Jessica @cat@awoo.space

TFW you find a copy of a weird LaserDisc game obscure enough Wikipedia doesn’t know the port exists https://awoo.space/media/ghuc7uuOveT-cQhNEnk

when you’re porting a LaserDisc game but all you have is MacroMind Director and QuickTime https://awoo.space/media/MNfz1zIEnGr7Z5rnyUc

My new aesthetic: Mac OS 9 booting in 640 by 480 on an LG UltraFine 5K display

My computer crashed while running SheepShaver, so when I started it again and logged in it booted to a full-screen Mac OS 9 startup screen

https://awoo.space/media/lhqOjT3DkOIkunfyG-U

Honestly that we lost Mac OS’ “Outline” and “Shadow” text styles in 2001 is one of the biggest travesties of modern computing

my new aesthetic is “1997 toyota sienna on the back of a tow truck”

the fact that tools available for testing a cron job are:
• wait for the job to run and see what email you get
is a real pain in the arse

that there’s no “run this in a cron context so I can see if it can find the commands I need” sucks

Ah, nice to see Apple finally calling back the “Milk” ShapeShifter theme https://awoo.space/media/mXK4G11aLDLTTot4qt8 https://awoo.space/media/AzHv-5T6jbkjWmk3ovQ

TIL that Max calling himself a “coffee achiever” was a reference to a thing

I feel like I need a Pismo PowerBook and the full HyperCard Reference in paperback in order to really immerse myself in the mood – a VM with Acrobat Reader 5.0 is *kinda* close, though https://awoo.space/media/mlItOimqMptfuJhv2qo https://awoo.space/media/0oQGSqLegpjIrXDiBBY

Mac OS 9 seems to get slower and more unstable the more RAM you give it, which seems backwards

Having fun with Hypertext off line https://awoo.space/media/NWvKo9gccgPbvStJOgk

I cannot believe the yak I just shaved https://awoo.space/media/ltuXHBxj0ge7FvhsqMM

OS 9 is weird times https://awoo.space/media/mNcfjZE5CLsSb-8G5pk

apple here in 1998 showing the fuck off https://awoo.space/media/TpqtOQ9ydhIvtNlNehg

USB-C is electrically extremely good but the way the connectors wear is extremely fucking terrible

The other day I managed to capture some 240p latency tests of a DualShock®2 vs an Xbox Wireless Controller via Omnishock, and uh, I can’t quite pick it? Mostly because I can’t actually see the Xbox d-pad move. Oops. 😅

(NOTE: flickering, creepy slow-mo audio in video)
https://awoo.space/media/_qNHgJ7khtEPnVtAyTc

TFW you end up on an instance that refuses to federate with some of your friends’ instances 🤔