u/Collector55

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1koFhBQ05IwFf96WPrw8Sj8Nr0zDTlP_d?usp=sharing

Also previously known under the names GodsBog OS, GogsBog OS, and Cashcore OS. This unique OS was developed by the obviously mentally unwell Shawn T. Cook in the 2000s/2010s. It became somewhat well known on certain computer forums back in the day, but it never saw the same level of popularity as Terry Davis and TempleOS. During its last few years Shawn would pull down his tripod.com site, and then briefly repost it for a few days when he developed a new version. I have here a version of ConeHead, which may be one of the last versions posted, as well as 2 versions of LoveBugs that I was able to find on the Wayback Machine. Also included are Shawn's guides to his W++ programing language as well as miscellaneous programs, bits of code, and writings that I saved back in the day. Information about this OS is becoming increasingly harder to find over the years, and the OS itself is nearly impossible to find. If anyone has any other versions of this, then please consider archiving them somewhere as they are basically lost media.

I tried posting this to archive.org, but it got auto-removed because the iso files get flagged as a virus. To get around this I reuploaded everything to Google Drive, with the iso files in password protected folders. The Conehead change log does say "I accidentally backed up files infected with the Trisha virus." I'm not sure if the iso still contains another DOS virus, or if some of his programs are just coded with virus-like behaviors. I have the Virustotal report here:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d824c14f41e32ae6ca62d998dd6678eef7dc55bcf8f39aaf211e698c97277691/detection

It's all low or medium level threats, and most DOS viruses aren't capable of doing much on modern Windows systems, and even if there is something, it is unlikely to escape a virtual machine. Whatever the actual issue is, I don't believe there is any danger to just keeping the iso file on your PC. If you are actually concerned about it then just use it on a Linux machine. There is also a few older usage videos on Youtube if you just want to see footage of the OS in action without downloading anything. At the end of the day this OS is essentially just a toy, it's not something you would want to make your new main OS. It's main draw is all the games and random text files that Shawn has created for it. I'm not even sure if it has networking capabilities, since I've never tried. Each ISO also contains what appears to be a version of the OS created for TI Voyage 200 calculators, but I haven't tried those out either.

As far as I know there is no official art of Rihoko with the witchblade, and the existence of this unproduced figure doesn't seem to be very well known, at least on the English side of the web.

HEAVY TEXT WARNING, I've also included a number of images I found while combing through Poindexter's old websites and social media.

If you're like me then the first time you heard about the Poindexter "franchise" was with last year's announcement about Don Oriolo's new partnership with Surge Brands, but it actually goes back much further than that.

The current Poindexter.com site has a link labeled "Licensing" that leads to a dead page. Looking at this page with the Wayback Machine reveals a small page referencing the marketing company Brand₂O, which is actually owned and founded by Don's son Michael Oriolo, who was also a producer on the Felix the Cat Saves Christmas film. Wayback Machine shows that Brand₂O was affiliated with Poindexter since at least 2019. Presumably, the deal with Brand₂O either expired or was cancelled since it doesn't seem like it was going anywhere, and they were replaced by Surge Brands.

According to Wayback, the current version of Poindexter.com has existed since at least November 2015, a little over a year after the sale to Dreamworks, BUT the Poindexter.com website actually goes all the way back to 1998, although it doesn't have any real content until the year 2000. The earliest versions of the site are for an A/V installation company named Poindexter's, which actually uses Poindexter as its mascot. Poindexter's is actually still in business, and is currently based in Bozeman, Montana, but was founded in Santa Monica, California back in 1987. Their current website is located at Poindexters.com. The company has made at least a few different appearances in Bozeman's annual Sweet Pea Festival Parade with costumed Felix and Poindexter mascots. Presumably they've been paying licensing fees to use Poindexter this whole time, but I can't confirm that. A version of the website from 2009 has this line in its about us section: "The Oriolo family--notably Don and Mike Oriolo--have been huge supporters of Poindexter's over the company's 22-year existence. "The cartoon character "Poindexter" was created by Joseph Oriolo, who is honored as the site's first featured genius. The Oriolo family--notably Don and Mike Oriolo--have been huge supporters of Poindexter's over the company's 22-year existence. "I'm very grateful to this creative, kind and animated family. The Oriolo's are family to me", says Bill."

Poindexter's stops using the Poindexter.com domain in 2011, and then there is a period of time between 2012-2013 where a different, seemingly unrelated company used the site using Poindexter as their mascot. There appears to be 2 companies here, Poindexter Tech Exchange, and Poindexter 24 Hour Tech Support. Both are owned by Tech Marketing Ventures, Inc., which I haven't been able to find any info about. I'm not sure if these companies ever really existed, since their websites are either empty or not properly archived, and the last archived version of them redirects to the website for the Washington based IT company, Connected Northwest.

The domain sat empty for a while after that until its current incarnation was created in 2015. I'm guessing Oriolo either wasn't able to sell Poindexter to Dreamworks due to the licensing agreements he has with these other companies, or maybe he just didn't wanna lose whatever income he is getting from these deals. I'm curious to see if this franchise goes anywhere with Surge Brands, or if it will just continue to stagnate. Maybe there's even hope for the cancelled Poindexter film that has been in pre-production since 2002.