3D
Today we set the wayback machine to 1998; the very early days of 3D video games powered by dedicated 3D hardware… The era of “3dfx” and a whole lot of voodoo. This was the absolute best 3D card in ’98 – ran about $500, has 12 MEGS of ram, and…
Month: June 2022
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Arts and Crafts
I’ve had a few odd art requests from various acquaintances over the last week, and as they seem to be happy with them, I’ll post there here for posterity. First was my HR director at work; he’s been working on a roleplaying game called “Athia” for like a decade now,…
165c
A long time ago, in the before-times of early 1994, I bought myself a laptop that would change everything… The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 165c had come out in February 1993 and was the first laptop to have a 256 color display. It looked like nothing else on the market; it…
Perception
I’m old, so I’ve seen a lot of weather maps in my time… One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that weather maps seem to be experiencing ‘red shift’, but not in the cosmological connotation. Back in “The Old Days” (TM), it wasn’t really hot outside until…
Update
Went out to top off the gas tank and get a few groceries today; it’s a pretty crazy world out there… Firstly, I paid $5.20 a gallon for gas today – a new personal record! The reason that’s a new personal record is I used to buy 100LL AVGas for…
Sign of the Times
Another week, another trip to the gas station… Gas is up to $4.80 a gallon now. On Thursday I had to drive across town to the dealership for the yearly oil change, tire rotation, lube and tune session – which is why I burned almost three gallons this week instead…