I loved that place soo much - was heartbroken that there was no long-term plan for its survival in place.

Here's a pic of my then 3-year-old son using a Xerox Alto! Where else in the world could that happen?

If you are going to get a top-end graphics card do yourself a favor and get a 16-pin 12VHPWR that is:

a. From the manufacturer of your PC
b. Ideally in white

It's not worth risking $2000 on saving $15 on a cable.

Yeah yeah mine is a 4090 and needs dusting.

My 8x8 bitmap fonts are available free here in a crazy number of formats (hex, 6502, C64, Atari 8 bit you name it) damieng.com/typography/z... complete with a screenshot simulator that will re-render classic games in the font you're looking at.

Here's a couple of samples too.

Just looked on the change subscription page and the choices are still saying they're ad-free even for people switching now...

Maybe Microsoft should slow down the development of C# and Razor etc. for a minute to work on the awful state of syntax highlighting for these languages.

Exhibit A from Microsoft's own docs - Yikes!

8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 1

ZX Amelia

Stan Davis' 1964 typeface takes inspiration from the magnetic OCR of its time but in a friendly, rounded & bold style.

This 8x8 tiny pixel font reproduction attempts to do it justice!

download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-ori...

#adventoffonts #pixelfonts

I have my own original ones published at damieng.com/typography/z... complete with screen-shot simulator so feel free to peruse! (All available in a variety of formats/source for use in games for free)

Here's my fave of all time - Scribe - being simulated in The Neverending Story on the C64.

Okay, for the last 3 years I've run an advent calendar of 8x8 pixel fonts - a mix of 50% ports from old games and systems and 50% brand-new-creations.

Any interest this year my pixel-loving friends?

You can check out last years here damieng.com/typography/a...

I thought about trying to acquire one for the feels but I already have a Princeton Ultra16 multi-sync that does the job quite. Previously hooked the Beeb to a Commodore 1942 bi-sync that also did a great job but I sold that to @amigalove.com when I left the US (was 110v only).