John Calhoun
@engineersneedart.com
Old Macintosh shareware author. Making things I wish existed when I was a kid.
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Wow, what Iceholes.
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Wow, what Iceholes.
Good for you—getting outside from time to time. :-)
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Good for you—getting outside from time to time. :-)
Thanks, Jeri. You're a badass.
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Thanks, Jeri. You're a badass.
Hell Done!, indeed.
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Hell Done!, indeed.
Are Mike's guitars (Ric) on the left? Peter's on the right?
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Are Mike's guitars (Ric) on the left? Peter's on the right?
Yeah, and it's not like they were paying anything reasonable in California taxes anyway. Not a big loss for CA tax revenue.
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, and it's not like they were paying anything reasonable in California taxes anyway. Not a big loss for CA tax revenue.
"…as some billionaires would rather flee the state than pay the tax."
You'll have to explain why that is bad for California. I suspect it will be a net-good.
You'll have to explain why that is bad for California. I suspect it will be a net-good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"…as some billionaires would rather flee the state than pay the tax."
You'll have to explain why that is bad for California. I suspect it will be a net-good.
You'll have to explain why that is bad for California. I suspect it will be a net-good.
And of course Tempest—where your "shooter" is always at the bottom of the display…
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
And of course Tempest—where your "shooter" is always at the bottom of the display…
So many possibilities.
I would laugh at PacMan where you have to rotate the display to get the PacMan to fall "down". Probably as simple as mapping out your encoder into 4 quadrants and sending the current quadrant as a joystick input to the emulated game.
I would laugh at PacMan where you have to rotate the display to get the PacMan to fall "down". Probably as simple as mapping out your encoder into 4 quadrants and sending the current quadrant as a joystick input to the emulated game.
January 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
So many possibilities.
I would laugh at PacMan where you have to rotate the display to get the PacMan to fall "down". Probably as simple as mapping out your encoder into 4 quadrants and sending the current quadrant as a joystick input to the emulated game.
I would laugh at PacMan where you have to rotate the display to get the PacMan to fall "down". Probably as simple as mapping out your encoder into 4 quadrants and sending the current quadrant as a joystick input to the emulated game.
Thanks for taking one for the team. MTV was always "L.A. music". No thanks.
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thanks for taking one for the team. MTV was always "L.A. music". No thanks.
Or you could figure out how to prepare 4 different ribbons (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) and run paper through multiple passes.
(It's what I have do with my RISO printer, ha ha).
(It's what I have do with my RISO printer, ha ha).
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Or you could figure out how to prepare 4 different ribbons (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) and run paper through multiple passes.
(It's what I have do with my RISO printer, ha ha).
(It's what I have do with my RISO printer, ha ha).
Remember that one: "Tales From the Crypt"
December 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Remember that one: "Tales From the Crypt"
I hope they're not sipping mercury. (My first thought.)
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I hope they're not sipping mercury. (My first thought.)
"Happiest place on Earth" … I've been told.
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Happiest place on Earth" … I've been told.
And as it would happen, I was pondering how to digitize Super-8… Now I am $400 poorer. Thanks.
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
And as it would happen, I was pondering how to digitize Super-8… Now I am $400 poorer. Thanks.