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Nick McLaren

@nickmclaren.com
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I make a bunch of noise and nerdery. 🖖👽💀🖤🤘 STATIC Studios // The Static Architect // DevOps // Game Dev // Technologist // I wear many hats.

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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 22/05/2026
ASCII version shown in the screenshots but PETSCII works great on the c64u using UltimateTerm or my new customized version with XMODEM/YMODEM file xfer called c64u-term (github.com/nmclaren/c64...) Will be adding optional ASCII walls display as it works better on non-c64 petscii terminals. Soon..
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 22/05/2026
Have a Commodore 64 with network connectivity or a C64 Ultimate? (Or just a plain PETSCII terminal client on another OS) Come join is on the C64U.club BBS and test out the upcoming roguelike-ish game “RogueLand”! It’s unpolished yet already fun! Connect via telnet: c64u.club port 6400
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 15/03/2026
ArchersPlayer v1.2.0 submitted containing most of the features and tweaks that I could find requested out there. Should be available in the coming days. #auv3 #iosapp #ios #plugin #audioengineering #audio #dj
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 07/02/2026
Goodbye, Gmail... and thanks for all the fish.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 27/01/2026
We're small, but mighty! I've been working on this PETSCII BBS for the Commodore 64 while waiting for my C64Us to arrive. More to come! Join us w/ your PETSCII terminal client of choice: c64u.club (port 6400) #c64 #commodore #c64u #c64ultimate #retrofuture #bbs #retro #oldschool #futurepast
Screenshot of the BBS software for c64u.club's bulletin board systemScreenshot of the Trivia64 game built into the c64u.club BBS
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 18/12/2025
A quick little nod to the company behind the first computer I ever owned, @commodoreofficial.bsky.social ! Ecstatic over all of the accolades they're getting for the new retro-futuristic C64 Ultimate. Can't wait to get my hands on one!
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 21/10/2025
Yeah baby, yeah!
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 09/10/2025
Here's a nice example from this very post, utilizing label feeds to help contextualize things like links. Nobody HAS TO subscribe to ANY of it, but they CAN. If Skywatch isn't to their taste, they can find a label curator that does, create their own, or not use labels at all. Same for filtering.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 16/06/2025
Coolest Father’s Day gift ever!
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 15/04/2025
“The Great Below” 1A (alt version) A little too perfect, yet sinister under the surface. #glitch #glitchart #crt
A vibrant dark blue ocean fades into darkness above and below in a glitchy void. A diver swims down from the surface, unknowing of what awaits.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 13/04/2025
"Spheres" #glitchart #glitch #crt
CRT glitch art of many colored spheres
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 08/04/2025
My work co-pilot fell asleep on me.. RUDE! 😂 #catsofbluesky #cats
Maine Coon / Ragdoll mix cat fast asleep on the owner’s legs in chair
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 08/01/2025
❤️
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 07/01/2025
I did production, mixing, and mastering work on this goth synthpop/darkwave single for Mourning Candle, out now! mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/never #newmusic #darkwave #synthpop #goth #gothvibes
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 26/11/2024
These last ten are going to take forever… 😂 #pokemontcg
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 25/11/2024
Jeff Goldblum recited this quote on Colbert once, and it’s forever stuck in my mind when I need to refocus. May we all burn brightly together! 🖖👽💀🖤🤘
Quote by George Bernard Shaw: "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations."
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 23/11/2024
I’ve been working on highly scaled systems for decades, but it was still quite something to subscribe to the atproto firehose of every post+reply on a service like this with over 20mil users. Plus it made me think of the old UHF movie from @alyankovic.bsky.social 😂
Screenshot of the movie UHF showing a game show with a character shooting a firehose of water in the face of a child contestant.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 19/11/2024
My kitty co-pilot while working today.. Happiness ensues!
Cat rests on arm of Nick at his laptop, looking all snuggly
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 18/11/2024
Intro my music side: I’ve been releasing music as “The Static Architect” for a good 10 years now. Dark, moody, and gritty synth rock industrial type stuff. My last album has some songs crafted w/ producer Ade Fenton, known for his work w/ Gary Numan, and recently Raven Numan.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 18/11/2024
7am and I’m already 4 hours into my workday. Okay then, Monday, I see how it is! 😂
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 18/11/2024
I might have a problem here… 😂🤣 #pokemontcg #pokemontcgmobile
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 17/11/2024
Thomas Kurtz co-created the very first programming language I ever earned, BASIC. RIP
Code in the BASIC programming language that prints “R.I.P. THOMAS KURTZ” infinitely, in a Commodore 64 themed terminal window
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 17/11/2024
There’s definitely a number of cards like that, particularly trainer cards, that lend towards specific types of decks, but then there’s trainers like Sabrina (or the obvious Professor) that are much more universally useful.
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 16/11/2024
Between Bluesky and Mastodon, it’s the ideal moment to “step away from algorithmic content”. Curate your feeds accordingly and prioritize PEOPLE over automation. 🖖👽💀🖤🤘
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 16/11/2024
Today, I harnessed the vast processing power of the shiny new PS5 Pro… ..to play Tetris on an emulated Electronika 60. 🤣 Actually, other than a little trouble lining up the pieces at times and their order being completely random, it really holds up. I may actually play thay version most!
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 30/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #111,757!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #111,757, Nick McLaren ‪@staticarchitect.com‬, joined on Jun 8, 2023"
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Nick McLaren @nickmclaren.com · 06/07/2023
My verdict on “Threads”
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