Very different devices with very similar energy: the Nvidia Shield Portable and the Valve Steam Deck1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
The Apple Extended Keyboard II is my all-time favorite mechanical keyboard. This is my backup stash of AEKII's, with another 3 in daily use2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MechanicalKeyboards
An unexpected delight of playing w/ early GUI's: the unpredictability of the right mouse-button. Maybe you get a pop-out menu! Or a hidden menubar!? Maybe you get joystick-emulation mode! Maybe you’ll swap your CRT from NTSC into PAL! Who knows!? Life is random and so is your right mouse-button!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Thanks to an awkwardly-placed sticker, I’m the proud owner of the Collector’s Edition of HUMPER for Nintendo Switch5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/NintendoSwitch
Me circa 1993, age 11: Fedora, check. Haircut by mom, check. Oversize 'SuperCuts' fanny-pack, check. Star Trek keychain on display, check. Unfounded confidence that I looked awesome, check9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/blunderyears
Found an old friend in a dusty box. She still works! Feels like finding a time machine that takes me right back to my college days in ~20035yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
After considerable tinkering with 13w3-to-VGA adapters, buying / testing 4 vintage LCD panels (needed the perfect mix of resolution + “sync on green” support + voodoo, apparently), I finally got my new NeXT TurboColor workstation booted! Now I can play with Mac OS X Beta (pre-pre-pre-release) :-D3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Upgraded my Amiga 2000 with a Gotek floppy emulator yesterday! I've got so many upgrades in this thing, I'm honestly not sure if there's anything left I can add...4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/amiga
Not a typical CRT Gaming post, but after considerable work, I was able to stay up way too late playing text-based online games with my newly-acquired NeXT Cube3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/crtgaming
Successfully set up an A-Max Macintosh system for my Amiga 500. These are often called emulators but I don't think that's technically correct. Instead of 'emulating' a Mac, these allowed you to use actual Apple ROM chips so the Motorola 68000-based Amiga can *be* a Mac!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Mount Shasta reflected in Lake Siskiyou | Sony a6400 + Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 lens | Edit suggestions and feedback are welcome!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
I took a pic of the panoramic view of San Francisco Bay from the Marin headlands today. Not sure if this is an over-done location around here, but I was really happy with how it turned out despite the foggy / rainy weather (Xpost from r/ITookAPicture)8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/bayarea
This sketchy-looking mobile ATM in my town is the financial equivalent of a van with FREE CANDY painted on the side5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
I may work for an advanced cloud-based network security company, but the dream of the 90's is alive on my desk8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
The awesome arcade in my town (High Scores Arcade in Alameda CA) features a custom-built Oregon Trail machine, complete with an IBM Model M mechanical keyboard5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Successfully set up an A-Max Macintosh system for my Amiga 500. These are often called emulators but I don't think that's technically correct. Instead of 'emulating' a Mac, these allowed you to use actual Apple ROM chips so the Motorola 68000-based Amiga can *be* a Mac!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
My new frying pan's handle is slightly heavier than the pan itself10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
My neighbors have a beautifully restored Victorian home, but the crown jewel of their estate is this... bottle tree?6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/DiWHY
I just acquired an unusual new battlestation: a Panasonic Penwriter RK-P400 from 1986. This is a battery-powered portable typewriter / plotter / PC serial printer, all in a sleek self-contained package. It doesn't 'type' letters, it literally writes them using tiny ink pens!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Hello again my old friend! It’s time to come home for Christmas ❤️👍🎄5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This hardcover book came with clever little expanding protectors to ensure that the corners remain nice and sharp5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Driving home from work yesterday, listening to “Space Butthole Curriculum,” I look out my window and see this6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/greatestgen
The author Jack London spent the winter of 1897-98 in a small wood cabin deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Nearly a hundred years later, the cabin was located, authenticated by matching his signature against a name carved on the ceiling, and relocated to a plaza named for him in Oakland CA6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
A 2016 MacBook Pro serving files via FTP to a 1998 Wallstreet PowerBook, which is serving the files to a 1987 Mac Plus over a serial cable5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Spent some time digging through my storage locker today and found an old friend I'd thought long lost: my trusty PowerBook 1400cs. Hasn't been used since ~2001, but she fired right up when I plugged her in! (xpost from /r/VintageApple)8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
I’m temporarily working in an office park which is pretty typical and nondescript... except that it faces a gigantic wetlands nature preserve5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gifs
Improvised a platform for some time-lapse photography of the incoming storm clouds from my 12th-floor balcony6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gopro
When you’re not sure if it’s late or early, there are few places cozier than an old-fashioned diner5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/CozyPlaces
The first policeman in my town in the 1880s was a legit bad-ass (read the caption!)6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The menu picture of the nachos I ordered from room service vs. the nachos they delivered to my room7yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/shittyfoodporn
Went for a hike in Garin Park (Hayward) on Saturday and couldn't get over how lovely it was9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/bayarea
I've gotten some odd computer error messages before, but never one warning me about the risk of starting a fire if I click the Poof! button4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
There is something deeply unsettling about the name of this potato brand at Costco7yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
