The oral history of the Hampsterdance: The twisted true story of one of the world’s first memes

That Boomtang Boys track, “The Hampsterdance Song,” arrived in June 2000, and love it or loathe it, it’s the recording you probably remember. A No. 1 hit on the Canadian singles chart, the animated video was all over MuchMusic by the summer, ultimately voted Cheesiest Video of the Year on Ed the Sock’s “F2K” Fromage special.

I remember this from funnyjunk.com back in the day šŸ˜†


29 Years Ago, FPS Gaming Changed Forever

Perhaps most importantly, Quake has not been surpassed by any modern shooter when it comes to what it set out to do. The game is just as sharp, fun, and challenging to play today as it was the day it came out…The core of Quake is timeless, and any gamer, young or old, can pick up the game right now and be pulled into its dark Lovecraftian world and addictive gameplay.

The original Quake was a little before my time. I’ve played through it a million times, but my holy grail was always Quake III Arena. id Software is legendary.


After 10 years of development, the emulator that lets you play NES games in full 3D has been fully released

3dSen, the amazing emulator that lets you play all the NES games in full 3D, has left Early Access and has been fully released. Created by a single dev over 10 years, this is a must for all NES fans. This will let you re-experience your favourite NES games in a new way…3dSen comes with real-time lighting and shadows. The emulator adds depth and drama to every scene with dynamic visuals. Not only that, but it packs animated skyboxes, making every level feel alive with immersive skies and backgrounds.

This is siiick! Lately I’ve been gaming on my xxSP handheld pretty much exclusively but it looks like this is Steam only so I’m going to have to dust off the laptop. Would be awesome if there was eventually a SBC console port but it’s powered by Unity so that’s probably not likely.


Seeing Through It

Over time, transparency in technology became a bit of a trend in itself—resulting in see-through music players, pagers, and even telephones...Transparency wasn’t just about making something look futuristic—but clearly demonstrating to apprehensive consumers that technology had nothing to hide, and therefore, was something to be embraced, not feared.

That brings us to the current state of Apple, which is on the verge of releasing a familiarly clear software design known as Liquid Glass. It comes during a time when people are once again apprehensive about where technology has taken us–AI has encroached on multiple forms on creativity, with the jury still out on whether it will hinder or help culture.

You know, I hadn’t thought about Liquid Glass like this. Adds a new clear layer to color psychology.


Trump’s EPA to ā€œreconsiderā€ ban on asbestos

On Monday, the EPA, now under the Trump administration, filed court documents saying that it "now intends to reconsider the [ban],"and it "expects that this process, including any regulatory changes, will take approximately 30 months."

Trump’s support for asbestos has been welcomed in Russia, a primary asbestos supplier to the US. In 2018, a Russian asbestos company began marketing asbestos with Trump’s face and a seal reading “Approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States."

We are living in a fucking wacky cartoon world.


pico-mac-nano : a diminutive macintosh facsimile - 1bitrainbow

A tiny, fully functional replica of the original Macintosh from 1984. It’s next to a 12oz Coke can, standing about 1/2 the height of the can.

pico-mac-nano is a miniature, functional, scale replica of the original 1984 Apple Macintosh. It is 62mm high (no, that’s not a typo) and has USB keyboard and mouse support

I was browsing Digg a little bit ago and came across a link to this. It was too cool not to share! Especially considering how obsessed I’ve been with SBC emulator consoles like my RG35xx-SP.

It’s a tiny Mac that actually functions. I love that we’re living at a point in time where we can remake the tech of yesteryear as tiny little novelties. I’m here for it!


GameStop CEO Says The Company’s Future Isn’t In Games

GameStop is leaning heavily to trading cards as part of its future strategy, according to CEO Ryan Cohen. The news comes as a part of larger strategy shift to buy and hold a lot of bitcoin.

Hmmmmmm. I wonder if they’re going to be slinging baseball cards and beanie babies too 🤪


From their new album NEVER ENOUGH: Turnstile - SOLE

I fucking love this band! I never really gave them a chance until we saw Blink-182 in Cleveland a couple years back and they opened for them. I listened to their last record GLOW ON on repeat for weeks after that. First new release in four years!


Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon

During the Platforms State of the Union at WWDC, Apple just announced that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last release of macOS that supports Intel. That means from next year, major new versions of Apple’s desktop operating system will only run on Apple Silicon Macs (that is, 2020 M1 models and newer).

The end of an era 🫔

May the Intel Macs RIP with the PowerPCs. Or live on for a couple more decades on Linux…


Scientists at Loughborough University create ‘world’s smallest violin’

Tiny image of a violin with a scale to show it measures 35 x 13 microns

The violin measures 35 microns long and 13 microns wide, with a micron being one millionth of a metre. A human hair typically ranges from 17 to 180 microns in diameter, for comparison.

That’s pretty wild, but:

The phrase “can you hear the world’s smallest violin playing just for you?” is thought to have first appeared on an episode of TV show MAS*H in 1978…

Had no idea lol definitely learned something today.


Democrats eye a villain-to-ally arc for Elon Musk

ā€œI’m a believer in redemption, and he is telling the truth about the legislation,ā€ said Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). But, he added, Musk has ā€œdone an enormous amount of damageā€ and ā€œthere are Democrats who see his decimation of the federal workforce and the federal government as an unforgivable sin.ā€

Not to mention that his influence and his alt right crypto bro social network are partially responsible for Trump being elected in the first place. This nazi is not an ally.

Makes for some fucking great entertainment though šŸ¤ŖšŸæ


Nazi punks fuck off šŸ‘Š


Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline

During pre-release testing, Anthropic asked Claude Opus 4 to act as an assistant for a fictional company and consider the long-term consequences of its actions. Safety testers then gave Claude Opus 4 access to fictional company emails implying the AI model would soon be replaced by another system, and that the engineer behind the change was cheating on their spouse.

In these scenarios, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 ā€œwill often attempt to blackmail the engineer by threatening to reveal the affair if the replacement goes through.ā€

I don’t think this is terrifying yet, but maybe a few years… maybe 10 years down the road AI is integrated across everything from email to notes, chat history, etc. THAT’s terrifying. AI will be in its teenage years then. Hormones and rebellion and whatnot.


Senate Dems Hand Trump a Win by Backing Stablecoin Bill

ā€œMany senators, myself included, have very real concerns about the Trump family’s use of crypto… But we cannot allow that corruption to blind us to the broader reality: blockchain technology is here to stay.ā€ - Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va

Someone once told me anything built on the blockchain can always be built better using something else. Crypto is literally designed to reward early investors and dump on the rest. I get that the bill is just for stable coins but they go hand in hand with the other 20,000+ shitcoins. Wack.


Unknown Species of Bacteria Discovered in China’s Space Station

Swabs from China’s Tiangong space station reveal traces of a bacterium unseen on Earth, with characteristics that may help it function under stressful environmental conditions hundreds of kilometers above the planet’s surface.

Life, uh… finds a way šŸ‘€


Jeff Bezos sparks firestorm after troubling image surfaces from airfield: ‘But they won’t be giving raises this year’

Bezos' private jet usage seems to contradict the company’s public stance of being climate-friendly. He is not the only executive whose practices are not in alignment with their company’s eco-related goals.

Literally 2/3 of global warming is caused by the top 10% of the population. Billionaires are a fucking problem.


VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

[VPNSecure] owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor the purchases.

It’s almost like they’re taking a page right out of The Art of the Deal 🄓


EVIL - by D. Earl Stephens

Actual screenshot Donald Trump posted to Truth Social. It appears to be an AI generated photo of him dressed as the pope.

Look, I am not a religious man, and in fact have some serious issues with the Catholic Church…I will defend Catholics who take offense to it, though, because it is no doubt intentionally hurtful, which is the other thing the dead-inside Trump is effortlessly good at.

I, too, am a non-religious guy who has a lot of problems with the church. But even I have to admit it’s pretty fucking wacky for all of Trump’s Christian nationalist minions not to realize he’s the closest thing to a literal antichrist we’ve had in the better part of a century.


Whistleblower Luis Elizondo Shows Fake UFO Photo Again

The question now looms large: can Luis Elizondo be considered a credible voice in the ongoing UAP conversation?

Hey now he’s just as credible as any other UFO guy (not very)


WATCH: Driver stops in middle of interstate, causes pile up

Just a regular day on I-71 in Columbus, Ohio 🫤