I wonder why street pass is not a thing on the Switch
In which I reminisce about the Street Pass feature in the Nintendo 3DS, and wonder why it is not included in the Switch.
Tag: nostalgia
20, 15, 10, 5 year retrospective by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow published an end-of-year retrospective in his blog, where he put links from 20, 15, 10, 5 and 1 year ago, from between December 24th and January 7th. Actually, he puts these back links in every post he writes (which is really cool). But the longer time period of the retrospective post makes it […]
90’s Internet Nostalgia
Recently there has been a small subculture about reviving the 90ies style of the web, specially in places such as “neocities” (a geocities revival project). Today I learned about the glorious CASTLE CYBERSKULL, which takes this idea and runs with it: The above picture does not do justice to the GIF-crazy glory of CASTLE CYBERSKULL. […]
XPenguins are back!
Recently I’ve read an essay which left a strong impression on me, titled “Make Tiny Weird Software, Please! (all about desktop pets, old computer eras, and virtual toys)”. As the title suggests, the essay is a look back at “desktop pet” software. Desktop pets are programs that create small creatures in the computer desktop. These […]