Hi!

I have fond memories of playing the Dreamcast growing up, of many hours trying to figure out Ecco the Dolphin in the days before ubiquitous home internet. A few years ago I picked up a Dreamcast and installed an optical disc emulator (ODE), and had a good time revisiting old games from my childhood. As a huge fan of Jet Set Radio Future on the original Xbox, it was fun to play Jet Grind Radio for the first time.

The work-in-progess homepage of NLAlerts, showing the most recent alerts. I’ve been working on NLAlerts, a project to archive and display the mobile emergency alerts sent by the Netherlands government. The data provided by the government includes the text of the alert, along with targetted geographical area. With JavaScript libraries such as Leaflet or OpenLayers it is easy to turn this geographical area onto an interactive map.

The XM PCR in question, complete with mysterious screw holes. The XM PCR was a satellite radio receiver sold to consumers in 2003 that was controllable by a PC running Windows over USB. Other than satellite, audio and USB connectivity, the receiver does not have any form of user interactivity, everything is done over USB. XM Radio discontinued it in 2004 due to software to easily rip songs, which was discussed on The Tech Guy #71.