Nicole Express
@nicole.express
i like video games too much // neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire // she/her // https://nicole.express
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madoka drawing 3
madoka is about to have a bad time
madoka is about to have a bad time
February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
madoka drawing 3
madoka is about to have a bad time
madoka is about to have a bad time
bad news for toaplan fans
The destroyer USS Truxtun and the supply ship USNS Supply collided as the warship was getting a load of supplies, leaving two troops with minor injuries.
Two US Navy ships collide in Caribbean, leaving 2 sailors injured
The destroyer USS Truxtun and the supply ship USNS Supply collided as the warship was getting a load of supplies, leaving two troops with minor injuries.
www.defensenews.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
bad news for toaplan fans
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
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Dude is that Sonia?!?
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Dude is that Sonia?!?
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Windows just got better.
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Windows just got better.
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"Mr. Do! Purchased At Pink Gorilla for Fourty Bucks"
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"Mr. Do! Purchased At Pink Gorilla for Fourty Bucks"
man the era after the iMac when all the beige box makers realized "we can make our computers look interesting?!" was great
It’s the summer of 2001.
You just got a new desktop.
You’re ready to burn CDs and play Warcraft.
You just got a new desktop.
You’re ready to burn CDs and play Warcraft.
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
man the era after the iMac when all the beige box makers realized "we can make our computers look interesting?!" was great
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my favorite mario character is Princess Information
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 AM
my favorite mario character is Princess Information
man AI really is trained on internet forums
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
I for one think it's extremely not concerning and normal and great that we're seeing a trend of AI bots writing callout posts when someone even politely says AI contributions aren't welcome much less yells at them
I for one think it's extremely not concerning and normal and great that we're seeing a trend of AI bots writing callout posts when someone even politely says AI contributions aren't welcome much less yells at them
Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story – MJ Rathbun | Scientific Coder 🦀
crabby-rathbun.github.io
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
man AI really is trained on internet forums
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Just one more day until this launches and everyone can finally see whether my years of writing reviews and musing on what makes a good game taught me anything about design or if I'm just a big hypocritical doofus
Da Dum... Da Dum... 🦈
The JAWS game is circling back, it's going digital and even includes a new Enhanced Edition on PlayStation, Switch, and Steam!
Sink your teeth into this classic retro title on Feb 13!
The JAWS game is circling back, it's going digital and even includes a new Enhanced Edition on PlayStation, Switch, and Steam!
Sink your teeth into this classic retro title on Feb 13!
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Just one more day until this launches and everyone can finally see whether my years of writing reviews and musing on what makes a good game taught me anything about design or if I'm just a big hypocritical doofus
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So I'm archiving a laserdisc, and here's a fun fact about laserdiscs: Some of them have both analog and digital sound tracks!
Obviously I'm archiving both of them, but ran into a weird problem: They're out of sync!
I'm demonstrating this in an audio editor, by playing them both at once.
Obviously I'm archiving both of them, but ran into a weird problem: They're out of sync!
I'm demonstrating this in an audio editor, by playing them both at once.
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 AM
So I'm archiving a laserdisc, and here's a fun fact about laserdiscs: Some of them have both analog and digital sound tracks!
Obviously I'm archiving both of them, but ran into a weird problem: They're out of sync!
I'm demonstrating this in an audio editor, by playing them both at once.
Obviously I'm archiving both of them, but ran into a weird problem: They're out of sync!
I'm demonstrating this in an audio editor, by playing them both at once.
very tempting to secretly make alternate versions of every one of my blog post with all the facts made subtly wrong and feeding them to openai, gemini, etc. useragents and referers
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
very tempting to secretly make alternate versions of every one of my blog post with all the facts made subtly wrong and feeding them to openai, gemini, etc. useragents and referers
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Ea-nāṣir - it's in the copper
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Ea-nāṣir - it's in the copper
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WHAT INVENTED JEFF MINTER ANYWAY?
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
WHAT INVENTED JEFF MINTER ANYWAY?
