Smiling Savage Kiosk #1

A list of related, tangental, inspirational, or completely random links shared from this week's browser history

Music

• One way to publish an album — https://www.tunecore.com

• Nice walk through of how to set up Logic Pro to make voices sound better in a podcast. I’ve applied these to use next time — https://ryanfreeman.com/pages/podcast-presets

• This week’s earworm: True Seekers by Sleigh Bells — https://music.apple.com/us/album/true-seekers/1575621666?i=1575621682

Computing

• This project is inspiring! — https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/this-22-year-old-builds-chips-in-his-parents-garage

• Here’s an option for replacing an old spinning hard drive in a classic Mac. I might need this — https://bluescsi.com

• I’ve got a hazy idea for an RS232 to USB project. I still need to define my goals but this is interesting to see — https://gglabs.us/node/2105

• The classic Macintosh celebrated its 38th birthday this week. Here’s one way to celebrate:

• Or, here’s a great example of how to use a classic Macintosh case as a basis for other projects:

  Adam McG @hulkintosh

  I managed to get all the guts mounted inside my old Macintosh Classic today. It’s got a 2ghz Core2duo and a color screen now…

  

• This looks like a fun, modern interpretation of the Commodore 64. Gotta love the $666 pricing — https://mega65.org

• This is handy and I confirm it works well — https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/atari800macx-version-6-0-has-been-released-adding-support-for-apple-silicon

• This has been added to my list of things to try — https://fujinet.online

  • …and here’s someone having fun with it — https://www.auvik.com/franklyit/blog/atari-800-online/

Gaming

• This got added to my my reading list — https://www.amazon.com/Break-Out-Launched-Gaming-Revolution/dp/0764353225

• I love the cross-project synergy of Sarah Jane Avory, author and coder — https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/briley-witch-chronicles/devlog/336854/omg-over-1000-sold-bwc-v108-released

• Here’s a look at Sarah Jane’s tools. It’s always great to see how people do their work — https://sarahjaneavory.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/how-to-code-the-sarah-jane-way/

• Pulp has been a fun introduction to the forthcoming Playdate. I can’t wait to see what people make — https://play.date/pulp/