Todd Dietrich
obsidianspider.com
Todd Dietrich
@obsidianspider.com
PSA: If you are looking for controller extension cables for your PC Engine, I just got some of these from Kraydad and they work perfectly. They're reasonably priced and are black, unlike many of the other mini din cables I've seen. Highly recommended. www.kraydad.com/mini-din-8-p...
Mini Din 8 pin Male Female Black 6 ft Extension Cable
din 8 mini din cable
www.kraydad.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I *really* hope that most of the posts and comments that I routinely have to remove from the Facebook group I run are from bots. Otherwise, we are surrounded by sadists and sociopaths, and that's a much tougher problem to solve than any governmental overreach.
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The fascists are trying to wear you down so you give up. It's OK to take a break when you need one. When you're tired, rest so you can recharge. We have a long road ahead.
September 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
After years of searching for one in decent condition at a “reasonable price,” I finally have a Game Boy Light.

Yes, modern displays are better in every way, but I’m glad to finally have this electroluminescent goodness in my collection.
July 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The best way to determine that the electronic device you thought was broken is actually fine is to buy a new one. Then, when the replacement acts up too you can spend three hours looking into the issue. Only to learn it was a privacy setting in your phone all along.
June 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
What's with the new trend of people walking around talking into their phone held horizontally in front of them on speakerphone?

Also, get off my lawn.
June 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The silence is deafening.
June 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This afternoon I seem to have been signed up for a bunch of mailing lists from "legit" companies. I guess it's Spam since I didn't ask for it, but this is a new one.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The new crossmember is now welded to the floor, taillight panel, and the ends of the frame rails. Next up will be to close up the access holes that I cut in the taillight panel so we could slide the floor over the replacement rails. There’s still plenty to do, but today was a good day.
May 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It turns out that the replacement crossmember’s flange where the valance screws in is slightly longer than the original. Once I figured that out, it made getting things lined up way easier. A few hours of convincing and panel prep and now things are clamped in place and ready to be welded to the car
May 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The passenger side trunk floor is attached and I did a test fit of the new rear crossmember from NPD. It’s a heavier gauge of metal than the stock one which is not a bad thing, but it’s going to take a bit of convincing to get it where it needs to be in the car.
May 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Has anyone seen @markfixesstuff.com? I assume he has the latest @modernvintagegamer.com video on repeat.
Lemmings: How DMA Design Redefined Puzzle Games
YouTube video by Modern Vintage Gamer
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This weekend we repaired the TIG welder foot pedal and got the passenger side trunk floor in place. It’s going to take a bunch of creative clamping, but after some initial plug welds it’s looking like things are coming together nicely.
May 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Be excellent to each other.

- Bill S. Preston, Esq.
May 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The passenger side rear frame rail replacement section is welded in. We battled humidity and a broken TIG welder foot pedal, but it’s in. Now to let the paint inside the rail dry before we attach the trunk floor. It’s a slow go, but we’re getting there.
May 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Everyone knows I'm not a football fan, but Barkley kissing the ring was really disappointing to see.
April 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We’re told that we should be concerned about TDA gang members. I only just now realized that the administration didn’t mean Tren de Aragua, they meant Trump Destroying America.

The accusations are always confessions.
April 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now they’re taking US Citizens

This is far beyond OK. I wish I knew what to do.
U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I stand with Harvard
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Stay safe out there
How Governments Spy On Protestors—And How To Avoid It | Incognito Mode | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Apparently searching for a "phrase in quotes" doesn't work properly on the @bsky.app iOS or iPadOS app, but seems to on the web interface. What a weird bug.
April 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's ridiculous that the entire world's economy is riding on the whims of one demented asshole. Congress has the power to stop this, but the question is, will they?
April 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Everyone in the United States got a pay cut yesterday. Gotta say, I'm not loving that.
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM