Post #920255

2026-04-01 08:51 UTC

Are there any good blogs/websites about tech and retrocomputing that are just kind of nice and interesting to look at and read? Tech news recently is all about AI and datacenters and ram prices and the cloud and whatnot, and it&#39;s all kind of depressing. I need something to balance this out, something that&#39;s fun and wholesome and feel-good. Any recommendations are welcome!

Replies (9)

@mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-04-01 08:56

@82mhz subscribed!

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@marios@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-04-01 09:10

@82mhz this is a shot in the dark but you could have a look at https://bearblog.dev/discover/

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@wzqtparor@fedibird.com 2026-04-01 09:44

https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/ #retrocomputing @82mhz

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@jake4480@c.im 2026-04-01 09:48

@82mhz I have kinda a longish list of RSS feeds. Several are even folks from on here. Maybe you know a few of these already.. https://feeds.feedburner.com/24ways https://meiert.com/en/feed/ https://brainbaking.com/index.xml https://chrismcleod.dev/feed.xml https://compositecode.blog/feed/ https://feedpress.me/coryd https://danmall.com/feed.xml https://dysonlogos.blog/feed/ https://jamesg.blog/feeds/posts.xml https://filiph.net/text/atom.xml https://gomakethings.com/feed/index.xml http://feeds2.feedburner.com/html5doctor https://htmx.org/atom.xml https://jakelazaroff.com/rss.xml https://jan.boddez.net/feed https://keith.is/feed.xml https://localghost.dev/feed.xml https://henryleach.com/index.xml https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/rss https://perishablepress.com/feed/ https://ploum.net/atom_en.xml https://rknight.me/subscribe/posts/rss.xml https://sarajoy.dev/rss.xml https://thathtml.blog/feed.xml https://library.xandra.cc/feed/?type=rss https://theunderground.blog/feed.xml https://tracydurnell.com/feed/ https://buttondown.email/weirdwidewebhole/rss https://wheresyoured.at/rss https://schneier.com/feed/atom https://garyodernichts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts https://boehs.org/in/blog.xml

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@psa@masto.ai 2026-04-01 09:53

@82mhz Ruben's blog and his retro computing section seem to match what you're after: https://rubenerd.com/ Also @rubenerd

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@thumb@techtoots.com 2026-04-01 11:16

@82mhz Technically some of them are retro and "computers" that are good at one and only one job. https://danfinnen.com/ https://blog.jimgrey.net/

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@drwx@mastodon.acc.sunet.se 2026-04-01 11:47

@82mhz https://datagubbe.se/

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@autiomaa@mementomori.social 2026-04-01 12:15

@82mhz Devine Lu Linvega pointed towards a forum thread https://forum.malleable.systems/t/love-letter-to-catlangs/410/41 full of interesting bits of knowledge about technology history. Found via: https://merveilles.town/@neauoire/116324275705882314

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@sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-01 12:36

@82mhz Mine is pretty random, but usually somewhat techy. https://solhsa.com

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