James Sanders
@jamesaltonsanders.com
Senior Analyst at TechInsights covering semiconductor markets, processors, and quantum. Cheerful pessimist. Hype resistant. Accept no substitutes. Ex-journalist. Seattle. (He/Him.) 日本語おK
On Signal: jasanders.72
On Signal: jasanders.72
Post you from a different era.
2014, as a student in Tokyo
2014, as a student in Tokyo
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Post you from a different era.
2014, as a student in Tokyo
2014, as a student in Tokyo
This Max Headroom laserdisc has been sitting on my bookshelf for the past year, as it’s funny to have Max peering over my shoulder during work calls.
But, I’m wanting to mix it up, and change it out for something of equal or greater weirdness (but, safe for work).
Any suggestions?
But, I’m wanting to mix it up, and change it out for something of equal or greater weirdness (but, safe for work).
Any suggestions?
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This Max Headroom laserdisc has been sitting on my bookshelf for the past year, as it’s funny to have Max peering over my shoulder during work calls.
But, I’m wanting to mix it up, and change it out for something of equal or greater weirdness (but, safe for work).
Any suggestions?
But, I’m wanting to mix it up, and change it out for something of equal or greater weirdness (but, safe for work).
Any suggestions?
ACTUAL
presumable
presumable
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
ACTUAL
presumable
presumable
Honestly, I'm not sure where to place the blame for this.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Honestly, I'm not sure where to place the blame for this.
I voted!
Once again, I forgot my sunglasses and managed to stage my voting selfie by staring directly into the sun.
But, I voted!
Once again, I forgot my sunglasses and managed to stage my voting selfie by staring directly into the sun.
But, I voted!
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I voted!
Once again, I forgot my sunglasses and managed to stage my voting selfie by staring directly into the sun.
But, I voted!
Once again, I forgot my sunglasses and managed to stage my voting selfie by staring directly into the sun.
But, I voted!
Something I didn't realize, confirmed by RIKEN's Satoshi Matsuoka on Twitter—the NES Pinball game (published in 1984) was co-developed by Matsuoka and the late Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo from 2002-2015.
![A screenshot of a Tweet, in which Satoshi Matsuoka (@ProfMatsuoka) tweets "My old work in physical simulations (not necessarily supercomputing :-)".
This is a quote tweet of @rarihoma, who posted [in Japanese, translated]: "I thought the movement of the pinball on the NES was really good, and I looked it up, and Satoshi Iwata and Satoshi Matsuoka, the general manager of the supercomputer "Fugal", were programmers. Amazing."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6rvt5eubjycdlhnt473g7ohl/bafkreigtkbtaxuj4gfvth26agkw24f4mdvkftf5xhasn6nmegrv7ju2stq@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Something I didn't realize, confirmed by RIKEN's Satoshi Matsuoka on Twitter—the NES Pinball game (published in 1984) was co-developed by Matsuoka and the late Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo from 2002-2015.
I'm sure the intern who allegedly actually wrote "The IT Crowd" is feeling very vindicated for this joke right now.
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm sure the intern who allegedly actually wrote "The IT Crowd" is feeling very vindicated for this joke right now.
I’m at Synaptics Tech Day in San Jose today, and there’s a really cool announcement about a new SoC for IoT, but also this is the first analyst event where I’ve received bubble tea, so I’m posting that.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m at Synaptics Tech Day in San Jose today, and there’s a really cool announcement about a new SoC for IoT, but also this is the first analyst event where I’ve received bubble tea, so I’m posting that.
And so begins today’s journey.
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And so begins today’s journey.
It’s the Red Baron!
I swear this place also sells furniture.
I swear this place also sells furniture.
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s the Red Baron!
I swear this place also sells furniture.
I swear this place also sells furniture.
The moose head also talks and I was not expecting that specific thing to start talking.
October 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The moose head also talks and I was not expecting that specific thing to start talking.
I swear this place isn’t more normal during not Halloween, but Halloween definitely adds a layer to the chaos.
October 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I swear this place isn’t more normal during not Halloween, but Halloween definitely adds a layer to the chaos.
They have popcorn, also.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They have popcorn, also.
This isn’t it, but there’s a company that sells these flipboards and I unironically want one for my house.
October 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This isn’t it, but there’s a company that sells these flipboards and I unironically want one for my house.
More… animatronics.
October 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
More… animatronics.
They’re not joking about the fudge. There’s also ice cream, but I didn’t get a photo of that.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
They’re not joking about the fudge. There’s also ice cream, but I didn’t get a photo of that.
And a giant model train track, for some reason. Can’t begin to describe the vibe, really.
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
And a giant model train track, for some reason. Can’t begin to describe the vibe, really.
They have animatronics!
October 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
They have animatronics!
I’m going to the world’s weirdest furniture store / fudge factory today.
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m going to the world’s weirdest furniture store / fudge factory today.
I'm at Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, where they're unpacking Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest, in advance of a public announcement next week.
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm at Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, where they're unpacking Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest, in advance of a public announcement next week.
Hello from Phoenix, Arizona, where I expected different weather from Seattle, but instead got… flooded parking lots.
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hello from Phoenix, Arizona, where I expected different weather from Seattle, but instead got… flooded parking lots.
This is a weird open-air airport.
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is a weird open-air airport.