California Games, A.P.B., Lemmings, Blue Lightening, and Todd's Adventures in Slime World were all favorites of mine on my Lynx.

Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything

Personally, without the 'hair' context, I would have checked the iron that you use with an ironing board to get wrinkles out of clothes.

It's a processing term.

Morse Toad is another learning app that's fun because it gameifys it a bit. It's a little limiting as you can't adjust the code speed, but still a fun entry-level learning tool.

If anyone is wondering what real world use you could get out of learning the code, look into CW (continuous wave) ham radio activity as a hobby. It requires a license that isn't too difficult to get and there are some pretty low cost options for getting into the hobby if you only plan on using morse code rather than voice transmission.

I was kind of shocked how well Flight of the Navigator held up when I rewatched it for the first time as an adult a couple of years ago. The effects used for the ship were great.

Just finished CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman by Patrick Hutchison and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a hilarious read. Revisiting Stiff by Mary Roach now, just because it's been a long time.

Zoe Payne in SSX Tricky

The first time I heard the term dongle it was for the little adapter that connected to a PCMCIA card and I gave my buddy shit for using the term because I thought it sounded dumb. Then, on a trip to the local computer store an employee used the same term for the piece and I got to feel like the dumb one. Good times.

If ICE does to flannel what Hitler did to his mustache, I'm going to be livid.

And that radio telegraph operators weren't using three letter Q-code shortcuts since the early 1900s.

Nothing. Recently lost my job and have absolutely no confidence that I'll be able to get another; so life is pretty much at a standstill until something happens with that.