Jake in the desert

Writing HTML since 1994. Salesforce stuff since 2009. Into science, nature, history, music, movies, art, video games. Married. Living on Hohokam land.

Sometimes I write at
https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com.

Black/trans lives matter. He/Him.
Racism/other bigotry = block.

#indieweb #weirdweb #roguelikes #arcadegames #shootemups #shmups #cats #horror #movies #tv #photography #punk #punkrock #garagerock #metal #deathmetal #antifascist #Wordpress #writing #fedi22 tfr #nobridge #nobot #nokiddin

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2024-07-09 17:38:24

New Nic Cage flick Longlegs comes out Friday and it looks pretty damn promising
https://inv.tux.pizza/FXOtkvx25gI?t=50
#horror #film #films #movies #NicolasCage #Longlegs #HorrorMovies @npub13sv…zkch

2024-06-29 23:49:49

The PlayStation website in 1999
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2024-06-22 09:25:14

Spring 2003 was wild. To commemorate shipping 50 million units of the PlayStation 2, Sony released the SCHP-39000 in 3 new color models - Sakura, Aqua and Silver.
The original press release for the SCHP-39000 is viewable online in Sony's press release archives here: https://sonyinteractive.com/en/press-releases/2003/sony-computer-entertainment-launches-limited-spring-color-models-for-playstation2
#PS2 #RetroGaming
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2024-06-20 20:11:17

RIP Donald Sutherland, truly one of the greats.
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2024-06-18 00:52:00

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Dell with Windows XP from 2002! It's mostly a jukebox but daily right here on my desk!
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2024-06-06 04:09:00

Alien: Romulus hits theaters August 16 and its full official trailer is now out: https://youtu.be/OzY2r2JXsDM
#AlienRomulus #horror #RidleyScott #SciFi #alien #aliens #BodyHorror #film #movies #HorrorMovies @npub13sv…zkch
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2024-06-06 03:55:51

In strange, interesting news, a Hostel TV series is in the works starring Paul Giamatti and Eli Roth is returning as director, writer and executive producer https://www.fangoria.com/original/hostel-tv-series
#horror #EliRoth #Hostel #TV #PaulGiamatti

2024-06-05 20:08:29

It's #VGMWednesday, so here's my favorite Donkey Kong Country song out of any I've heard (and one of my top favorite pieces of music in any video game, EVER) - a fully restored version of 'Mining Melancholy'. Check out those choral voices!
https://youtu.be/cBK2YIrY62I
#DonkeyKongCountry2 #SNES #DavidWise #RetroGaming #DonkeyKong #gaming #soundtracks #DKC #DKC2 #DonkeyKongCountry

2024-05-28 01:59:38

2024 marks the 45th anniversary of sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien, which was released May 25, 1979.
The first time I saw it I was pretty young, it was on TV and censored. We actually had it recorded on a VHS from TV, which is something my family did a lot. I only saw the full uncensored version years later! 😂
#alien #horror #film #films #movies #SciFi #monsters #RidleyScott #HRGiger #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilms @npub13sv…zkch
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2024-05-26 02:42:17

Golden Axe by Boris Vallejo
#GoldenAxe #BorisVallejo #SEGA #art #SwordAndSorcery #RetroGaming
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2024-05-25 19:52:35

Cubone on his mom on #Caturday
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2024-05-24 19:36:52

With the impending doom of ICQ in June and the new crappy version of Teams coming in July, I would like to post this meme one final time
#ICQ #Teams #Microsoft #MicrosoftTeams
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2024-05-24 19:29:48

End of an era- ICQ will stop working on June 26. 😢
https://icq.com/desktop
#ICQ #internet #history

2024-05-24 03:06:25

Orange FM - a cartridge under development for Game Boy with a World Band 64-108 Mhz FM radio. It can utilize the Game Boy's speaker (see chart) and will be able to accommodate most FM broadcast setups around the world 📻 🤯 https://orangeglo.github.io/orangefm
#GameBoy #radio #diy
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2024-05-23 20:20:19

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2024-05-23 20:00:55

One of the world's oldest surviving desktop computers found - the Q1 microcomputer from 1972 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cleaning-crew-discovers-one-worlds-oldest-surviving-desktop-computers-180984399
#history #70s #1970s #70sTech #1970sTech #tech #Q1 #OldTech #OldComputers #Q1Microcomputer #RetroComputing
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2024-05-23 05:11:17

Any time I try to find any kind of regular movie to go see with family or something, I'm reminded why I got into underground and horror movies. This crap all fucking SUCKS, man. More now than ever before. I mean, DAMN 😂

