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.
Installed a BlueSCSI drive to bring my NeXTstation back to life for the first time in 18 years. Next step (pun intended): install the Y2K patch so I can set the date.
February 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Installed a BlueSCSI drive to bring my NeXTstation back to life for the first time in 18 years. Next step (pun intended): install the Y2K patch so I can set the date.
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.
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
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
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.
Oops, don’t put the gingerbread floppy in the real drive! So easy to get them mixed up.
December 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Oops, don’t put the gingerbread floppy in the real drive! So easy to get them mixed up.
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
I ended up with a fun flying saucer last night at the holiday gift exchange for the local Maker Meetup I help organize. Walnut, maple, *and* LEDs? Sign me up.
December 21, 2024 at 7:41 AM
I ended up with a fun flying saucer last night at the holiday gift exchange for the local Maker Meetup I help organize. Walnut, maple, *and* LEDs? Sign me up.
Surplus Gizmos is a local treasure.
I still sting from the loss of Wacky Willy’s surplus store however many years ago that was.
I still sting from the loss of Wacky Willy’s surplus store however many years ago that was.
December 14, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Surplus Gizmos is a local treasure.
I still sting from the loss of Wacky Willy’s surplus store however many years ago that was.
I still sting from the loss of Wacky Willy’s surplus store however many years ago that was.
Today was a good day because I learned about a tool I didn’t even know existed: a pneumatic excavator!
Alas, I didn’t get to do the excavating, only the watching and asking annoying questions.
Alas, I didn’t get to do the excavating, only the watching and asking annoying questions.
December 11, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Today was a good day because I learned about a tool I didn’t even know existed: a pneumatic excavator!
Alas, I didn’t get to do the excavating, only the watching and asking annoying questions.
Alas, I didn’t get to do the excavating, only the watching and asking annoying questions.