But when reading Cybiko marketing materials from ~2000, I had to remind myself that basically _every_ text, however generic, used to be written by actual people. My brain now automatically assumes slop. So sad. I want generic filler text to be written by people again.

#fuckai

managed to recreate the accidental pixel blur effect as a non-destructive filter ^^

#pixelart #graphicdesign #webdev

Coding a pixel art editor these days... A glitch in the rotation algorithm created a pixel blur effect and I'm livin for it!

more about my OS and apps here: https://crystalsweb.neocities.org/#OS

#pixelart #graphicdesign #webdev

Picked up G3 era 'junk' USB floppy drives from Japan because they were cheap and look awesome.

And they actually work.. and way better than new ones which can only mount once in a session. So far only tried on Linux but mounts every time no problem.

#floppy #g3 #retrocomputing #retroconsumerism

Mullvad's banned TV ads
https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

#surveillance #ukpol

MiniDisc portable concept, made in Blender. See replies for details.

#minidisc #retrocomputing #productdesign #y2k #blender #3d

Friedrich, how about you start taxing the rich, including yourself?!

"the conservative has told voters their country’s prosperity will not be maintained “with a four-day week and work-life balance"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/26/merz-party-vows-clamp-down-germany-lifestyle-part-time-work

#fuckcdu #taxtherich #Vermögensteuer

my recreational OS has been targeted by a coordinated fishing attack. 🐟🐟

(GIFs: gifcities.org, background music: mynoise.net - Dreaming Nautilus)

#neocities