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Tux Paint lead developer, Atari 8-bit nerd, Blake's 7 fan, recovering Linux User Group president

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And if you just want all Tux, all the time... tuxpaint.org/gallery/imag... #tuxpaint #tux #linux #penguin

22.02.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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eye see u #art #tuxpaint

21.02.2026 21:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ugly orange alien head on top of a black and white drawing of a child.

Ugly orange alien head on top of a black and white drawing of a child.

Well, you know my name is Saymon. ๐ŸŽœ #blakes7

21.02.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second place! :)

21.02.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flappy!

21.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I love these old Atari 8-bit programmer reference manuals. They detail eveything about the Atari 400/800 8-bit systems. There's a fully annotated source code listing for the Operating System so you see understand exactly how the computer works. I do miss these kind of manuals.

20.02.2026 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 61 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why? Didn't he like it?

(I'll see myself out)

16.02.2026 14:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Third edition of the FujiCup, a competition that selects the best #Atari8bit computers game of the previous year (2025). In addition to the jury's vote, there is also a popular vote, which requires a free donation to participate, contributing to a rich prize pool. fujicup.pl #atari

09.02.2026 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Title: "Unprepared for a Regrettable Luncheon! (With apologies to Kelly)"
In the visual style of famed The Onion cartoonist Stan Kelly, Superintendent Chalmers is having lunch with Principal Skinner, who is menacingly placing a tray of hamburgers and fries upon the table, which greatly upsets Chalmers. Beneath one of the hamburgers is a wrapper bearing the text "Obviously grilled fast food".

Chalmers [labelled as "Disappointed guests"]: "B-but... I thought we were having steamed CLAMS!!"
Skinner [labelled as "Isometric exercising* odd fellows" - the asterisk refers to a footnote reading "Latest fad"]: "Oh, no, I made STEAMED HAMSโ„ขยฎ! ยฉ1996 Skinner family  All rights reserved"

From within the clouds of smoke billowing from Skinner's kitchen (wherein an American flag can be seen burning) three heavenly beings gaze upon the scene disapprovingly: A pig labelled "Actual hams", Krusty the clown, labelled "Hard-working patent-holders", and a teenaged fry-cook labelled "Ignored sandwich artists".
Lady Liberty peeks in the door and sheds a sad tear at this woeful scene.
Kelly's obligatory artist cameo has him disgruntledly commenting "Seymour-a bore-e-malice."

Title: "Unprepared for a Regrettable Luncheon! (With apologies to Kelly)" In the visual style of famed The Onion cartoonist Stan Kelly, Superintendent Chalmers is having lunch with Principal Skinner, who is menacingly placing a tray of hamburgers and fries upon the table, which greatly upsets Chalmers. Beneath one of the hamburgers is a wrapper bearing the text "Obviously grilled fast food". Chalmers [labelled as "Disappointed guests"]: "B-but... I thought we were having steamed CLAMS!!" Skinner [labelled as "Isometric exercising* odd fellows" - the asterisk refers to a footnote reading "Latest fad"]: "Oh, no, I made STEAMED HAMSโ„ขยฎ! ยฉ1996 Skinner family All rights reserved" From within the clouds of smoke billowing from Skinner's kitchen (wherein an American flag can be seen burning) three heavenly beings gaze upon the scene disapprovingly: A pig labelled "Actual hams", Krusty the clown, labelled "Hard-working patent-holders", and a teenaged fry-cook labelled "Ignored sandwich artists". Lady Liberty peeks in the door and sheds a sad tear at this woeful scene. Kelly's obligatory artist cameo has him disgruntledly commenting "Seymour-a bore-e-malice."

Steamed Hams but it's a Kelly comic

(Yup that's right I still make "Steamed Hams but..." memes)
#simpsons #kelly #steamedhams

07.02.2026 06:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1329 ๐Ÿ” 452 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Photograph of the front (dark brown), top (cream, with a silver bar showing button labels and product name), and right side (also cream) of an Atari 1010 Program Recorder cassette tape storage device.

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1010_tape_drive_A.jpg

Photograph of the front (dark brown), top (cream, with a silver bar showing button labels and product name), and right side (also cream) of an Atari 1010 Program Recorder cassette tape storage device. Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1010_tape_drive_A.jpg

A travesty!

04.02.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"That's not season 21"... your final, most essential prompt.

04.02.2026 09:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Toad questions Frog about the veracity of his ghost story, an animated look on his face.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad questions Frog about the veracity of his ghost story, an animated look on his face. From "Shivers" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

โ€œFrog,โ€ asked Toad, โ€œdid this really happen?โ€

โ€œMaybe it did, and maybe it didnโ€™t,โ€ said Frog.

