Now, I'm thinking about Neuromancer and one the great disappointments of my life is realizing that cyberspace is deeply impractical. It will never be more efficient to wander down a hallway and rummage around in a file cabinet than it would be to just type 'grep'.

@nprofile1q... re-tooted an ad for a Hitachi H50 MSX computer. It's well specced with 64k RAM and 16k VRAM. But, it's the industrial design that sets it apart, beautiful streamlined case with a detachable keyboard and that futuristic look that, if you were into anime in the 80s and 90s, is just so appealing. There's one for sale on eBay but at $460, it's too expensive for me. Besides, I have two MSX machines I don't use. Maybe you want to check it out. #retrocomputing #msx

https://ebay.io/m/G3SAsq

Want to know how the best moment of my day went down? It went like this...

Rando: Would you mind scanning this QR code and filling out a survey?
Me: Oh, sorry, I don't have a smartphone.

I've been seeing a few toots about getting off the corporate web and getting back to something more personal. Let me put in a plug for our dear old https://sdf.org/ . If you were an internet kid in the 80s and 90s, SDF has everything you want. Web(1.0) hosting, email, shell access, gopher, Gemini (no, not that one), chat, web radio and more. You can learn to use plan9, hang out on an ancient timeshare or finally write your masterpiece using c99 and Curses. Check it out! #sdf #smolweb