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ximwix @ximwix.net · 28/09/2026

Jimmy's drums on this, though, wtf. It's one of those grooves I can never quite figure out but get lost in every single time. One of a kind talent. music.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5y...

music.youtube.com

Set The Ray To Jerry

YouTube video by The Smashing Pumpkins - Topic

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 28/09/2026

I wonder if the music of our youth dictates the emotions of our youth, or if the emotions dictate the music. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmoe...

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Ugly

YouTube video by The Smashing Pumpkins - Topic

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 26/09/2026

For #randomgamesaturday I have Akumajou Dracula for the Nintendo Famicom Disk System. Today is its 40th birthday!

The Famicom Disk System disk and manual for Akumajou Dracula (Castlevania) on a wood-grained surface.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 25/09/2026

Let the decorative gourd season celebrations begin.

A hand holding a 16-ounce black beer can featuring white and orange graphics for "Tröegs Master of Pumpkins" ale. The label shows the beer's name in stylized text above an illustration of an orange pumpkin, with text noting it is a seasonal release brewed with Pennsylvania pumpkins and spices.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 24/09/2026

Are the Ultima games the first isekai?

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 08/06/2026

dead sexy Japanese covers for classic Cyberpunk novels 📚

Japanese cover for Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling

Japanese cover for When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger

Japanese cover for Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Japanese cover for Burning Chrome by William Gibson

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 19/09/2026

"Straight to the hangman’s noose, are we born this way? Handing down a fistful of sorries you will never say" emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/track/blooms...

emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com

Blooms of Oblivion, by Emma Ruth Rundle

from the album Engine of Hell

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 07/09/2026

Thanks to AI, kids will never know what the ultimate weapon to use against trolls actually is.

An AI search result for "miak". It reads,

"Miak" most famously refers to the fictional "authentic Bulgarian miak" used as the ultimate weapon against trolls in the 1991 Halloween comedy film Ernest Scared Stupid.

Pop Culture

In Ernest Scared Stupid, the character Ernest P. Worrell discovers that a heavy dose of milk-like "miak" is the only thing that can destroy the evil trolls terrorizing the town.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 07/09/2026

Why was the bench still warm?

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 05/09/2026

I still struggle with katakana (skill issue). But it's fun to try and work out what a word is. Some times it ends up being a German or French word, and I've spent five minutes trying to wrangle it into English! Today's encounter was エオルゼア, which is just a made-up Final Fantasy word!

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 02/09/2026

I built an app to tune into Internet streams of local/indie/college radio stations. It's a lot of talk and classical and jazz and NPR. But sometimes it's a small station in Montana playing an extended block of Judas Priest in the middle of the day. And things like that are exactly why I made it.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 01/09/2026

> somehow, the longer the Stuffer exists, the wetter it seems to get, as though it’s generating its own moisture from within www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pan...

mcsweeneys.net

Reviews of New Food: Panera Bread Salad Stuffers

“You’re left wondering not whether you can eat this, but whether you can finish it before it becomes a heaping pile of lettuce-filled mush.”

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 29/08/2026

Hey it's Saturday and there isn't a cat sleeping on top of my turntable 🎵

Gatefold LP, refusing to stay opened for a cool picture, of Animals by Pink Floyd.

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Eric Koziol @revenantkioku.letsplaying.com · 25/08/2026

#FF5FJF2026 has gone over its goal for TransLifeline! But there is still time to donate and finish your runs! fourjobfiesta.com

#FF5FJF2026 site showing
Donation Total
$15,756.54/$15,000

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 22/08/2026

Do you think Carl Jeppson knows Carly Rae Jepsen?

Back side of a tiny empty bottle. Mentions it is from

CARL JEPPSON COMPANY
CHICAGO U.SA

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 22/08/2026

Decent, honestly. I guess if you enjoy things like absinthe and Jaeger this stuff isn't so weird 🤷

Tiny empty bottle of Jeppson's MALÖRT LIQUEUR, in hand.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 21/08/2026

Find a new place to stay And a new home for the trumpeter swan

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 21/08/2026

You're so proud of your circular karate chop.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 19/08/2026

in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love music.youtube.com/watch?v=e4uq...

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Sunday (Live)

YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 16/08/2026

Getting a beer from the back of my fridge is like playing one of those coin pusher games, except I lose if anything falls off the shelf.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 15/08/2026

Man, the drums on this. And the layers. Layers and drums. music.youtube.com/watch?v=S_gp...

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Mutations

YouTube video by Nilüfer Yanya - Topic

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 10/08/2026

I bought a USB soundcard and it shipped with drivers on this tiny CD-R. I guess retro is cool.

