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Caught in the space between the concept and the execution. Interested in Linux, old tech, digital privacy, retro gaming, jazz, robots, domain names, indie web […]

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Ordered the new #pynchon novel from an American seller on eBay because I don't like the artwork on the UK edition, and instead a performance carbuteror for a moped turned up! Seems like it was meant to go to Puerto Rico
Photo of a performance carbuteror for a moped sitting on a white desk
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
roddie.social
Finally completed a Metroid game (and I heard this is one of the longest and most difficult)

#gba #metroid #zeromission
Endscreen from the GBA game Metroid Zero: Mission showing a clear time of 5:07:17 an item collection rate of 63%
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
roddie.social
@GossiTheDog
Still from the video showing the bearded, male streamer at the top of the frame juxtaposed with the cleavage of a character in the game lined up to look like a single person
August 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
roddie.social
Found an oddity with the UK Blu-ray for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: it advertises a making-of feature which can't be selected from the menus. It exists as a 32-minute title on the disc but the audio is missing

#film #filmmastodon #bd #bluray
A scan of the rear cover showing the text "Special Feature: Making-of Documentary The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw" Screenshot from MakeMKV showing the titles included on the disc JESSE_JAMES_B5 showing a title of 1.1GB, length of 0:31:48 with VC-1 video but no audio track
August 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
roddie.social
Hayley Williams of Paramore announces new solo album in the best way possible: with a website that looks and works like the Windows 95 Desktop. Use code 21G_y+dQQE(9v#Os to get in

#hayleywilliams #paramore #windows95 #webdesign
Screenshot from the website showing a window in the style of Windows 95 with a pixelated HW logo and the text "Submit the exclusive Good Dye Young 16-digit access code that was sent to your inbox. Haven’t seen your code? Check your inbox for an email from Good Dye Young. If you don’t have an email with a code, maybe ask a friend for theirs." There's a field to enter the code and a button to submit it Screenshot from the website looking like a Windows 95 Desktop with an orange background and the HW logo. There's a small music player open, audio files scattered over the Desktop a folder called "Misc"
July 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
roddie.social
To the surprise of absolutely nobody...

#analogue3d #n64
Email from Analogue: Following last week’s sudden tariff changes, Analogue3D will now begin shipping next month. We’re absorbing the costs—your preorder price stays the same. No additional charges. Late August, the wait ends: reviews go live with everything we’ve been saving for this moment. We've poured everything into Analogue3D—and we can’t wait for you to see it for yourself. As always, if you’d like to cancel your preorder at any time for a full refund, contact Analogue Support.
July 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
roddie.social
Excited to see a leaflet come through the door with a Mastodon account advertised on it! Shoutout to @HI_Greens and @ScottishGreens
Photo of the corner of a leaflet showing the message "Visit www.votegreen.scot or email higp@scottishgreens.org.uk" with details of social media handles including @HI_Greens@mastodon.scot next to a Mastodon logo
July 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
roddie.social
Well it happened, I finally had to buy my first Apple product because I got to train station and realised I hadn't taken an adapter. My phone is chonkiest phone known to man but somehow they didn't have space for a headphone jack
Photo of an Apple USB-C to headphone jack adapter in its box
July 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
roddie.social
Mateusz Grosiak's unofficial spotter's guide for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans is available at https://spotters.guide

If you enjoy his guides and find them useful, please consider buying him a coffee to say thanks: https://ko-fi.com/ziombel444

#spottersguide #lemans24 #wec #elms #imsa
First page of a motorsport spotter's guide for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans showing illustrations of cars in the HyperCar and LMP2 classes with their race numbers, team names, driver names etc displayed above each car
June 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
roddie.social
Thank you, website. I will try emailing root@localhost and expect a prompt response
Software error: Can't exec: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction at Modules/DataBaseImpl.pm line 114 For help, please send mail to the webmaster (root@localhost), giving this error message and the time and date of the error.
May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
roddie.social
Just ticked all these in uBlock Origin and now I wished I known to do it sooner

#ublock #ublockorigin #adblock
Screenshot from the uBlock Origin settings "Filter list" tab showing dropdowns for Cookie notices, Social widgets and Annoyances with tickboxes for additional lists
April 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
roddie.social
The Unihertz Titan Slim when your Key2 stops working and BlackBerry no longer make phones:

