Smiling Savage Kiosk #4

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

Grab this poster from NASA

Music

• This week’s earworm Billy by Horsegirl…

• What a great talent! …

Buitengebieden @buitengebieden_

This is İpek Nisa Göker. She is 7 years old and relies only on her ears, as she’s blind.. So beautiful.. 😊 Via @Upworthy

Photography

• Nice digital darkroom work…

  Space Porn @redditSpacePorn

  Milky Way core shining bright on the Oregon Coast

  

• Beautifully moody and grainy…

  gettons @gettons

  93 - Blackpool - 2021 . . . #fromstreetswithlove #dreaminstreets #tnscollective #thestreetphotographyhub #filmphotography #bcncollective #capturestreets #analogphotography #street_avengers #sublimestreet #toprepostme #streethunters #dpsp_street #fr… instagr.am/p/CZ93PoqoCI5/

  

• What a neat place to photograph and explore…

Abandoned America @abandonedameric

The Raniji Ki Baori Stepwell in Bundi, India is named after the queen who built it in 1699, and is well preserved despite being abandoned for years.

Computing

• Okay, put me down for needing to try making this picture with a G4 cube…

  Faust @That_Guy_Faust

  Who do you think did it better?

  

  

• A made in China modern computer in a classic Mac case. Very tempting…

  VT-69 @ViolenceWorks

  So here's something cool on AliExpress. An ITX computer case, with a monitor, in the shape of a Macintosh Plus. Comes with a 10" 2048x1536 internal display and internal power supply.

  

  

  

  

• This photoshop mashup of an Atari 400 keyboard on a MacBook looks better than it should…

  The VintNerd @thevintnerd

  With a nod to retro, here's a new laptop sporting the Thinnest Keyboard EVER. 😜 #atari #atari8bit #atari400 #thinnestkeyboardever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #retrogaming #thevintnerd

  

• The Amiga 500 mini is expected to ship March 25th. It comes with a mouse and game pad, and 25 games installed. Or load your own software via a USB stick. I can’t wait…

• I always think it’s impressive that the original Mac had built-in text to speech…

  DosFox @DosFox1

  There we are, proof the Macintosh 128k can speak!

• Here’s a 1:10 scale model Miniature IBM PC with a working screen that shows videos of classic software. It’s too cute…

Gaming

• Centipede for the Atari 2600 reverse engineered into a GitHub-based project for learning how the game was achieved in 128 bytes of RAM.

• Astro Chase for the Atari 2600 was released this week. The game which is described as “too difficult” existed for the Atari 5200 and 8-bit computers in the 80s and was advertised as coming soon for the 2600, but never materialized.

• The Wordle Ports just won’t stop…

  • Wordle 64 for the Commodore 64

  • Turdle for the Commodore 64

  • Wordle GS for the Apple IIgs

• Here’s a neat idea for classic Macs on a local network, filed away for the future…

  Garth Beagle @GarthBeagle

  Maze Wars Deathmatch! It quickly became clear whoever was on the SE/30 had a huge advantage 🤣 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #ClassicMac #Macintosh

  

• This brief history of Spacewar for the PDP-1 is interesting. The game just turned 60 years old.

• Postal, originally released in 1997, has been announced as coming soon for the Dreamcast.

• Berzerk for Commodore 64 was just released, aiming to be a faithful arcade port.

• Soul of the Beast for Atari 2600, just won best homebrew for the 2600.

• And finally, this ProTip seems accurate…

Lord Arse! 🕹️ @Lord_Arse

PROTIP.

Writing

• #Truth…

Delaney King 👩🏻 @delaneykingrox

#gamedev tip.

Electrified transportation

• A video review of the Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0 (2022)…

• A budget EV conversion of an MG Midget…