Smiling Savage Kiosk #6
A list of related, tangental, inspirational, or completely random links shared from this week's browser history
Photography
Beautiful, short, black and white videos of Iceland. David is so completely talented…
An impressive abandoned place…
I love the contrast of this shot…
Music
The 30th anniversary edition of 1992’s It’s a Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads just came out. In addition to being lossless and remastered, it includes wonderful new demos, acoustic versions, and a previously unreleased version of My Drug Buddy featuring Juliana Hatfield…
Mike Dawes recently released this video of him playing The Impossible. It’s fascinating to watch in addition to being an amazing listen…
Speaking of which, I really love his version of One by Metallica…
This week’s earworm: Post Punk by The Crystal Method, Hyper, and Iggy Pop…
Retro Computing
I love this project that has a Mac Plus running a web server. You may still be able to try it…
Speaking of which, there are Newton-powered web servers too!
Here’s a new look at the history of Write Now, one of the first word processors for the Macintosh.
Completely different, here’s a the project Messages for Macintosh which brings iMessages to classic Macs with a little help from something newer.
MyTek’s 576NUC+ is a brand new Atari 8-bit computer with an optional built-in FujiNet and/or optional cartridge port. Mmm! Here’s the tweet…
Or, here’s some fun with maximum cartridge usage in an Atari 800…
Gaming
The Playdate developer kit is out and it’s already Rick Rolling people…
Some neat new games for the Commodore 64:
When the game BurgerTime first arrived in arcades there was something novel about it, as you’d see in this short video…
The Raspberry Pi just turned 10-years old, and although the Raspberry Pi 4 is currently impossible to get, this Atari 2600 themed case and accessory kit has me wanting one…
Writing
Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson just became the most successful Kickstarter project ever. A great idea, and very nice execution.
The CutiePi, the world’s thinnest Raspberry Pi 4 tablet — expected to ship mid 2022 — is aptly named. This would be fun to try for writing, if only because it is so darn cute.
A sequel to Beetlejuice is being written for Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production company. (Spotted from The Retro)
This write-up about Chicken Sexing — the process by which a chicken’s sex is determined — is, indeed, interesting. (Spotted in Why is this interesting?)
The Varieties of Bullshit by Peter Ludlow is full of bullshit — the analysis of it.(Spotted from Arts & Letters Daily)
Electric Transportation
The TagVault by Elevation Lab protects and hides an Apple AirTag securely under a bike’s water-bottle cage. I’m trying one out now.
A quick summary video of the before and after project of turning an MG Midget electric…
A great new video review of the Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0…
A handy comparison of the Specialized Turbo Vado and the Turbo Vado SL…
The Polestar O₂ electric convertible sports car concept is drool worthy, and the integrated drone is an idea I’m pretty sure we’ll see realized here or somewhere else…