Thomas Fuchs 🕹💾 @thomasfuchs@mastodon.social

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Trying out a weighted blanket to see if I sleep better. It’s weird but cozy so far.

Update: I survived

OTOH my Wizardry collection is nearing completion! Just one game from the main series missing. (I don’t care about the “Gold” version of Wizardry VII)

Earlier today a IBM Beamspring keyboard popped up on eBay and someone immediately snagged it up because it was listed way below what they’re usually going for and I’m bummed that I missed it. :/

He wants on my lap

Lol our house alarm just went off, because somehow the washing machine started to foam like there’s no tomorrow with the foam coming out of the back of it, eventually tripping the water leak sensor.

I feel like I’m in an 1980s Val Kilmer movie.

I suppose MIDI karaoke is bit of a niche market today

Pretty standard Arizona sunset. 6/10.

Greetings from…
…our driveway.

If you want to buy an Apollo Guidance Computer, now is your chance https://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=2102

According to 1992, we reached Mars 9 years ago!

📀 Get Ready For Multimedia! 📼

Now that's quite the deal #retrocomputing

Also, happy 42nd birthday, Commodore PET!

The OG Dark Mode #retrocomputing

Going online in the early 90s was something else

"The status quo is the U.S. Army stringing razor wire through the heart of Nogales. It is the Border Patrol stopping — and often harassing — anyone driving from Ajo, Bisbee, and Sonoita. The status quo is the Southwest Key detention facility on Oracle, where migrant children are locked away behind concrete and iron, separated from their parents' embrace and often denied basic medical care and nutrition."

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101619_sanctuary_feinman_op/sanctuary-city-prop-205-and-emptiness-status-quo/

Poor Watson is grooming himself after I had to shower him following an “eventful” vet visit

Wish me luck, I’m going to shower my cat