This one ended up music-heavy.
treelineterrains.com
Saw these in the Vermont building at the Big E. I absolutely love the idea. I actually tried to do something like this myself with a 3d print, but it came out way too warped and anyway you’d need a really big print bed and the amount of sanding required might destroy the topography anyway. Though if you want the look of topo lines maybe you’d enjoy the print lines anyway, a dry brush would make them pop.
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
Search Engine for free ebooks. Academic focus.
Cheating scandal rocks world stone skimming championships (bbc.com)
September’s silly sports news story.
https://www.stilldrinking.org/stop-talking-to-technology-executives-like-they-have-anything-to-say
players just like you (mtglore.com)
So the Magic The Gathering trading card game used to have a website where people could comment on the cards. This was considered normal in those days. I was delighted to find out that someone had done something with the comments. I hate when worlds get deleted.
Message In A Laptop (wbur.org/endlessthread)
Endless Thread really living up to its potential here. This type of thing is a holy grail for retrotech/archivist fandom. Finding something unique that people find meaningful, which would have been consigned to oblivion if not for your intervention.
https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-end-of-aol-dialup.html
Drum Rock (ctmq.org)
This is a fun relic from the time when you could really expect ‘the internet’ to ‘know’ everything. No detail of the world was too obscure to find in a Google search. It was a comfortable way for the world to be, but it’s rapidly declining.
The Sleuthers (snapjudgment.org)
I find this riveting radio story appealing not only because it gives flashbacks to the ouster of Westfield’s president but also because it reminds one of how gruesome the job market is right now.
What’s amazing too is that these students could have saved this superintendent from the massive embarrassment of sticking his neck out for an obviously fake hire, but he, for whatever reason, chose hubris.
I’m Not Here EP (analogicalforce.bandcamp.com)
Analogical Force is a very consistent label, but this one wowed me in a way they usually don’t. They’re really hitting Kraftwerk vibes with the first track off of this.
PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X (youtube.com)
Bonus music this month, because it seems like bands like Machine Girl and Health are releasing extra albums like it’s going out of style. Features some tracks like Rabbit Season that I think reach heights the previous record didn’t hit.
Confiture La Plage (rubymydear.bandcamp.com)
This album takes RMD in an interesting direction, and after the first few tracks of kitch you get a long stretch of brilliant breakcore with lots of interesting acoustic/vocal elements.
Gray Town (megadrive.bandcamp.com)
Another surprise release, so close to MegaDrive’s last release. This one hews closer to Boards Of Canada of all things. Recommending on the strength of the beginning alone!