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indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s […]

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[grisly pixel art]

DreamWeb got a generally lukewarm reception from many gaming mags at release, but almost all of them mentioned how extreme some of the depicted violence was.

one of the early scenes in the game has some incredibly detailed animation worthy of […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
October 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
laundry basket/prison

#catsofmastodon
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i have no idea if graffiti gear was a thing outside of canada, but i hope it was 🙏

it enjoyed a brief fad in my elementary school, until someone realized writing swear words in permanent marker was much more appealing than their autograph.

#canada #1980s
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Due to technical limitations with mastodon's architecture - which does not support domain name changes or data migration - dialup.cafe will be closing permanently in one month.

Dialup.cafe instance users: please see the server announcement and get thine affairs in order. 💀
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
holy crap: mastodon server does not support domain name changes. 😆

i now have to give some serious thought to migrating dialup.cafe -> dialup.party

it would mean setting up a new server from scratch, migrating users to the new server, and losing all of their post history in the process. i am […]
Original post on dialup.cafe
dialup.cafe
October 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
September 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
walnut brains and big dreams

#beaver #animals #alberta #yeg #canada
September 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
500+ canada geese on the trans canada trail

#canada #animals #yeg
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
two years ago our resident hare dug herself a soft spot on the front lawn, and sat in it for weeks.

twice a year - in the spring and autumn - she returns to that exact spot and has a good sit for a few days.

she arrived this morning

#rabbits #urbananimals #animals #yeg
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Last weekend of the month, and I finally have the time to check out our @dosgameclub September game: Ascendancy.

It's a space-themed 4X game from 1995, very much in the same vein as Master of Orion, and it rules.

What's especially great imho is how wild and […]

[Original post on dosgame.club]
September 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
happy 28th birthday ultima online!

#uo #ultima #retrogaming #win95
September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
welcome to the dialup café @kegwin!
September 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by vga256
The first Global Newton Users Meetup (GNUM) in over a year is in the works!

Global Newton Users Meetup #16
Saturday, September 27th 2025, 17:00 UTC

Join us on Zoom for a casual get-together for fans, aficionados, developers, and collectors of the #applenewton platform.

Details on the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
this interview with jeff vogel has a fascinating 15-minute tour of jeff's homebuilt IDE and engine for building spiderweb software RPGs

in an age where the vast majority of developers are building games using general purpose platforms like unity/godot, it's fascinating to see how jeff has […]
Original post on dialup.cafe
dialup.cafe
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
on the prairies of western canada it is harvest time for hops and apples

with the hot and dry autumn, we got a surprisingly bountiful harvest of both

#gardening #bloomscrolling #autumn #fruit
September 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Invisible City Beneath Paris
by Robert Macfarlane, The New Yorker

Under the southern portion of the city exists its negative image: a network of more than two hundred miles of galleries, rooms and chambers.

https://archive.ph/0Z2g9

photo credit: Gaspard […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
September 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
today's software preservation task

one of the great crimes of the 21st century was that Mark Jones' (Core Design) Darkmere - an isometric adventure-RPG for the amiga - was poorly visually documented by the usual places like lemonamiga/mobygames/etc.

perhaps for […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
September 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Back when I bought my iMac G5 as a grad student, I could never have afforded Macromedia Director - even with its heavily discounted “academic” license.

finally acquired it today, complete, so I can begin turning my upcoming book Mages & Modems, into an […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
a 20km hike through prairie deciduous in the autumn.

this is the strathcona regional trail, which recently connected edmonton to fort saskatchewan.

difficulty: easy
distance: medium
surface: 10-20mm gravel

pic 2: there is a well hidden footpath connecting the […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
finally know what it means to be rich

i didn’t choose to rescue canadian culture from the landfill - it chose me

#canada #tv #highlander
September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
discovered this ad for a Panasonic PV-SD4090 in a march 2000 issue of Wired mag

99% of the time i see sony mavica posts for retro digicams, but this one is a real treasure. those LS-120 drives did not really catch on at the time, and it’s a shame because iomega […]

[Original post on dialup.cafe]
September 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM