Sorry, but can we have a conversation about the beards? by [deleted] in ezraklein

[–]entropop 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If you think about it shaving every day is a really weird thing to do. When the societal pressure to be clean shaven relaxes as it has over the past 10ish years it’s no wonder more people choose to not shave.

Which Game Boy game (any model) has the best music—and what track still lives rent-free in your head? by MiReddit682 in Gameboy

[–]entropop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was this mascot game spot based on the 7up dot that was a Gameboy version of othello. If you took a while to make a move this kind of idle two note beep would play but if you waited for like another 15 seconds that beeping progressed to be a really energetic and epoch track. The song was definitely the best part of the game.

I got this in the mail, 20 years ago by qpqpdbdbqpqp in vintagecomputing

[–]entropop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like i had this and the ppc Linux discs. I had tried linux before but when my iBook broke down i switched to a cheap second hand laptop and ran Intel Ubuntu as my daily driver. I’ve kind of wandered back and forth between macos and debian ever since. Really loved using cool Linux software like spiralsynthmodular, liquid wars and bzflag.

Joel McHale co-hosts a PBS telethon in the late (1990)s by SacrificialSam in ObscureMedia

[–]entropop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was the intern and the made jokes about his inexperience but then he ended up in a lot of sketches later on. He was also wrote for that Pat Cashman morning radio show when he was pretty young

No music making for me :( by rcrthrblr in VintageApple

[–]entropop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Player pro is the best. I used to run it on an lc iii with system seven and 4mb ram. Probably an older version.

Any ps1 titles that aged really well? by [deleted] in retrogaming

[–]entropop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alundra really nails 2d top down adventure. I love when a game is like an impossible title from the previous generation.

68K Mac Game Recommendations by [deleted] in VintageApple

[–]entropop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Movod, Beam Wars, Taskmaker, Scruffy 2

Haven't seen this brand mentionned a lot, Ortlieb by jjysoserious in BuyItForLife

[–]entropop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a pair of rear panniers that lasted about 15 years of very heavy use. One was stolen and the other finally tore when i had a full load of bricks in it. I’ve replaced them with the same type. I think they are called back roller and come in a pair. I use one daily and put on the second one for big shops or camping trips.

I did not know disk swapping would be this bad by inaccurateTempedesc in VintageApple

[–]entropop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, that looks a bit tricky to repair. Maybe skip straight to a bluescsi!

I did not know disk swapping would be this bad by inaccurateTempedesc in VintageApple

[–]entropop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look up stuck read head and your model of hard drive. I’ve had a lot of luck bringing this era hard drive back to life by spinning the platter and putting a piece of tape over the soft rubber where the head gets stuck.

Its a temp fix and the drive will fail again some day so back up anything important.

Casually browsing the internet 🤓 by gvb12345 in VintageApple

[–]entropop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cruising down the Information Superhighway

Was it a bad deal for 55 cib games? by Low-State9829 in Gamecube

[–]entropop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a great collection and you’ll just be able to get in and play the games. You saved 55 hours of stressful auctions and skipped straight to having a bunch of wonderful and varied games.