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Shane McRetro's Christmas Video 2021

Nix McRetro // 25th December 2021 // News, YouTube

The end of the year has arrived and I’m in isolation waiting for a work colleague to return a negative PCR test for COVID-19. The slowest PCR in the world. 78 hours and counting. Looking back on the year, not a lot really happened for me. Everything was pretty much... Continue reading

Retrobright vs. Banksia Modem

Nix McRetro // 21st December 2021 // Hacks, Modems, Repairs

Lots of people I know like retrobright. I’ve never really liked it, seems too much hassle for too little return. Above is a before shot of the modem. Note at this stage the modem had some extensive accidental damage to the PCB - risk of losing this case was a... Continue reading

Let's Encrypt Certbot Domain Listing Order

Nix McRetro // 29th November 2021 // Linux, News, Raspberry Pi

Let's Encrypt Certbot Domain Listing Order

Honestly, I didn’t realise this, but it turns out the first domain listed when running Certbot becomes the main domain on your ssl certificate. By rejiggering the order I was able to have mcretro.net displayed proudly. sudo certbot --apache --no-redirect -d mcretro.net -d files.mcretro.net -d fishtankworld.mcretro.net -d frank.mcretro.net -d... Continue reading

Multimeter, MiSTer and GeoCities

Nix McRetro // 27th November 2021 // IBM PC, Repairs, YouTube

This video dates back to mid-July 2021. We were in the middle of a pandemic - the delta strain. Just today I was surprised to learn that the virus did what virus do, it mutated more. Now we’re heading into an omicron-powered pandemic. Anyway, this video isn’t much about anything.... Continue reading

Netscape 1.0 in Windows 11

Nix McRetro // 21st November 2021 // IBM PC, Linux, Microsoft

Well that was unexpected. But I guess it’s good to see Netscape 1.0 working under Windows 11. That’s pretty impressive! Alright, maybe “working” is a little subjective but good on Microsoft for keeping legacy code around forever. Not always a bad thing. Sirius Technologies Modem Diagnostic Tool Version 3.01. Looks... Continue reading