Category: Essays

Longform writing about a variety of topics. Very opinionated.

Thank You for Everything, Scratchpad

As of today, the Scratchpad is now superseded.

Tags: Natural One, WordPress,

MP3.com Lives On, Part 2

  • Posted by mariteaux on February 23rd, 2022 filed in Sperging
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MP3.com Life Out of Bounds

Our final look, and my final word, on the topic. More sample music though!

Tags: Ancient Technology, MP3.com,

Exploring the Ultimate $ony Multi Loader, Part Two

  • Posted by mariteaux on February 12th, 2022 filed in Sperging
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The U$ML "pack-in loader" variant

A follow-up to my other exploration post a couple months ago!

Tags: Ancient Technology, Rhythm Games,

MP3.com Lives On (on CD-ROM)

  • Posted by mariteaux on January 22nd, 2022 filed in Sperging
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The MP3.com Music and Technology Tour CD

All is not lost! On silver discs, the MP3.com library partially survives.

Tags: Ancient Technology, MP3.com,

I’m Still Fundamentally Disappointed in Gopher’s Userbase

I’m sure there’s good stuff to see, right? Right?

Tags: Ancient Technology, Gopher,

Alien

  • Posted by mariteaux on September 17th, 2021 filed in Sperging
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Some thoughts about trying to start a stalled car, and maybe my return to blogging regularly again.

Tags: Natural One,

The Most Important Album Ever

According to the Gallagher brothers.

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Fw: Fw: Fw: The Bizarroworld Time Capsule of 00fun

  • Posted by mariteaux on March 18th, 2021 filed in Sperging
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00fun's "Fun Windows Errors" page

This is possibly the most otherworldly (yet charming) thing from my past I will ever show you: forwards from Grandma.

Tags: Ancient Technology,

Experimenting With 5.1 Downmixes

  • Posted by mariteaux on March 8th, 2021 filed in Sperging
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My three versions of Nirvana's MTV Unplugged

If you’re a music geek, an audio geek, you like Nirvana, or you’re none of the above, you’re guaranteed to find something to like in this post.

Tags: My Music Collection, Nirvana,

Look What Your Money Bought

  • Posted by mariteaux on January 11th, 2021 filed in Strong Opinions
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A commentary on the internet’s favorite band to clown and how “bad bands” are crowned on the whole.

Tags: My Music Collection,

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