ARadioGurl
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Geek gurl, software engineer, anime, antique radios, computers, lots of vintage Macs, cars, hax, health, rndm gamer, fibro fighter. I like pretty things. Co-founder/co-director of https://springfield.community tech non-profit.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
How the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
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December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
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My Commodore 64 Ultimate also arrived in time for the holidays. Loved the packaging and the manual is great. The machine itself is beautiful and feels well made. Looking forward to hooking it up once I’m better. #C64U #Commodore
December 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My Commodore 64 Ultimate also arrived in time for the holidays. Loved the packaging and the manual is great. The machine itself is beautiful and feels well made. Looking forward to hooking it up once I’m better. #C64U #Commodore
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December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just a reminder, today is the one day of year to see the tree in the Great Hall of Dark Castle!
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just a reminder, today is the one day of year to see the tree in the Great Hall of Dark Castle!
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The original Mavis Beacon was, curiously, also a very good typing tutor.
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The original Mavis Beacon was, curiously, also a very good typing tutor.
Holiday gifts from my amazing fiancée. A very nice TI-99/4a silver, iBook G4, Commodore 1541 floppy drive, a C64, and a neat old battery/ac portable radio. She knows what I love 😄🎄🎁
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holiday gifts from my amazing fiancée. A very nice TI-99/4a silver, iBook G4, Commodore 1541 floppy drive, a C64, and a neat old battery/ac portable radio. She knows what I love 😄🎄🎁
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Back in stock: Nintendo 64 replacement rear rubber feet
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December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Back in stock: Nintendo 64 replacement rear rubber feet
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Saying it again, anthropomorphized "chatbot" user interfaces to LLMs should be illegal.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There really is no justification for this company’s existence.
Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs.
A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saying it again, anthropomorphized "chatbot" user interfaces to LLMs should be illegal.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
There's zero reason these interfaces have to be like this—other than companies making people addicted to them.
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This really is such an amazing story. The fact that they got it running again is fantastic. This sort of archival work is so important right now as all the gains of the last 50 years are, well, aging out.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered
: Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
www.theregister.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This really is such an amazing story. The fact that they got it running again is fantastic. This sort of archival work is so important right now as all the gains of the last 50 years are, well, aging out.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Thrift store Friday pickups. Tie Fighter for #MSDOS, A USB ethernet adapter for $1.25 which supports #Windows98 and a little Dell with a slimline floppy and optical drive.
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thrift store Friday pickups. Tie Fighter for #MSDOS, A USB ethernet adapter for $1.25 which supports #Windows98 and a little Dell with a slimline floppy and optical drive.
Finally started on this Commodore 64 case replacement, just in time for notification that my new Commodore 64 Ultimate will arrive next week.
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Finally started on this Commodore 64 case replacement, just in time for notification that my new Commodore 64 Ultimate will arrive next week.
Now that it is raining and miserable out, it’s time for me to post picts of my neighborhood from when it was covered with snow last week. #victorian #historic #snow
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Now that it is raining and miserable out, it’s time for me to post picts of my neighborhood from when it was covered with snow last week. #victorian #historic #snow
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'apogee was inducted into the shareware hall of fame, by the shareware industry awards foundation, as part of an initial group of 52 inductees. apogee was awarded this honor for "valuable contribution to the shareware industry."' (1997) web.archive.org/web/19990125...
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
'apogee was inducted into the shareware hall of fame, by the shareware industry awards foundation, as part of an initial group of 52 inductees. apogee was awarded this honor for "valuable contribution to the shareware industry."' (1997) web.archive.org/web/19990125...
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Thanks to some good friends keeping eyes out at ewaste, I ended up with this Tricaster Pro 2.0 which is built on a Core 2 Shuttle machine. Because of course I did.
The board had blown caps so I swapped with my working XP Shuttle (I have Plans™), hit power, and it came to life! Kinda.
The board had blown caps so I swapped with my working XP Shuttle (I have Plans™), hit power, and it came to life! Kinda.
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Thanks to some good friends keeping eyes out at ewaste, I ended up with this Tricaster Pro 2.0 which is built on a Core 2 Shuttle machine. Because of course I did.
The board had blown caps so I swapped with my working XP Shuttle (I have Plans™), hit power, and it came to life! Kinda.
The board had blown caps so I swapped with my working XP Shuttle (I have Plans™), hit power, and it came to life! Kinda.
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a dumb idea i had yesterday
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
a dumb idea i had yesterday
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CMYK colour matches all done.
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
CMYK colour matches all done.
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I had a great time visiting the P(e)C(e)B(e) exhibition, open through Jan 2nd at the Zagreb Technical museum, curated by the Radiona hackerspace.
Along with a bunch of other fun objects, you can see two pieces from my collection: an Orao computer logic board and the PCB from an Iskra ETA telephone!
Along with a bunch of other fun objects, you can see two pieces from my collection: an Orao computer logic board and the PCB from an Iskra ETA telephone!
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I had a great time visiting the P(e)C(e)B(e) exhibition, open through Jan 2nd at the Zagreb Technical museum, curated by the Radiona hackerspace.
Along with a bunch of other fun objects, you can see two pieces from my collection: an Orao computer logic board and the PCB from an Iskra ETA telephone!
Along with a bunch of other fun objects, you can see two pieces from my collection: an Orao computer logic board and the PCB from an Iskra ETA telephone!
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Sliding into Monday night, with that CRT glow.........
December 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sliding into Monday night, with that CRT glow.........
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Finally cleared away enough junk in my basement lair to make the DOS/SGI and Amiga corners usable again. I've been enjoying playing multichannel modules in Cubic Player on the PC and some Amiga musicdisks that happen to run on on my NTSC Amiga 1000
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Finally cleared away enough junk in my basement lair to make the DOS/SGI and Amiga corners usable again. I've been enjoying playing multichannel modules in Cubic Player on the PC and some Amiga musicdisks that happen to run on on my NTSC Amiga 1000
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Take a deep dive with me into the world of 8mm film and why it's so challenging to digitize these old home movies. 🎞️
This video also includes an in-depth hardware review of the Kodak Reels Digitizer and some hacks to try and make it suck less.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzo...
#8mm #film
This video also includes an in-depth hardware review of the Kodak Reels Digitizer and some hacks to try and make it suck less.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzo...
#8mm #film
Is Kodak's $400 8mm film digitizer worth it? - Full Review & Firmware Mods + Hacks
YouTube video by Mac84
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December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Take a deep dive with me into the world of 8mm film and why it's so challenging to digitize these old home movies. 🎞️
This video also includes an in-depth hardware review of the Kodak Reels Digitizer and some hacks to try and make it suck less.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzo...
#8mm #film
This video also includes an in-depth hardware review of the Kodak Reels Digitizer and some hacks to try and make it suck less.
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzo...
#8mm #film
