Posting just for no particular reason from the top of my head. My current hall of fame of obscure and not so popular smartphones to date.
Compact phone for city: [Sony XZ1 Compact]
[4.7"] [mention] Compact rugged device: [Ulefone Armor Mini 20 Pro]
[4.7"] [mention] Modern cameraphone: [Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max]
[6.9"] [mention] Cameraphone relic: [Nokia PureView 808]
[4"] [mention]
[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]
is a grotesque surrealistic satire from Terry Gilliam, the creator of [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]
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OFFICIAL TRAILER
Look, what i found, stumbled a couple of days ago on a test video clip demonstrating video capabilities of the 90s multimedia computer. I used to play it on a Pentium 60 MHz with a passive heatsink and the infamous FPU manufacturing bug. Did think about this clip for ages, it was a nice surprise to observe it again after all these years.
Xing MPEG Player Test Video It’s was one of the first video clips i saw on PC back in the days alongside with [Good Times by Edie Brickell]
which was bundled into Windows 95.
It’s been a while since i’ve posted something really cool and rare in terms of music. I think that this groovy chillout will fit right into the Monday routine.
NEO SASHIMI ▀ SHIBAEBI
Today kids we gonna talk a bit about the most influential computer of all times AMIGA!
Simply put, company that invented multimedia before multimedia. The times when computing were really fun and the lifestyle had more colors.
The holding pillar of this blip note is an excellent JavaScript emulation of Amiga’s authentic [desktop environments]
by Michael Rupp, right from the early 1.0 release until the final version of 4.1. It is web application called TAWS.
There is quite a [solid evidence on the MDL forums]
suggesting that Premium Assurance for Windows Server 2012 R2 will extend support for two additional years. This is on top of the existing 3-year ESU [Extended Security Update] program, which is scheduled to EOL this year on October 13.
Such assumption comes from official Microsoft server Premium Assurance documentation. If true, it means the operating system will receive updates until January 2029.
This website is well known for highlighting the most unconventional and unique things, and the movie Motor City is no exception. People can be annoying sometimes, right? Especially when they talk way too much. If you’re feeling that way, non-verbal films might be just what you need. In the past, this genre was limited to just a few projects, like Baraka and Samsara. But now, we have a full-blown action movie in this exact format.
Native installer has an artificial block to prevent installation on Windows 8.1 machines. Applications like VxKex become more and more useful these days, thanks to the dedicated developers!
MegaNZ desktop client [version 6.5.1]
works just fine and i’m able to sync my entire cloud drive without underwater hassles.
So go get [VxKex-NEXT]
to install MegaSync.
I finally fixed the annoying bug where playback would stop right after the first track in the playlist. It was a really hard one to find – I used Claude, but the final lines of code were written by myself. So, enjoy the player, you can even put your own tracker mods into the playlists. [Code @ GitHub]
. And, yeah, rewind is finally working too!
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I just have a blast in the brain and out of blue remembered a couple of applications aimed to add a little bit of fun to your boring plain desktop. The first one is [Desktop Toys]
to completely destroy your desktop and the second one is [Ladybug on Desktop]
for a more calmer people, just to enrich flat office atmosphere. Note that software is not designed for windows 10/11, but who really cares?
Ok, here is a super fast blip review of the Palit 3050 KalmX 6Gb video card.
I decided to purchase this card, just to have a spare on the shelf if for some reason my 3090Ti will freak out in the future. Previously i already wrote about [the most fastest passively cooled GPU]
, but now we have a new champion. The upgrade is not huge, but it is worth it in the end of the day.
Previously i have already asked AI about [this kind of thing]
. So, as not to make unfounded claims i decided to post some practical data for Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 operating systems. This content is based upon the [information provided]
by Dontscythe the member of my Discord channel.
CLICK/TAP TO UNFLOD THE LISTINGS!
WINDOWS 7 An absolute leadership in privacy category! www.msftncsi.com 1
WINDOWS 8 The least bloated version of version after Windows 7 www.
Here is the list of the most interesting YT videos related to overclocking of classic computer architectures.
