Happy New Year! Can't forget the yearly KanjiTalk New Year greeting easter egg viewing on the one day of the year you can see it. 🎍

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb

Picked up that Classic Mac building bricks set off of aliexpress as a xmas present to myself. Very cute, I love the included detail of the inside of the machine, with the analog board and CRT neck bits.

But it seems my set was missing one of the "cables” for the peripherals so I had to cut the one they sent me in two, leading to the mouse cable being a bit short. I guess that's what you get for $7.

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb

Right after I got 10 gigabit internet at home, NTT Flets (the fiber network I'm on) announces the planned availability of 25 gigabit FTTH next year! They've also started considering offering 50 Gbit to homes…

It took 5 years for 10G to make it from Tokyo down to Kagoshima, so I guess I have another 5 year wait for 25G?

https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/release/detail/20251223_01.html

They also provided this lovely diagram

#networking #ftth #isp #homelab #japan #sysadmin #mb

Blasto for the TI-99/4A

https://youtu.be/GmY9wiAnFXU?si=dbm-rvdzwSdt5kpB

#Blasto #TI994A #Action #Shooter #Tank #TexasInstrumentsIncorporated #TexasInstrumentsInc #TexasInstruments #GremlinIndustriesInc #GremlinIndustries #MiltonBradleyCo #MiltonBradley #MB

To me the holidays have always had a mental connection to playing with classic Macs, since as a kid visiting relatives also meant visiting my uncle who had a sweet PowerMac 7100 setup, lots of magazine cover discs to peruse, etc

For my #GlobalTalk friends this year I've prepared a little holiday fun pak - a collection of utilities, icons, schemes and games to give your Mac a festive glow-up!

Check it out on Blackbird (or landisk) on BaroNet on GlobalTalk!

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb

"The BBU for the RTC on the MB is a NiCd" and other perfectly sensible things computer geeks say that lead others to believe they have lost their minds.

#jargon #acronym #initialism #BBU #RTC #MB #NiCd #computer #geek #insanity

Winter Meetings roundup:

⚾️ More Brendan Donovan suitors emerge
⚾️ Yadier Molina's fit for '26
⚾️ Injury updates galore

#stlcards #cardinals #MB https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/article_c62b646f-7826-40dc-bb12-22d297e00b31.html

Bigfoot for the TI-99/4A

https://youtu.be/TGsm17ox70U?si=msk-_X9BOXDHcARD

#Bigfoot #TI994A #Action #Platformer #Platforming #Platform #SingleScreenPlatformer #SingleScreenPlatforming #SingleScreenPlatform #TexasInstrumentsIncorporated #TexasInstruments #MiltonBradleyCo #MiltonBradley #MB