A mini cdr. It is white with blue borders and has a blue cartoon panda on it.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 08/08/2026

"You need some time time to perfect it I need some wine but it isn't noon yet" #bandcampfriday headphones.bandcamp.com/album/the-fi...

headphones.bandcamp.com

“The Five Chord” b/w “Gas and Matches (acoustic)" (2025 Remaster), by Headphones

2 track album

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 08/08/2026

"The days it felt like all of this was really just pretend The earlier parts of the tunnel before you could see through to the end" #bandcampfriday themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/days

themountaingoats.bandcamp.com

Days, by the Mountain Goats

12 track album

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 04/08/2026

Of all the weird things about this illustration, the fact that Mario has five fingers might be the weirdest.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 03/08/2026

Wow. 2,634 guests. Who could it be? Bytedance. it's Bytedance. I honestly don't mind scrapers, but when they start causing 500's I've gotta do something about it.

Screenshot of Famicom World forum activity, showing one user (OP) and 2634 Guests

Terminal screenshot:

```
FW> grep -i spider access.log | cut -d' ' -f12- | sort | uniq -c | sort -h
1 "MQQBrowser/26 Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.4.2; zh-cn; MB200 Build/GRJ22; CyanogenMod-7) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1 (compatible; Sogou web spider/4.0; +http://www.sogou.com/docs/help/webmasters.htm#07)"
7 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/140.0.0.0; 360Spider"
61 "Sogou web spider/4.0(+http://www.sogou.com/docs/help/webmasters.htm#07)"
72 "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Bytespider; https://zhanzhang.toutiao.com/)"
4577 "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; TikTokSpider; ttspider-feedback@tiktok.com)"
12072 "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Bytespider; https://bytedance.sg.larkoffice.com/docx/K5bxdypulop3IIxrJb0lOjLVgFe)"
19542 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Bytespider; https://bytedance.sg.larkoffice.com/docx/K5bxdypulop3IIxrJb0lOjLVgFe) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
FW>
```

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 01/08/2026

It's #RandomGameSaturday and this is Sanrio Carnival for the Nintendo Famicom. And a cat.

The white Famicom cartridge for Sanrio Carnival, placed on a sleeping white cat.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 01/08/2026

Happy 20th, Famicom World.

Screenshot of the Famicom World website intro page from 2006.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 23/07/2026

Professional whisky reviewer: "...a bit fruity at first before layering in notes of green olive, beef jerky, and vanilla all on top of one another." Me, last night, drinking the same whisky: "This tastes really f'n weird. Like some kind of plant, but not one I'd want near my mouth."

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 20/07/2026

Hey it's @tmbg.bsky.social hosting 120 Minutes.

Phone picture of a small TV playing a recording of 120 Minutes. John F. awkwardly performs the introduction.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 19/07/2026

Hey #RandomGameSaturday !!! Here is Girl for the My Arcade Go Gamer Classic.

Title screen for a game simply called Girl, running on a cheap 300 in 1 handheld that somewhat resembles a classic Game Boy.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 17/07/2026

This wine was voted "Most likely to be mistaken for a Smashing Pumpkins album."

The label for Lapis Luna wine. It features a 17th century engraving of a kneeling cherub with its arms outstretched to the moon.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 03/07/2026

At first glance I thought this was a Galaga firework.

Packaging for a firework named La Calaca.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

great america state fair just fundamentally doesn’t understand what a state fair is. state fairs are not grand celebrations of all that make us proud to be americans. they are lynchian phantasmagorias of family-friendly kitsch braided with licentious perversity and just a sprinkle of cosmic horror.

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 28/06/2026

I stumbled into a discrepancy between Family BASIC v2.1 and v3, in how they handle the COLOR command. it seems that V2.1 moves the cursor when doing this, whereas V3 does not.

Family BASIC V3 screenshot, with the listing:

10 FORI=0TO27:LOCATEI,20:COLORI,20,2:PRINTCHR$(195):NEXT

Family BASIC V3 screenshot, with the listing:

10 FORI=0TO27:LOCATEI,20:COLORI,20,2:PRINTCHR$(195):NEXT

It has been executed, and a strip of red brick tiles runs along a single 8 pixel line along the bottom of the screen.

Family BASIC V2.1A screenshot, with the listing:

10 FORI=0TO27:LOCATEI,20:COLORI,20,2:PRINTCHR$(195):NEXT

Family BASIC V2.1A screenshot, with the listing:

10 FORI=0TO27:LOCATEI,20:COLORI,20,2:PRINTCHR$(195):NEXT

It has been executed, a strip of blue brick 8x8 pixel tiles runs in a diagonal line from the top of the screen towards the lower-right of the screen.

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Gaming Alexandria @gamingalexandria.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New article up on the site! @playhistory.bsky.social breaks down the oddly exciting legal drama where Donkey Kong clobbered King Kong. This the true story! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2026/06/h...

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 13/06/2026

Curiously, someone has affixed a label to the top of my Princess Tomato cartridge. It has Famitsu branding -- I guess they included/sold Famicom top labels at some point?

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ximwix @ximwix.net · 13/06/2026

Today's #RandomGameSaturday game is Salad no Kuni no Tomato Hime for the Nintendo Famicom; perhaps better known as Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom. The cartridge is the color of fresh lettuce.