DX5-133Mhz »» DX5-200Mhz PentiumMMX-300Mhz »» PentiumMMX-420Mhz K6III-450Mhz »» K6III-600Mhz PIII-1200Mhz »» PIII-1900Mhz However, this is more substantial overclock [right up to ~2500Mhz]
, of course it is LN2 based cooling solution.
I was never into cars, but what I love about the Need For Speed series is definitely the music. Electronic Art’s Need For Speed series proved to have the best soundtrack out there. Game delivered all possible types of music that car racing game needs. Punchy trance, smooth ambient vibes, groovy guitar alternative with ruff riffs.
Towards the end of the 2000s, the quality of the soundtrack began to deteriorate.
I’m well aware that a fair number of my site’s visitors come here for retrowave music recommendations. But today, folks, I’ll be covering something different, albeit related and somewhat connected to the aforementioned genre. We are talking about [vaporwave]
. Although this genre fully emerged in the mid-2010s, I only discovered it now. It’s quite striking (even for me) that I’ve stopped following music trends.
This genre of music incorporates various characteristics of retrowave, chillout, ambient, dub, and phonk styles.
It’s been a while since i’ve posted something from [Ozric Tentacles]
. Here is a couple of gems at your disposal. Don’t even think about listening to them via puny multimedia speakers. Visceral sub bass and subtle synthesizer high frequencies blips are broadly present, so you just won’t hear them at all, and miss most of the action in audio spectrum if you use shitty equipment.
MAGICK VALLEY MOONCALF
I would like to inform you that this is the very final update for mentioned articles. They won’t be updated anymore, so you are on your own from here. There is nothing to update, almost nobody don’t give a sh#t about mighty Seven anymore, maybe except me and some vintage nerds.
Anyways, at least you have the right direction for a neat software to use to.
[Trusted Windows 7/8 software]
[Trusted Android 8 apps]
As for me, i am still running Windows 7 on my Lenovo Carbon X1 Gen5.
As you can observe [here]
, Firefox 115 ESR saga continues and Mozilla extending maintenance period again. Moreover, my gut feeling suggest me that it is quite possible that they will extend it even further, say up until September of 2027. And maybe they are targeting 2-3% values in the user-base after which they’ll finally drop the support. Current user base is around 5%, you can observe it at [Firefox public report]
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Link was kindly provided by DragonBreath, the member of my [Discord channel]
. I mostly agree on every single part of the video. THE WINDOWS HISTORY UNFOLD ONLY AFTER YOU WATCH THE VIDEO! A COUPLE OF THINGS I DISAGREE WITH Windows 7 is just A and not S? No words! Windows 11 is definitely go to F tier
Ubuntu which is shown in the end of the video is full of telemetry like Windows 10/11, so it is a quite bad advice
Suggesting [EndeavourOS] instead
The strategy that was outshined by Starcraft and Command & Conqueror. [Total Annihilation]
was the first RTS game that introduced true 3d models for units, true physics for a ballistics and realistic vehicle terrain movement. Not to mention things like commander unit mechanics and almost 3d like map [actually map was two dimensional with some smart heights applied].
Two expansion packs were released [The Core Contingency]
and [Battle Tactics]
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Recently [Notebookcheck]
injected malware to their website which is detecting if you are using some-kind of adblocker to make viewing experience more “convenient” and redirects to another scam domain reporting that if don’t turn off adblock you won’t be able to use their website at all. Ok, no problemo, you don’t have to persuade me hard on this, i am just saying bye-bye then.
[Ghacks]
which i have mentioned in the post header don’t do this, but their “news” converted to just plain undisguised advertisements.
UPDATED ON: 2026-06-16
Today we are closing the topic of S.T.A.L.K.E.R modifications and for the sake of it i have to say something new here. In one of the previous Stalker related posts i [already covered]
optimization questions, but recently i’ve stumbled upon very neat Japanese utility [FastCopy]
, which is focused on ultra fast copying of the files, especially on modern SSD/NVME drives. That is why I have decided to rewrite the game launch and save backup scripts.
It’s Friday, for God’s sake! It’s been a while since i dropped 80s-like music here. So, let’s pause this techological ranting with some neat synthwave dedicated to all of you.
WORLD COMPLETE ■ SYNTHÉTIQUE