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FlippyDrive (Deluxe) acquired
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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the only company i have during the night is the whir and glow of my machines. to some, it's sad, but to me, they make me feel just a little less lonely.

i have no need to deck my room out in LED strips with this these things lol
October 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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La familia.
A collection of computer systems in one room. On the left, there are three grey metal boxes, each labeled with "The Weather Channel" logo, stacked on one another. The bottom box is labeled "IntelliStar 2 xD", and the two above it are labeled "IntelliStar 2 Jr". Each computer has a vent exposed for air flow, with a fan behind each vent. The bottom two computers have fans that emit a blue LED. The top computer has a fan emitting a pink LED. Each of the three has a blue LED for power indication on the front panel. Sitting on top of the third IntelliStar system is a bare metal computer, with its rear side facing the camera, exposing it's I/O. There are various interface ports on the left side of the chassis, and on the right there is an interface with two pairs of analog video ports. There is a plug for power input. This system is an Silicon Graphics "O2". On the right side of the photo, there is a weirdly shaped computer system with a dark blue shell wearing a "Silicon Graphics" badge on the front. On the bottom, there is grey foundation piece that holds the chassis together, labeled "O2" on the bottom left. There are grilles for a speaker. In the center of the photo slightly to the right, there is a grey metal box mounted inside of a black computer rack. This metal box is labeled "Weather Star XL, The Weather Channel" on the front and has handles on the left and right side of the box. There is a white label on the front. There are two holes for power and reset. Above that grey box, there is another "IntelliStar 2 Jr" box exactly as describe previously, this time located inside of the computer rack. It is wearing a pink sticker with the text "VBA 4". Above that system, there is a beige, vertically slim system labeled "The Weather Star Jr. It has 8 LEDs on the front, three of which are lit up green. Above that system, there is a grey box labeled "The Weather Star Jr Audio Alert", with 2 LEDs, one lit red. There is a The Weather Channel logo on the right.
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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why he look like the red peanut butter m&m
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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here's a recording of my Zap2It channel guide that I brought to VCFMW this year, courtesy of @weather.horse's Panasonic CRT with a built-in VCR.

A longer video of the schedule config we ran is available here: dl.cctl.me/public/Video...

I'll probably add some more videos there soon!
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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so anyway The Weather Channel has resorted to using AI for Jim Cantore's voice... even the text feels like it was generated by an LLM. Note the "Ai-Assisted" in the bottom left.

It comes as no surprise and is honestly pathetic. Soon they'll lay him off too and use his name and voice without him.
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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life of an SGI O2
A computerized drawing of a blue desktop computer, depicted with large butt cheeks and a caption that reads "Everyone is so mean 2 me 💔"
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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It was really weird and comforting to see this... something I don't see at home. 🙃
September 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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COME AND GET SOME STICKERS AT VCF MIDWEST!!!! LIMITED SUPPLY!!!!
September 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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i mean..... it KINDA works.....
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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WHERE DID MY MONEY GO
August 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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i haven't drawn anything in forever but last night i had an itch apparently
August 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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ATI Catalyst Media Center working with an ATI TV Wonder Pro on Windows XP (this took a ridiculous amount of time to get working and possibly due to a faulty PCI riser...)
August 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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this is absolutely gorgeous and i love it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dt...
August 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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OH MY FUCKING GOD WINDOWS. this is a time where i wish i could type "sudo" and tell it I DO NOT CARE
July 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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the beast in all of its glory
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Comcast (Xfinity) internet service plans in 2012
Internet service plan prices from XFINITY in 2012. The plans are: "Performance" - 20 Mbps Download Speed - $29.95 per month (for 6 months) "Performance Starter" - 6 Mbps Download Speed - $49.95 per month "Blast!" - 30 Mbps Download Speed - $72.95 per month "Extreme 50" - 50 Mbps Download Speed - $114.95 per month "Extreme 105" - 105 Mbps Download Speed - $199.95 per month
July 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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:D
July 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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it drives me fucking insane
July 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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"Moosehead" more like Fuckhead with how many damn problems it gives me

am i right or am i right lads
alamy stock photo of a Silicon Graphics O2 desktop computer
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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it worked, it's clean and modular, and i pulled it off in a mere hour. i feel fantastic right now

also, on the topic of the color bars:
July 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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god this is so cursed but it will allow me to pass ALL of the events to each mediatype function universally - whether or not the functions actually end up using them.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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my morale has been BOOSTED and i've gotten the energy to pick up work on 4broadcast 2.0 again... WOW - this code is ASS. (and i only started working on v2 like, what, a year ago?)

this is what my workspace looks like rn because i am making everything modular... pylance was struggling to analyze...
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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i just need to remind everybody what month it is...
July 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM