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2024-11-15
Finally all the parts arrived to build a custom router capable of 10 Gbit to replace the rental ISP router!
2024-10-25
The 10 Gbit fiber option showed up for my address today, on schedule!
2024-10-23
After seeing that Sharp RS232 level converter CE-150TS also supports my 電車システム手帳 PA-...
2024-10-12
After missing out on all the printing fun during MARCHintosh
2024-10-06
Stopped by the local city planetarium with the kids to get out of the heat
2024-09-28
I got an SF Symbols update on my Mac and checked what they added
2024-09-27
iOS 18 has massively broken adding your new iPhone as a Trusted Device to a secondary Apple Account
2024-09-24
To whom it may concern: MiniDV capture using the FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter in QuickTime Player...
2024-09-07
A totally normal thing to buy brand new at retail in 2024
2024-08-04
Spotted this sick kei car VW canbus 1.3 turbo dR Type 3 WRC with brembo brakes at Costco yesterday
2024-07-30
So the other day I was up was late, and spent a bit more money than I should have...
2024-07-21
Pixel art is so trendy they make a range of markers with square tips specifically advertised for drawing it??
2024-07-20
There is a park in our city with a space theme (there's a big rocket to climb up etc)
2024-07-09
GACHA ALERT: The network rack Gacha series 2 is out!!!
2024-05-31
This 2D Ball control I made in pure SwiftUI to control the color temperature and tint in our camera...
2024-05-09
So this Newton MessagePad 130 showed up on PayPay Fleamarket for $45
2024-04-18
So the networking thing I was messing with earlier was this - upgrading the connection between my de...
2024-03-26
I am proud to present AIRConfig for GlobalTalk 1
2024-03-14
Introducing the AppleWideWeb!
2024-03-08
The GlobalTalk Chat Stack 0
2024-03-07
ZoneWatcher! So I guess this is the first thing I've “made” for MARCHintosh?
2024-03-04
I managed to get the MARCHintosh GlobalTalk AppleTalk network working! Neato!!
2024-02-15
I keep seeing debates online about how Auto Start-Stop systems are the devil and will destroy your s...
2024-02-04
It's also come time to replace the NVMe cache in my NAS.
2024-02-04
A friend of mine needs help re-arranging the network at his small business to fit another desk
2024-01-26
Our eldest daughter is starting elementary school in Japan in April and we have to submit bank detai...
2023-12-25
Merry Christmas everyone!
2023-11-07
I found the network rack gacha
2023-10-28
Meet the Human Test (ヒューマンテスト)
2023-10-24
Imagine it's 1997 and you're a Japanese businessman
2023-10-23
Hey look, I picked up a SPARC machine!
2023-10-22
HyperCard StackStories 2: The Email System
2023-10-20
The camera app I work on just added a feature to shoot still photos direct to a USB-C drive on the new iPhones
2023-10-18
Windows CE??? Yes, one of those late night purchases showed up in the mail today… A Casio Cassiopeia A51 (2.0)
2023-10-10
One of the weird things Apple did in the 90's was when they ported QuickTime to Windows
2023-10-01
HyperCard StackStories 1: The Monopoly Clone
2023-10-01
I'm always amused when I spot a Chevrolet MW - a rebadged Suzuki Wagon R+
2023-09-28
It's always amused me that in Japan Daihatsu markets a car called the CANBUS.
2023-09-15
I bought the Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter that they claim provides support for "charging
2023-09-15
Picked up a bunch of storage pouches from Daiso to sort my mess of cables.
2023-09-07
A few months ago I took the family on a 5200 km round trip camping trip to Hokkaido and back
2023-09-03
Was reminded of the time I bought an old phone (NEC 600-P) to let my kids play-call each other through a Cisco SPA
2023-09-02
Picked up “Under the Apple Tree” (林檎の樹の下で)
2023-09-02
Suddenly remembered I had a Wacom Graphire 2 tablet I picked up for like $3 at HARD OFF
2023-08-16
The 90s were so dumb but so great
2023-08-15
My wife got our kids the Blu-ray of the Studio Ghibli anime 耳をすませば/Whisper of the Heart
2023-08-08
Here's your periodic reminder about how cursed Japanese wiring is.
