TheNewsGuy
@thenewsguy.bsky.social
Flow Cytometrist, PhD student, occasional webcomic artist, and retro computer enthusiast
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January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Can anyone identify this album (to the right of 'Let It Be') from the portion visible?
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Can anyone identify this album (to the right of 'Let It Be') from the portion visible?
Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 399943305826!
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 399943305826!
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I got HamClock set up on a rpi zero 2w. Tomorrow, I'll figure out how to hang it in the shack...
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I got HamClock set up on a rpi zero 2w. Tomorrow, I'll figure out how to hang it in the shack...
Today I learned:
My X870 motherboard has a bug which will, quite randomly, disable the Ethernet port if you unplug the cable... which one might do if they are moving their computer.
That lesson took up about an hour of my life...
My X870 motherboard has a bug which will, quite randomly, disable the Ethernet port if you unplug the cable... which one might do if they are moving their computer.
That lesson took up about an hour of my life...
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Today I learned:
My X870 motherboard has a bug which will, quite randomly, disable the Ethernet port if you unplug the cable... which one might do if they are moving their computer.
That lesson took up about an hour of my life...
My X870 motherboard has a bug which will, quite randomly, disable the Ethernet port if you unplug the cable... which one might do if they are moving their computer.
That lesson took up about an hour of my life...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Fire RFK Jr. NOW!
Since he was confirmed in February 2025, RFK Jr. has put the health of Americans at risk. Under his direction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Susan Monarez, was fir...
sign.moveon.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Are you ready for... Oh... I guess you are...
September 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Are you ready for... Oh... I guess you are...
Okay boys and girls, it's your favorite time of the year! The time when I look around and decide I should try a new Linux distro, play with it for a little while before I inevitably decide to put OpenSuSE back on. So, shout'em out. What's the new hotness that I've got to install?
August 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Okay boys and girls, it's your favorite time of the year! The time when I look around and decide I should try a new Linux distro, play with it for a little while before I inevitably decide to put OpenSuSE back on. So, shout'em out. What's the new hotness that I've got to install?
Does anyone have any good kvm recommendations? 2 computers, 2 4k60 monitors (1 dp, 1 HDMI), USB connections. Actual EDID appreciated.
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Does anyone have any good kvm recommendations? 2 computers, 2 4k60 monitors (1 dp, 1 HDMI), USB connections. Actual EDID appreciated.
There is so much paperwork when someone dies... A lot of physical work, too. Not sure when one is supposed to mourn...
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There is so much paperwork when someone dies... A lot of physical work, too. Not sure when one is supposed to mourn...
Thing I learned in the last 24 hours: you can buy a cremation remains urn on Amazon.
July 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thing I learned in the last 24 hours: you can buy a cremation remains urn on Amazon.
Age verification? The first computer I ever used was an apple II driving a teletype as it's "display"
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
July 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Age verification? The first computer I ever used was an apple II driving a teletype as it's "display"
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputing
Man! It's getting hard to find a 2mb Agnus chip these days. There's always the ebay extortionist process, I suppose...
#AmigaRepair #RetroComputer
#AmigaRepair #RetroComputer
June 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Man! It's getting hard to find a 2mb Agnus chip these days. There's always the ebay extortionist process, I suppose...
#AmigaRepair #RetroComputer
#AmigaRepair #RetroComputer
Took a chance on a $10 cit-101e terminal from property disposition on campus. Shockingly, it works, but is showing the keyboard error as I don't have one. Anyone have any leads on one?
#Retrocomputing #Citoh #BrotherCanYouSpareAKeyboard
#Retrocomputing #Citoh #BrotherCanYouSpareAKeyboard
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Took a chance on a $10 cit-101e terminal from property disposition on campus. Shockingly, it works, but is showing the keyboard error as I don't have one. Anyone have any leads on one?
#Retrocomputing #Citoh #BrotherCanYouSpareAKeyboard
#Retrocomputing #Citoh #BrotherCanYouSpareAKeyboard
All hail the new edition to my embroidery fleet. Bought used, fully upgraded, and quite a big boy!
#MachineEmbroidery #Babylock
#IAmGoingToHaveSomeFum
#MachineEmbroidery #Babylock
#IAmGoingToHaveSomeFum
June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
All hail the new edition to my embroidery fleet. Bought used, fully upgraded, and quite a big boy!
#MachineEmbroidery #Babylock
#IAmGoingToHaveSomeFum
#MachineEmbroidery #Babylock
#IAmGoingToHaveSomeFum
I was getting ready to set up a Mac Plus and placed it in a table while I dug out the keyboard and mouse. I bumped the table and knocked the machine onto the floor head first... I have brought shame to my ancestors...
... But it still works... Not even a scratch!
#RetroComputers #MacTough
... But it still works... Not even a scratch!
#RetroComputers #MacTough
June 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I was getting ready to set up a Mac Plus and placed it in a table while I dug out the keyboard and mouse. I bumped the table and knocked the machine onto the floor head first... I have brought shame to my ancestors...
... But it still works... Not even a scratch!
#RetroComputers #MacTough
... But it still works... Not even a scratch!
#RetroComputers #MacTough
Digging through my bag for a spare usb-c cable, the usual tangled mess... What... a Zune cable... no...*two* Zune cables... now why on God's green Earth would I have TWO Zune cables in my laptop bag?!?
... oh wait, I remembered to throw one of the Zunes in the bag! #retro
... oh wait, I remembered to throw one of the Zunes in the bag!
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Digging through my bag for a spare usb-c cable, the usual tangled mess... What... a Zune cable... no...*two* Zune cables... now why on God's green Earth would I have TWO Zune cables in my laptop bag?!?
... oh wait, I remembered to throw one of the Zunes in the bag! #retro
... oh wait, I remembered to throw one of the Zunes in the bag!
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
Laurie: Why did you buy a PS5? Are the Xbox, Dreamcast, Atari, and Mister not enough?!?
Me: They don't play DVDs well...
Laurie: So are you getting rid of one then?
Me: I don't even know who you are right now!
Me: They don't play DVDs well...
Laurie: So are you getting rid of one then?
Me: I don't even know who you are right now!
May 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Laurie: Why did you buy a PS5? Are the Xbox, Dreamcast, Atari, and Mister not enough?!?
Me: They don't play DVDs well...
Laurie: So are you getting rid of one then?
Me: I don't even know who you are right now!
Me: They don't play DVDs well...
Laurie: So are you getting rid of one then?
Me: I don't even know who you are right now!
Hmmm... While the #Grandstand6000 is not a common find, I didn't have any romantic (literary sense) bottoms about it, so I'll yeet that one into the void. I'll keep the always underrated #Sega #Gamegear (and replace the screen), and send the #Nintendo to a friend.
April 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hmmm... While the #Grandstand6000 is not a common find, I didn't have any romantic (literary sense) bottoms about it, so I'll yeet that one into the void. I'll keep the always underrated #Sega #Gamegear (and replace the screen), and send the #Nintendo to a friend.