back in the early pandemic, with way more time spent in my apartment than was healthy, i decided to run a solo podcast about 90s gaming on the Macintosh, Windows 3.1, and MS-DOS. my aim was introducing a level of technical and historical detail not often found on general audience video game podcasts.
each episode took 10-20 hours of research and writing to explore in depth. i tried to pick less popular games that hadn't been talked about much, were underrated, or fascinating from a programming perspective.
in 2022 we moved, i began new programming projects, and the podcast went on the shelf. i always meant to get back to it, and received many e-mails about future episodes.
today i'm relaunching the podcast.
website link:
https://podcast.vga256.com
rss link:
http://podcast.vga256.com/rss.xml
apple podcasts link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/multimedia-hyperguide-windows-3-1-macintosh-and-ms/id1393890581
feedburner link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MultimediaHyperguide
while i write the next episode, please enjoy some of the earlier episodes, including everyone's beloved SimAnt (episodes 14 and 15).
here are some box and browsies shots of SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony (Maxis, 1991) for 16-bit windows. i use the physical boxes and their documentation during research and writing. this has a 150+ page manual, which is 50% ant science!
#dosGaming #msdos #ants #vintageApple #macintosh #shareware #podcast
Playing with a new ink in today's #inkyDays drawing. It looks mossy green when wet, and dries with a copper shimmer. I thought it would be perfect for a spiral of ants. I even did one on watercolor paper. Loving this ink.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/147193427
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2026-N4N11RGJPW
Some angular ants for today's #inkyDays drawing. I also finished my first piece on watercolor paper of 2026.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/147193427
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-January-2026-N4N11RGJPW
#ink #drawing #art #ants #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #MastoArt
Ants need urgent protections from global trade, conservationists say https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/ants-need-urgent-protections-from-global-trade-conservationists-say/
TRUMPโS TRIGGERED! #maga #trump #donaldtrump #trumpnews #triggered #emotional #epsteinfiles #ants - YouTube
Namib desert #beetles run to stay cool https://theconversation.com/a-namib-desert-beetle-runs-to-stay-cool-how-scientists-solved-the-puzzle-of-this-unique-and-speedy-species-269433
Beetling the heat โ the diurnal #Namib Desert #beetle Onymacris plana cools by running: Carole Roberts et al. https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/228/16/jeb250379/368895/Beetling-the-heat-the-diurnal-Namib-Desert-beetle
"itโs the fastest of all the #invertebrates of the #NamibDesert sands. This tiny beetle can run as fast as a human can walk... the beetle in fact gets cooler when it exercises. This is the first land animal to have been found with this capability... some desert #ants may also be able to do it"
"Oh! I should take a picture of that ant sculpture for @futurebird !"
Because #ants
The big #anthill I pass on my lunchtime walks is coming to life! (for size reference, the hill is somewhere between 4 and 5 feet tall.
I don't check it daily so it's possible that I'm late to catch on, but this was the first time all winter I've seen activity on the hill. They're moving slowly, presumably to conserve energy.
A good lesson, that: Move slowly. Conserve energy.
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