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@j.holmes.codes
Developer ∪ Designer, pixel artist, digital archaeologist of Sierra On-Line games, retro IBM PCjr developer, baker. An Ernie in a world of Berts. (he/him ∨ they/them)
sometimes /^(the)?32bitkid$/ in other places.
sometimes /^(the)?32bitkid$/ in other places.
Supposed to be cooler and rainy the next few days, so I made up a pot of creamy chicken noodle soup and baked a loaf potato bread I had in the freezer.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Supposed to be cooler and rainy the next few days, so I made up a pot of creamy chicken noodle soup and baked a loaf potato bread I had in the freezer.
Breakfast for dinner. Leftover steak and eggs, with mashed potatoes and mini-Yorkshire puddings.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Breakfast for dinner. Leftover steak and eggs, with mashed potatoes and mini-Yorkshire puddings.
Share a TV series you’ve watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Share a TV series you’ve watched from beginning to end more than once.
Two movies that I watched in my teens/20s and did not enjoy, but the older I get the more I think… “oh… I think see what’s going on here”
Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon
Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Two movies that I watched in my teens/20s and did not enjoy, but the older I get the more I think… “oh… I think see what’s going on here”
Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon
Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon
For those that didn’t see the marketing from valve:
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For those that didn’t see the marketing from valve:
Spontaneous selfie opportunities.
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Spontaneous selfie opportunities.
Ok so what was your first graphic adventure game?
Still think this title screen is up there with peak Tandy-era graphics.
Still think this title screen is up there with peak Tandy-era graphics.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Ok so what was your first graphic adventure game?
Still think this title screen is up there with peak Tandy-era graphics.
Still think this title screen is up there with peak Tandy-era graphics.
Chicken Alfredo with grilled carrots.
Grilled carrots are severely underrated in my book. Magnificent.
Grilled carrots are severely underrated in my book. Magnificent.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Chicken Alfredo with grilled carrots.
Grilled carrots are severely underrated in my book. Magnificent.
Grilled carrots are severely underrated in my book. Magnificent.
"which principles? WHICH PRINCIPLES?!"
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"which principles? WHICH PRINCIPLES?!"
Sometimes I kinda wish that Columbo had more episodes, perhaps more like how Murder She Wrote ran for a whopping 264 episodes in its run. But then I realized that I only ever really watch/enjoy the first 8 seasons/45 episodes.
Pretty much every single one of those is a banger.
Pretty much every single one of those is a banger.
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sometimes I kinda wish that Columbo had more episodes, perhaps more like how Murder She Wrote ran for a whopping 264 episodes in its run. But then I realized that I only ever really watch/enjoy the first 8 seasons/45 episodes.
Pretty much every single one of those is a banger.
Pretty much every single one of those is a banger.
Thank you! Though it’s exceptionally difficult to screw up chili, I feel. Even just a simple chili with plain saltines on a cloudy, cold day is pretty top tier.
October 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you! Though it’s exceptionally difficult to screw up chili, I feel. Even just a simple chili with plain saltines on a cloudy, cold day is pretty top tier.
As the weather turns colder here and it starts dropping below freezing in the morning, autumn has arrived. It’s time to subsist on chili for a week.
Vegetarian three bean chili.
Vegetarian three bean chili.
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As the weather turns colder here and it starts dropping below freezing in the morning, autumn has arrived. It’s time to subsist on chili for a week.
Vegetarian three bean chili.
Vegetarian three bean chili.
Was cleaning/consolidating boxes and found an old Surface RT I haven’t touched since it released. But, there is hope! There are couple of Linux distros that can run on it. I wonder if I could get it to just boot straight into dosbox like dosbian and have a little DOS tablet around the house.
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Was cleaning/consolidating boxes and found an old Surface RT I haven’t touched since it released. But, there is hope! There are couple of Linux distros that can run on it. I wonder if I could get it to just boot straight into dosbox like dosbian and have a little DOS tablet around the house.
I cannot believe that the bro has had 5 decades since the 60s to reflect on this... and then in <<2025>> posted this and expected it to go down like this:
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I cannot believe that the bro has had 5 decades since the 60s to reflect on this... and then in <<2025>> posted this and expected it to go down like this:
Now to start wiring… 🕹️
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Now to start wiring… 🕹️
Progress is happening…
October 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Progress is happening…
More mother sauce practice, tonight was velouté: Grilled salmon in a mustard sauce.
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
More mother sauce practice, tonight was velouté: Grilled salmon in a mustard sauce.
Starting a real bad idea.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Starting a real bad idea.
Saw a recipe a while back for French onion mashed potatoes and knew I’d have to give them a shot one evening. And they are pretty good. Might be my go to mashed potatoes, taking over garlic mashed potatoes, from now on. 🥔
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Saw a recipe a while back for French onion mashed potatoes and knew I’d have to give them a shot one evening. And they are pretty good. Might be my go to mashed potatoes, taking over garlic mashed potatoes, from now on. 🥔
Mounted the IBM EGA card and IBM PGC card. Really happy with the way these both turned out.
I need to dig through my video card box and see what I want for the last display of the set. I *think* I still have a 3dfx Voodoo card paired with a trident VGA card. But I might have to”loaned” that out.
I need to dig through my video card box and see what I want for the last display of the set. I *think* I still have a 3dfx Voodoo card paired with a trident VGA card. But I might have to”loaned” that out.
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Mounted the IBM EGA card and IBM PGC card. Really happy with the way these both turned out.
I need to dig through my video card box and see what I want for the last display of the set. I *think* I still have a 3dfx Voodoo card paired with a trident VGA card. But I might have to”loaned” that out.
I need to dig through my video card box and see what I want for the last display of the set. I *think* I still have a 3dfx Voodoo card paired with a trident VGA card. But I might have to”loaned” that out.