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Indeed, the defaults are absolutely not sensible in recent versions of Windows. Some options to turn things off are hidden behind a right-click menu, others are in the Settings panel, and it's all annoying.


Similarly, I know about things like OpenShell, StartAllBack, and Start11 - But again ...

Ever wondered why it's always Ms. Pac-Man at the arcade? I don't think I've ever seen a Pac-Man cabinet IRL, it's almost universally Ms. Pac-Man in my experience.

This is probably a lukewarm take in the grand scheme of things, but I remain convinced that it's almost never a good idea to omit parentheses, even when the language's syntax explicitly allows for it.

Case in point: Ruby's syntax is extremely forgiving. You don't need parentheses surrounding the ...

Thanks to game engine recreations like devilutionX, I can play Diablo on my favorite computer -- which runs freakin' NetBSD. Such a wonderful game. Incredible atmosphere, even to this day.

However, I usually turn to Torchlight and Torchlight II, which are two of my most comforting of comfort games ...

Merzbow is essential. I'm probably never going to be able to listen to his entire discography (there's so much!), but it is fun to tune in and discover something new every time.

I do really enjoy "Frozen Niagara Falls" by Prurient. That album surprised me quite a bit, and I even wrote a little ...

StarlightNecromancer wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 5:51 am Extremely cool! I wonder how much it would be to get other furry mags started

I actually gave that question some thought after a recent obsession with researching 1980s furry zines. It'd take a lot of effort in order to do a good job, but it'd be a lot fun to contribute.

I have 3 Macs still but 2 of them are display pieces. A graphite clamshell iBook and a Mac SE/30. The first one has a bad screen and the second came to me as a Simasimac, and I made it completely die trying to replace the caps.


Clamshell iBooks are so freakin' cool. The dying screens seem to be ...

I've been meaning to actually get started with developing for the Playdate. The tools seem to be very simple, which I greatly appreciate.

I've already started working on one particular game for the Atari ST, but it might actually work better on the Playdate after all.

I love all of my old computers, but the one that gets by far the most attention from me is the G4 "Quicksilver" 733 MHz from 2001. The seller on eBay had 10.4 "Tiger" installed on it, but I downgraded to Mac OS 9.2.2. The end result is that I have a very capable machine that can do almost everything ...

I just did a whole bunch of tweaking on my personal site, https://dressupgeekout.com . It's made with Hugo.

I had started with what I thought was a simple theme, but it turns out that some people have a completely different idea of what "lightweight" means on the web, heh. Over the years I've been ...

I'm 94,000 words into my debut novel, The Wolfskull Standard . I like to pitch it as "steampunk Redwall on the high seas for grownups," but depending on the audience I have to resort to " Pirates of the Caribbean meets Zootopia ."

I'm self-publishing. The goal is to get it on store shelves by ...

The coolest bout of video game preservation I've ever seen is for the Dreamcast, and I'm still in awe about it.

People were able reverse engineer the network protocol for Phantasy Star Online, then configure a Raspberry Pi to answer the call placed by the Dreamcast's modem for online play. And it ...

I don't usually like to speak in superlatives, but I can truthfully say that "Take Me Home" by Phil Collins is the most important song to me. When I was in kindergarten or 1st grade, my father made a video about me -- basically a music video set to this song with Hi8 camcorder footage of me. He made ...

One of the biggest strong points of Linux (and other Unix based systems, hello NetBSD) is that is has very good older hardware support and can also be a lot kinder to lower power systems in terms of resource demands. I love seeing people still getting lots of use out of "outdated" hardware, that's ...

I've seen tons of bands live, and I actually rather enjoy music festivals. Maybe I'll make a list of everyone I've seen at some point. Some of the more memorable shows...

- Underworld (twice!)
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (twice!)
- Sunn O))) -- I was afraid the walls would crumble
- Iron and Wine ...

*Very* cool. About time we had something new like this. Thank you for sharing!

The rustling of the wind through the trees is familiar and inviting, but that's not the only reason why the branches bounce. You squint. What's going on up there?

Two small hands draw open the curtain of leaves and twigs. A fuzzy head, the kind an Earthling rat would have, pokes through. The ...

I regularly juggle between many computers, but NetBSD/amd64 drives my nerdy/geeky Unix box. I wish I could do 100% of my computer activities with it. And it's no surprise, since I'm a NetBSD and pkgsrc developer.

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Gosh, it's really difficult taking pictures of CRTs in action at this time of day. Hopefully it's clear enough.

This is a 13" Toshiba MD13P1 from 2004 with a built-in DVD player. This used to be my sister's little television back in the ...

Let me set the stage with an excerpt from an article I wrote, where I touch upon some personal history:


Hanalei was not always a zebra. Like many fursonas (fursonae?) she has evolved with her creator, reflecting a person’s changing self-image and aspirations. The earliest depictions of Hanalei ...

Dogz and Catz were so much fun as a kid. I spent quite a bit of time with them on our Power Mac running System 7. In my opinion, they are the gold standard for a computer desktop companion.

Unfortunately, they don't seem to work as well on my current retro Mac, a G4 "Quicksilver" from 2000 running ...

Feral is pretty compelling, and I love finding new issues for sale at my local comic shops.

I never thought I would get into splattery "petsploitation," yet here we are. Maybe the fact it is a comic and not fully animated is what allows me to engage with it? (I'm really not a horror fan.)

The guy ...

I do watch VHS tapes and I enjoy them very much! I had to get a VCR from eBay a couple of years ago, but it's here and works well. Haven't had much of an opportunity over the past couple of months to use it, but that's cuz I've been busy with lifestuff, leaving me not much time to watch movies in ...

Hola gang, this is Hanalei, that zebra lady with a magenta stripe. Happy to be here!

I guess I'm an elder millennial (born in 1990). I wonder if that makes me older or younger compared to the rest of Critter Time zoo. I grew up in the time of VHS, Super Nintendo and early Macintosh computers. My G4 ...