Bryan McIntosh

I used to get excited about new updates to my phone or computer, because they added new features. I even joined the Windows Insider program for updates on my old Lumia phones. Now I have an Android system update that's been sitting for a week, I don't want new AI nonsense. 😐

My $800 "Cheaper than a Steam Machine" build made of spare parts aside from the motherboard/CPU/RAM just went up in price by $200 because the damned Vega 64 Nitro+ doesn't fit in the cheap case I have. Looks like I'm buying a shiny Fractal mATX case that won't make me sweaty and stressed out!

I love watching Bluey with my 3-year old son, but every time we watch "The Sign" it just emotionally destroys me. I was the kid who knocked the realtor's sign down in front of my house as a kid, and I also had to pretend to my kid that I wanted to move when I really, REALLY didn't want to. :\

Every act of resistance to oppression, no matter how small it may seem, has an impact. Watch this story about the Norwegian women who sabotaged Nazi shirts during their occupation in World War II! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfJ...

I just got an e-mail from PC Optimum saying that if I use their app, they'll give me a year-end wrap-up on my spending on groceries and drug store purchases. I hope we're getting closer to the low-point that leads us to the Star Trek future instead of a Cyberpunk future, but this doesn't help. 🫠

Random thought that I had today; "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters would make a really good Eurovision song. It's about the right length, has potential for choreography, and is incredibly catchy!

Sweet Jeebus, even MATLAB has Copilot now? I can write code that looks right but will break things horribly all by myself, thank you very much.

This trailer seems to get that Superman is a hero because he's Clark Kent, which is important to me in a story about this character. I am very excited, and can't wait until it comes out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2woC...

There are still a lot of challenges ahead toward building a more fair, equitable Canada, but today I am just going to bask in the news that noted bully Pierre Polievre no longer has a seat in Parliament. Ahhhhhh....

i am extremely tired of this topic today but I wrote a follow-up blog post just to make sure i got the important stuff out. ok i'm over it now i don't wanna think about it anymore for a while.

I was super productive today in terms of editing video, and made another retro gaming video about The Magic Schoolbus Explores The Solar System! Ride along with me as I descend into madness during the terrible platforming sections. youtu.be/CUpdH0B_aMg

I got a chance to test out a retro PC motherboard/CPU/RAM combo that I bought this week! Come on by for 6 minutes of me farting around and seeing if it at least gets to the BIOS screen. youtu.be/Y0rd68b13Og

idk Boimler just seems like he’d do this #LowerDecks #fanart #comic

One of my friends wanted to see this, and it did not exist on YouTube. Seeing as that would not do, I brought it forth into the world: youtu.be/PXYt_hCsz7k

Today was a long day at work until almost 9:00 PM, followed by successfully resurrecting my spouse's dead laptop and usual chores. Time for me to flop into bed!

It's been a while, but I wrote a blog post about the 3dfx Voodoo 3! It's a card that is simultaneously a great performer, but also was the beginning of the end for 3dfx. physbryan.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/t...

The newspost for today's Penny Arcade comic perfectly describes the Annoying Musk Acolyte: "They're all subscribers to some political package that involves, somehow all together, adulation of Musk, crypto, free speech, AI and tech accelerationism, and Twitter as a kind of rhetorical Thunderdome."

I went to a local computer recycling shop last week, and found some gems! Check out the video here if you want to watch me test them out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvvK...

Damn, The Beaverton, why do you have to hit me directly in the feelings like that? www.thebeaverton.com/2022/04/apri...

This comic from SMBC has stuck in my head since I first read it a couple of days ago:

I got some stickers for my retro PCs from Geekenspiel, and made a chill video following along as I put them on the cases. There's also bonus cat footage! youtu.be/fqX36M8O2Ws

I love using DaVinci Resolve to edit video in Windows, but in Linux trying to get it to import video is a real hassle. I spent over an hour with Handbrake trying to get clips into the right audio and video codecs, and still couldn't get a clip to be imported fully even though VP9+FLAC should work!

Uh-oh. One of my friends sent me a local FB Marketplace post with three joysticks, two racing wheels, and thirteen gamepads, all from the late 90s to early 2000s. Looks like I'll be testing a bunch of hardware soon!

I have a Bluesky account now! I'll try to post here a bit more frequently than I did on Twitter, but am not likely to set it up on my phone since I tend to be happier with fewer social media apps installed on there.