#retrotechnology
Behold, the pinnacle of technological innovation: a desktop widget from the '90s that lets you stalk your network pals on a map, because clearly that's what the world was missing. 
Meanwhile, GitHub's busy pushing AI code wizards to fix all the bugs you just introduced. 
https://github.com/h2337/connmap #technologicalinnovation #retrotechnology #networkstalking #GitHub #AIwizards #bugfixes #HackerNews #ngated
Since no-one talked me out of it, I'm going to start a peertube channel with retro tech under the name 'Scandinavian Retro'.
I already recorded the first frames, commissioned a theme tune, am blendering the leader visuals together and have a bunch of topics lined up. From 80s/90s home computers and technology to vintage internet protocols and the small web.
If you don't want to miss the first video, you can pre-order a subscription to the channel right now! It's completely free, and if I don't deliver, you get all of your money back, guaranteed!
It might take a month or two/three for the first video to show up though, things are a bit crazy around here, but if you subscribe now, you won't have to be afraid you'll mis it.
Cool, MyNoise now has a tape hiss noise generator.
Hey smart #RetroTechnology people, how hard and expensive would it be to create a miniature copper wire telephone network at home with some old rotary phones and a switchboard from eBay?
Ah, yes, the groundbreaking revolution of transforming a rotary phone into a Linux kernel input device. 
Because who wouldn't want to spin their way through error messages like it's 1970? Next up: turning telegraphs into WiFi routers, because progress! 
https://gitlab.com/sephalon/rotary_dial_kmod #rotaryphone #Linuxkernel #innovation #techhumor #retrotechnology #progress #HackerNews #ngated
Hey there, fellow retro-tech nerds! The @mediaarchaeologylab has posted its open call for practitioners-in-residence in the lab for the next season, which begins in September. Submit your proposal by May 15!
Please boost for reach.
https://mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/practitioner-in-residence-open-call/
The theme for the 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries.
Lab director Lori Emerson describes it this way: "We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures."
The lab is asking interested parties to submit a proposal for an up-to-4-week residency that includes full access to the lab and its resources, and logistical support. Residents are expected to produce a public lecture, demo, video, performance, or exhibition as part of the residency. Examples of previous technical reports can be seen at https://mediaarchaeologylab.com/projects
Get to it, my peeps! We'll see you in the lab starting in the fall.
In an age where streaming services reign supreme, someone decides to dust off their time machine and test ancient Japanese optical discs like it's 1998. Apparently, TDK UV Guard and friends are making a comeback—because nothing screams cutting-edge technology like a 25-year-old piece of plastic. 
https://goughlui.com/2025/03/23/optical-discs-from-japan-part-6-tdk-uv-guard-fuji-lg-sony-maxell-cmc/ #timecapsule #opticaldiscs #retrotechnology #streamingnostalgia #TDKUVGuard #HackerNews #ngated