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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? Meatloaf had it right when he said two out of three ain’t bad. I’ve dusted off my old cognitive dissonance from storage.... Continue reading

OpenRA - Command & Conquer - Red Alert

Nix McRetro // 12th November 2023 // Gaming

Silos needed. I used to love Command & Conquer as a teenager. My Athlon 500 MHz sure did clock a few hours as did Andrew’s PC. While his PC wasn’t as fast as mine, it was my gateway to getting my own PC. Then came Red Alert 2 and the... Continue reading

52nd and Final Blood Donation

Nix McRetro // 7th November 2023 // News, YouTube

A few months ago I decided I was finished with donating blood. A few factors decided into why I would no longer donate. 1. The way our blood service ran in Australia. Whole blood is all here and plasma is purchased from the overseas where donors are reimbursed for… well,... Continue reading