m_walden

Re:Show HN: Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site on Monday July 27, 2026 @12:26AM (#49065189)

Looks great! One suggestion, please consider adding a dark mode option for those users with visual impairment. The current light mode is too bright for some users. The dark mode on your site would compete with https://wttr.in which is dark.

Joybubbles – The Forgotten Story of an Accidental Phone Hacker

Posted by m_walden on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:44PM
from the inverse.com dept.

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/joybubbles-documentary-rachael-morrison-interview

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Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:09PM (#46638454)

https://mw.rat.bz

History of Computer Artifact Colors (TRS-80 Color Computer, Apple II, etc.)

Posted by m_walden on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:05PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqLJox6UQwg

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Re:Epson MX-80 Fonts (1980 Dot Matrix Printer) on Sunday August 17, 2025 @11:55PM (#44937265)

Thanks for you memories and observations on old printers!

Epson MX-80 Fonts (1980 Dot Matrix Printer)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday August 17, 2025 @09:18AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/MX-80/

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Re:-=:[ WarGames Terminal Fonts ] on Monday June 09, 2025 @12:34PM (#44226217)

You are welcome! Thanks for posting the link.

Cheers, - Michael Walden

WarGames Title Fonts (From the Movie WarGames)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday June 08, 2025 @08:32AM
from the MW.Rat.bz dept.

https://MW.Rat.bz/wgtitle/

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WarGames Terminal Fonts (From the Movie WarGames)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday June 08, 2025 @08:32AM
from the MW.Rat.bz dept.

https://MW.Rat.bz/wgterm/

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IBM PC Code Page 437 to Unicode Mapping Table

Posted by m_walden on Sunday April 27, 2025 @10:41AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/cp437map/

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The IBM PC Character Set Confusion Clarified (Code Page 437)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday April 27, 2025 @10:41AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/confusion/

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Dr. David J. Bradley on IBM PC's Character Set and More (Code Page 437)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday April 27, 2025 @08:53AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/djb/

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IBM PC MDA ROM Font Character Table (Code Page 437)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday April 27, 2025 @08:53AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/mdarom/

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IBM PC Technical Reference Character Set (00-FF) Quick Reference (Code Page 437)

Posted by m_walden on Sunday April 27, 2025 @08:53AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/ibmpctr/

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Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?

Posted by m_walden on Saturday April 12, 2025 @02:55PM
from the blog.glyphdrawing.club dept.

https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/why-is-there-a-small-house-in-ibm-s-code-page-437/

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The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its Legacy in Amiga ASCII art

Posted by m_walden on Saturday April 12, 2025 @02:54PM
from the blog.glyphdrawing.club dept.

https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/the-origins-of-del-0x7f-and-its-legacy-in-amiga-ascii-art/

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Re:Colored Bar Paper Colors on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @01:38AM (#43468384)

All of the color values were collected over a long period (years) of collecting that I did for personal reasons. It was only recently I decided to publicly post them. I am sorry I did not keep specific details.

Colored Bar Paper Colors

Posted by m_walden on Sunday March 23, 2025 @07:33AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/barpaper/

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Retro Monochrome and High Contrast Color Display Palettes

Posted by m_walden on Sunday March 09, 2025 @08:11AM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/colors/

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M.W. Mouse Pointer Schemes for Windows

Posted by m_walden on Saturday February 22, 2025 @03:33PM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/pointers/

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See What Is Currently Popular on YouTube

Posted by m_walden on Sunday January 19, 2025 @02:44PM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/youtubepop/

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Re:Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QMod... on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:35PM (#42560721)

Could you please provide a link(s) to an obituary if/when it gets published?

Sorry to hear of you loss, and my condolences to you. Thanks in advance.

Streaming Radio Directories

Posted by m_walden on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:41PM
from the mw.rat.bz dept.

https://mw.rat.bz/srd/

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Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Sunday February 11, 2024 @12:43AM (#39332904)

I am aware of this site, and it has great demoscene demos! I am not aware of it having demoscene streaming music. If it does, let me know where.

Thanks!

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Sunday February 11, 2024 @12:39AM (#39332889)

I went to the https://www.twitch.tv/sgqfmfunk link and saw video of a video game being played and turned up the volume and heard Jazz, Fiddle, Flamenco Guitar and real music from acoustic instruments and no ripped video game music. What am I missing here?

I went to http://dmpsoft.s17.xrea.com/hoot/ and see that the hoot... - Sound Hardware Emulator program is documented all in Japanese. I am not interested in going to the effort of translating this page.

I went to the other links from the pastebin page and find this stuff a little too difficult to get into right now. I am not interested in downloading software and content to try this stuff out. I may not be interested, but possibly another reader will see your comment and dive into it.

Thanks for you comment and please enjoy what I posted on my page!

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:30PM (#39332437)

Yes, they are a good source of interesting music. I found them way back when I first got Winamp to stream music when I got broadband after having dial-up Internet.

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Saturday February 10, 2024 @07:47PM (#39331698)

I am sorry to hear that. As for ads, I do not run an ad blocker, so none of the links were an issue for me. Try others, you likely will have no issues on some of them. Kohina, at the top of the list, has no ads for sure.

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Saturday February 10, 2024 @07:43PM (#39331674)

I do not recall any other demoscene/vgm station on the list with voting capability. Yours is the only one. Thanks for the invite.

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Saturday February 10, 2024 @07:39PM (#39331656)

The following still works, though the home page has no functionality. I will add this later. Thanks. Radio Hyrule - Zelda music 24/7! http://RadioHyrule.com https://RadioHyrule.com:8443/listen.m3u https://RadioHyrule.com:8443/listen (192 kbps MP3) https://radiohyrule.com:8443/listen-lo.m3u https://radiohyrule.com:8443/listen-lo (64 kbps MP3)

Re:Demoscene and video game music streaming radio links on Saturday February 10, 2024 @07:18PM (#39331540)

I will add the following later. Thanks!

RadioSEGA - Playing the best SEGA music 24/7! https://www.RadioSEGA.net https://www.RadioSEGA.net/listen/ RadioSEGA - Playlist https://www.RadioSEGA.net/play/ http://Content.RadioSEGA.net:8006/live (64 kbps AAC+) RadioSEGA - Playlist http://Content.RadioSEGA.net:8006/rs-mpeg.mp3.m3u http://Content.RadioSEGA.net:8006/rs-mpeg.mp3 (96 kbps MP3)