Craig Maloney ☕ @craigmaloney@octodon.social

I have clothed my breathing apparatus appropriately

At last

The 1980s in a nutshell

(reads that Facebook is acquiring Mixer)

*grumbles something about Facebook owning all the culture*

(reads what Mixer was)

???

(reads that Microsoft paid a popular streamer for an exclusive deal that was rumored to be just shy of $30 million)

😲

(reads that this was one of many streamers)

Your calculator isn't nearly as cool as this calculator

Remember, in this era of cloud computing there was one who fought hard for your freedoms, but was never fully appreciated.

Totally not a staged photo

Figures it's a woman and a magic user taking on the imminent threat while the dude with the armor sits and gazes at the treasure

Well, this ad didn't age well:

https://archive.org/details/Unix_Review_1985_Apr.pdf/page/n27/mode/2up

Not sure I understand the allure of Zoom's virtual backgrounds.

This is still one of the most handsome machines of the 1970s, and nobody can tell me otherwise.

Also the 810 disk drive is just a thing of beauty, even though the 1050 was superior on all counts.

Find someone you can gaze longingly at like this man gazes into his desk lamp.

I have been, and will always be...

a doofus.

John Kovalic made some buttons and posters to help to spread the word: Stay at Home.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-can-stay-home-35055272

Lister and Blue Midget aren't much, but they're my #battlestations

It's a damn shame that headless guitars and basses with boxy frame like the Steinberger pretty much stayed in the 1980s, because I think they're still kinda sexy.

Packing manuals for products have really gotten skimpy over the years.

Not sure if about to be the cover of a Richard D James Album or about to sell some wicked insurance.

Me: I should go to bed

Also me:

Stickers around my office and on my laptop (sorry, too many to caption properly).