While phase one of the National Geographic Volcano Science Kit has been successfully completed, I remain certain that this and other Science Kits primarily exist to engender all those involved with feelings of disappointment, frustration, inadequecy, and most of all, sadness.
Given the combination of iOS’s shitty autocomplete and my own brain’s shitty autocomplete, it’s amazing I write anything correctly.
In addition to the benefits of FPGA, these old SNES games look great on the Analogue Pocket because the low resolution games translate well to the small screen. This is by far the best and most native feeling retro gaming setup I’ve experienced. 4/4
Even my powerful gaming PC could not horizontally sync when emulating A Link to the Past, leading to regular visual clipping. Again, playing the game via FPGA was indistinguishable from actual hardware. 3/4
Software emulation introduces lag as well as audio/visual issues. Even the Virtual Console version of Super Mario World was laggy enough to affect my timing on jumps. FPGA isn’t emulation, but rather hardware that be programmed to replicate whatever classic console. 2/4
As someone who’s dabbled with emulation for the last 3 decades and has almost always been disappointed with the results, I can’t believe how well FPGA retro games look and perform on the Analogue Pocket. 1/4
https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/08/07/analogue-pocket-jailbreak-guide/
One thing I wish I better understood when starting with Git is how a branch is really just a bunch of commits disguised in a trench coat.
If you happen to be on the Ventura betas, I updated Nightly Time Machine to address an issue with the latest beta. More info at:
https://github.com/JackWellborn/Nightly-Time-Machine#fixed-issue-with-macos-ventura-public-beta-5
While many credit AirPods Pro as Apple’s first in-ear headphones with surprisingly good sound, I maintain their track record started with the wired in-ear model.
https://www.apple.com/ph/shop/product/ME186FE/A/apple-in-ear-headphones-with-remote-and-mic
I actually like the name “Dynamic Island”. Yeah it’s a bit silly sounding, but it’s also phenomenally descriptive. “Island” is the perfect word for an inky black thing surrounded by screen, and the way it resizes is truly “dynamic”.