Costly Computer Upgrade

While trying to replace my CPU cooler, I bent the pins on the CPU itself.

Costly computer upgrade
Uploaded by Michael Pusateri on 2026-06-05.

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May 6, 2026

Album - "Apollo 11: Flight To The Moon" by Walter M. Schirra Jr. (Spotify)
Originally a 1969 vinyl album titled "Apollo 11: Flight To The Moon" by Walter M. Schirra Jr., these are recordings of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo radio transmissions.

Jan 1, 2026

How to Give a Talk by Jonathan Corum
An absolutely fantastic guide

Oct 8, 2025

A tour de force presentation on The Evolution of Online Worlds by Raph Koster
The intertwined history of gaming and social interaction. Slightly older than Raph, this is my lived history from the 70s onwards.

Jun 27, 2025

A viewer into the deep universe images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on the COSMOS-Web project
Almost every dot is an entire galaxy. The scope is far beyond our ability to truly conceptualize.
Interesting explanation of tarpitting AI bots
The Cloudflare people using AI generated honeypots to trap AI data scrapers

May 25, 2025

A tale of going down the rabbit hole.
Made me feel both super-old and wise & super-naive and clueless.

May 12, 2025

The images from Astronaut Don Pettit's time in orbit [Gift Link]
"Sometimes he set up five cameras at once in the space station’s cupola module, where seven windows provide panoramic views of space and Earth."

Mar 29, 2025

Well done NY Times article on how AI is changing data center design [Gift Link]

Mar 21, 2025

Fantastic NY Times article with great images about the Blue Ghost lunar lander. [Gift Link]

Feb 16, 2025

Field Notes notebooks for Dungeons & Dragons
Different books for Characters, Game Masters, and Monsters/Encounters