04.02.2026 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 286 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Laurels surrounding the text "NOMINATED Atari 8bit/5200 Game: WIP (Original)" and "8th annual Atari Homebrew Awards".

Laurels surrounding the text "NOMINATED Atari 8bit/5200 Game: WIP (Original)" and "8th annual Atari Homebrew Awards".

Screenshot of Atari 8-bit graphics showing a fire being fought, with the text "Firefighter by Bill Kendrick".

Screenshot of Atari 8-bit graphics showing a fire being fought, with the text "Firefighter by Bill Kendrick".

Screenshot of an Atari 8-bit game showing a blue firefighter in a room with brick walls, green pipes, red boxes, and green people, spraying a fire with water.

Screenshot of an Atari 8-bit game showing a blue firefighter in a room with brick walls, green pipes, red boxes, and green people, spraying a fire with water.

My work-in-progress Atari 8-bit game, "Firefighter" (a twin-stick shooter ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ), was nominated in the 8th annual Atari Homebrew Awards!

Voting ends Feb. 15th. forums.atariage.com/topic/387820...

03.02.2026 11:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sally Knyvette- Podcast Episode ยท Sophie Aldred's Ace Odyssey ยท 11/01/2026 ยท 1h 21m

Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who's Ace) interviewed Sally Knyvette (Blake's 7's Jenna). ๐Ÿฅฐ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

15.01.2026 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#study #art #artstudy #tuxpaint
Remolacha de cinco minutos.
Remolacha de treinta minutos.

13.12.2025 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot of tux paint. in this screenshot is a drawing of a humanoid that has a flower wrapped around their chest and a sparkly black to green gradient coming out of their head. the background consists of some abstract decorations.

a screenshot of tux paint. in this screenshot is a drawing of a humanoid that has a flower wrapped around their chest and a sparkly black to green gradient coming out of their head. the background consists of some abstract decorations.

another tux paint screenshot, this time of a different drawing. the humanoid in this drawing is posing as if they were being carried away by something, with blue decorations surrounding them.

another tux paint screenshot, this time of a different drawing. the humanoid in this drawing is posing as if they were being carried away by something, with blue decorations surrounding them.

experimental things #tuxpaint #digitalart #originalart

27.12.2025 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I refuse to be controlled by calender. happy new year 2016!! /s
#happynewyear #mylittlepony #mlp #tuxpaint #happynewyear2026 #twilightsparkle

31.12.2025 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

So sad to hear Stewart Chiefet (Computer Chronicles host) has died. I grew up watching him. obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

31.12.2025 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary
Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary YouTube video by SynaMax

This was so good. #sinistar #retrogaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCuo...

28.12.2025 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US version of "Thank Goodness You're Here" would be "Get Off My Lawn!", and be a run 'n gun. ๐Ÿ˜ข

03.12.2025 08:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Blake's 7 episode "Weapon", where Travis has killed a clone of Roj Blake, with the words "IS IT BLAKE?", in the style of the logo for the TV series "IS IT CAKE?"

Screenshot of Blake's 7 episode "Weapon", where Travis has killed a clone of Roj Blake, with the words "IS IT BLAKE?", in the style of the logo for the TV series "IS IT CAKE?"

No, it's a decoy!

#Blakes7 #IsItCake

01.12.2025 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm just sentimental about money

20.11.2025 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did I just have tabs open of every Series D Blake's 7 episode transcript so I could simulate a Slave (Scorpio ship's computer) quote on a YouTube video about Acorn computers?

Maaaaaybe... (quickly closes 13 tabs)

20.11.2025 09:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An oblong, irregular lump with an offset handle, against a tan background. Cursive script below it reads, "Ceci n'est pas une outil de vache."

An oblong, irregular lump with an offset handle, against a tan background. Cursive script below it reads, "Ceci n'est pas une outil de vache."

day 151 of making a cow tools every day unless i don't

08.04.2025 13:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 608 ๐Ÿ” 108 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Oleander standing in the night sky with a serious expression

Oleander standing in the night sky with a serious expression

With window borders

With window borders

Oleander in the Night Sky
#tfh #themsfightinherds #oleander #tuxpaint

07.11.2025 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Art trade for someone else
#tuxpaint #emogirl #arttrade #idkwhatelsetotag

09.11.2025 03:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty sure that wasn't ray traced. I can tell from the pixels ;)

11.11.2025 09:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
get equipped with great mood

get equipped with great mood

03.11.2025 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Rad!

31.10.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lazyweb: I have a US Wii in the UK. Random ancient forum posts suggest simply getting a UK power adapter should work. A local retrogaming store warns against that; recommends a step-down converter or just buying a UK Wii (& re-buying all our games). Anyone have a concrete answer? #wii #retrogaming

23.10.2025 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0