this is insanely impressive work, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen people talk about it.

lots of us remember Broderbund’s Living Books series from the 90s - like Just Grandma & Me or Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. the cartooning was exquisitely well done, and the voice work was top notch.

they completely disappeared in the late 90s because they were built for 16-bit Win 3.1, and compatibility problems only got worse with every revision of Windows into the 32-bit era

apparently back in 2010, one of the original managers from the Living Books team hired several programmers who had built the runtime. they either had access to the source (likely) or reversed it, bought the rights back from the holders, and released 32 and 64 bit iOS and Android editions of the Living Books titles with tap support and a nice launcher.

this is really, really well done. the art and sound have aged very well despite not having any remastering.

it’s called Wanderful Interactive Storybooks on the play and apple stores. there is a free version with 7 books and no IAPs.

#android #ios #retrogaming #macintosh #win31 #kids #edutainment #multimedia

MediaGoblin is a decentralized platform for hosting multiple media types such as audio, photo, and video.

Google YouTube, Flickr, and SoundCloud alternative.

SUPPORTS

Built-in comment system.
Creating a custom theme.
Transcode/convert files.
Self-hosting.

Website: https://mediagoblin.org
Mastodon: @mediagoblin

#MediaGoblin #Multimedia #SelfHosting #FreeSoftware #FSF #GNU #deGoogle #Decentralized #Privacy #SelfHost #YouTube #Flickr #SoundCloud #FOSS #FLOSS #Audio #Video #Photo #Photography

🕹️ Title: osu!
🦊️ Idea: A libre rhythm game
🏡️ https://osu.ppy.sh/home
🐣️ https://github.com/ppy/osu
🔖 #LinuxGaming #Multimedia #Rhythm
📦️ #LibreEngine #FreeAssets #Arch #Flatpak #AppIm
📕️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html

🥁️ Update: 2026.418.0 ➜ 2026.505.0
⚗️ Huge vers. 🦬️
📌️ Changes: https://osu.ppy.sh/home/changelog
🦣️ From: 🛜️ https://github.com/ppy/osu/releases.atom

🏝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/JeYCJIRi7iQ
🐹️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwwSZNL4nX4
🎲️👤️https://www.youtube.com/embed/-luaJZfZwGc
🎲️👥️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/ciXfOqcg-yY
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/7oV-P7l7iQg

💥Reinvention 🌱
We're so happy to be back in Berlin soon again!
A new exciting programme and collaborations are on the way. We can't wait to unveil them in the coming days!
Please save the date for the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to be held in Berlin from 5 to 7 June at silent green Kulturquartier, with free admission to all.
All info 🔗 https://art-action.org/en

#reinvention #newcinema #contemporaryart #paris #berlin #film #video #multimedia

Antiche case, antiche genti (Umbria)

Old Houses, old People (Umbria)

#symbolism #poetry #art #synchronicity #youtubeshorts #multimedia #culturalheritage

https://youtube.com/shorts/Vr7iAYrcEfU?is=WMdy4UPDrsz3rnrk

til the english term 'scuttlebutt' (as in: 'So, what's the scuttlebutt today?') originated from the Age of Sail. it has literally the same expressive meaning as water-cooler gossip.

thank you Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections: Stowaway!

compare this to the wikipedia entry for scuttlebutt - a dry factual kernel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttlebutt

#multimedia #cdrom #edutainment

when i was a kid with my first 2x cd-rom drive, buying a cd-rom in a retail box was a $100+ CAD affair. so at my house that never happened.

all of my software on CD were either pack-ins that came with the computer, or from cheap multi-disc compilation packs like Sirius Software's 5ft10 pak.

one of those pack-ins was a copy of Encarta '94. it had a nondescript jewel case without cover art - just a green MS certificate of authenticity. i never knew what the retail box looked like, until today.

holy cow is it beautiful. the box is a hardcover flip-open activity book, designed for kidhands to pull open and rifle through. visually, it models the Dorling Kindersley UK educational books - I assume they did the graphic design.

the user manual is a thick kid friendly comic book. there's even a separate manual that teaches kids how to write a book report and *then* an entire section of proper citations and giving research credit.

MS was a big, big place in those days. its educational division was more or less walled off from the rest of the murderous beast, and it shows. this program is thoughtful, beautiful, and suffused with craftsmanship.

i'm right in the middle of retooling the Multimedia HyperGuide podcast, and now i have to do an episode on Encarta. it's so damned well made. in the mean time, feel free to listen to previous episodes here:
https://podcast.vga256.com

#multimedia #cdrom #win31 #win95 #retrocomputing #podcast

Aurora #Media #Player il nuovo punto di riferimento per il #multimedia su #Linux
#software @opensource @computer

https://webappsmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/aurora-media-player-il-nuovo-punto-di.html

Frecuencia Al Día Nº982

https://elradioescucha.net/2026/05/04/frecuencia-al-dia-no982/