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Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology - VEJETA

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:42:56 +0000

How I spent two decades tracking down the creators of a 1987 USENET game and learned modern packaging tools in the process.

Tags: #gaming #retro #usenet

Usenet_Reborn: A Rust lang TUI usenet nntp client

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:53:16 +0000

The TUI client for Usenet enthusiasts

Tags: #retro #rust #tui #usenet

README.md - illuminant - ActivityPub server with NNTP interface

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:51:28 +0000

An ActivityPub server with an NNTP interface.

Tags: #activitypub #fediverse #nntp #usenet

The Internet dies a little bit | MetaFilter

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:52:05 +0000

"NO ONE ON THE INTERNET CAN EVER USE THAT NIEMÖLLER BIT EVER AGAIN. IT'S PLAYED. IT'S THROUGH. FUCKING STOP IT, OR I'LL MOTHERFUCKING COME FOR YOU."

Tags: #funny #internet #isp #sad #usenet

3 Internet Providers Agree to Block Access to Child Pornography - NYTimes.com

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:45:49 +0000

"This literally threatens our children, and there can be no higher priority than keeping our children safe." Just Usenet? Why not just shut off the whole net?

Tags: #children #donotwant #internet #nomegusta #speech #usenet #wontsomeonethinkofthechildren

Wired News: Downloading Is a Packrat's Dream

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:30:03 +0000

"It starts with good intentions. 'I'm going to get all of these movies while I can.'"

Tags: #collecting #downloading #entertainment #hoarding #piracy #usenet

ASCII by Jason Scott: Smarties and Dumbells

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:21:48 +0000

"look at what makes one website seem jam-packed full of Smarties and the other packed full of Dumbells"

Tags: #comments #metablogging #usenet

Brag - Download Binaries From Newsgroups

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 15:40:59 +0000

Pretty flexible Usenet binary downloader in Tcl

Tags: #for:revgeorge #tcl #usenet

Nelson's Weblog: culture / deathOfUsenet2

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:19:30 +0000

"What's saddest about this announcement is how few people will care." On the other hand, no more posts of "Me too" in quadruplicate.

Tags: #net #usenet

20 Year Archive on Google Groups

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:04:13 +0000

Kinda sad how interesting events on Usenet disappear after about 1995.

Tags: #oldschool #usenet

Google Groups : net.micro : Commodore 64 - A New Computer

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:00:36 +0000

First mention of C64 on Usetnet, courtesy of Google Groups

Tags: #oldschool #usenet

Atom feeds for alt.fan.penn-n-teller

Tue, 18 May 2004 01:22:49 +0000

Holy crap. Atom feeds for Usenet groups, from Google Groups

Tags: #atom #syndication #usenet

:: USENET MONSTER ::

Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:52:57 +0000

Cheap download quota, with month-to-month rollover of unused quota

Tags: #usenet

GarageBand Karaoke

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 00:22:32 +0000

Tags: #apple #osx #usenet

Panic - Unison - Reinventing the Mac OS X Usenet newsreader!

Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:28:09 +0000

Holy crap this is a good Usenet-consumer

Tags: #osx #usenet