Ian
istoff.bsky.social
Ian
@istoff.bsky.social
IT guy as nerdy as Moss.
Likes: Depeche Mode, C64 & Amiga, Linkin Park, The Cure, Fairness, Honesty, British Comedy Panel Shows
Gaming: Ark, Elite Dangerous, Icarus
Admires:Stephen Fry, Tilt Five, Jeri Ellsworth, Miquel de Icaza, Aaron Giles, Jeff Minter
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We always LOVE to see what our partners are up to!

Shout out to Imagine Realities who developed an educational experience for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO).

#EdTech #XR
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sun is shining and my treasure has arrived from the UK. Thank you @freeze64.bsky.social
#freeze64
#c64
May 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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I streamed a CPU only game of Mario Party 1, and this is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
May 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I blame these assholes for the situation we're in.
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Back in early YouTube, I hated those lame hand-drawn animation tools—so I made a series with real paper puppets and my own hands.

Got a lot of hate then, but with AI flooding everything now maybe it's time folks will appreciate more tangible art forms.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOxM...
Batteries - A to Z of Electronics
YouTube video by Jeri Ellsworth
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tell me your passions without telling me your passions.
March 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Listening to music lately has become resuming playlists on #FooBar2k on my laptop or gaming PC. Driving, it's resuming another playlist on YT Music.
So I go from #Bjork Hyperballad remixes to #DepecheMode - In your room Zephyr Mix to #Wonderstuff early stuff or C64 Sid Remixes. Hurts my brain.
March 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Traveling through Florida today and also wearing my new favorite shirt.

Send a search party if you don't hear from me in 24hrs.
March 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The colour proof for our FREEZE64 Maps & Levels Special issue arrives tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted.
Booked in for mid-April release.
freeze64.com/freeze64-map...
March 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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PowerPlay assistant will now warn you if a task is illegal! (and optionally find an anarchy system to do it in!)

elite.niceygy.net/changelog
#EliteDangerous
January 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Hey! I'm a software engineer by day that's been learning to make games on my own for over 10 years. I design, make assets, and code during my free time. My current project, Project Timbre, is a 3D platformer consisting of 3 unique alpha levels. I'm planning to put it up on itch, and steam, for free.
January 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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"Folks, we have climbed the mountain." www.patreon.com/posts/sdl3-i...
SDL3 is officially released! | Ryan C. Gordon
Get more from Ryan C. Gordon on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Y'all remember the Wolfenstein games? No reason, just curious.
January 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Aleksi Eeben's conversion of #Elite for the #VIC20 has just been released, and it is absolutely fantastic!

Find out more at vic20elite.wordpress.com

When I annotated the #C64 source, this was exactly the kind of thing I hoped would happen. Right on, Commander! 🫡

#retrogaming #retrocomputing
VIC 20 Elite
Right On, Commander!
vic20elite.wordpress.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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My page on Bluesky is a safe space and you will always be welcome and safe here 🏳️‍⚧️

Please, be careful everyone 🙏
November 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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elite.niceygy.net
THIS IS BETA! It will go wrong xD

#EliteDangerous
January 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Read about the making of Ocean Software’s fabulous RAMBO - FIRST BLOOD PART II, plus an interview with its developer Tony Pomfret.
All available in FREEZE64 issue 38:
freeze64.com/freeze64-issue-38
FREEZE64.com
#Commodore64 #C64
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I’m also here for glode or glid instead of glided, and strove instead of strived. We’ve lost many of our strong verbs and these days simply tack on an ‘-ed’ in the past tense (texted? Why not ‘toxt’?).

US English retains more of them: there is poetry in ‘dove’, as opposed to ‘dived’.
Scrempt is a tremendous word! I’m here for it
i am going to arrange my thoughts in clumps based on the categories the ADS made for word of the year nominees! first clump:

americandialect.org/nominations-...
January 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Re-reposting for those joining from certain other platforms with recent policy changes
Always 💖

Don't make me tap the sign
January 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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DNA Evidence Frees Black Man Convicted Of Bear Attack
DNA Evidence Frees Black Man Convicted Of Bear Attack
YouTube video by The Onion
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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When you don't have to worry about passthrough because you have clear lenses *cough glasses.*

See your drinks. See your friends. And see their faces when they lose! #AR #gaming #XR

www.tiltfive.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The "imagine" part is just that, using your imagination to think outside the box. Something religious people rarely do.
January 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I managed to move these beasts upstairs to my working workbench.

The Lanier 103 on the left was almost at the limits of what I can move alone.

Big iron is big...
December 29, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Christmas music for the day.
soundcloud.com/cylotron/new...

Hello and welcome to the Black Mesa Hazard Course,
where you'll be trained in the use of the Hazardous Environment Suit.

I am your holographic assistant. Let's begin by stepping into your suit.
--continues--
New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel / Half-Life Mash Up)
Long ago, I went by the name
soundcloud.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Ringo and Ronnie Wood sat in with Sir Paul this evening and I’m basically dead
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 AM