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Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
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Published: November 2, 2026 21:23
It's still Halloween in my heart. I am not ready to let go. the Halloween season should BEGIN on October 31st and last one week to push back the encroachment of Christmas
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Published: November 2, 2026 00:48
how is everyone else coping with the first day of premature Christmas
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Published: November 1, 2026 22:08
Scientists believe that this accidental photo of the inside of my pocket closely resembles the first few milliseconds after the big bang, where high energy plasma began to coalesce into the first atoms
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Published: October 31, 2026 14:28
Happy Halloween!
Have you ever wanted to speak to the spirits of the dead on your Nintendo Entertainment System (TM)? Now you can!
Play it in the dark and it's pretty creepy
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Published: October 31, 2026 00:15
ONE YEAR AGO my uncle died clutching an unmarked NES cartridge. I dumped it and found it cursed. Can you break the curse by talking to a spirit over 5 nights?
Séance is a new horror chat game that runs on a real NES. Supports Famicom keyboard!
Play in…
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Published: October 29, 2026 20:21
I texted “Omg 😰😰” without any further context to my wife and she just replied, “I know”
A legend and a treasure. He will be sorely missed
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Published: October 29, 2026 01:53
Kinda dramatic-looking outside right now 😁
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Published: October 28, 2026 23:50
No offense to anyone at Apple, but what on earth is this? 😁
https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/proled-xdr-display/
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Published: October 27, 2026 17:04
All my NES multiplayer co-op mods are on GitHub here:
https://github.com/benj-edwards/NESCoopMods
https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3myszykfzfs2d
Published: October 27, 2026 01:01
I’ve revived my Apple II Agent project from January: An Apple IIe with an Ethernet card and a custom client
It links up to Claude through a proxy on my Mac and allows conversational Apple II software creation similar to Claude Code
When it’s done, it…
https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mypsxrbzqk27
Published: October 25, 2026 18:17
Me, to Claude Code: “I have a friend coming over. Modify Pac-Man to support a horizontal display with two player co-op, where player 2 is Ms. Pac-Man. Make one button be a speed boost. My Mistercade cabinet is at 192.168.1.102”
Claude, two hours later:…
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Published: October 23, 2026 16:30
I’ve discovered that you can turn any mediocre salsa into Good Salsa (TM) if you dump a small jar of pickled jalapeno slices into it. This is a universal thing!
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Published: October 22, 2026 22:29
I wonder how fast a robot can theoretically load a dishwasher without breaking objects or the dishwasher itself
Will there be multi-armed robot some day where you push a button and it goes: zip zip zip zip and it’s done in a flash? 😜
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Published: October 21, 2026 17:49
People don’t realize how easy it is to overstate things on Bluesky if you frame them in absolute terms. EVERYTHING on Bluesky is this way
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Published: October 19, 2026 23:53