General

Interesting People: a hypermail archive.

The Minicomputer Orphanage is a repository of information regarding computers built by companies that are no longer in business.

The site also contains links and references to minicomputer simulators that you can install and run on modern machines.

A few days ago, Robert was telling me about this very old-school collection of text files that were very hostile and very funny. Today, I discovered that Blort has implanted telepathic monitoring probes into Robert’s head, and by monitoring our conversations, has rediscovered that collection: “I Bleed For This?“.

Ancient Scripts is an interesting site containing vast information on various written languages. The site divides writing systems in many ways, including by type, family, region, and alphabetically.

OMG, they still sell Capsela! I used to have a set of these. I may have to order a set… the Mega Set of course…

I can’t read. I especially can’t read instructions. On Smalltime’s Dictator site, you’re supposed to pretend that you’re either a dictator, or an actor from some TV sitcom. The site then asks you questions, such as “Are you male or female?” And so on.

I didn’t read the instructions. I thought the site was asking questions about me. I got all the way through the questionnaire, and it guessed that I was Fred Savage, from Working. When I told it no, the site demanded that I explain who I was, so I filled in the form. Now, I guess I’m either a dictator, or a sitcom actor.

Me: You need this.

Marcia: wtf?

Me: It “strengthens inner thigh muscles.”

Marcia: And I need that?

Me: You could say ”I ride a little clown bicycle for better sex”

Marcia: ….

Me: Well, it SAYS that the Dutch always use them.

Marcia: I’ve never seen one in my life.

Me: Ok, well, I can’t back that up. But I suspect that secretly, all Dutch people ride little clown bicycles.

Marcia: Nah. We just have lots of sex, so we don’t need to strengthen our inner thigh muscles any further.

What a poopy day. 60% greater ticket volume, possibly due to the release of some moron’s new worm, Code Red.

These kids have the perfect summer job: they’re netting $4000 a week by selling items they’ve found while playing Diablo 2 online. That’s right, they’re selling imaginary items, software codes, for real cash via eBay. What I think is beautiful is that this is truly as close as you can get to real-life dungeon crawling. These kids slog through virtual dungeons, recover treasure, and sell it at the market, just like I did back in the AD&D days.

Page this play: I bet Wilberforce never had a bike this nice!