Eric Neustadter (e)

@thevowel.com

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(semi?) retired tech architect/tech exec. ex-Pokémon. ex-Xbox. labrador at heart. retro games & computers. go ducks, kraken, seahawks, sounders! he/him.

Z the grey/brown/black chiweenie eating kibble out of her bowl. She’s taken most of it out of the bowl and strewn it across the floor, because apparent floor kibble tastes better.
A bee busy doing bee things in the herb garden
Z the chiweenie standing on a blue lounger looking at a treat
A Seattle raccoon that went viral online has helped send a cryptocurrency inspired by the animal soaring in just one day. CoinGecko data on July 17 showed the Solana-based meme coin JIMOTHY the Raccoon climbed to a record intraday market capitalization above $22 million. The token traded at about $0.02 apiece that day. Its market capitalization was about $21 million, while 24-hour trading volume reached roughly $27 million. Some on-chain price trackers showed the token surged as much as 52-fold from a day earlier during intraday trading.
A screenshot about Bubble Card for Home Assistant. "Bubble Card is a minimalist and customizable card collection for Home Assistant with a nice pop-up touch... and a Module Store!"
Z the gray/brown/black chiweenie and Morrigan the black lab/pit mix at the Oregon Coast, both posing for the camera
A metallic gray light switch labeled “AIRLOCK”, with positions for OPEN and CLOSE
The title screen for the Xbox 360 game Trials Evolution
The Estate of Paul G. Allen today announced it has entered into a formal sale agreement with an ownership group led by the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, for the Seattle Seahawks NFL franchise. The Khosla family will become the team's controlling owner. "We are honored to be entrusted as the next stewards of the Seattle Seahawks. We look forward to building on the winning legacy Paul Allen created and to earning the trust of the Seahawks organization and fans everywhere," said Vinod Khosla, on behalf of the Khosla family. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction remains subject to NFL approval in the months ahead. THE ESTATE OF PAUL G. ALLEN
a mostly clover “lawn” that’s flowering with several bees in the picture
A gray/brown/black chiweenie standing on the beach by the ocean with her ears and tail fully deployed. She’s wearing a light green harness.
The cover art for the Bonk’s Adventure video game
Video of playing Marathon. I spot another player as I approach the exfil point, sneak up on them, and kill then seconds before the exfil completes.
The pre-launch Xbox Live alternate gamertag suggestion screen. Suggestions: EvenAss bitch WiseAss bitch ShownAss bitch SaneThree HomespunCorpse
A blue frisbee seen on a walk. The text says “DIVE BOMBER WIND JAMMER”
Hello thevowel You are on the waitlist for Steam Machine 2TB When we did the one-time randomization of the list, your place in line ended up beyond the number of units we'll have in this production run.
An email from Steam with the subject line of “Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator and 24 other items from your Steam wishlist are now on sale!”
An eBay auction for a DEC PDP-12 starting at $17.5K and a $35K buy it now
A Micro-Term ERGO 301 terminal showing the start of Zork I
The display of the 1978 Mattel Electronic Football game
Burritos and tacos on parchment paper on a baking sheet
A black/brown/gray chiweenie sleeping on a gray pillow, who just woke up hearing me walk past and is mid-yawn
The US men’s soccer team huddling before kickoff
A teriyaki chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato, grilled corn, and grilled sweet potato wedges with sazon and cinnamon
A brown/black/gray chiweenie with a huge fluffy tail splooting on a white and blue blanket
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars and two humans holding a blue tarp with lettering “It’s a Tarp!”
A screenshot of the demo mimicking an old-school DOS defrag utility
A small pan lined with aluminum foil holding two roasted bone-in chicken thighs and a mess of cherry tomatoes
An Instagram post from “masterreplicasofficial” that presents the Eagle as being from Star Trek: Get Ready to Beam Up Your Collection! 60 years of Star Trek history in one epic universe. Collect screen-accurate replicas, from ships to props and homewares. Officially licensed for the true Trekkie Free shipping on your intergalactic hauls!
A very wet black and white pomsky getting a bath in the sink
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A black and white pomsky puppy looking into the camera while standing on the patio
A bluesky screenshot. From Popular With Friends amy brown• @amybrown.... • 1h cry about it loser Blocked
A screenshot of the build screen highlighting the highest damage weapon on the vehicle I’ve built
A small white box containing three pieces of black and yellow fudge and a disposable knife
A fresh loaf of chocolate chip banana bread
A brown-gray-black chiweenie sleeping on a green and yellow blanket
An NEC APC showing a spreadsheet on a color screen
An NEC APC, a large all-in-one business computer with a CRT and dual 8” disk drives
A boxed copy of the Civ V Special Edition which contains an art book and five miniatures
Three shelves inside a cabinet full of boxed games and miscellaneous related things
An NEC APC computer from 1982 running Infocom’s DEADLINE. The computer has some 3-ring bound printed manual sitting on top.
A tired black-and-white pomsky puppy lying on a blue Seahawks blanket
A boxed copy of the R-Type Delta HD Boosted Full Force Edition sitting on a Taito Vewlix Diamond Black arcade cabinet
I made the case last fall that Teitum Tuioti was Oreogn's top defender. He's
A large white all-in-one business computer with dual 8” floppy drives and a green CRT
Three computers on a card table covered with a black tablecloth
Three old computers sitting on a card table covered with a black tablecloth
A white computer with dual 8" floppy drives. The built-in green screen is displaying the SuperCalc spreadsheet program. There's also a nice detachable mechanical keyboard.
A Sega SC-3000H computer with the keyboard partially removed and a red cable jumping the power terminals
A black dual-tower Sharp X68000 Super HD computer sitting on a black desk. Next to it is a white NEC monitor, with a black keyboard on top and the Sharp Cyber Joystick in front of it. Salamander is playing on the monitor.
Two stacks of printed circuit boards on a black desk
The poster for the movie Ex Machina, featuring a female human form robot looking back at the viewer
A silver-cased computer with black trim, a white keyboard, a green screen displaying a classic math equation graphically, and a built-in cassette deck
A small black all-in-one computer playing Championship Lode Runner in the background with a computer laid open in the foreground
A computer opened like a clamshell. The top half has the floppy drives and the speaker, the bottom half has the power supply and motherboard.
A black and white pomsky puppy on her back with her mouth open, lying on a mostly reddish blanket