2024-05-22 16:53:03

Fairly obsessed with this 'CaseStation' this guy made for an arcade bar (he's 'didsomebodysayretro' on Instagram)
Now I kinda want to do this for at least one old console I have, or something vaguely similar.
#RetroGaming #PlayStation #PS1 #diy #diyprojects #gaming
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2024-05-20 07:41:58

What every light means on 3D Pinball - Space Cadet
#WindowsGames #PCGames #Windows95 #90s #90sGames
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2024-05-20 05:15:50

I've been playing Archvale all day (these aren't my pics, just random ones of gameplay) -- this game is a BLAST. Imagine the first Zelda (fighting, puzzles, etc) but fun and playable (there's difficulty levels), plus more twin stick shooter action. It's an incredible game. I have it on Switch but it's on Steam etc too. Highly recommend.
#TwinStickShooters #roguelites #Archvale #NintendoSwitch #Steam #SwitchGames #SteamGames #IndieGames
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2024-05-16 13:55:57

🔗 Searching for meaning in a dream emulator from 1998
https://mikegrindle.com/posts/dream-emulator
#PS1 #PlayStation #90s #1990s #RetroGaming #gaming #dream #dreams #emulation #weird
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2024-05-14 22:32:29

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😍 more 🔥

2024-05-14 17:12:53

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really! I just looked it up because I was curious.. yeah, the ones I grab at Frys (Kroger) are $4.49 for a 3lb bag. Which is pretty good, I think haha

2024-05-14 17:07:02

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oh wow yeah the price difference has to be crazy haha- no, I don't bake with them, ever. Just snacking. We do about a bag a week and I really don't even bother if they're not Pink Lady, for the most part haha

2024-05-14 16:56:33

Early this year I posted a link to the 'Emails' video by Memphis' Tennessee's BLUFF CITY VICE but I never linked to their new full BANGER of an album that came out in January.
I listen to this constantly. It'll definitely be in my top 20 favorite albums of 2024 -- and somewhere near the top of the list. These dudes make LEGIT electro-punk. This is some of my favorite kind of stuff (and the kind of stuff I write and make myself, actually).
Behold, the 2024 masterpiece that is 'S2PID': https://bluffcityvice.bandcamp.com/album/s2pid
#punk #ElectroPunk #BluffCityVice #MemphisBands #TennesseeBands #S2PID #IndieMusic #IndieRock #IndiePunk #Memphis #TN #Tennessee #Emails @npub18u3…jjxv @npub1xxn…658d @npub14yd…ve8x @npub1f57…jz3h @npub1r4k…844g @npub1fpf…jrzk

2024-05-14 16:53:33

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ah, yeah fruit has gone up some- there's some okay deals around here sometimes, $3-5 a bag? Something like that.

2024-05-14 16:50:21

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haha very true - so glad we connected on here. I love meeting other writers.

2024-05-14 16:30:12

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me either. It's WILD haha

2024-05-14 16:27:24

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"everyone I know that stays connected to the news is miserable". THIS. It's like.. they don't connect it. I connected it and stopped. I had to. I mean, I would refresh news.google.com ALL DAY. People don't even know what a massive change to your mood it is. And I NEED that, as we've probably talked about and I've said on here, I have these stupid depressive issues for 30 years that I hate haha. My good days are fine and the meds, well, I need em. So I don't need MORE weird outside triggers for crap. Life is better when we focus on the small good we can do. Because that's all most of us CAN do. (and I have like, a billion interests, I'm never bored, I always have stuff to do haha)

2024-05-14 16:15:16

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oh nice! And woww yeah this is true. It's weird being our age now, there WAS no internet when I was a kid, we didn't all grow up connected like this. Will be weird to see how it all goes down. My kid is 17 now, online some but not obsessed with it, luckily. And he never saw me watch news. My dad watched TV news EVERY NIGHT and I kinda hated it. My in-laws still watch constant news. It's not good for older people either. The anger and stress. Useless and not worth it. Generational wealth-related problems not created by us that we're not gonna solve ourselves in one generation or two.

2024-05-14 15:59:06

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oh woww for work. My work just blocked the site - totally unreachable for us now 😂 security issues I guess? Weird, right. I use it for personal use (unfortunately) 😂🤣🤣

2024-05-14 15:57:59

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they DO look like that, right?? 🤣

2024-05-14 15:09:08

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it's NOT great. One of those things I've used forever too. Sure, there's 15GB of free space but at what cost 😂🤣😂 the only reason I haven't fully moved to Proton is ease of editing files directly within Google Drive. The only thing Proton doesn't have.

