Sparc IPX 🇨🇦 @sparcipx@mastodon.sdf.org

Time to update my pinned introduction toot to reflect changes in interests: To help some of the newcomers make connections: name subjects and topics that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.

#bicycles
#bikerepair
#commuting
#diy
#publictransit
#urbanism
#retrogaming
#retrocomputing
#buylocal
#cooking
#writing
#rpg
#GURPS
#BECMI
#gopher
#usenet

Recovering from an abdominal muscle injury. I spent most of the day cutting out geomorphs and game counters from cardstock, slowly getting caught up on my RPG drudgery before our next gaming session.

Suddenly feeling nostalgic for Flightmare.

Serious question: Anyone here a Magnatune subscriber?

The news about the iPod is timely. My 4th Gen iPod finally died for the last time.

I bought it in 2006. Since then, it went through two batteries and three hard drives, not to mention outliving several of the systems I'd synced it with (the sole exception being my Powerbook G3 Lombard, which is still in use).

Time to let it go.

Reading through "The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief" for the first time since the 80s. Fun.

It's hard to believe that my daughter, the little hacker, will turn nine next month...

It still amazes me that the last execution by guillotine happened in my lifetime.

"The final guillotining took place on 10 September 1977 in Marseille when torturer-murderer Hamida Djandoubi was put under the blade"

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/12/the-last-public-execution-by-guillotine.html

I know I'm old and out of touch these days, but does anyone use the term "woke" anymore apart from the people who complain about "wokeness"?

As I mentioned earlier, my "Japanese Phase" ended in the late 90s. It pretty much encompassed the entire decade.

Mangajin magazine was one of the things that helped me gain a better understanding of Japanese culture (outside of video games and manga).

I was excited to discover the entire 70 issue run of Mangajin on archive.org:

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Mangajin%2C+Inc.%22&page=2

This is still the ringtone on my phone.
https://youtu.be/rQC-TSFXjnQ