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Cloudflare CDN v2

Nix McRetro // 30th January 2022 // Linux, News

Those who are long-term subscribers would remember that way back in 2016 I tried putting my sites behind Cloudflare. I have been hesitant to let my little home server loose on the big world wide CDN web. That move was made, again, around a week ago, with the home server... Continue reading

I Found Ness! EarthBound Revisited

Nix McRetro // 27th January 2022 // Gaming, Nintendo

Some further digging into my “to be sorted” folder has revealed some save games for EarthBound. They appear to date back to October 2013. Talk about a blast from the past! I had two saves, one at level 75 and another at level 97. The amount of grinding involved between... Continue reading

The Apple Macintosh LC 475 and 68k Gaming

Nix McRetro // 24th January 2022 // Apple, Gaming

The Apple Macintosh LC 475 and 68k Gaming

Recently I’ve been trying to sort all the haphazardly “organised” files on my cold storage hard drive. I came across a disk image of my LC 475 and a pack of 600 games that I’d never looked into. I’m on an M1 Mac and Basilisk II still works. Incredible, I... Continue reading

Nix's Mega Drive ROM v1.01

Nix McRetro // 19th January 2022 // Hacks, Programming, Sega

My Mega Drive ROM v1.01 was compiled sometime in February 2016. I was supposed to write something about this over five years ago but it apparently got away from me. Version 1.00 (above) is pretty simple. I edited the sample source code and compiled the ROM under Ubuntu if I... Continue reading

Saturated Skinks and Stink Bugs

Nix McRetro // 16th January 2022 // Nature

A friend who happens to be a photography enthusiast sent me through the above and below photos of some lizards he came across. Above we have the Eastern Water Skink, Eulamprus quoyii, and below… We have the Tree Skink, Egernia striolata, unironically on a rock as it is also known... Continue reading