“I know this is going to sound crazy, but sometimes people use money to do things.”
11.03.2026 15:57
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“I know this is going to sound crazy, but sometimes people use money to do things.”
Spartus? That lamp can spart ME if you know what I’m saying
[gestures vaguely at global transport and manufacturing]
Yeah hopefully it works or I can get it working
Bought a vintage pachinko machine on the walk home from brunch.
A shot of some VHS tapes from Paladin Press, who made a ton of very goofy self defense videos in the 90s and 00s
A zoom of the previous image on the tape “Surviving a Street Knife Fight”
The front cover of “Surviving a Street Knife Fight”
A closeup of the cover, showing the auteur: Marc “Animal” MacYoung
Part 2
The Full Moon Video Frightbox Vol II box set, from Umbrella
The Seedpeople movie from the box set
The end credits for Seedpeople
A zoom of the credits where I’ve underlined one of the set dressers, Marc “Animal” MacYoung
A moment of media serendipity, in two parts.
Part 1
Yeah he’s so good in this, plus a pre-mid career C Thomas Howell
Me, looking at the pile of “What’s in the Box?” bootleg Mountain Monsters merch I was about to list on Etsy: well, shit.
This is how I felt about Lord of the Dance after Princess Di died.
How was all software packaging SO GOOD back then?
I swear I won’t read the poetry
Honestly, if you ever wanted to get that data off there so you could access it in an emulator, I’d be happy to help.
Oh my god what a beautiful artifact!
An Apple IIGS on a desk
Got the Apple IIGS working and set up in the living room. Wound up replacing the ROM, clock battery and the Ensoniq sound chip (turns out those can die!). It’s using a CFFA3000 for the HD and a FloppyEmu for disks. Using a Retrotink 4K to scale the output because this monitor’s VGA scaler is bad.
You ever hear a song you’re certain is some AI bullshit and then find out it’s just Nickelback?
My math might be wrong but we’ve definitely had it at least 10 years!
I’ve owned this Bonavita for almost 15 years now. At one point had to replace the lid because a screw rusted out but I think they fixed that flaw with the new lid. Been otherwise flawless. bonavitabrand.co/products/bon...
The Pricemaster saying yes to a check for $18,000
Pricemaster tribute for the 25th anniversary yesterday
Beautiful, insane, incredibly weird work, as always
Well fingers crossed it's just fuses!
Probably nothing to do with anything but this solder joint on the neckboard is basically nonexistent.
Any signs of life at all?
Been starting to do the math on extremely early forced retirement supplemented by a return to minimum wage retail work, as a worst case scenario. A really fun way to visualize your 50s!
My trainer made a typo for the last set, I gave her shit about it, and so she actually made me do it.
Our cat Franny laying on a pillow. She looks vaguely morose.
Oh my god GET A JOB
Please watch it at some point
It's SO GOOD
I don’t think I’ve ever seen it, but I’ll always give a Fred Olen Ray joint a shot