2024-05-14 15:05:16

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😂🤣😂

2024-05-14 15:05:00

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right?? That's a long time haha

2024-05-14 14:33:06

I knew that IMDb had been around a long time but TIL it predates the World Wide Web, as it was initially launched as Usenet group rec.arts.movies in 1990 and moved to the web in 1993. And it's been owned by Amazon since 1998, because of course it has 🙄
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb
#tech #history #Usenet #IMDb #film #films #movies #TV #90s #1990s

2024-05-14 13:58:19

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yeah, that's true. The closeness in density is wild, but inconsequential, other than me being obsessed with cotton candy and imagining reaching out and pulling off a piece of this planet to eat. Because although I know it wouldn't taste like cotton candy, I'm still ridiculous enough to want to try it 😂🤣😂

2024-05-14 13:47:12

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another great one! And I agree, I do the same. I stopped following mainstream news like you say here for my mental health years back. And people can say that's a point of privilege, and it might be. But the fact is, a fully connected world like the internet gives us is new. People didn't have this barrage of information years ago. It's not natural for people to take in all the stress, nastiness, misery and and hate from the whole world. Basically, I'm just glad you stuck around. 😀
Mental health is so important. This is what I wrote in March, maybe you saw it. https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/the-24-hour-news-cycle

2024-05-14 13:39:38

One time I asked a guy working in the produce section of a supermarket what his favorite apples were, and he said 'Pink Lady'. After buying some that day, I have to admit he was right. They're the best damn apples I've ever tasted and I've been hooked ever since 🍎

2024-05-14 13:15:15

Can't stop thinking about WASP-193b, a just-discovered exoplanet that's over 1,200 light years away, nearly 50 percent bigger than Jupiter, and is light and fluffy since its density is that of cotton candy 🤯🤤
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-massive-planet-as-light-and-fluffy-as-cotton-candy
#space #science #weird #cool #exoplanets #WASP193b #CottonCandy

2024-05-14 02:15:36

New teaser trailer for upcoming Cronenberg flick THE SHROUDS: https://youtu.be/b5tu1l0BGpQ
#horror #Cronenberg #TheShrouds #films #film #movies #DavidCronenberg
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2024-05-10 18:57:47

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one thing I think will upend it is just, people not going to mainstream sites as much. Eventually. It'll all revert back to things like this, interconnected communities this or that way, and stuff people put into archive.is to save and kill the ads. Firefox already kills so much, the pages take SO long to load because of it though, I've noticed.

2024-05-10 18:38:51

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I can't imagine it, but yes. Tech will find a way 😂

2024-05-10 18:37:54

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I mean, not a single part of this site is even slightly an exaggeration. And that's pretty messed up haha

2024-05-10 18:36:18

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whoaaa this is amazing they nailed it, I hate it hahaha

2024-04-20 02:17:29

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haha thanks! Classics. And oh wow yeah they should really remaster those Carmen Sandiego games!

2024-04-19 06:38:57

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heck yeah. Maybe you love some of these, or would if you haven't tried - there's a roguelike in here, etc. I just wrote this up earlier this month, just something that had been banging around in my head. https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about

2024-04-19 05:46:52

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SAME. The last couple years I've done Diablo each year once through. Maybe I will this year too. It's so good. I emulate it on my PS1 mini 😂 no cheats though. Beat it with warrior in 2022, rogue in 2023 and I'm not sure I ever will with sorcerer. Maybe this is my year. 😂🤣 I'm obsessed with roguelikes too.

2024-04-17 18:20:22

If you use Discord, you might wanna know this.
A service called Spy Pet is scraping Discord servers, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity, and then selling access to that data.
Spy Pet scrapes more than 10,000 Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone with cryptocurrency, it offers the data for training AI models or to assist law enforcement agencies, according to its website.
Spy Pet claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, and includes a database of more than 3 billion messages.
(The article is paywalled probably, etc but it's here) https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages
#Discord #security #SpyPet #privacy #scams #scammers #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI
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2024-04-14 19:59:06

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wowww I hadn't heard of it but after reading about it, I gotta see it

2024-04-14 01:51:13

Multimedia Cats by Inroads Interactive from 1995 - 'Cat Quiz'.
You can grab this software free here at the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/multimedia-cats_202108
#cats #90s #software #90sSoftware #Windows #MultimediaCats #Caturday #WindowsSoftware #OldComputers
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