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A Star Wars AT-AT pin, worn quietly and owned for years, becomes a small but powerful way to carry vintage science fiction into everyday life. See how a Taito Space Invaders T-shirt turns arcade history into a bold wearable statement, blending iconic graphics, authenticity, and launch-era attitude. Three Tiers of Writing in the Age of AI explores why so much modern prose feels interchangeable, and how deliberate authorship can still stand out in an AI-saturated web. Explore how the Fred Fish disk ecosystem quietly shaped the way Amiga software was shared, learned, and trusted long before the web existed. Our next newsletter has just dropped, The Miscellaneum 002, featuring signals, tools and touchpoints in our modern world. Step back into the early 1980s with the Zaxxon Arcade Game, a landmark cabinet whose isometric visuals, bold marketing, and flight-style controls quietly reshaped what players expected from the arcade experience.

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Star Wars AT-AT enamel pin

Star Wars AT-AT
enamel pin

Taito Space Invaders T-Shirt

Taito Space Invaders
t-shirt

Three Tiers of Writing in the Age of AI

A3 Tier Writing
in the Age of AI

1973 Nike Cortez

Nike Cortez
1973 Advertisement

Computing

Surreal synthwave scene of a glowing Commodore Amiga surrounded by orbiting floppy disks in a neon night sky.

Amiga Fred Fish
Software Ecosystem

Sega Zaxxon arcade game: isometric innovation in the arcades, featuring original flyer artefacts, television commercial, and gameplay footage.

Sega Zaxxon
Arcade Game

Galaxy Watch Ultra used as a KDE workstation peripheral for quiet, outcome-based notifications

Galaxy Watch Ultra
as KDE peripheral

Hitachi 505 analogue computer

Hitachi 505
analogue computer

Hifi & Audio

MIDI Basics - A Retro Tech Deep Dive

MIDI
technical journal

AIWA DM-51 dynamic Microphone

AIWA DM-51
dynamic microphone

SUNO AI creating better instrumental music using vocals

Suno instrumentals
using vocal codes

WG-DB-1470 Lolita vinyl record

Lolita & other film hits
1962 vinyl record

Retrogaming

Axolotl Wonders: 7 games that star Axolotls in the gameplay

7 games staring
Axolotls

Psygnosis Orbitus Amiga RPG Advertisement

Most Beautiful RPG
on the Amiga

Classic Arcade Game Station 1099, marketed as Pandora 6S

1099 arcade games
2-player station

Dragon's Lair DVD game

Dragon's Lair DVD
game review

Newsletters

The Miscellaneum 001

The Miscellaneum
Edition 002

The Miscellaneum 001

The Miscellaneum
Edition 001

Journals

Commodore C64 Scratch Pad

Commodore C64
Journal

Commodore C64 Journal Authority

Commodore C64
Journal

Commodore Amiga Multimedia Computer

Commodore Amiga
Journal

AIWA Hifi Catalog 1976

AIWA Hifi
Catalog 1976

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