AKG K545 Headphones – Crisp, Clear and True
The office I work in is fairly noisy, with lots of hustle-and-bustle and that can be pretty distracting at times. When I need to get-in-the-zone, I’ll frequently put on my pair of AKG K451‘s1....
Author: Mike Knotts
Netgear Powerline Music Extender – Quick-and-Dirty AirPlay Audio
I love AirPlay, it makes it so easy to stream whatever music and video you want. Onkyo, on the other hand, apparently does not. Not a single one of their AV Receivers features AirPlay....
Custom Keycap Sets From WASD Keyboards
I recently switched over to a mechanical keyboard as my primary, specifically the Coolermaster CMStorm Quick Fire Rapid (CMSQFR), and, yes, I still hate the name. But I love the keyboard. It’s wonderful to type...
Project: Polk – The 5.1 Speaker Upgrade
UPDATE – February 17, 2025 I still use all of the speakers from this article, but have moved the rear, center and subwoofer into my home office, and have replaced with with newer Polk...
In Defense of the Atari 1200XL
It is an “Edsel“? An “Avanti“? Or, is it something in-between? The Atari 1200XL has always had a sullied reputation with the Atari community; thought of as a crippled machine that was too expensive...
My First Modem – The Atari 1030
Released in 1983, and designed to match the newly launched Atari 1200XL, the Atari 1030 modem was an interesting piece of hardware. The modem’s device-driver was burned into ROM, enabling it work with...
Gamechanger – Eastern Front (1941)
In 1981, Chris Crawford was riding high (little did he know that in just three years, he’d be looking for a job). Since joining Atari in 1979, he had become a full-fledged star programmer....
The Amiga “Boing Ball” Demo Animated GIF
As an old Amiga-geek, this little GIF here makes me smile. The bouncing “Boing Ball” demo was an amazing thing for its time, as is the lore behind it. Consensus seems to be that...
