from my PowerMac 7100 - last used in 2001! Feels like a time capsule of 19yo me, frozen in digital amber for a quarter century
I can’t believe I’ve located my old MacOS boot drive from my PowerMac 7100 - last used in 2001! Feels like a time capsule of 19yo me, frozen in digital amber for a quarter century
August 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If I can borrow a phrase from @actionretro.bsky.social , pictured here is some TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮
I can’t believe I’ve located my old MacOS boot drive from my PowerMac 7100 - last used in 2001! Feels like a time capsule of 19yo me, frozen in digital amber for a quarter century
I can’t believe I’ve located my old MacOS boot drive from my PowerMac 7100 - last used in 2001! Feels like a time capsule of 19yo me, frozen in digital amber for a quarter century
Remembering when we had to follow "how to" guides shared on random tech blogs to enable Japanese keyboard support just so we could use emojis on Western iOS devices. Only ~17 years ago but feels like impossibly-ancient history now...
@mac84.bsky.social @actionretro.bsky.social @gruber.foo
@mac84.bsky.social @actionretro.bsky.social @gruber.foo
August 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remembering when we had to follow "how to" guides shared on random tech blogs to enable Japanese keyboard support just so we could use emojis on Western iOS devices. Only ~17 years ago but feels like impossibly-ancient history now...
@mac84.bsky.social @actionretro.bsky.social @gruber.foo
@mac84.bsky.social @actionretro.bsky.social @gruber.foo
macOS Tahoe is only in beta and maybe things will get better, but never forget the elegant simplicity that was lost between Mac OS X Tiger and macOS Sequoia 💔
@gruber.foo @basicappleguy.com #WWDC25
@gruber.foo @basicappleguy.com #WWDC25
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
macOS Tahoe is only in beta and maybe things will get better, but never forget the elegant simplicity that was lost between Mac OS X Tiger and macOS Sequoia 💔
@gruber.foo @basicappleguy.com #WWDC25
@gruber.foo @basicappleguy.com #WWDC25
The “eMachines eOne” iMac G3 knockoff is my sleep paralysis demon
May 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The “eMachines eOne” iMac G3 knockoff is my sleep paralysis demon
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As someone who has been reading @gruber.foo's Daring Fireball for well over 20 years after my prior fav Apple blog ceased (RIP As The Apple Turns), it's a real thrill to see one of my silly Reddit posts linked on DF today! Also, enjoy this addition to the "lowercase a rendering" discourse
May 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
As someone who has been reading @gruber.foo's Daring Fireball for well over 20 years after my prior fav Apple blog ceased (RIP As The Apple Turns), it's a real thrill to see one of my silly Reddit posts linked on DF today! Also, enjoy this addition to the "lowercase a rendering" discourse
My wife and I are SO GRATEFUL to @lindaholmes.bsky.social for recommending the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" during a recent Pop Culture Happy Hour. We'd never seen it before, but OMG it was a total blast. Incredible movie with an unforgettable final shot!
@npr.org
@npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My wife and I are SO GRATEFUL to @lindaholmes.bsky.social for recommending the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" during a recent Pop Culture Happy Hour. We'd never seen it before, but OMG it was a total blast. Incredible movie with an unforgettable final shot!
@npr.org
@npr.org
Ahh the good old days, when Macs were Macs, disks were floppy, mice were hockey pucks, and power supplies were flying saucers
May 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ahh the good old days, when Macs were Macs, disks were floppy, mice were hockey pucks, and power supplies were flying saucers
This is my 𝕒𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔
May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is my 𝕒𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔
A philosophical question: if you play Super Mario World on a green-phosphor monitor, does that make it Super Luigi World?
April 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A philosophical question: if you play Super Mario World on a green-phosphor monitor, does that make it Super Luigi World?
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every book at the airport newsstand is called “My Funny Trauma Life” or “She Boss Vibes” or “Tango Down: A John Gribbler Novel”
March 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
every book at the airport newsstand is called “My Funny Trauma Life” or “She Boss Vibes” or “Tango Down: A John Gribbler Novel”
Absolutely loved this wild journey to recover a seemingly-lost-to-time Apple Mac OS recovery partition for mid-90s Macintosh Performa 550. Amazing!
@daringfireball.bsky.social
www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/appl...
@daringfireball.bsky.social
www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/appl...
Downtown Doug Brown » Apple’s long-lost hidden recovery partition from 1994 has been found
www.downtowndougbrown.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Absolutely loved this wild journey to recover a seemingly-lost-to-time Apple Mac OS recovery partition for mid-90s Macintosh Performa 550. Amazing!
@daringfireball.bsky.social
www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/appl...
@daringfireball.bsky.social
www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/appl...
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Gaming has strayed too far from what it once was. We need to go back to our roots. Bring back big head modes and cheat codes that unlock silly costumes
March 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Gaming has strayed too far from what it once was. We need to go back to our roots. Bring back big head modes and cheat codes that unlock silly costumes
Hey @ismh86.net: do you happen to have any good / high-res pics of the "Blueberry" iMac G3 that came out in '99? It doesn't seem to be featured in your gorgeous array of original iMac colors, and I'm having a terrible time finding good pics of it. Mine is seen to the ⬅ of my Flower Power iMac here
March 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hey @ismh86.net: do you happen to have any good / high-res pics of the "Blueberry" iMac G3 that came out in '99? It doesn't seem to be featured in your gorgeous array of original iMac colors, and I'm having a terrible time finding good pics of it. Mine is seen to the ⬅ of my Flower Power iMac here
While I'm on the topic of "stuff that's bringing me joy:" I just finished listening to "Starter Villain" by @scalzi.com (and as is tradition, beautifully narrated by @wilwheaton.net). This was a delight from start to finish - a realistic supervillain story filled with touches of whimsey. Delightful!
March 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
While I'm on the topic of "stuff that's bringing me joy:" I just finished listening to "Starter Villain" by @scalzi.com (and as is tradition, beautifully narrated by @wilwheaton.net). This was a delight from start to finish - a realistic supervillain story filled with touches of whimsey. Delightful!
If you happen to know anyone at Apple who works on Keynote, please pass along this message:
I love you.
Compared to the alternatives (you know what they are), Keynote feels like a miracle of thoughtful design. I sincerely love this app, and by extension, I love anyone and everyone who made it.
I love you.
Compared to the alternatives (you know what they are), Keynote feels like a miracle of thoughtful design. I sincerely love this app, and by extension, I love anyone and everyone who made it.
March 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you happen to know anyone at Apple who works on Keynote, please pass along this message:
I love you.
Compared to the alternatives (you know what they are), Keynote feels like a miracle of thoughtful design. I sincerely love this app, and by extension, I love anyone and everyone who made it.
I love you.
Compared to the alternatives (you know what they are), Keynote feels like a miracle of thoughtful design. I sincerely love this app, and by extension, I love anyone and everyone who made it.
CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER
March 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER
Videogame concept: a pro-wrestling game, but "realistic:" you play by painstakingly memorizing carefully-choreographed moves in cooperation with another player, and then you "win" by pulling off those movements in real-time, entertaining your virtual audience, almost like Guitar Hero
March 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Videogame concept: a pro-wrestling game, but "realistic:" you play by painstakingly memorizing carefully-choreographed moves in cooperation with another player, and then you "win" by pulling off those movements in real-time, entertaining your virtual audience, almost like Guitar Hero