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HTTP/0.9 Request and Other One-Liners

Nix McRetro // 26th November 2023 // Modems, Nature, Raspberry Pi

A quick look at HTTP requests on really old browsers. HTTP/0.9, originally just HTTP, was a very simple protocol: essentially a one-line GET request with no version token and no request headers. Mozilla has a great write-up on it. One correction to my earlier theory though: the old browsers themselves... Continue reading

Great News, I'm Transgender!

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2023 // News

Exactly one month ago, on the 18th October 2023, I came to the realisation that I am transgender. Two weeks later I had an appointment with an endocrinologist. And one week after that a prescription for estradiol valerate 6 mg a day. Thank you informed consent. Gender identity is an... Continue reading

Dell P190Sb LCD Monitor - The Heist

Nix McRetro // 17th November 2023 // IBM PC, News

7th October 2023. Picture the date, picture the time. Walking along a major arterial road. Out of the corner of my eye, a monitor. E-waste? Maybe. Dumped? Definitely. 10th October 2023. It’s still there. There’s a nagging inside me that won’t go away. 16th October 2023. My god, no one... Continue reading

WD Blue SA510 1TB WDS100T3B0B Failure... Again

Nix McRetro // 15th November 2023 // Raspberry Pi

WD Blue SA510 1TB WDS100T3B0B Failure... Again

Oh my sweet WD Blue SA510 M.2 SATA 2280 blade drives. You are such trash. I had two of these for GeoCities, one master and one backup. However, since I took GeoCities offline I thought I’d erase and sell the drives. But look at what I found when looking at... Continue reading

Forced Veganism Rethink

Nix McRetro // 14th November 2023 // Nature, News

For the past three years I’ve been vegan. A junk food vegan. Processed foods have always been my friend. They’re cheap, full of energy and bad for you? Meat Loaf had it right when he said two out of three ain’t bad. I’ve dusted off my old cognitive dissonance from... Continue reading