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.)
My Stuff
- http://eamonnmr.com
- http://flythrough.space
- https://innerjoin.bandcamp.com/
- https://hotels.smartertravel.com (My employer)
- http://zerowidth.space
- https://okminis.neocities.org/
- http://emr.sdf.org/
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
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/
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
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
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
- https://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-dune-ii/
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/
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/
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
- Sky and telescope article in 2001 vol 101 no. 4 attested here: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/357655 and here https://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/stindex-thru-December-2021.txt (update: I have copies of the magazine, will scan them to the internet archive and link them here. If you want these for some reason, email me and I’ll get to scanning them faster.)
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
- 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/
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
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://spacetrucks.blogspot.com/2019/06/bruder-astro-minis-west-german-snap.html
- http://davidsissonmodels.co.uk/
- https://fantastic-plastic.com/space-jet-glador-from-perry-rhodan-by-revell.html