u/paraspooder

TIL in 2005, Nintendo Power (At the time published by Nintendo of America) considered Superman 64 the worst game ever released on one of their platforms. Nintendo's statement in the magazine was "Why have you forsaken me?"

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u/paraspooder — 5 days ago

2026 is the year of Drum & Bass

It's been a while since we've had this many features in a row be one genre. Almost like when we had straight back-to-back electro weeks back in the day or dubstep a few years back

u/paraspooder — 13 days ago

Pet project - At-home Motorola Talkabout Pager system

Hello everyone,

My girlfriend recently picked up two Motorola Talkabout pagers from a surplus as a thoughtful gift because of my interests. It was cool to see that they both power on with no issue, but they are long-deprecated and I wanted to surprise her to see if there's a way to get these old things working again to talk to each other.

I have one that was serviced by WebLink and the other from Metrocall. This is before my time so forgive me but my understanding is that these will not work under any circumstances unless somehow I were to create my own 'network' involving something short of a Raspberry Pi, some open-source GitHub project, and intertwined with hopes and dreams which would recognize another registered device. In a sorts, opening my own local 'Metrocall' or 'WebLink' system.

Is this worth even trying for fun, or is this biting off more than I can chew? Either way, I'd love some pointers on what I'd need to do.

Thank you!

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u/paraspooder — 13 days ago