Hacker News: wesfenlon

ChatGPT praises mood and 'bedroom/DIY texture' of fart sounds

wesfenlon — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:40:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/chatgpt-will-praise-the-mood-and-bedroom-diy-texture-of-fart-sounds-pulled-from-youtube/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748469

Points: 3

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New comment by wesfenlon in "Significant progress made on Xbox 360 recompilation"

wesfenlon — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:29:34 +0000

Hey, that's my newsletter -- thanks for sharing! :D

Some exciting stuff has already happened in the week since I wrote the interview. Here's Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kih42KlocII

New comment by wesfenlon in "The year of 12 hour days it took to make the SuperStation MiSTer FPGA console"

wesfenlon — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:18:57 +0000

Interview with YouTuber / hardware designer Taki Udon, on getting analog video output just right, adding a new UI to the open source MiSTer and dealing with the chaos of tariffs and AI-driven manufacturing shortages.

The year of 12 hour days it took to make the SuperStation MiSTer FPGA console

wesfenlon — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:18:57 +0000

Article URL: https://readonlymemo.com/superstation-one-development-history-making-of-taki-udon-interview/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767550

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by wesfenlon in "The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme"

wesfenlon — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:43:51 +0000

Aw shucks that's nice to hear. Do not tell me how old you are because I'm not prepared for that sort of mortality introspection this afternoon.

New comment by wesfenlon in "The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme"

wesfenlon — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:41:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I was pleased I was able to track down Virginia and she had a clear memory of how Hot Dog Stand came to be.

New comment by wesfenlon in "After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64"

wesfenlon — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:09:30 +0000

lol glad they weren't a turn-off for a new reader. Since I write this as a newsletter that ends up in lots of inboxes, it doesn't have the structure of a typical single-topic article, which probably makes for an odd first impression when it gets shared someplace like Hacker News. I'm always psyched to get my little passion project in front of new readers though!

New comment by wesfenlon in "After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64"

wesfenlon — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:05:38 +0000

If you didn't catch the link, a couple issues earlier in the newsletter I did quite an in-depth dive into how emulator developer Nemesis spent the last 15 years finally making it possible to emulate LaserActive games! Much longer than the MAME story if you enjoy the technical stuff :) https://www.readonlymemo.com/this-is-the-first-the-16-year-o...

(And if you don't enjoy the technical stuff, well, now you can actually download some of those laserdisc games you apparently didn't get to play as a kid, haha!)