Tempo @tempo@social.generallyrubbish.net.au

nothing special, just a little one to sleep in while all my crap gets left in the van itself

i could finally do the one thing i kinda wanna do right now: make an online video game show while travelling the country in a dodgy little caravan

@abortretryfail @natalie if i had access to a HiMD machine i probably would

i really should too. a local electronics shop (well, it's in alice springs; a ~5 hour drive is local for me) has a few packs of blank HiMD discs still on their shelves, aud$18 for a 5 pack (or 3 pack, can't remember exactly), still cheap for blank HiMD discs

@natalie the first two are just guis for linux-minidisc

make sure you enable debug mode for platinum-md, it's almost useless otherwise (not sure if that's changed in more recent versions for win/mac)

@natalie can't believe i have a choice of

- janky electron crap/slightly less janky and more up to date electron crap for windows/mac users (platinum-md)
- using some chrome webapp (web minidisc)
- using the original software on a windows xp machine (the greatest pain imaginable)

@natalie they're fun to cram in a pocket and they still look cool to whip out in front of people who either have never seen one or used to use them years ago

shame the players/recorders aren't more reliable or fixable

either the guy who bought it originally was cheaping out (i didn't think toyota would even offer these things by 2000) or he just really wanted his drivers to listen to alan jones on 2GB

a 2000 toyota townace? a little small but i'll give it a sho-

okay, that's a factory fitted AM radio, isn't it?

this means i'm back looking through vans online

i'm probably going to have to up my budget a little and do the whole thing through dealer finance, but hopefully the resulting van should be in better shape

like what do you fucking credit vultures want from me?

it's the only explanation as to why my paypal pay in 4s stopped being approved weeks ago and a loan i tried taking out got declined

i pay all my payment plan stuff on time (well, on the same day, they always try to charge me before i get paid which probably doesn't help), i haven't had a late payment (past the date due) of anything for years

@SmashAdditions dick pachinko for smash pls

speaking of which, it just gave its last little buzzes out and died

we'll be home soon, bud