Nathan Pryor
@nathanpryor.bsky.social
Designer, programmer, husband, dad, tinkerer, crafter, maker and take-aparter. I like (in order): planes, maps, dogs, vintage computers, people. Creator of Tetris Jack-o-Lantern, chainsaw clarinet, sidewalk Spirograph, and more. IG: hahabirddesign
Couldn’t make it to the march today because I had a booth at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but still got a protest sign in on my table.
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t make it to the march today because I had a booth at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but still got a protest sign in on my table.
Ported some classic programs to the Switch to help model the NES-cart-shaped game holder I made. Catch my booth at Portland Retro Gaming Expo in two weeks for this and other finely crafted retro-gaming goodies.
October 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ported some classic programs to the Switch to help model the NES-cart-shaped game holder I made. Catch my booth at Portland Retro Gaming Expo in two weeks for this and other finely crafted retro-gaming goodies.
I know the meme is like 10+ years old but I had the idea the other night while listening and had to make this in honor of my favorite Hold Steady song.
#theholdsteady
#constructivesummer
#theholdsteady
#constructivesummer
January 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I know the meme is like 10+ years old but I had the idea the other night while listening and had to make this in honor of my favorite Hold Steady song.
#theholdsteady
#constructivesummer
#theholdsteady
#constructivesummer
Infrastructure weekend! Freezing weather had me shutting off the water to an outdoor hose bibb, only for the valve to start leaking. I replaced it with a fancy new quarter-turn valve.
Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.
Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.
January 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Infrastructure weekend! Freezing weather had me shutting off the water to an outdoor hose bibb, only for the valve to start leaking. I replaced it with a fancy new quarter-turn valve.
Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.
Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.
Reposted by Nathan Pryor
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
January 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made
Some things SHOULD NOT be returnable. 🤮
(found at the local Amazon bins store)
(found at the local Amazon bins store)
January 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Some things SHOULD NOT be returnable. 🤮
(found at the local Amazon bins store)
(found at the local Amazon bins store)
Emergency go-bag tip: keep an assortment of USB adapters in it. The motel you end up in might have chargers built into the bedside lamp, but you only grabbed your USB-C cable and they last updated in 2010. Or how about the micro-USB charging for your headlamp?
#emergencyprep #gobag
#emergencyprep #gobag
January 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Emergency go-bag tip: keep an assortment of USB adapters in it. The motel you end up in might have chargers built into the bedside lamp, but you only grabbed your USB-C cable and they last updated in 2010. Or how about the micro-USB charging for your headlamp?
#emergencyprep #gobag
#emergencyprep #gobag
Turns out I’m in the top 25% of wildfire risk in the state, so if you all could not set the forest on fire, that’d be cool.
Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here:
oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...
Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here:
oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...
January 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Turns out I’m in the top 25% of wildfire risk in the state, so if you all could not set the forest on fire, that’d be cool.
Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here:
oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...
Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here:
oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...
There’s a Dash 8 tanker? I thought someone was Photoshopping the first time I saw this.
Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet?
www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...
Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet?
www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...
N989AC Aero-Flite Aerial Firefighting Bombardier DHC-8-402Q AT Dash 8
N989AC Aero-Flite Aerial Firefighting Bombardier DHC-8-402Q AT Dash 8 photographed by Hongming Zheng
www.planespotters.net
January 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
There’s a Dash 8 tanker? I thought someone was Photoshopping the first time I saw this.
Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet?
www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...
Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet?
www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...
Time to find myself a new system. I’ve heard good things about the 386 processor.
January 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Time to find myself a new system. I’ve heard good things about the 386 processor.
January 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Silly me still writing “2024” in my SQL queries.
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Silly me still writing “2024” in my SQL queries.
Playing two truths and a lie, one of my go-tos is always “Peter from Peter, Paul, and Mary hit me over the head with his guitar.”
Truth, with details to follow [1/3]
Truth, with details to follow [1/3]
Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. cnn.it/4gGn8Pp
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Playing two truths and a lie, one of my go-tos is always “Peter from Peter, Paul, and Mary hit me over the head with his guitar.”
Truth, with details to follow [1/3]
Truth, with details to follow [1/3]
And here it is all cleaned up, the bezel dents carefully hammered out, and a new “glass” face laser-cut from acrylic.
#mcm #restoration
#mcm #restoration
January 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And here it is all cleaned up, the bezel dents carefully hammered out, and a new “glass” face laser-cut from acrylic.
#mcm #restoration
#mcm #restoration
Cleaning up/restoring this MCM clock (GE Telechron 7H257) salvaged from dusty storage at my parents’ house. It’s working but filthy, has a couple of dents on the bezel, and needs new glass.
Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.
Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.
January 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Cleaning up/restoring this MCM clock (GE Telechron 7H257) salvaged from dusty storage at my parents’ house. It’s working but filthy, has a couple of dents on the bezel, and needs new glass.
Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.
Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.
Hygiene product dispenser giving the side-eye to everyone who doesn’t wash their hands.
January 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hygiene product dispenser giving the side-eye to everyone who doesn’t wash their hands.
The 160 mile wingspan of the A220. First class arrives 40 minutes before the rest of us.
January 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The 160 mile wingspan of the A220. First class arrives 40 minutes before the rest of us.
My first programming experiences were with games like this that you had to type in to play. Changing ranges and variables to see what would happen, customizing text, etc.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My first programming experiences were with games like this that you had to type in to play. Changing ranges and variables to see what would happen, customizing text, etc.
#retrogaming
#retrogaming
This business’s name only has two words and they didn’t get either one right.
January 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This business’s name only has two words and they didn’t get either one right.
I haven’t changed my phone’s wallpaper in twelve years, but this Titan II engine bell pic I took just got me to update it. I love the textures, the geometry, the technology, and the history.
January 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I haven’t changed my phone’s wallpaper in twelve years, but this Titan II engine bell pic I took just got me to update it. I love the textures, the geometry, the technology, and the history.
That DOT “explosives” placard is doing a LOT of heavy lifting, considering it’s a 9 megaton warhead on the trailer.
On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.
On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.
January 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That DOT “explosives” placard is doing a LOT of heavy lifting, considering it’s a 9 megaton warhead on the trailer.
On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.
On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.
Playing like I’m Ansel Adams on this Tucson visit. Wouldn’t want to live here, but it’s a nice break from the winter grey of Portland.
January 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Playing like I’m Ansel Adams on this Tucson visit. Wouldn’t want to live here, but it’s a nice break from the winter grey of Portland.
Damn, Tucson, that was a nice sunset.
December 29, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Damn, Tucson, that was a nice sunset.
If this isn’t peace and contentment, I don’t know what is.
December 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
If this isn’t peace and contentment, I don’t know what is.
Because it’s the season, let’s go back to the full-size gingerbread Apple ][ I made a few years ago.
#retrocomputing #gingerbread
#retrocomputing #gingerbread
December 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Because it’s the season, let’s go back to the full-size gingerbread Apple ][ I made a few years ago.
#retrocomputing #gingerbread
#retrocomputing #gingerbread