#android #unihertz #blackberry #film #filmmastodon
A screenshot from the film Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry with Murman holding Etero's face while saying "'I'll be your blackberry"
April 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
roddie.social
Mateusz Grosiak's guides for this weekend's races at Imola and Spa now available on https://spotters.guide

#wec #6himola #24hseries #12hspa
First page of a motorsport spotter's guide for the 2025 6 Hours of Imola showing illustrations of cars in the HyperCar class with their race numbers, team names, driver names etc displayed above each car First page of a motorsport spotter's guide for the 2025 12 Hours of Spa showing illustrations of the cars differentied by the colour of their class number with their race numbers, team names, driver names etc displayed by each car
April 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
roddie.social
Amazing project by MrTalida to preserve 233 of Dave Lowe's floppy disks of old music and code

https://archive.org/details/@dave_lowe_disk_archive
Screenshot from the Internet Archive showing a collection where each item has a photo of a 3.5" floppy disk including handwritten labels A photo of a workbench covered with stacks of 3.5" floppy disks next to a laptop
March 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
roddie.social
Important use case demoed in the video :snes:

#android #keyboards #mariokart #smk
Screenshot from the YouTube video "The Clicks Keyboard Comes to Android" showing someone playing Super Mario Kart on a Motorola Razr+ using the Clicks keyboard for button inputs.
March 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
roddie.social
@Viss
Community Chest card from Monopoly with a black ink illustration on a yellow background showing Mr Monopoly being shocked by a handful of banknotes next to the text "BANK ERROR IN YOUR FAVOR, COLLECT $81TN"
March 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
roddie.social
Mateusz Grosiak's spotter's guide for the opening round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship available at https://spotters.guide

#wec #qatar1812km #spottersguide
First page of a World Endurance Championship spotter's guide for the Qatar 1812 km race showing illustrations of the 18 cars in the HyperCar class detailing their numbers, car models, team names, drivers and countries. Standings for the 2024 championship are on the right.
February 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
roddie.social
Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison

https://archive.ph/9revO

#freeross #silkroad
Members of the Libertarian Party stand in chairs while chanting and demanding the release of Ross Ulbricht during the party's national convention at the Washington Hilton on May 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
January 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
roddie.social
Trump Truth Social post
Screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) "| just called the mother of Ross William Ulbright to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross. The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me. He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Ridiculous!"
January 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
roddie.social
Wow, the #bbc have repurposed an old Sony Xperia Z Ultra phone to display news articles on for a roundup section on Reporting Scotland
Screenshot from the BBC Scotland news programme Reporting Scotland showing the presenter Laura Maciver in a news studio standing next to a giant portrait screen displaying an article from the BBC News website or app
January 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
roddie.social
Me when I first saw a gold #casio A700:
Screenshot of text from an article: "This watch is fantastic," Chan exclaimed in the video. "That's so cool," Zuckerberg agreed, saying: "I never really wanted to get a watch, but after seeing that, I was like: 'Watches are cool.'"
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
roddie.social
Illustration of Pusheen the cat affectionately touching her paw to her reflection in a mirror with the words "New Year, Same You" displayed
January 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roddie.social
If you're still using the spiritualized1997 #openfpga GB and SGB cores for Analogue Pocket I'd recommend switching to Budude2's MiSTER port. It's open source, actively developed and includes features like SGB palettes without displaying the border […]

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Photo of an Analogue Pocket showing the title screen for Donkey Kong 94 running in full colour and full screen without the Super Game Boy border
December 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM
roddie.social
I'm pretty sure the only reason someone makes an HTML/JS calculator is to learn JavaScript in the process, what is the point in Copilot creating one for you? As seen on GitHub:

#github #copilot #javascript
Cropped screenshot of GitHub dashboard showing the "Ask Copilot" input field and a button below it offering to "Generate an HTML/JS calculator"
December 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM
roddie.social
Here's an example of before and after using the GBC LCD Grid v2 filter
Screenshot of an end level screen from the GBC version of Wario Land 2 as it would appear on an emulator with no filters applied with no gaps or lines between the pixels The same screenshot but with a more muted palette and each of the original 160x144 pixels has defined edges
December 15, 2024 at 6:26 PM