theChowdery
@thechowdery.bsky.social
OG founder of CPU magazine (newsstand and digital) and GamersU.com. I’m a married dad of two and worked @Microsoft for 17 years—my posts never did. Enjoy retro/classic computing & games. Love decency. My handle on Twitter was the same.
Less than many years in the past, but it was a busy one! #XboxWrapped #2025
Check out My Year On Xbox via @TrueAchievements www.trueachievements.com/MyYearOnXbox...
Check out My Year On Xbox via @TrueAchievements www.trueachievements.com/MyYearOnXbox...
Kolkata's #MyYearOnXbox
Check out Kolkata's 2025 Xbox stats
www.trueachievements.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Less than many years in the past, but it was a busy one! #XboxWrapped #2025
Check out My Year On Xbox via @TrueAchievements www.trueachievements.com/MyYearOnXbox...
Check out My Year On Xbox via @TrueAchievements www.trueachievements.com/MyYearOnXbox...
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Did Microsoft just tease that the next Xbox is a PC and console? Microsoft keeps dropping subtle hints about the next-gen Xbox console. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/803824/...
Did Microsoft just tease that the next Xbox is a PC and console?
The next-gen Xbox looks set to be more PC
www.theverge.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Did Microsoft just tease that the next Xbox is a PC and console? Microsoft keeps dropping subtle hints about the next-gen Xbox console. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/803824/...
Not surprised by this change, but Synology's shockingly customer-blind policy to restrict hard drives to its own branded kit is bizarre. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Synology walks back controversial compatibility policy for 2025 NAS units — third-party HDD and SSD support returns with DiskStation Manager 7.3 update
The company has removed restrictions on third-party drives
www.tomshardware.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not surprised by this change, but Synology's shockingly customer-blind policy to restrict hard drives to its own branded kit is bizarre. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
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Finally got around to reading “Careless People.” Fascinating and eye-opening. Recommended read. (Although Meta’s attempt to block it directly led me to reading it. #PR101)
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
We Read the Book That Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read. We Can See Why.
Careless People has plenty of scandal. It also portrays Facebook’s larger-than-life executives as flawed, awkward, and hypocritical humans.
slate.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finally got around to reading “Careless People.” Fascinating and eye-opening. Recommended read. (Although Meta’s attempt to block it directly led me to reading it. #PR101)
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Late to the Balatro party and winning my first game took me way longer than I expected! My gaming PC is really maxxing out the frames on this one!
March 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Late to the Balatro party and winning my first game took me way longer than I expected! My gaming PC is really maxxing out the frames on this one!
With volume of leaks it feels like the Switch Deux already launched.
January 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
With volume of leaks it feels like the Switch Deux already launched.
A friend promised me one of these from his storage in Oregon. Problem is he lives in Saudi Arabia.
www.tomshardware.com/desktops/ces...
www.tomshardware.com/desktops/ces...
CES 2025 is the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 — the last 8-bit PC first appeared at CES 1985
An excellent software-compatible C64 upgrade — but too late considering Intel 8086's release in 1978.
www.tomshardware.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A friend promised me one of these from his storage in Oregon. Problem is he lives in Saudi Arabia.
www.tomshardware.com/desktops/ces...
www.tomshardware.com/desktops/ces...
So svelte!
January 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So svelte!
Entering the Windows on ARM market sounds pretty logical.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has started dropping hints about the company’s plans for its own desktop CPU. Rumors point to Nvidia entering the Windows on ARM market this year www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/243...
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang hints at ‘plans’ for its own desktop CPU
Did we just get our first look at Nvidia’s Arm desktop CPU?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Entering the Windows on ARM market sounds pretty logical.
My wife would smack down this purchase decision, but it’s rather desirable to encourage my (coff) burgeoning transition into the big leagues as an F1 racer.
January 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My wife would smack down this purchase decision, but it’s rather desirable to encourage my (coff) burgeoning transition into the big leagues as an F1 racer.
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Translation: He wants its rare-earth minerals for himself. Pro tip: Always look through the nonsense noise for the inevitable grift.
January 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Translation: He wants its rare-earth minerals for himself. Pro tip: Always look through the nonsense noise for the inevitable grift.
About 20 years ago I pushed for a cover story on Jensen in #CPUmag. Don't recall "crypto" being in my vocabulary, but I knew Nvidia had a special something from the moment I played Virtua Fighter on the Diamond Monster 3D. Thus, got sort of a joyful kick out of the CES keynote last night.
January 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
About 20 years ago I pushed for a cover story on Jensen in #CPUmag. Don't recall "crypto" being in my vocabulary, but I knew Nvidia had a special something from the moment I played Virtua Fighter on the Diamond Monster 3D. Thus, got sort of a joyful kick out of the CES keynote last night.
Blink and you'll miss it.
Games turning 25 in 2025:
Paper Mario
RE:CV
TonyHawk ProSkater2
The Sims
Perfect Dark
MvC2
FF9
Zelda: Majora's Mask
20:
Mario Kart DS
Nintendogs
FE: Path of Radiance
Animal Crossing: Wild World
M&L: Partners in Time
RE4
Forza
Strangers Wrath
Jade Empire
Psychonaughts
DMC3
KH2
SotC
God of War OG
Paper Mario
RE:CV
TonyHawk ProSkater2
The Sims
Perfect Dark
MvC2
FF9
Zelda: Majora's Mask
20:
Mario Kart DS
Nintendogs
FE: Path of Radiance
Animal Crossing: Wild World
M&L: Partners in Time
RE4
Forza
Strangers Wrath
Jade Empire
Psychonaughts
DMC3
KH2
SotC
God of War OG
January 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Blink and you'll miss it.
