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The GeoCities Archive Rebuild Goes Live

Nix McRetro // 1st November 2021 // Categories: Guides, Programming, YouTube

It’s alive! The first public rebuild is up. While it has taken just about all my free time over the past month, I can honestly say it has been worth it. There’s still cleanup and documentation ahead, but the GeoCities Archive can now live on in my corner of the... Continue reading

The GeoCities Archive Rebuild Blog

Nix McRetro // 24th October 2021 // Categories: Guides, Programming, YouTube

I’ve been working on dialling up on a MiSTer since April 2021. In the longer term I knew I would need websites that were small enough to browse using an old web browser. Enter GeoCities. Deleted by Yahoo in 2009, Archive Team saved a fair chunk of it. It’s not... Continue reading

Cicadas and Leafhoppers

Nix McRetro // 14th October 2021 // Categories: Nature

I love cicada season! Giant bugs. Everyone loves giant bugs! I think these shells are from the ever so tiny Silver Princess (Yoyetta celis), although the shells alone don’t confirm the species. I always find these ones trapped in spiderwebs, they’ve got a knack for it. These shells would be... Continue reading

Blood Plasma Donation #13

Nix McRetro // 9th October 2021 // Categories: News

Today was plasma donation #13 and my 33rd donation overall. Nothing went wrong, as usual. I’ll be getting my iron stores checked before the next whole blood donation in roughly a month. My haemoglobin was rocking 159g/L, back where I wanted it. That’s a separate measurement from iron stores, though.... Continue reading

Folding, Folding, Folding!

Nix McRetro // 2nd October 2021 // Categories: News

Today we say farewell to the NixMcRetro account on Team Curecoin at Folding@home. We did well with 1,422 workunits folded counting up a massive 15,692,754 points! Farewell tears aside, we join Team dogefolders as a Dogecoin wallet address! Why the change? Less wallets, that’s why! Plus DogecoinFah is donation-based relying... Continue reading