Freedom meant walking into the yard while the call slowly dissolved into static.

90s Kid - The Cordless Phone With the Giant Antenna

Freedom meant walking into the yard while the call slowly dissolved into static.

September 6, 2026 · 3 min · 487 words · Justin
The listing you wanted was always one row above the screen and forty channels away from returning.

90s Kid - The TV Guide Channel

The listing you wanted was always one row above the screen and forty channels away from returning.

September 5, 2026 · 3 min · 452 words · Justin
Two buttons negotiated peace between the VCR heads and a movie recorded by somebody else's machine.

90s Kid - Adjusting the Tracking

Two buttons negotiated peace between the VCR heads and a movie recorded by somebody else’s machine.

September 4, 2026 · 3 min · 467 words · Justin
Games came through the cable line, lived in an adapter, and vanished when the power did.

90s Kid - The Sega Channel

Games came through the cable line, lived in an adapter, and vanished when the power did.

September 3, 2026 · 2 min · 383 words · Justin

Wispr Flow's Android Bubble Was There—It Was Just Invisible

September 5 update: Wispr failed again, Android restarted, and my recovery helper also failed. I paid for Letterly despite preferring Wispr. Here is what the logs prove—and what they do not.

September 2, 2026 · 8 min · 1666 words · Justin
A cartridge sat on another cartridge and rewrote reality one suspicious code at a time.

90s Kid - The Game Genie

A cartridge sat on another cartridge and rewrote reality one suspicious code at a time.

September 2, 2026 · 3 min · 606 words · Justin
The controller grew a battery-powered backpack so the game could physically disagree with you.

90s Kid - The Rumble Pak

The controller grew a battery-powered backpack so the game could physically disagree with you.

September 1, 2026 · 3 min · 539 words · Justin
A microphone and four-button controller turning a rough voice waveform into clean text on a computer and phone

Wispr Flow Is Great Dictation, Not a Transcript

I wired Wispr Flow to a four-button controller, used it across Windows and Android, and learned exactly where its AI cleanup helps—and where it quietly changes the record.

September 1, 2026 · 12 min · 2466 words · Justin
Two handhelds, one cable, and the first local network anyone trusted with a pocket monster.

90s Kid - The Link Cable

Two handhelds, one cable, and the first local network anyone trusted with a pocket monster.

August 31, 2026 · 3 min · 444 words · Justin
The game was free, except for the guilt letter that appeared every time it started.

90s Kid - The Shareware Nag Screen

The game was free, except for the guilt letter that appeared every time it started.

August 30, 2026 · 3 min · 598 words · Justin