xarph @xar.ph · 27/09/2026The autism bonding experience of people coming up to the filament vending machine in micro center, discovering that all the chips were in a big unsorted bucket, and three of us spontaneously organizing a sorting party without speaking. 050
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026Last for now (might post more later if anyone cares): the most 70s neurodivergent thing not involving model trains. An attempt at a unified theory of star navigation and velocity based entirely on the futuristic spaceship commands told to Sulu at the start of episodes aired out of order. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026Finally, the overboard sections. First, the articles of federation and the peace treaty with the Romulan Star Empire extrapolated to their full length based on one or two lines of exposition from Kirk and Spock. The federation one is like 12 pages. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026"Constitution class" wasn't a thing yet so the Enterprise type vessel was just Class 1 Heavy Cruiser which I think was a throwaway line at some point. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026If you wanted to go to a con wearing a TOS miniskirt, this is the pattern as painstakingly figured out from still promotional photos. Also insignia, which was hard to make out on 70s TV. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026Start off with the tip of the iceberg; the off-centered Enterprise bridge which is the only way the VFX shot at the start of The Cage makes sense. Also a floor plan of an Enterprise stateroom. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 26/09/2026"Autism didn't exist until the 90s" here's a book published by Ballantine, in 1975, that's everything known about the world of Star Trek. Fully reverse engineered from syndicated reruns on fuzzy UHF before consumer VCRs were a thing that existed. Alt text will be spotty; it's mostly just blueprints. 120
xarph @xar.ph · 21/09/2026@seananmcguire.bsky.social Spotted you on the library best of wall today, in good company! 000
xarph @xar.ph · 15/09/2026The 2016-pandemic era when anderson/rabin/wakeman and howe/davidson/downes/white/sherwood were both touring was really the "holy shit two cakes" meme 110
xarph @xar.ph · 10/09/2026This op-ed is written by a lobbyist for a defense consultancy fyi. Not even a defense contractor but a consultant for defense contractors. Somehow that's worse. dcode.co/about 281
xarph @xar.ph · 09/09/2026Total banger this month; I just finished the 150 page 1995 cd rom preview issue of CGW 1192
xarph @xar.ph · 02/09/2026I am challenging old apple snow leopard olds to verify that you still have the special AA enerloops that came with the apple wireless keyboard and to see if they still work 000
xarph @xar.ph · 01/09/2026Pc optical drives can't read the per disc serial number pressed into the runout without custom firmware, so it's unlikely. This system is using xbox one controlled trading program that they had to abandon after the disastrous rollout at E3 and has been dormant until now. 100
xarph @xar.ph · 22/08/2026Five years ago today Disney issued the damnatio memorae for gina carano, and all the star wars digital products received an update the same day that removed her likeness wherever possible, even the ones not run by disney like the topps card trader app. 000
xarph @xar.ph · 20/08/2026The Wallaroo app by iconfactory is holding out; even if this thread reminding me to reinstall it led to it being sandwiched between ads for two casino apps 000
xarph @xar.ph · 18/08/2026Giving tcg collectors heart attacks is why I started buying and scanning ancient issues of Scrye magazine. archive.org/details/Scry... 121
xarph @xar.ph · 09/08/2026I see Target has decided to increase store traffic by leaning into homicides and fistfights. 030
xarph @xar.ph · 26/07/2026There's a legendary donut place in santa clara called Stan's Donut Shop. Been in the same place since 1955. My grandpa got coffee and donuts there for 20 years straight. Randy's Donuts from LA is opening across the street. I don't think they understand the amount of hostility they unleashed. 110
xarph @xar.ph · 07/07/2026This screenshot from @theverge.com on one fateful day gets so much use, including today's saga out of maine. 020
xarph @xar.ph · 06/07/2026John Brunner did the Torment Nexus thing to prediction markets in 1975. 020
xarph @xar.ph · 02/07/2026Time to see what this month's @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social mag is! Someone should make a graph of number of booby ladies per game magazine over time, I think it would peak at 2002. 000
xarph @xar.ph · 28/06/2026We must do something about proliferation or someone is goimg to show up with 1000 guitars before we know it 010
