If you aren't aware, I collect programmable logic devices and their toolchains. If you are ever looking for an old version of MAX+PLUS II or similar, feel free to ask. If you have old dev boards, I'll gladly give them a home.

I'm working towards a living museum of sorts with functional development workstations (on computers of the time) for some of the earlier device families. My current project is a workstation for Xilinx XC4000 series using a development board called Borg designed by University of California, Santa Cruz and Xilinx. After that is a Xilinx Spartan2 workstation.

#Inconceivable

During the first table read of "The Princess Bride," Wallace Shawn noticed that his character, Vizzini, had the word “Inconceivable!” scribbled plainly in the script, without any hint of how it should sound. The moment stayed vivid in his memory because he immediately felt that the delivery had to reflect Vizzini’s inflated ego and constant desperation to prove his superiority. Shawn later shared in interviews that he began experimenting right there at the table, trying (1/10)

Ahahah my employer posted photos of us hoisting and flying the trans flag outside the aquarium and the haters are so angry it’s so funny they’re trying to say fish aren’t gay and people are like uhh some of our fish do actually change genders

#LGBTQ #Trans #Pride

You know what a great brunch has? Pancakes and potatoes.

Announcing our rescheduled 2025 event, and in partnership with @pancakescon, we’re going to do a behemoth 18 hour conference taking in Australia, New Zealand, the US , EVEN THE WHOLE WORLD. Kick your time off with the spider warriors, comfy in your pyjamas, then join our friends over the Pacific for a drink and an in-depth learn to close out an amazing weekend.

21st September in a Timezone near you.

Details for ComfyCon coming as soon as our committee has a working non COVID brain.