Saturday, October 3, 2026

Hammer, my little BBS over SSH, can play NES games now. Press g in the menu and you get 16 free homebrew games running on a real emulator on my server, drawn right in your terminal with sixel graphics. Saves follow your SSH key, and two people can share a game.

From a terminal:

ssh -p 2323 hammer.pablomurad.com

To play you need an SSH key (ssh-keygen -t ed25519 makes one) and a terminal that speaks sixel: WezTerm, foot, iTerm2 or Windows Terminal 1.22+. No sound there, but it plays.

SyncTERM is the best way in: add an entry, pick SSH, address hammer.pablomurad.com, port 2323. It plays the game's sound and knows when you're holding a key, so platformers feel like a real pad.

Super Tilt Bro., Nova the Squirrel, Thwaite, The Legends of Owlia, robotfindskitten and more. All homebrew whose authors let it be shared, no Nintendo ROMs. The door is nesdoor by Alex Corris. Only 3 seats at a time, so if it's full, grab a coffee and come back.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

hey friends! i pulled an old project out of the drawer that i’ve always really liked. it’s a place for sharing photos, and honestly, it might be my favorite project of all.

registration is open, everything’s up and running, and i’d love for you to check it out. i think some of you might really enjoy it :)

the whole thing was built in php 😁

https://phlog.space

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

I'm having some serious trouble organizing all my books. The photo attached shows just one of the walls around the room, and pretty much all of them are covered in shelves and books.

I'll talk more about these books another time...

The fact is, organizing all of this is becoming a massive pain in the ass.

So while I'm here slowly losing my mind over bookshelves, why don't you head over to https://rss.expert and tell me what you think? 🤓

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

hammer got a bunch of new stuff.

it's a bbs you reach over ssh. no account, no password: your key is your login.

what's new:

  • a one-liner wall and a live chat room, with nicknames
  • see who's online
  • scripts and agents can call the tools and get json back (ssh host hash input=hi)
  • a private sftp folder per key
  • slow jobs run in the background

the weather is still there.

ssh -p 2323 hammer.pablomurad.com

no key? you still get in, as a read-only guest.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

My move to the new house has been happening little by little because of the weather, literally. Work has me chained down, and it’s been raining like crazy. It’s 6:18 a.m., and I’ve got until 9 to get the computers over to the new place. If only it were just a matter of moving them, but I still have to haul everything over and set it all up.

At least the new network is already up and running, waiting for me. I think this should be the third-to-last load.