Michael K

@nifta
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NOTE: I'm in the process of migrating to @nifta

I've been in the video games industry for going on 30 years (mostly) as a thoroughly average programmer. I've been very lucky.

Loves: #RetroGames, current games, #TheMuppets, classic simpsons quotes, #MST3k & #RiffTrax, #FilmNoir, #Philosophy, #TheKLF, #Pinball, #TwinPeaks and generally trying to pretend I understand things.

Michael KNov 22, 2022

I'm probably going to jinx this, but now that things feel like they've stabilised from the influx of users, I'm migrating to a new instance:

@nifta

I have never attempted this before, and I expect I will mess it up 😉

Michael KNov 21, 2022
Open Culture (Official)Nov 21, 2022

The Comiclopedia: An Online Archive of 14,000 Comic Artists, From Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, to MƓbius and HergĂ©

https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/the-comiclopedia.html

The Comiclopedia: An Online Archive of 14,000 Comic Artists, From Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, to MƓbius and HergĂ©

Nobody interested in comics can pass through Amsterdam without visiting Lambiek. Having opened in 1968 as the third comic-book shop in human history, it now survives as the oldest one still in existence.

Open Culture
Michael KNov 21, 2022
Pete WalkdenNov 21, 2022

Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you to all the people who have liked, boosted and commented on my images, and to all the new followers I have. It's rather humbling. 😊

Today's shot comes from a magical day in the Scottish #Highlands, a few years ago, when I was photographing red squirrels.

These charming characters are incredibly agile and can jump great distances between trees.

Here I managed to capture one as it appears to be flying down my lens.

#redsquirrel #scotland #wildlife #fun

Michael KNov 21, 2022
M. The Crystalline EntityNov 21, 2022

So, after the birdsite migration there are a lot more vintage tech enthusiasts around...

Does anybody have the right 5.25" diskette images for doing an azimuth calibration on an Apple Disk II diskette drive?

I have the "Alignment Aid" diskette, but I need an "Alignment Diskette". Alternative methods to fully re-align and maintain a Disk II drive would also be very helpful. I'm getting I/O errors. I've fully recalibrated one of my drives, verified my diskettes are good, but the other drive was more heavily used and is in worse shape.

Boosts greatly appreciated. I've been looking for awhile.

#AppleII #VintageHardware #RetroHardware #VintageComputing

Michael KNov 21, 2022
Show threadSummerray Nov 21, 2022
Another of my favourite commissions. The Log Lady from #TwinPeaks
Michael KNov 21, 2022
Jay KuoNov 21, 2022
Everyone is focused on who the Club Q killer in Colorado Springs is and what his motive was. Those aren’t the questions we should be asking. I explain why in today’s piece on stochastic terrorism and what should be doing about it.
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-motive-behind-the-massacre-isnt?sd=pf
The Motive Behind the Massacre Isn’t the Right Question To Ask

It didn’t take long after the horrific shootings at Club Q in Colorado Springs before the media, politicians and the public focused on the motive of the killer. Was it a hate crime, or just some random attack? Papers were at pains to say that the club and the community deemed it a hate crime, even while withholding judgment and waiting for authorities to issue more information on the background of the murderer. Fox News, true to form, ran a

The Status Kuo
Michael KNov 21, 2022
Show threadNearlyknowledgeable đŸ‘»Nov 21, 2022

You can read 'The Witch' - a short story I've written that's inspired by Shropshire's own Nanny Morgan below!

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Witch--A-short-story-S6S4FJJED

I really hope you enjoy it

#Shropshire #Witchcraft #Folklore #Witches #Folktales #writingcommunity #StoriesUntold #storiesfromthepast

Michael KNov 21, 2022
Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Nov 21, 2022
Delores is also on Steam and it's free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1305720/Delores_A_Thimbleweed_Park_MiniAdventure/
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure on Steam

Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away
 or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

Michael KNov 21, 2022
a stinky ox 🐂Nov 21, 2022
Scanning stuff for archive: furniture of my old place in Cwmcych. I do miss that place, sunless though the little valley was in winter. It was wonderfully quiet and peaceful and there was a good pub a 5 minute walk away.
Michael KNov 21, 2022
Castopod Nov 21, 2022
If your podcast is hosted on @Castopod your audience can listen to your episodes from @Mastodon but also like, share and comment them!