Late Summer Miscellania
Oct 14, 2026 - digitalily
Mid-October already, and not a ton of sanding work completed to show for it ^^;
So it goes.
VCFMW 2026
Earlier last month I ended up attending Vintage Computer Festival Midwest for the first time. I had some awareness of it previously, but it wasn't until I saw the youtuber LGR's vlog of his trip to it last year (which, doesn't feature VCFMW itself a ton, but still) that I became really interested.
I'm really no expert when it comes to the vast majority of what was on display, but it was a very cool experience getting to see what people are doing with older tech, and the way in which these devices were impactful back in the day. A lot of things don't have such an important history, though, and the sheer number of frankly bizarre devices of the early 00s demonstrates that well enough. I ended up quite tempted by this small yet wide little netbook despite the fact that it has a horrendous battery and terrible ergonomics, but it looked very interesting so what can I say? And being tempted is something you really have to watch out for, as most tables were selling certain pieces. VCFMW is the kind of event where participants are constantly on the look out for some white whale or the other, as one man's trash may very well be someone's treasure. I was glad to catch a couple of booths with PC-98 Touhou games on display and for passers by to try their hand at, which was definitely a contributing factor to attending. ... read more...