In honor of the upcoming episode Aquiel, I present my favorite t-shirt: Air Geordi7yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/greatestgen
(X-post from r/pics) Me last night (Oct. 17, 2014) after winning my first MMA fight at the Tuff-N-Uff Reddit Grand Prix10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MMA
I got a nice pic of the Arizona wilderness from the window of my flight to Albuquerque last week6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
The lead guitarist at a Cheap Trick concert earlier this evening ended the show by playing a 5-necked guitar6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
A bridge through time: a 2016 MacBook Pro serving files via FTP to a 1998 Wallstreet PowerBook, which is serving the files to a 1987 Mac Plus over a serial cable. Now my 32-year-old Mac Plus is loaded with games and apps downloaded from the Internet!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Thanks to this ridiculous ad on Facebook, I no longer need to even go to the mall to get my mall ninja shit6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mallninjashit
My local high school has a real US Marine Corps. fighter jet stuck on a pole out front5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
I would pay good money to know exactly what direction Marin Scorsese gave to this bandleader guy during the filming of this scene from The Aviator6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gifs
Obsolete is just a state of mind. My son and two friends enjoying an old iMac G3 and some classic kids games this morning9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Our next door neighbors just moved out and left a bunch of random stuff on the curb. My wife walked by and noticed some familiar primary colors in one of the bags, and now we have this6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
M/32/5'10 [265>185 = 80lbs lost] My son has gotten bigger while I've gotten smaller10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/progresspics
Was promoted to Blue belt on Sunday, one of my team-mates got a pretty good pic of my instructor helping me break in my new belt9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/bjj
When you’re not sure if it’s late or early, there are few places cozier than an old-fashioned diner5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Curious if anyone will spot what caught my eye in this refuse pile outside a gutted house while I was on my morning run today5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
M/32/5'10 [275 > 190 = 85lbs lost] (~3 years) Went from fat, sick and wildly out of shape 3 years ago to winning my first amateur Mixed Martial Arts fight in Las Vegas last night10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/progresspics
The “Dark Chocolate Blueberry Sorbet” and “Frozen Hot Chocolate” in this frozen yogurt advertisement are the exact same image, just color-shifted in Photoshop6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Fantastic find at my favorite local junk shop: three Nintendo handhelds for $5 each, games included. Yep, that's an AGS-101! [xpost /r/gamecollecting]8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/Gameboy
I don't know what the developers at Namco were smoking when they devised the plot for Ace Combat 7 but wow... it must've been *strong*4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
Spent some time digging through my storage locker today and found an old friend I'd thought long lost: my trusty PowerBook 1400cs. Hasn't been used since ~2001, but she fired right up when I plugged her in!8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
I've been cooking pancakes in this same pan on this same stove for years, and this is the first time it's ever created a mini smoke tornado6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gifs
eBay sellers that use stock photos in their listings for used/vintage items are the worst6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
Me, a guy, 10 years old in 1992: naturally curly / feathered hair, huge aviator glasses, the fashion sense of a lesbian librarian and with the delicate features and build of a pre-pubescent girl. That Corvette boombox was dope, though6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/blunderyears
Does anyone recognize this clear-shot handheld used by the henchmen in Jackie Chan’s “The Tuxedo” from ~2002?5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/OldHandhelds
Playing around with a new arrangement on the shelf over my home workstation, featuring some of the more aesthetically-pleasing handheld computers in my collection. Any thoughts? Bonus points to whoever is first to name them all!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
For anyone who ever doubted if true love really exists: please check out this pic of a shirtless guy rooting around in the disgusting brackish water beneath the Oakland ferry terminal as he searches for his wife’s brand-new iPhone X which slipped out of her pocket and through a gap in the flooring6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Spotted this truck leaving Oakland for San Francisco on the Bay Bridge early this morning, and wondered just what was loaded in the back.12yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/trees
Does anyone recognize this clear-shot handheld used by the henchmen in Jackie Chan’s “The Tuxedo” from ~2002?5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This restaurant bathroom soap has an expiration date, and I can’t figure out if expired hand soap would be more or less lethal to bacteria5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Ghost Ship. Really love this camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black mounted to my bike handlebars5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gopro
Was browsing Amazon Prime streaming children's videos for something for my 4-year-old son to watch. One of these things is not like the other...9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
Thanks to an awkwardly-placed sticker, I’m the proud owner of the Collector’s Edition of HUMPER for Nintendo Switch5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
After ~2 years of rummaging through rat-nests of cables at every flea market and thrift store, I finally found some GameCube Component cables!12yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
There's no reason Imgur should be asking for my location every damn time10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
Me, hard at work on a Macintosh Performa in junior high, circa 1996ish10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
These Sennheiser headphones are only a couple years old and don't receive much use, but the crappy faux leather is flaking off all over my damn ears9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
Thanks to an awkwardly-placed sticker, I’m the proud owner of the Collectors Edition of HUMPER for Nintendo Switch5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
