I'm actually impressed with that word salad.
06.03.2026 22:29
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I'm actually impressed with that word salad.
Was Trumpy Bear him too?
A sign that reads "Acme Feed & Seed - Where the Locals go Since 1891"
Formerly Chuck's
free idea for anyone who wants to run for mayor: policy proposals pegged to Chicago turning 200 in 2037. "Chicago200". like 200 new miles of protected bike lanes. 200 new public bathrooms. 2000 new bus shelters.
Screenshot from an SNL skit. There's a thermostat mounted on window blinds.
Why did SNL put a thermostat on window blinds?
ME: pack a bag, we’re flying to kansas
MY WAYWARD SON: what kind of bag
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
This is gorgeous!
Far Side cartoon. Casting a furtive look from behind her safety goggles, a cow uses an acetylene torch to break the seam of an underground tunnel. The caption explains: In a tunnel under the Chicago River, a descendant of Mrs. O'Leary's cow follows her calling.
Cow tools
A shot of the whole keyboard
A close-up of the keyboard. It's all clean!
I even managed to preserve the label!
And now it works with modern computers!
The finished IBM Model M! It's clean, all the keys work, and hopefully it'll last another 32 years!
Electronics all wired up.
Electronics installed! The wires and adapter mount are held in place with hot glue: this should allow it to be removed fairly cleanly.
Quick test to confirm it still works. It does (or at least K and F5 work).
Everything is all wired up and installed.
Soldering the breakout board to the adapter board was easy thanks to the through holes. The motherboard cable to the adapter was more tricky: the pads are small and the wire was pretty stiff.
The wires are held out of the way with some hot glue.
The adapter board and the USB-C breakout boards installed in their 3D printed mounts
Like a glove! The mount fits perfectly flush, and I used fuzzy skin to mimic the texture of the original housing. The effect is more subtle in real life: the camera is adding some HDR effect to the texture.
Here are the mounts and boards before they're installed.
Look at how perfectly this fits! The USB-C breakout board in its mount and installed in the keyboard's housing. There is very little clearance between the mount and the existing cable socket, but it's enough to work.
To hold the breakout and adapter boards, I designed and 3D printed two mounts. I don't have the exact "yellowed white" filament, so I used orange, and it actually looks pretty modern.
Next step is soldering...
Lastly, there are some pixelation filters that are pretty much useless. The grey one isn't too bad, but I can't imagine when I'd use that.
Overall, it's pretty fun, but not worth the price.
A view of a train station: Paint Frame
A view of a train station: Film Frame
A view of a train station: Emoji Frame
A view of a train station: Camera Frame
The filters look OK (especially that monochrome one), but the frames are bad: they take up so many of the already-precious pixels.
But at least they're kind of fun, right? Except for the Camera Frame - that's so dumb.
A view of a train station: Normal Filter
A view of a train station: Cool Filter
A view of a train station: Warm Filter
A view of a train station: Monochrome Filter
With a resolution of 1440x1080, I think they were going for that "early 2000s nostalgia" look. But I remember those photos as having more saturated colors and a somewhat higher contrast
Here are four photos showing the basic filters:
The Kodak Charmera keychain camera!
A view of the LCD screen. The viewfinder in the upper left is just a hole - there's no lens!
A view of the box and some of the contents. Clockwise from the upper left: the box, the camera, a pamphlet about the camera's inspiration, and a camera trading card (?).
A close-up of the unfolded pamphlet
I recently picked up a Kodak Charmera!
It's a keychain camera with an LCD screen and USB-C. Because it's so small, the camera is hard to hold level. And the photo quality is absolutely potato.
But it's shockingly fun to use! And I think I can fix the grip with a 3D printed handle.
Soldering is really easy! I suck at it, but it still works
Front of the motherboard. The C3 capacitor looks very sus, but I'll investigate later.
Back of the board. Looks shockingly clean!
The adapter was in a big rubber block. I only need the little board, so it was easier to cut the block away.
Here's my wire map. There are only four input and four output connections, so this should be easy. The USB ones are clearly labeled, but not so for that weird little PS/2 plug.
Electronics time! The plan is to take a PS/2-to-USB A and connect that to USB C breakout board. Externally, there's only a USB C port, so the keyboard should look stock from a distance.
This is why I now get all of my political analysis at the gas station.
The outer label on the case says the keyboard was manufactured on December 31, 1993.
The label on the back of the metal barrel plate says it was manufactured on January 3, 1994.
Someone's lying here. I could understand if these dates were reversed, but this seems wrong.
Keys pre-cleaning. The faces are only slightly yellowed, but there's a lot of gunk on the sides of the keys.
All of the keys removed.
Started cleaning the backplate with q-tips and soapy water.
This is the water from the first pass on the backplate. 🤮
Started the cleaning process. There are no major scratches and any yellowing appears to be superficial. For right now, dish soap and a magic eraser.
A print of PZI 3D's key cap puller on MakerWorld. It's printed in black PLA.
A print of a 5.5mm socket wrench with an extended shaft. It's printed in black PLA.
I didn't have the correct sized socket that was long enough to open the case, and I didn't own a key cap puller. 3D Printing to the rescue!
The wrench was modelled in FreeCAD in like 10 minutes, and the key cap puller is from PZI 3D on MakerWorld. Both have held up perfectly so far.
A view inside of the IBM Model M keyboard from 1993. Some orange crud is visible in the upper left of the keyboard.
A close-up of the orange crud on the keyboard's backplate.
A broken standoff. This would normally support the metal barrel plate. Easy fix with CA glue!
This keyboard is shockingly not too bad on the inside! There's some spilled coffee(?) and one standoff was broken. Also, no sign of any popped plastic rivets!
An IBM Model M keyboard.
A view of the label: Manufactured for IBM by Lexmark, 31-DEC-93
The permanently attached PS/2 cable is starting to fray near the keyboard. The cable is supposed to coil, but isn't stretchy.
A close-up of the PS/2 connector.
I'm restoring an IBM Model M from 1993!
It's in really great shape, but the permanently attached cable is starting to fray and the dongle chain (PS/2 to USB-A to USB-C) is annoying.
bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???
They should put Mickey Mouse hands on the doomsday clock to give the end of the world some much-needed whimsy
A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
You will be visited by three spirits