2023-07-13
Sign of the times: Sparklers these days are being sold as “reduced smoke so it's easier to take pi...
2023-07-07
Looks like Pac Man's got something he has to deal with!!
2023-07-07
Man that "EyeSight" external display on the AppleVisionPro is really uncanny valley
2023-06-22
Currently taking my family on a 2-week camping road trip from Kyushu to Hokkaido and back.
2023-06-07
Dusted off my 3D camera after a few months lying in a drawer
2023-05-28
My uncle is downsizing and sent me a picture of a Smack-a-Mac with "look at this thing I'm throwing out"
2023-05-05
Looks like when this shop opened they sold CDV discs!
2023-04-22
I have a confession to make!
2023-04-21
12 years ago I spotted a box fan for sale which made me do a double-take
2023-04-07
Was searching through backups and ran across something completely lost to time - just a single refer...
2023-02-22
I'd been looking for a Newton Getting Started card to play the CalliGrapher handwriting practice game
2023-02-12
I'm finally typing on my Newton!
2023-02-05
For all of Bluetooth's problems
2023-02-01
The 22" Cinema Display works perfectly! What a beautiful setup this is!
2023-01-20
The new Microwave+Convection combo oven arrived
2023-01-14
My HARD OFF Megathread!
2023-01-12
I have succumb to the temptation of frivolous novelty - I ended up buying that lonely last Beta cass...
2023-01-11
There is definitely something funky going on with SCSI on this PowerBook
2023-01-11
My solution to the PowerBook 500 series trackpad not being a fan of Japanese winters.
2023-01-09
This pack of floppies I bought to use with my Mavica came with... An ad for the Mavica!
2023-01-09
It's been a few months since I learned about RS-449 and I can't stop thinking about it.
2023-01-09
My weird double-headed SCSI cable arrived so I can test the BlueSCSI again to see if it was just the...
2023-01-06
Late night walk
2022-12-24
Christmas present to myself (ok... late night Mercari impulse buy I'm trying to justify)....
2022-12-23
It just turned the 24th here
2022-12-22
Only in Japan
2022-12-19
My SHARGE Classic Mac-style USB-C adapter just arrived
2022-12-18
Three-hour WeekendProject when I couldn't sleep last night.
2022-12-17
It amuses me that they made just SO MANY of these PowerBook HDI-30 SCSI adapters back in the day tha...
2022-12-17
The microSD card I ordered yesterday for my BlueSCSI arrived today so I gave it a quick test - seems to work fine!
2022-12-17
It's now cold enough that it's time to bust out the DoCoMo coffee mug warmer with a nice message on it
2022-12-13
New CD arrived today, busting out the appropriate playback equipment
2022-12-11
This evening took the family to check out "Little Tokyo"
2022-12-03
Some bedtime reading
2022-12-02
Yes there it is! The Quadra 700 I won on Yahoo!Auctions when I put in what I thought was a low bid that would never win!
2022-12-02
Ooh! A suspicious box has arrived....
2022-11-28
I keep accidentally activing the re-dial features of various Bluetooth audio devices.
2022-11-26
Staring in horror at this Frankenmac Quadra 700 for sale on Yahoo! Auctions
2022-11-25
These PC component coasters are too damn cute
2022-11-24
The west: Gingerbread house!
2022-11-23
I recent learned that the latest generation of USBC power meters can actually read the E-marker so I...
2022-11-21
This is my favorite 10 Mbit ethernet hub since it has a little load indicator bar made out of LEDs s...
2022-11-20
The lineup of dongles required to capture video off an old Macintosh PowerBook
2022-11-19
My Vaio VGN-UX50 just arrived from Yahoo! Auctions!
2022-11-18
WeekendProject I'm hacking on when I want a distraction