Dmitry Brant @dmitrybrant

Lead engineer (Android) @Wikimedia, also the #DiskDigger guy. Opinions my own. I block algorithmically. Please close your browser window now. dmitrybrant.com Boston, MA Joined February 2008

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Dmitry Brant @dmitrybrant

10 months ago

Finished restoring a vintage Macintosh PowerBook 100, and now test-running some classic games. @princeofpersia @jmechner

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a year ago

Now I'm playing with some ultra-cheap ESP32 dev boards. This one, the size of a postage stamp, and under $2, can do WiFi, bluetooth, I2C, SPI, all with MicroPython.

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a year ago

Tape backups from a 1980s supercomputer 🤯 They're all still readable.

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a year ago

Another beautifully restored Compaq LTE Lite 4/25, from circa 1992. #retrogaming

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a year ago

What an interesting timeline.

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a year ago

Great and productive time in Estonia 🇪🇪

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2 years ago

Busting out my trusty #Kryoflux to read some tricky 800KB floppies from an old Macintosh

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2 years ago

Taking the famed shuttle. (cc @Wikipedia)

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2 years ago

Pay no attention to the overstuffed junction box, but look how much cleaner (and safer) these connectors are than the old wire nuts. Thanks @WAGOCorporation

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2 years ago

Just ran into Werner Herzog on my flight 🤯 He's flying coach, like a boss.

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2 years ago

Made some atomic hot sauce from this year's ghost pepper harvest.

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Here's an updated version of my video, since the original (which I might be deleting) seems to be causing some confusion, which I don't intend. #LK99 #LK_99 This was meant to be a simple social experiment on the irrationality of "belief". The responses were very interesting!