This site contains my findings, ramblings and writings in English.
It’s a mix of what I learned, what made me react and also what made me smile…
This is my English website – Site Français ici (and the contents are completely different ;)
I am sharing here the system-levels tools I found useful when rebooting my Atari STF and Mega STE in 2024, after 30 years of inactivity....
While the Atari ST never came with a VGA cable, it's actually possible to build one for the "High" resolution mode. Here's a step by step guide to make this......
Step by step guide to replacing the Real Time Clock Battery in a 1990 Atari Mega STE, but in 2024......
I tested all combinations so we can finally have a true reference for the DIP switches on the HDD Controller of the Mega STE....
This shall be the definitive post on getting an ACSI2STM to work on an Atari Mega STE **at the same time** as the internal HD , so you can back it up on an SD card!...
These are the joysticks of my childhood! Even if newer ones are cheap, I'd like to re-use those. Otherwise, what's the point of having kept them in a box for 40 years! :)...
The ultra processed food industry is using the the almost same tactics as Big Tobacco. Almost, because they are actually even worse......
"I Was An MIT Educated Neurosurgeon. Now I'm Unemployed And Alone In The Mountains. How Did I Get Here?"...
Social media killed blogs. Yet there are still, and maybe even new compelling reasons to maintain a blog or personal website in 2024 !...
As I sort of dropped the ball on the development of b2evolution CMS after 18 years, I'm left with a quite a few websites running on unmaintained software... Surely, relying on (de facto) outdated server software is a big no-no for anyone working in I.T. Yet, I kept pushing the ball down the road... with no real plan in sight... Maybe I was subconsciously waiting for everything to break down......