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Matt Clawson
@claw.dev
550 followers 890 following 810 posts
work: union software developer and agitator
interests: cooking, vintage electronics repair, video game history
he/him, nj
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wrapping up a successful growing season. we harvested the remaining fruit and pruned back the plants in an attempt to overwinter them in our community greenhouse.
A raised garden bed with pepper plants pruned down to their stems. Two ghost pepper plants remain with fruits still ripening. Two bowls filled with peppers. A woman tending to pepper plants in a greenhouse. A portrait of a T-Rex figurine on a greenhouse shelf.
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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happy skalloween from my nerdy-ass stoop
Matt wearing a banana costume, sitting on a folding chair on the front stoop. He's got a CRT set up and playing Castlevania III. On the steps are two plastic skeletons, one is wearing a Streetlight Manifesto shirt, the other a checkered shirt.
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Really appreciate you posting these. Seems like the Kickstarter exclusive was the 4 volume boxset. The 4th volume is a reference guide for releases.
PlayStation 2 Anthology Vol. 4: Collector's Guide with FFX Dust Cover This particular volume lists all of the games published for PlayStation 2 as a veritable encyclopedia. With this guide, you will: Easily find the territory where a game has been marketed (Japan, North America, Europe) Be able to visualize your collection at a glance using a checkbox system
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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relatable
A newspaper box displaying the front cover of Mountain Express with the headline "Boy Vs. Trash."
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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My friend's doggy-care fell through, so I have a spare ticket to the PUP / @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social show tomorrow at Brooklyn Paramount. Ticket can be transferred via the LiveNation app. Asking $30.
PUP & Jeff Rosenstock - A CATACLYSMIC RAPTURE OF FRIENDSHIPNESS Saturday, September 13 @ 6:30 PM Brooklyn Paramount 385 Flatbush Ave. Extension, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
September 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Great get from this month's @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Vintage Magazine subscription!

You can get one for October and support their mission at the same time!

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Front cover of "Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games" Vol. 2 No. 1 featuring Dr. Mario, Godzilla, Sword of Hope, Bubble Ghost, Chase HQ, HAL Wrestling, Mr. Chin, NBA All-Star Challenge, and Wheel of Fortune. The cover art is a spoof of Dr. Mario was a Game Boy wearing a stereoscope chasing after viruses while holding a bottle of pills.
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Brought it home (of course) and it booted right up! Once the days are a bit shorter and I'm spending more time indoors, I look forward to a complete disassembly and restoration. It's in decent shape overall but it's got the usual amount of dirt and grime you'd expect to find on a dumpster find.
The Kaypro II sitting on a concrete floor, powered on. The green monochrome CRT reads: * KAYPRO * Please place your diskette into Drive A
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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It's been a while since i retro computer-posted!!

I did a little e-waste dumpster diving during lunch. I snagged a VG+ Lime Green Xbox One controller and was quite pleased with that find before spotting a lil briefcase-lookin thing near the pile in the back. Sure enough, I spotted a luggable PC!
The rear end of a Kaypro II portable PC as found in an e-waste dumpster. It is dirty but in decent condition. The Kaypro II portable PC in the trunk of a car. The keyboard is unsnapped from the front of the aluminum case and sitting in front of it. Visible is a small CRT and two disc drives mounted at the front of the main body.
September 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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A photo you took that brings you inner peace
A fall picture taken in the Catskills. Sunlight shines through golden leaves, casting shadows on the leaves and rocks on the forest floor.
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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who is reading reviews about [deez] nuts
An email from "The Home Depot" with subject line "You recently bought Everbilt M6 1.0 Zinc Plated Steel Metric Hex Nuts 2 per Pack. Tell us about it!" The body of an email asks for a review and includes a large photograph of the item, an M6 Zinc-Platted Steel Hex Nut.
July 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Good evening, Chris!! Should I pull the trigger on a used 8106 for $250? Is that a decent deal? Should I haggle?

They say they'll vacuum and steam clean them before the sale... they have a couple dozen it looks like. Happy to pass along a tip via DM if you have friends in the area in need of chair.
A bunch of blue, funky chairs stacked on top of each other.
July 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Some nice flowers I saw in Hilton Head, SC.
Close up shot of pink flowers on a small tree.
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A better blade was ordered.
A 10" ripping blade for circular saws. 24 flat-ground teeth. Made by 'freud.'
June 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Dialing in the half-lapped joinery on my cheapo table saw.

