@antiquesforgeeks.bsky.social - Antiques For Geeks

01 Sep 2026 08:26 +0000

August 31st v September 1st [contains quote post or other embedded content]

24 Aug 2026 09:14 +0000

An anniversary; Windows NT 4.0 is 30 years old today. A big part of my early career was spent working on HP-UX/Solaris machines, but NT turned Windows from a buggy, crashy mess into something that was both stable and supported the productivity software I needed. My beloved OS/2 could not compete.

18 Aug 2026 11:19 +0000

Like a Best Man’s speech delivered at a wedding where everyone is assumed to know everything about the groom; hilarious for three or four people in the room, but leaving the rest looking at their watches, smiling politely and wondering how long until dessert will be served. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

12 Aug 2026 20:24 +0000

Well, I went outside earlier.

11 Aug 2026 08:40 +0000

Yet my copy of Aliens for the C64 still works just fine and is arguably a far scarier experience… [contains quote post or other embedded content]

10 Aug 2026 18:08 +0000

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07 Aug 2026 08:43 +0000

If haven’t fallen in love with “Sky Theme from Floating Mr. McAllister” then now would be a good time. It’s the epitome of a sunny day in the park, the grass scorched, waiting to be save by the rain, a blanket laid out for you to lie down with your favourite book in your hand. Well, to me anyway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

04 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000

Jaws is fired from the Town and District bus company along with has best friend Quint and nemesis Brody. Coincidentally, the three end up working at a beach resort at Amity Island run by Mayor Vaughn. Hilarity ensues. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

30 Jul 2026 20:14 +0000

Who’s suing? The bloke who nicked it after spending the afternoon watching the film? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jul 2026 12:32 +0000

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15 Jul 2026 20:30 +0000

Hydration break

15 Jul 2026 19:26 +0000

Hydration break

15 Jul 2026 06:18 +0000

One word. “Content.” If you treat programming as something disposable, something that is background noise while doing something else, it’s no surprise that message gets through to the audience. If the audience then reflects that ambivalence back, why the shock? [contains quote post or other embedded content]

13 Jul 2026 07:43 +0000

Sorry to hear about Sam Neill this morning. For some illogical reason I always got him and Michael Kitchen mixed up. So was surprised once I saw the pictures attached to the posts of the former’s death. Loved him in Event Horizon - he really had the best lines and most interesting character.

09 Jul 2026 09:44 +0000

Bonnie Tyler’s cover was good, but you can never beat the original… https://youtu.be/vB_DBHGBwlk?is=FspMcR8Bm1YtTv_T

07 Jul 2026 22:20 +0000

Latest missive from New Commodore. Just wondering about that first sentence, after seeing this posted on here last week... Happy to be proved wrong. Also, my name is still not 'Bins'.

25 Jun 2026 12:34 +0000

“An incredible endorsement of our vision”; so incredible we felt the need to send out a schmaltzy email to defend it and have since reduced the spec, unbundled headphones and dropped the price in response to feedback. This is a definition of “incredible endorsement” I was previously unaware of. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

22 Jun 2026 17:35 +0000

Got an email from New Commodore’s damage limitation department addressed to “Bins”. My name isn’t bins. I even checked my birth certificate. Sadly, it seems New Commodore doesn’t know when to stop digging with all the emotional journey schtick laid on heavy to justify their choice of product…

21 Jun 2026 16:46 +0000

These fellas. Braun industrial design is art. The calculator especially. I have no idea why, it just resonates. I’m aware that Apple’s iPhone calculator is an homage to the Braun design, but in person really hits the right notes. And that Braun amplifier/radio is just… I need one in my life.

21 Jun 2026 16:39 +0000

Plenty of Apple and Sony there too and very handsome they were too; but what surprised me was that it wasn’t what I was impressed by the most…

21 Jun 2026 16:31 +0000

Never seen a Grid in the flesh and loved how futuristic it felt, despite being ancient. The BBC’s inclusion was also a bit of surprise, as was the Nokia N-Gage. I always quite like the idea, if not the execution. And of course the physical media. Who don’t love a Zip disk?

21 Jun 2026 16:28 +0000

Loving the walls of objects. The current range of generic products really have lost that certain something… The IBM Thinkpad with the folding keyboard really is quite smart when you see it up close. And the Sinclair Executive calculator is an unexpected thing of beauty.

21 Jun 2026 12:28 +0000

Your actual dumb phone. Designed for a time when your phone wasn’t your wallet or bank branch. Can’t think why this resonates this week.

21 Jun 2026 12:02 +0000

At the Design Museum… and a wall of design classics…

16 Jun 2026 21:27 +0000

Third part of the 28 Years Later trilogy is off then, lads. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

16 Jun 2026 09:10 +0000

This really didn’t have me expecting much, as once an Amiga brand deal was ruled out, it was pretty obvious the new product would be a phone. This kind of thing does NOT smack of a serious tech company. This is how you sell an off-brand energy drink to teenagers, not $700 phones to GenXers.

10 Jun 2026 16:56 +0000

The series retooled as a new version of The Hitman and Her, with The Vlinx DJing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

10 Jun 2026 14:15 +0000

Had hoped that the Xmas 2026 episode would help the series into a noble hiatus as opposed to what we now have. Honestly and sincerely hope the show is rested. Absence will make the heart grow fonder. It will let someone discover the series and want to take it on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c621ln7vx7qo