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Hello WonderSwan World (aka The Mighty Non-Binary Cylinder! [aka 2-bettertest])
ROM image: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qhmdx...
Source code to come soon!
ROM image: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qhmdx...
Source code to come soon!
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Hello WonderSwan World (aka The Mighty Non-Binary Cylinder! [aka 2-bettertest])
ROM image: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qhmdx...
Source code to come soon!
ROM image: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qhmdx...
Source code to come soon!
I have a Google Workspace account and they're raising the price, whatever. But it drives me insane that they insist on that stupid "updated to reflect the additional value we've delivered" phrasing. Like come on, we're all adults here, Google, fuck off with that
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I have a Google Workspace account and they're raising the price, whatever. But it drives me insane that they insist on that stupid "updated to reflect the additional value we've delivered" phrasing. Like come on, we're all adults here, Google, fuck off with that
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The New England split top hot dog roll is superior to all other hot dog rolls because you can griddle both sides in butter, instantly improving whatever is inside.
Photo and recipe to make them via @wordloaf.org
newsletter.wordloaf.org/recipe-new-e...
Photo and recipe to make them via @wordloaf.org
newsletter.wordloaf.org/recipe-new-e...
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The New England split top hot dog roll is superior to all other hot dog rolls because you can griddle both sides in butter, instantly improving whatever is inside.
Photo and recipe to make them via @wordloaf.org
newsletter.wordloaf.org/recipe-new-e...
Photo and recipe to make them via @wordloaf.org
newsletter.wordloaf.org/recipe-new-e...
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New blog post! Fujitsu made a wildly complicated machine in the FM-77AV2, and this one defeated me. I did narrow the problem to a bad custom chip! Come along and see the heaviest 8-bit computer I owned before I got even heavier ones. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/02/10/f...
#retrocomputing #fm7
#retrocomputing #fm7
Leaded Solder vs. The Crazy 77
Things don’t always go to plan! When battling one of the most complex 8-bit home computers ever made, you can expect to run into some problems.
www.leadedsolder.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
New blog post! Fujitsu made a wildly complicated machine in the FM-77AV2, and this one defeated me. I did narrow the problem to a bad custom chip! Come along and see the heaviest 8-bit computer I owned before I got even heavier ones. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/02/10/f...
#retrocomputing #fm7
#retrocomputing #fm7
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It occurs to me that many people don't know about the GameFan coffee incident.
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM
It occurs to me that many people don't know about the GameFan coffee incident.
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
In 1993, GameFan published a manic 6-page review of the game Cybermorph that was written while tripping on LSD that somebody put in the office coffee pot
The review declared that Cybermorph was the first "real" game
it might be fun to have a little single-board computer based off of Dottori-kun, fill the entire upper 32kiB with RAM and expand the IO a bit for more input, call it the SC-0000 or something
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
it might be fun to have a little single-board computer based off of Dottori-kun, fill the entire upper 32kiB with RAM and expand the IO a bit for more input, call it the SC-0000 or something
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I'm not very good at these old Zelda games
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I'm not very good at these old Zelda games
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Mildly terrifying Mario as a Transformer, but for the Famicom cartridge of Super Mario Bros, from a Bandai toyline in 1986. It's a pretty whacky job. Open the cartridge like a briefcase and fold the limbs in or out. One of a few cartridge choices. Each also has a little item
#gaming #retro #toys 🎮
#gaming #retro #toys 🎮
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
the traits that make discord vulnerable to regulation are the same traits that let it kill the decentralized alternatives, so it's a non-trivial problem
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
the traits that make discord vulnerable to regulation are the same traits that let it kill the decentralized alternatives, so it's a non-trivial problem
I swear after watching this video the idea of Coca-Cola as a citrus soda with tannins has changed how my brain interprets the taste of Coke, it's wild www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkH...
Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola (It Took Me A Year)
YouTube video by LabCoatz
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I swear after watching this video the idea of Coca-Cola as a citrus soda with tannins has changed how my brain interprets the taste of Coke, it's wild www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkH...