Aaron Giles
@aarongiles.com
Author of DREAMM, JPEGView, and Connectix Virtual Game Station. Former MAME maintainer/contributer. Ex-LucasArts, ex-Microsoft.
Ha, was pleased to see the unit of attoseconds get its due in this video. When I designed MAME's timing system back in the day I settled on attoseconds as the unit because 1 seconds' worth fits nicely into a 64-bit integer. (10^18 ~ 2^60 by the 3:10 rule) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4p...
Filming Light at 1 Trillion FPS
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Ha, was pleased to see the unit of attoseconds get its due in this video. When I designed MAME's timing system back in the day I settled on attoseconds as the unit because 1 seconds' worth fits nicely into a 64-bit integer. (10^18 ~ 2^60 by the 3:10 rule) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4p...
A TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
(I consider the two live action attempts to be separate entities, each with their own charms.)
(I consider the two live action attempts to be separate entities, each with their own charms.)
February 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
(I consider the two live action attempts to be separate entities, each with their own charms.)
(I consider the two live action attempts to be separate entities, each with their own charms.)
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From the Archives (28 Mar, 2022): Aaron Giles Interview — “Around the time ScummVM hit the scene, a programmer named Aaron Giles wrote official updates to all the DOS-based SCUMM games so that they could run properly on Windows XP. In response, the brain t...”
Aaron Giles Interview
Around the time ScummVM hit the scene, a programmer named Aaron Giles wrote official updates to all the DOS-based SCUMM games so that they could run properly on Windows XP. In response, the brain trust running the studio proceeded to: do largely nothing with them. Twenty years later we speak to Aaron about updating SCUMM, the benefits/risks of leaving custodianship and preservation to fans, and the chronic apathy of a studio toward their own classics that makes those compromised efforts necessary.
mixnmojo.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
From the Archives (28 Mar, 2022): Aaron Giles Interview — “Around the time ScummVM hit the scene, a programmer named Aaron Giles wrote official updates to all the DOS-based SCUMM games so that they could run properly on Windows XP. In response, the brain t...”
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
As a huge Dune fan and tech nerd, I always thought that the concept of the Butlerian Jihad was amusingly far-fetched. But after only a few scant years of our primitive "AI" and seeing peoples' reaction to it, I've already done a complete 180. Some sort of future reckoning feels inevitable.
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
As a huge Dune fan and tech nerd, I always thought that the concept of the Butlerian Jihad was amusingly far-fetched. But after only a few scant years of our primitive "AI" and seeing peoples' reaction to it, I've already done a complete 180. Some sort of future reckoning feels inevitable.
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Little thread where I talk about subpixel animation and share some of my own resources I made to study it better.
This is a circle I rendered in blender slowly crawling up 2 pixels over the course of 17 frames.
I'm showing the aliased version first and I'm going to break down what's happening here
This is a circle I rendered in blender slowly crawling up 2 pixels over the course of 17 frames.
I'm showing the aliased version first and I'm going to break down what's happening here
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Little thread where I talk about subpixel animation and share some of my own resources I made to study it better.
This is a circle I rendered in blender slowly crawling up 2 pixels over the course of 17 frames.
I'm showing the aliased version first and I'm going to break down what's happening here
This is a circle I rendered in blender slowly crawling up 2 pixels over the course of 17 frames.
I'm showing the aliased version first and I'm going to break down what's happening here
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finally published this visual article on dithering (part 1)!
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
finally published this visual article on dithering (part 1)!
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
I had so much fun and learned a lot while making this. not only about dithering, but also about @threejs.org shaders.
as usual, animated with @animejs.com
enjoy!
🔗 visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
Suzanne Vega x2 (#3 coming up next month)
Poe x2
Tori Amos x2
Schoolyard Heroes
The Warning
Suzanne Vega x2 (#3 coming up next month)
Poe x2
Tori Amos x2
Schoolyard Heroes
The Warning
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
Pretenders x2
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts x2
Blondie
Neko Case x3
Tina Turner
Pretenders x2
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts x2
Blondie
Neko Case x3
Tina Turner
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Belly
Concrete Blonde
Poe
I mean, Lilith Fair has to count too
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Belly
Concrete Blonde
Poe
I mean, Lilith Fair has to count too
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:
Suzanne Vega x2 (#3 coming up next month)
Poe x2
Tori Amos x2
Schoolyard Heroes
The Warning
Suzanne Vega x2 (#3 coming up next month)
Poe x2
Tori Amos x2
Schoolyard Heroes
The Warning
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
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Watching Eraserhead before having a child: my god what a harrowing vision of the fears of parenting realized
Watching Eraserhead after having a child: Henry just pick the fucking baby up. Pick it up and walk it around. Jesus christ.
