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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 11/08/2026

Happy Zero Cool day. Hope everyone is getting their watches in. It feels good on VHS.

The title screen of the 1995 film Hackers, displayed on an old wooden cabinet TV.

Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 10/08/2026

I think I watched hackers 1.5 times yesterday. Here is my work desktop background currently (it rotates between my hand-selected stills from the film every 20 minutes).

$A screenshot of a desktop background, which is itself a screenshot from the 1995 film Hackers. Specifically, it is a scene in which Joey is staring at the source code of a "worm", which in this case looks like math and fractals swirling around with Joey's face superimposed over it.$

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 02/07/2026

I found some more shots of those folks who climbed the empire state building yesterday

A still from the 1995 film Hackers, in which Crash Override (Jonny Lee Miller as Dade Murphy a.k.a. Zero Cool), The Phantom Phreak (Renoly Santiago as Ramόn Sánchez), Lord Nikon (Laurence Mason as Paul Cook), and Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie as Kate Libby) are on a service platform on the Empire State Building. Phreak holds a laptop while Acid Burn uses it and the other two look on.

A still from the 1995 film Hackers, in which Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard as Emmanuel Goldstein) is on top of the Empire State Building yelling in the foreground with the cityscape in the background.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 19/12/2025

Yes, but I don't know if it was the original or "express" version, but I'm starting to understand why the original might have helped when nothing else did 😮

An old Feminax original box, showing that it contains paracetamol, codine, hyoscine, and caffeine

A new Feminax express box showing it contains ibuprofen lysine

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 27/03/2025

It's weirdly hard to find good info on how their cord-antenna setup worked, but this wiring diagram makes it pretty clear that it is attached to the power cord, but via a capacitor. You are safe to leave that lug detached, but can always tape it if you don't trust that capacitor.

A partial wiring diagram for the KLH Model Twenty One

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 04/12/2023

Here's my favorite reindeer lichen and a couple others from my lunch walk today!

A photograph of a reindeer lichen surrounded by fallen leaves and pine needles

A photograph of lichen on the ground surrounded by fallen leaves and pine needles

A photograph of lichen on a dead branch surrounded by fallen leaves and pine needles

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 24/09/2023

I took a picture of my newly rearranged desk of vintage computers and shared it on my BBS so I could view it on my vintage computers.

A Princeton Graphics CGA monitor displaying (in only four colors) a picture of a desk with a Mac SE/30, an IBM 5160, and two Princeton Graphics monitors

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/09/2023

Sometimes light mode is allowed

A Mac SE/30 connected to bsky.tel posting the message this post is a reply to

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/09/2023

I won't be happy until everything I do for fun on the computer can be in glowing amber. I'm glad you took this one on, Cara. Now I can focus on my other telnet projects

A picture of an IBM 5160 connected to bsky.tel and posting the message this post is a reply to

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 03/09/2023

I think you might be at capacity right now; this is as far as I get

A Princeton MAX-12 amber monochrome display showing a telnet connection to bsky.tel hanging on the welcome message

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 27/08/2023

Had some fun with hardware today.

An IBM Personal Computer XT (5160) with a model F keyboard and a Princeton amber monochrome monitor.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 25/08/2023

Reading New Session in July was a direct inspiration for starting my BBS project and recent hyperfixation on developing software with older devices in mind. I can't stop myself!

A github contributors page showing 154 commits, 9175 lines added and 4209 lines deleted on my BBS codebase since its creation in mid-July

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 25/08/2023

Funny timing, I just replied to someone else with this. Loved my visor.

A Handspring Visor PDA with a ThumBoard keyboard attachment connected to a phone line. The screen displays a post on a BBS stating that the post was made from this device via dialup.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 25/08/2023

I tried to skeet from my PDA but had to settle for posting on a BBS

A Handspring Visor PDA with a ThumBoard keyboard attachment connected to a phone line. The screen displays a post on a BBS starting that the post was made from this device via dialup.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 05/08/2023

This is by far the coolest thing I found in the pile of stuff my parents brought down a few weeks ago. My brother and I wrote notes in here for our first plays through the first three games.

A paper journal with the title "The Journal of MYST" on it.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 22/07/2023

Who wants to join my homemade BBS? We talk about old (mostly apple) hardware there, but not very much yet because most of my other friends with old hardware are too busy. So I guess, in reality, we (mostly I) talk about the BBS on the BBS.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 20/07/2023

No way, we've been waiting for so long! I'm looking forward to adding it to my collection

A shelf with 5 copies of Hackers (1995): two laserdisc, one UMD, two VHS

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 15/07/2023

They really should have committed to modding all of the characters. Look at this crew

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 15/07/2023

You asked for it. This particular horny mod was more modest than I'd expected. Her nipple only even shows when she serves. I checked all of the other characters and none of them were altered. In contrast, the next opponent, Biff, is just fully shirtless the whole time.

Shufflepuck Café in 1 bit glory, unmodded and showing Princess Bejin (clothed) across the shufflepuck board about to use her telekenisis powers to serve.

Shufflepuck Café, modded and showing Princess Bejin as before but now with one nipple half exposed.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 13/07/2023

Never, in one billion years, would this have been a game I'd guess someone would make a nude hack for.

A screenshot of an old macintosh window containing an icon for "Shufflepuck Café (nude hack)"

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 13/07/2023

It is a good day. This lucky find of an Macintosh SE/30 is running beautifully.

A picture of a Macintosh SE/30 with the "About This Macintosh" window showing. It is running System 7.1, has 8 MB of memory, and a 40 MB internal drive. There is a red 3.5 inch floppy disk sticking out of the disk drive.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 12/07/2023

honestly, this is the best experience I've had in years on the site. Not a single bit of hate on my timeline!

a screenshot of twitter.com with no content loaded because "he" fired everyone responsible for keeping it running

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 30/06/2023

Morning, Bluesky! Today is my last day of work before a much needed week off. I'm happy to report that the chicks are settling in well in the new coop, and even (with enough time and a little nudge to clear a traffic jam at the door) made their way into the henhouse on their own last night. Hooray!

Young chickens being a bit stressed out as they figure out roosting in their new henhouse. At least six of the hens found their way onto the roost in this picture.

Young chickens being a bit stressed out as they figure out roosting in their new henhouse. All but two of the hens are back on the floor in this picture.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 29/06/2023

gif support when, Bluesky? I miss ＨＡＣＫＥＲＳＢＯＴ

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 29/06/2023

Cartoons tell me they definitely can.

A still from the film Porco Rosso (1992) in which Porco, a pig, is sitting and smoking a cigarette with a pile of butts on the ground in front of him.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 28/06/2023

Success! The chicks have moved into their new home. Still a bit shy and suspicious, but they'll settle in soon enough.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 26/06/2023

Good morning, folks! Here are some cats. These two are recent additions to the family, so we're very happy that they're getting along.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 26/06/2023

Oh hello, Geraldine! Here's one of the two (unnamed) barred owls who have been frequenting our property this year. They've been lurking since at least April, so I suspect they call our woods home. Also, as always, somewhat judgmental.

A barred owl sitting on a branch against a light sky in the background, staring directly at the camera, judging the photographer.

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Samuel Colburn @sam.codes · 25/06/2023

I was wondering why there was no Hackers Bot here yet :(

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