Shout out to Stumpy Nubs on YouTube for demonstrating the technique using a scrap piece of wood the thickness of the saw kerf and a stop block.
Two scrap pieces of 1"X2" boards sitting on a table saw with a half of their thickness removed on the ends. The two scrap pieces placed end to end to form a 90 degree corner. Holding up a speed square to the inside corner of the joinery to show its angle of 90 degrees.
June 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Couldn't figure out how to dm attachments 🙃
Donation info to Able Gamers for $150.
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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"say hello to my little friend," etc etc
A propane torch with "Searz-all" attachment
April 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Does this hardware exist? I am trying to make modular/removable fence panels for a raised garden bed but not sure how to best mount them. I could have sworn I've seen this sort of arrangement before but couldn't locate anything similar at Home Depot. I have no idea how to search for this.
A crude mock-up of metal door hinge-like hardware demonstrating the 'disengaged' and 'engaged' states. A pair of metal brackets is drawn. 'Part A' features an upside-down U-shaped metal bar mounted to a bracket. 'Part B' features a tube which receives the bar of 'Part A.'
April 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I think this stuff must be part of some homeowner rite of passage.
A hand holding a can of 'Great Stuff' expanding foam.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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My current situation. Took two weeks to get a plumber and roofer coordinated enough to move forward with repairing a leak around a plumbing vent stack.

Have not been able to use this closet. All my clothes are in the basement.
A bedroom closet with a hole in the ceiling due to water damage.
March 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I've finally gotten the end game in-home streaming setup with the Sunshine fork named Apollo. The latency is almost entirely unnoticeable - we're talking sub-frametime delays at 60fps. See stats in image overlay / alt text.
A screenshot of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle streaming to Steam Deck with the Moonlight performance stats overlay enabled. The stats read: Video stream: 3840x2160 60.22 FPS (Codec: H.264) Incoming frame rate from network: 60.22 FPS Decoding frame rate: 60.22 FPS Rendering frame rate: 60.22 FPS Host processing latency min/max/average: 5.7/14.9/10.7 ms Frames dropped by your network connection: 0.00% Frames dropped due to network jitter: 0.00% Average network latency: 1 ms (variance: 1 ms) Average decoding time: 0.70 ms Average frame queue delay: 0.03 ms Average rendering time (including monitor V-sync latency): 5.75 ms
March 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Shit is really messed up right now in the world and a lot of people are just pretending this is normal. I am coping by getting more involved in my local community and by making good food for myself and partner. Hope you can find something, too.

Here's tonight's dinner: pork tonkatsu.
Fried pork cutlets, sliced, served on a bed of white rice and thinly sliced Napa cabbage with two lemon wedges.
March 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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*playing Monster Truck Madness 2 on Windows 98* Babe, what's wrong? you've hardly touched the middle thumbstick!
A brochure listing for the PC004 Super Shock USB controller from Tigergame. The controller features a D-pad, four face button and an analog thumbstick right in the middle of the controller. The marketing copy reads: * Support Real Vibration feedback on the supported games, unlike others which were driven by sound effect. * Support 4 axes, 16 buttons. * Compatible with Win 98, Win98 SE, Win ME or Win 2000, together with the Direct-X 7.0a or above. * Support both Digital and Analog mode. * Support 4 types of vibration. a. Constant Force. b. Spring Force. c. Sine Force. d. Ramp Force. * No batteries and external power required. * Sophisticated single motor technology provides maximum vibration feedback. * Ultra accurate and responsive analog joysticks for precise 360 movement. * Has the function of "TURBO" and "SLOW"
February 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Neat post popped up on a 'retro gaming' Facebook group (I know...)

From the author:
"Picked up these factory Majesco Game Gear boards on eBay. The seller said his dad worked at the factory. I'm blown away. These are going to look great in a frame!"

Looks like 2 GGs worth of PCBs on a single panel.
A full panel printed circuit board with 2 main boards and 4 total daughter boards – enough circuit boards to manufacture 2 SEGA Game Gears. It appears as if the panel's internal code is 'PSG-1703-01' while the Game Gear mainboard revision is "171-7923A." Also on the silkscreen, "©️ SEGA 1998" and "MADE IN KOREA" are printed.
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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blessed unread inbox count palindrome
screenshot of browser tab title reading "Inbox (40,404)
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I'm getting a fairly solid 60fps with this build, which is good enough for a decent experience. It's a huge upgrade over the juddery laptop experience from before.
"Zwiftalizer" analysis of a Zwift ride's logfile. It displays a chart plotting frame rate over time, with some additional stats like 1st percentile, average, and max FPS. The average is 60, 1st percentile is 57, and the max is 63.
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM