Remember links?
(A link is not an endorsement, but if any of these turn out to be broken/compromised/regrettable, feel free to let me know.)
I’ve also got a links series going on the blog proper, I try to post monthly, see here:
My Stuff
- http://eamonnmr.com
- http://flythrough.space
- https://innerjoin.bandcamp.com/
- http://zerowidth.space
- https://okminis.neocities.org/
- http://emr.sdf.org/
- https://github.com/eamonnmr
- https://blog.eamonnmr.com/computer-history-bibliography/
- https://blog.eamonnmr.com/hobby-index/
Friends
Favorite Tools
(Besides hand tools, obviously)
- vim I’m no vim wizard, but when I’m at a terminal I like vim and when I can I like vim plugins for my editors.
- vscode pretty good editor
- fzf this is a lifesaver if you’re looking for files on linux (or even Mac!)
- git git is well worth mastering
- ack a nice alternative to grep
- Godot is the game engine I’ve wanted since Flash died. Very fun to program in.
- Blender Like C++, a blender user will carve out a subset of the tools and master them
- Union Bytes Painter I’ve had great results with this tool.
- GIMP I have no idea what photoshop is like now, but GIMP is like photoshop when I learned photoshop.
- Reason the first daw I really got any good at
- Renoise I still think that if I could just get good at Renoise I’d be able to sound like Aphex Twin
- Audacity simple tool for editing audio, for days when you don’t want to bust out a full DAW
Lego
- http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=205547 Vectorized Logos for lego factions
- http://web.archive.org/web/20180124133304/http://www.blacktronite.com/ Rare & unusual post-classic Space stuff.
- Buy any brick http://bricklink.com
- https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/ archive of lego alternate builds
- https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/ Archive of Bionicle media
- https://brickset.com/library/catalogues?query=%Shop%20at%20Home% brickset’s catalogue list. I contributed many of the 90s US shop at homes!
- https://www.rockraidersunited.com/ forum for Lego games enthusiasts
- https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/ forum for Lego enthusiasts
- https://adequate.com/lego/ oldschool site with contemporary reviews of very old sets
- https://archive.org/details/@eamonnmr (my catalog scans)
- https://ancworlds.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/imagining-the-future-in-bricks-the-designs-of-lego-space-part1-70s-and-80s/ (and part 2:) https://ancworlds.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/imagining-the-future-in-bricks-the-designs-of-lego-space-part-2-the-90s/ discusses the possible influences on the design of lego space.
- https://medium.com/subpixelfilms-com/the-making-of-the-mata-nui-online-game-98d41dfa8089 Article discussing the making and cultural context of the Mata Nui Online Game
- https://emilyinternet.zone/realm/ – fan page with stuff from the eras I’m a fan of, including Mania Magazine scans
- http://technicopedia.com/slizer.html Slizer (throwbots) fan site.
- https://www.flickr.com/groups/3602763@N25/pool some great space themed MOCs
- http://color-it-blacktron.blogspot.com more space themed MOCs.
Escape Velocity
- http://escape-velocity.games -Cracked (ie playable) EV Nova for windows
- https://andrews05.github.io/evstuff/ – for your Mac needs
- https://www.reddit.com/r/evnova
- /u/nathan67003’s EVN Discord Server – most active EV nova forum
- /r/ASW Discord server – Ambrosia old salts forum
- https://macintoshgarden.org/games/escape-velocity
- EV’s original author plays and comments on EV https://www.twitch.tv/videos/74209825
- https://github.com/naev/naev
- https://evn.fandom.com/wiki/ shockingly comprehensive fan wiki, one of the few Fandom sites I actually recommend that you use.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/evnova/comments/ez4txv/a_qa_with_luke_nuada_smart_and_dafydd_pipeline/ Word Of Authors
Marathon
- https://alephone.lhowon.org/
- http://marathon.bungie.org/story/
- http://marathon.bungie.org/scrapbook/
- Interview with the writer: https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/c73yx6/i_will_possibly_be_interviewing_greg_kirkpatrick/
- I guess Bungie is going to do a new Marathon game, time will tell if it’s any good, but I’d like to register hype about the trailer and trepidation about the type of game it is.