Watching Eraserhead after having a child: Henry just pick the fucking baby up. Pick it up and walk it around. Jesus christ.
August 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Watching Eraserhead before having a child: my god what a harrowing vision of the fears of parenting realized
Watching Eraserhead after having a child: Henry just pick the fucking baby up. Pick it up and walk it around. Jesus christ.
Watching Eraserhead after having a child: Henry just pick the fucking baby up. Pick it up and walk it around. Jesus christ.
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I am accidentally researching a topic that finance bros are into and I cannot believe there is a single human alive dumb enough to listen to finance bros. Holy crap how does that industry exist scammers on scammers on dumbass scammers.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I am accidentally researching a topic that finance bros are into and I cannot believe there is a single human alive dumb enough to listen to finance bros. Holy crap how does that industry exist scammers on scammers on dumbass scammers.
First cassette I ever bought, from the local drugstore when I was 7 or 8. Played it on my mono cassette player endlessly, then joined the Columbia record club to start growing my collection. Fell prey to Styx denigrators for many years but have since come back around to appreciate their awesomeness.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
First cassette I ever bought, from the local drugstore when I was 7 or 8. Played it on my mono cassette player endlessly, then joined the Columbia record club to start growing my collection. Fell prey to Styx denigrators for many years but have since come back around to appreciate their awesomeness.
Did my yearly Tacoma brewery tour today. Happy to report 3 of the 4 I visited had a black IPAs (aka CDAs) available. Auspicious start to the new year for sure. 😜
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Did my yearly Tacoma brewery tour today. Happy to report 3 of the 4 I visited had a black IPAs (aka CDAs) available. Auspicious start to the new year for sure. 😜
I'm so not a game player. Every once in a while I open one of my few mobile games and it immediately spams me with tons of free shit in the hopes I will start binge playing. Even the games I do play (Word Cookies) I'd rather figure it out myself instead of spending the 50k coins I've accumulated.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I'm so not a game player. Every once in a while I open one of my few mobile games and it immediately spams me with tons of free shit in the hopes I will start binge playing. Even the games I do play (Word Cookies) I'd rather figure it out myself instead of spending the 50k coins I've accumulated.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.
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So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
Microsoft's year of shame
Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!
www.pcgamer.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bob-ombadil.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bob-ombadil.
Have to admit that one of my favorite genres of YouTube videos these days is @acollierastro.bsky.social talking about why billionaires are just so incredibly dumb. Because OMG it's so true. People need see beyond the buzzwords and recognize the BS they are spewing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
YouTube video by Angela Collier
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Have to admit that one of my favorite genres of YouTube videos these days is @acollierastro.bsky.social talking about why billionaires are just so incredibly dumb. Because OMG it's so true. People need see beyond the buzzwords and recognize the BS they are spewing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C179...
Whenever I hear that "albums are dead", I think it's incredibly short sighted. In the past, you would buy an album based on a strong single or two, or based on past commitment to an artist. You sank your hard-earned $$$ into it, and when you listened, you would try hard to justify your purchase. 1/3
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Whenever I hear that "albums are dead", I think it's incredibly short sighted. In the past, you would buy an album based on a strong single or two, or based on past commitment to an artist. You sank your hard-earned $$$ into it, and when you listened, you would try hard to justify your purchase. 1/3
I seem to be one of the few with no Spotify account, but if I did here's what would be in my wrapped this year: ALT BLK ERA, Apoptygma Berzerk, Perturbator, Depeche Mode, Chevelle, TMBG, Styx, Scars on Broadway, Nothing More, Electric Callboy, Slipknot, Kasabian, Kiki Rockwell, The Warning.
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I seem to be one of the few with no Spotify account, but if I did here's what would be in my wrapped this year: ALT BLK ERA, Apoptygma Berzerk, Perturbator, Depeche Mode, Chevelle, TMBG, Styx, Scars on Broadway, Nothing More, Electric Callboy, Slipknot, Kasabian, Kiki Rockwell, The Warning.
Heh, as an 80s kid I always thought Loverboy was hugely underrated compared to their peers. IMO they deserve a similar level of love to Journey, but seem to be largely forgotten. This was a fun reaction video to "Turn Me Loose", especially the octave jump in verse 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2h...
I Have NEVER Heard Loverboy Before, And Was Not Ready For This! Vocal ANALYSIS of "Turn Me Loose"
YouTube video by The Charismatic Voice
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Heh, as an 80s kid I always thought Loverboy was hugely underrated compared to their peers. IMO they deserve a similar level of love to Journey, but seem to be largely forgotten. This was a fun reaction video to "Turn Me Loose", especially the octave jump in verse 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2h...
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Lindsay, as always, does not disappoint.
December 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Lindsay, as always, does not disappoint.