Gordon and I met several times at IDF and other tech conferences during our CPU (for me) and Max PC (for him) magazine days. We had great, enjoyable conversations. Being at "competing" publications was always a laugh. Remember a lovely person with a FANTASTIC grip on PC hardware. You left too soon.
With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung, our hardware guru, host of The Full Nerd, exemplary tech journalist, and very good friend. www.pcworld.com/article/2564...
Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58
With the heaviest of hearts, PCWorld pays tribute to Gordon Mah Ung. He was our executive editor in charge of hardware coverage, host of The Full Nerd, an exemplary tech journalist, and a great friend...
www.pcworld.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gordon and I met several times at IDF and other tech conferences during our CPU (for me) and Max PC (for him) magazine days. We had great, enjoyable conversations. Being at "competing" publications was always a laugh. Remember a lovely person with a FANTASTIC grip on PC hardware. You left too soon.
Holy buckets @dosnostalgic.bsky.social, I remember getting this in to do a review! Took it seriously: Bought a lot of wine at the time. All for our readers and not reimbursed. The things we do for our audience!
People often forget about the most essential Microsoft products.
January 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Holy buckets @dosnostalgic.bsky.social, I remember getting this in to do a review! Took it seriously: Bought a lot of wine at the time. All for our readers and not reimbursed. The things we do for our audience!
Woke up in the New Year very randomly hankering for 1992's Alone in the Dark. Not sure why. I own it on GOG and played the original French pre-release (beta?) demo back in the day via some BBS. But can't for the life of me find that version anywhere. It has the pre-final content in it. Fascinating!
January 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Woke up in the New Year very randomly hankering for 1992's Alone in the Dark. Not sure why. I own it on GOG and played the original French pre-release (beta?) demo back in the day via some BBS. But can't for the life of me find that version anywhere. It has the pre-final content in it. Fascinating!
That's terrifying.
The US Treasury Department was hacked
The US Treasury Department was hacked
A remote tech support tool served as the attackers’ way in.
buff.ly
December 31, 2024 at 7:04 PM
That's terrifying.
Had been avoiding Balatro all year. ALL YEAR!
Yesterday I made the mistake of buying it on iOS on a whim after all the Game of the Year discussions.
I've killed my phone battery twice in less than 24 hours. So much for willpower on 2025 resolutions.
Happy New Year to many (and early to others)!
Yesterday I made the mistake of buying it on iOS on a whim after all the Game of the Year discussions.
I've killed my phone battery twice in less than 24 hours. So much for willpower on 2025 resolutions.
Happy New Year to many (and early to others)!
December 31, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Had been avoiding Balatro all year. ALL YEAR!
Yesterday I made the mistake of buying it on iOS on a whim after all the Game of the Year discussions.
I've killed my phone battery twice in less than 24 hours. So much for willpower on 2025 resolutions.
Happy New Year to many (and early to others)!
Yesterday I made the mistake of buying it on iOS on a whim after all the Game of the Year discussions.
I've killed my phone battery twice in less than 24 hours. So much for willpower on 2025 resolutions.
Happy New Year to many (and early to others)!
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What #GPU are you most looking forward to in the new year?
Big GPU Leak: ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 And Radeon RX 9070 XT Details
New GPUs from both NVIDIA and AMD are coming soon, based on brand new architectures.
hothardware.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:56 PM
What #GPU are you most looking forward to in the new year?
Getting busted by the local news whilst sneaking around doing some last-minute Christmas Eve shopping. (Already had my main presents wrapped and was hunting for the stocking stuffers, but maybe I should throw my daughter under the bus 😂.)
www.fox13seattle.com/news/shopper...
www.fox13seattle.com/news/shopper...
Mild weather helped last minute shoppers get Christmas in the bag
Shoppers who had to pick up some last-minute items headed to the North Bend Premium Outlets on Tuesday to get what they needed before the big celebrations kicked off on Wednesday.
www.fox13seattle.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Getting busted by the local news whilst sneaking around doing some last-minute Christmas Eve shopping. (Already had my main presents wrapped and was hunting for the stocking stuffers, but maybe I should throw my daughter under the bus 😂.)
www.fox13seattle.com/news/shopper...
www.fox13seattle.com/news/shopper...
+1
Diablo 4 for just $10 is a hellacious deal
Diablo 4 for just $10 is a hellacious deal
Hey Diablo, you doing okay buddy?
buff.ly
December 14, 2024 at 11:57 AM
+1
Fascinating academic study of the direct absence the Commodore 64’s deep influence to video gaming.
www.polygon.com/books/496693...
www.polygon.com/books/496693...
December 14, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Fascinating academic study of the direct absence the Commodore 64’s deep influence to video gaming.
www.polygon.com/books/496693...
www.polygon.com/books/496693...
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This guy is so fucking insane
i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This guy is so fucking insane