Technology
- https://macintoshgarden.org/
- https://www.macintoshrepository.org/
- https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles
- https://lostgarden.home.blog
- http://opengameart.org
- http://www.ominous-valve.com/shortwve.html
- https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/
- https://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php
- http://folklore.org
- https://oldcomputers.net/
- https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/
- https://www.floodgap.com/
Programming languages
- https://norvig.com/lispy.html
- https://ceronman.com/2021/07/22/my-experience-crafting-an-interpreter-with-rust/
- https://blog.toit.io/hash-maps-that-dont-hate-you-1a96150b492a
- http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/B5000-AlgolRWaychoff.html
- https://craftinginterpreters.com/
- https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/lisp/
- https://bernsteinbear.com/pl-resources/
- http://t3x.org/index.html
- https://research.swtch.com/shmacro
Volvo
- https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/ insight
- https://www.fcpeuro.com parts
Warhammer
Music
- https://archive.org/details/AphexTwinAllUser18081971SoundcloudTracks
- https://aphextwin.warp.net/
- https://www.renoise.com/
- https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets
- https://abundantaudio.com/2017/08/21/new-order-blue-monday-a-case-study/
Miniatures
- https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/hot-wheels-and-matchbox-customizing-thread.245745/
- https://www.scotiagrendel.com/
- https://www.dakkadakka.com/
- http://www.star-ranger.com/Minis.htm
- https://studiobergstrom.com/
RTS Programming
- https://richg42.blogspot.com/2018/02/some-lessons-learned-while-developing.html
- https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131503/1500_archers_on_a_288_network_.php
- https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/tough-times-on-the-road-to-starcraft
- https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-hack
Rocketry
- http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/rockets.html
- http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/BAR/data2.htm
- https://rocketshoppe.com/ retro rocketry site with active forum
Blogs
- https://rachelbythebay.com/w/
- https://idlewords.com/
- https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/
- https://www.filfre.net/
- http://cowlark.com
- https://maxbarry.com/
- http://www.righto.com/
- https://fabiensanglard.net/
- https://hindenburgresearch.com/
- http://faberfiles.blogspot.com/
- https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/
Places to buy books
Articles
- https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time
- https://www.theawl.com/2015/06/a-complete-taxonomy-of-internet-chum/
- https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/
- http://cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/index.html
- https://openspace.sfmoma.org/2018/04/your-pretty-face-is-going-to-sell/
- https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/
- https://craigmod.com/essays/media_accounting/
- https://breakermag.breaker.io/trapped-at-sea-with-cryptos-nouveau-riche/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/how-to-go-viral-on-tiktok-like-megan-thee-stallion-play-the-app-s-game
- https://www.gleech.org/psych
- http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/articles/not-https.html/
- https://theweek.com/articles/730426/dan-brown-bad-writer
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2016/10/17/restaurant-way-room-full-broken-guitars-rock-concert/II9a3Y3uLVAZgnITUp1xVJ/story.html
- https://schmud.de/posts/2022-08-23-the-consumer-computer.html
- https://ploum.net/2022-12-05-drowning-in-ai-generated-garbage.html
- https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/11/04/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-internet-person/
- https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/02/06/ineffective-altruism-ftx-and-the-future-robot-apocalypse/
- https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-1-the-wunderkind
- https://www.filfre.net/2023/07/going-rogue/
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/21/magazine/dark-side-of-the-rainbow-pink-floyd-wizard-of-oz.html
- https://maxread.substack.com/p/techno-optimism-is-a-sign-of-vc-crisis
- https://aftermath.site/why-would-i-buy-this-useless-evil-thing
Damien Roohr’s Articles
Articles my dad wrote. It’s really cool that these are online now.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/14/nyregion/connecticut-opinion-the-aging-maple-tree.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/03/nyregion/connecticut-opinion-the-tolls-have-left-the-road-but-not-the-mind.html
- https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2001-08-05-0108051069-story.html (paywalled)
- https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2008/06/10/the-know-it-all
- https://writersweekly.com/success-stories/good-writers-are-good-readers-by-damien-roohr
- https://writersweekly.com/success-stories/its-not-what-you-know-not-now-at-least-by-damien-roohr
- https://archive.org/details/clearing_of_ones_own
Quirky
- http://textfiles.com
- http://wiby.me
- https://theoldnet.com/
- https://sdf.org/
- https://neocities.org/
- https://cursed.lol/
- https://chipflip.wordpress.com/
- http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/
- http://catb.org/jargon/html
- https://www.2600.com/
- http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/
- https://willamette.edu/~fruehr/homepage/aliens/otziOld.html
- http://www.artificialowl.net abandoned blog about abandoned things. Modern successor: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/
- https://aphyr.com/tags/ Interviews
- https://mariteaux.somnolescent.net/junk/hypercard/
- https://www.flashgamehistory.com/
- https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/galaxy.htm
- http://www.toyarchive.com/
- http://discmaster.textfiles.com/
- https://sigbovik.org/
- https://sfdictionary.com/
Liminal Spaces
- https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2007-04-05-0704051025-story.html Now it’s a Games Workshop store
- https://campjewell.org/year-round/educational-programs/school-trips/
- https://cantonmuseum.org/farmington-valley-railroad-society/
- https://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/03/westfarms-circa-1970s.html
- https://patch.com/connecticut/simsbury/borders-closing-is-underway
Misc
- https://nthitz.github.io/turndownforwhatjs/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/
- http://www.ominous-valve.com/shortwve.html
- The Conet Project: Numbers Stations https://archive.org/details/ird059
- https://www.fark.com/comments/2618004/WTF-did-I-just-take-a-picture-of-I-thought-it-was-a-planet-but-it-looks-really-weird
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucag
- http://www.irrationaldesigns.com/
- https://www.biggerplanet.com/
- http://www.couperus.org/
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mslutsky/lifer.html
- http://www.theoldrobots.com/
- http://www.partsofsw.com/item.htm
- http://www.hanakokoi.com/
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68992
Models and Toys