The rear portion of this military transport ship is so light when the ship is not loaded with cargo that it is entirely out of the water5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
If you have to endure a multi-hour conference call for work, you might as well do it in style10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/snes
Deal Alert: Target has clearance copies of Xcom: Enemy Unknown for $10.48 and Dead Space 3 for 13.9810yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/PS3
Every evening at the courts by my house, this 90-something Chinese great-grandmother comes to shoot hoops. She's really good!10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Been slowly rebuilding / upgrading my old PowerMac G4 Cube between work calls. It's now almost as beastly as these things can get!10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
These fucking billboards are all over the San Francisco Bay Area, and they make me recoil every damn time I see one. I will NEVER buy from Scandinavian Designs9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
As much as I've bitched about GameStop and their crappy policies before, they actually came through this time11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/vita
My friend (right) and I (left) rocking out on my Apple IIe in my horrifyingly messy bedroom, circa 1996. Note the (blurry) copy of Qbasic Games & More! On my old Amdek monitor10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
[Xpost from /r/PS4] Had a quick, informative chat with a Sony rep yesterday, who confirmed an annoying glitch with PS+ membership expiration notices. Thought it might help others avoid the (long!) wait to ask Sony Support the same question10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/PlayStationPlus
ITAP of the countryside just east of San Francisco on Saturday (shot with my iPhone 5s, no filters or edits at all)9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/itookapicture
Curious if anyone will spot what caught my eye in this refuse pile outside a gutted house while I was on my morning run today5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
ITAP of the Arizona wilderness from the window of my flight to Albuquerque last week6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/itookapicture
The author Jack London spent the winter of 1897-98 in a small wood cabin deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Nearly a hundred years later, the cabin was located, authenticated by matching his signature against a name carved on the ceiling, and relocated to a plaza named for him in Oakland CA6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Not a crazy rare collectible, but I was delighted to find a Wii U Pro Controller under a stack of knitting magazines at Goodwill for $14.998yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
The new and improved microwaves in my office break room have a weird, unintuitive button layout.11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
My mom Susan Dietrich-Schneider, aka The Space Lady, performing on the street in Boston, MA circa 1983 [x-post /r/oldschoolcool]8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
They don't know it yet, but thanks to a lucky find and some good ol' fashioned haggling at the local flea market, the break room at my work is about to get a lot cooler8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/snes
M/31/5'10 [265 > ~215 = 50lbs lost] (~3 years) Pic on the left is me holding my newborn son 3 years ago at a little less than my worst weight. Pic on the right is me yesterday, moments before I completed my first Tough Mudder!11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/progresspics
Moments before ending my first full day with a Surge. Loving this thing so far!9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/fitbit
Found a really cool 3rd-party NES controller at the swap meet this weekend. Anyone else have one of these?11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
My mom Susan Dietrich-Schneider, aka The Space Lady, performing on the street in Boston, MA, circa 19838yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
This appeared in the washroom at work today. I suspect management is trying to tell us something.10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
Cashed in some trade credit at the local movies and games store and walked out with all of this for about $18 in store credit. Note that Metroid Prime 3 and MGS3: Subsistence are both sealed, and the Digimon games are complete and super clean!11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
I'm starting to suspect that whoever parked this truck outside my office might not come back to get it7yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
After my guitar-obsessed dad passed away a couple months ago, I found this touching letter from Fender in his house11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/guitars
One of my fellow employees, showing a disgusting level of commitment to his work10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/funny
Recently gave some friends an N64 with GoldenEye as a housewarming gift. Today at the swap-meet, I upgraded their new little collection. $8 each.11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
Fantastic find at my favorite local junk shop: three Nintendo handhelds for $5 each, games included. Yep, that's an AGS-101!8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
[Screenshot] Had a quick, informative chat with a Sony rep yesterday, who confirmed an annoying glitch with PS+ membership expiration notices. Thought it might help others avoid the (long!) wait to ask Sony Support the same question10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/PS4
My dad was a wonderful complex troubled hoarder who passed away in November. This was one of the more interesting items recovered from his home afterwards10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
A new battlestation I picked up this weekend from Craigslist. Not the oldest rig in my collection by far, but definitely one of the nicest!10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Really happy with this $5 Thrift Town find! Torn between keeping it and gifting it for Christmas11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
Lordloss does it again: English-patched Tales of Phantasia for SNES12yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
LOL-worthy blurb on the back of an ultra-crappy generic SNES controller box13yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
The little old house behind my apartment is apparently being torn down from the ground up.11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Found a pair of GBA's at the swap-meet today: an AGB-001 and a AGS-101. Now debating whether to make a FrankenBoy or not...9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
Spotted at a thrift store: the game that launched generations of PC gamers9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pcmasterrace
I have a 1970's-era Sanyo calculator that looks sorta like a small portable radio from that era.10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
