tinsmith's writings

2025.09.02 - The Page That Binds Us

Let's futz up an ancient and sophisticated art; book binding!

I finally upgraded the backlight mod in my Game Boy Pocket. It only took me like, 6 years?

Let's examine my continued use of yet another outdated device!

Why do all my sites look like they're from 1998? Well...not capitalism, I can tell you that.

I finally decided to (try to) organize my thoughts on AI in this heavily opinionated take.

The vintech collection grows with this loveable luggable.

Read the futzing manual, then ask questions.

All that work just to play SkiFree on a Toughbook. Sheesh.

What's the story with the Texas Instruments Dataman in my calculator collection?

Thinking back on my first computer, hacker culture and how I got to now.