Assembler Games was a large part of my online presence in the 2010s and had a great bunch of people to converse with about retro hardware. For the history of Assembler Games, you can check out this archived link – … Continue reading
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Shane McRetro’s Christmas Video 2021
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 … Continue reading
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… Continue reading
Blood Plasma Donation #13
Today was plasma donation #13 and overall 33rd donation. Nothing went wrong, as usual. I’ll be getting my iron levels checked before the next whole blood donation in roughly a month. Peripheral haemoglobins were rocking 159g/L which is back where … Continue reading
Blood Plasma Donation #12
With all my vaccinations up to date and my iron bolstered, it’s back to my relatively regular, varied (and somewhat) scheduled programming. I stopped by the local blood donation centre (see above) and had a rather interesting visit today. Interesting … Continue reading
Eight Month Veganniversary
I’ve been called a lot of things in my time. Handsome, attractive, portly? But I have never been called a great cook. The above image is one of those fancy non-meat burgers, coupled with fake mayo on a healthy piece … Continue reading
COVID-19 Vaccination – AstraZeneca Dose 1 – Follow Up
It looks like the delta variant is spreading around Sydney now. We’ve entered a pseudo-lockdown and I can see why. If the government closes all businesses, no one has any income. Federal-level support has dried up but we shouldn’t worry … Continue reading
COVID-19 Vaccination – AstraZeneca Dose 1
Well, I’m on the way to having some vaccination powers. I now need my body to do the thing where it gives me some immunity. Then in just 12 short weeks and I can get my second dose. For me, … Continue reading
McRetro Update 2020
When I named my YouTube channel RetroJunkie2020 back on 11th March 2012… Hey! That’s almost eight years ago!… I never would have thought the channel would survive … Continue reading
Weight Loss 2020
Talk about deja vu! I set a New Year’s resolution to lose some weight… again. To do that I’ve employed my good friend salmon. Don’t worry he won’t get any kickbacks.
2016 was the year of weight loss where I … Continue reading