Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)

Schiacciata alla Fiorentina (right)
Crostata di albicocche (left)

The biscuits on the upper shelf are also a common type of pastry in Florence, but I don't know what they're called.
#Florence #Italy

I'm watching this #Japanese painter who talks while working.

Perhaps unintentionally, it doubles up as a beginner's #Japanese material, since he uses simple language with subs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIXAeJvmRBw

@nickmofo, have you seen this one?

A Mind Is Born
https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/

Absolutely mind blowing 256 byte #demoscene #intro for the #C64. Reminds me of bytebeat.

This glittering image of NGC 3627 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.

The image highlights the galaxy's warm gas, with hydrogen (red), oxygen (blue), and sulfur (orange). It was also taken as part of the PHANGS survey.

📷https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2218a/
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Programming in #BASIC was fun and easy, and I got hooked to it for life 🤓

I asked Mario if he still has that #VIC20, but... NO! He gave it away, or sold it. DAMMIT. I would have been so happy to see again that particular piece of vintage electronics 😢

Some pages of the #Commodore User's Manual are permanently burnt into my brain. This short booklet went quite deep into the hardware internals, and invited the reader to tweak the sample programs to see what happens. Mind blowing.

On christmas 1981, Mario bought his son a VIC 20, and started teaching himself and us BASIC from the included user manual.

#commodore #VIC20 #retrocomputing #BASIC

Aha! Mario's castle hides a secret location!

Found no magic mushrooms and gold coins inside... only brooms and cleaning supplies 🍄

Mario seems unaware that Mario is a stereotypical Italian name, but when I mentioned Nintendo's Mario Bros., he pulled out these dolls... an ironic birthday gift from his daughter.

He *does* wear a mustache, but rather than a plumber, he was a barista. Rather than a princess, he married an accountant... and they lived happily ever after... at least it seems so to me 😂

Next to the scale, I notice this hand-made wine dispenser.

Mario lifts the wooden box, revealing an air-tight bag designed to prevent oxidation.

I've seen similar containers sold in Tuscan supermarkets, where table wine is cheap and ubiquitous. #Italy #chianti #wine

Mario and his wife still use this mechanical kitchen scale.

The label says it was built by Santo Stefano S.p.A. in Varese. There isn't a lot of information online about this presumably defunct company. How old is this thing? How much did it cost?

I found some info on the Revere Model 153 Power Zoom:
http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/movie/other/roundup_revere-wollensak.html

This is presumed to be a 1962 model, oddly 2 years after Revere ceased to exist as an independent brand.

This model sold for $168, equivalent to $1700 today. According to the US Census, family income averaged to about $6000 in 1962, making this minimalist movie camera affordable for the middle class.

@kohnzn Quick, post it on r/OddlySatisfying!
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/

@patrick Ohh, thank you! How did you manage to look it up?

Mario also owns this vintage 8 mm movie camera powered by a... spring! Yes. You recharge it by winding the knob on the side. Not sure how long the film spool will last.

This consumer product was designed by Revere, an American company which was acquired by 3M in 1960:
https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revere_Camera_Company

Mario made these lamps by cutting open used PET bottles. Nice idea.

Geloso G.268 tape recorder.

Made by Magnetofoni Castelli, another historic Italian electronic firm closed in 1989:
https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetofoni_Castelli

This desk lamp switches off automatically when folded. Not sure if it's an Italian design.

We had one of these lamps when I was a kid. I liked the shadows it projected on my desk and on the walls.

This GBC clock sticks to the wall with a suction cup.

G.B.C. Elettronica was founded in Milan in 1930 and closed in the '80s, when the price of electronics dropped on the global markets:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.B.C.