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Sega TeraDrive - Retrofitting a Mean Well PT-65B PSU

Nix McRetro // 10th October 2016 // Hacks, IBM PC, Sega
Sega TeraDrive - Retrofitting a Mean Well PT-65B PSU
Lately I’d noticed people replacing failed TeraDrive power supplies or looking for an alternative to running a Japanese supply through a large external transformer. I’m in the latter group. These photographs, courtesy of DeChief on ASSEMblerGames, show one approach using a Mean Well PT-65B open-frame power supply inside the original... Continue reading

Ceasing Minocycline Before Isotretinoin

Nix McRetro // 2nd October 2016 // News
Ceasing Minocycline Before Isotretinoin
In 2016 I decided to stop minocycline after four weeks. I can’t say I’d enjoyed taking an antibiotic to solve a skin issue. I was also preparing to start prescribed isotretinoin, so the timing between the two medicines mattered. That timing should be managed with the prescriber, not improvised from... Continue reading

Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) Treatment Notes

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2016 // News
Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) Treatment Notes
These were notes I made while preparing to start prescription isotretinoin in 2016. The original article was titled Side Effect Prevention and tried to build a supplement stack around potential adverse effects, but I did not have evidence that the supplements below would prevent them. This should not read as... Continue reading

Markdown and Apache

Nix McRetro // 23rd September 2016 // Hacks
Markdown and Apache
More specifically: Markdown, Apache and the darknet. The old McRetro v2 onion address was loading, but Apache served the Markdown source files as plain text. Baby steps, at least the site was somewhat functional… right? I was wondering whether an Apache module, Perl script, Ruby script or PHP script could... Continue reading

Jekyll WordPress Import from XML - Deleting the Unwanted

Nix McRetro // 19th September 2016 // Programming
Jekyll WordPress Import from XML - Deleting the Unwanted
This worked for me under OS X 10.11.6 while cleaning up a bulk WordPress-to-Jekyll import. The first command removed _publicize_twitter_user metadata from roughly 500 posts; the original account handle is replaced with @HISTORICAL_HANDLE below. Historical OS X command, account placeholder find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i... Continue reading
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