A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL
or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a
request with
the right
Accept
header
to the server to view the underlying object.
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"content": "Running VBA through Office 2001 on a PowerPC Mac Mini using the OS 9.2 Classic subsystem, because the fact that this exists is hilarious to me. No idea how many people actually used it back then, but now I want to see what I can make it do!",
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"published": "2023-09-20T16:25:46+00:00",
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"content": "Running VBA through Office 2001 on a PowerPC Mac Mini using the OS 9.2 Classic subsystem, because the fact that this exists is hilarious to me. No idea how many people actually used it back then, but now I want to see what I can make it do!",
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"content": "Here we have a hand-minified pair of oneliners that encode or decode any binary file into a windows bitmap, encoding the bits of the source file as high or low values of the bitmap's RGB pixels. I know this shouldn't exist but I'm sorry, it does now, it's too late.<br /><br />Using this, I successfully transferred a 400kb zip file using screenshots of a remote desktop only. It tolerates some color degredation but the resolution needs to be good and it doesn't have any built-in error correction so checking hashes after transfers is advised.",
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"published": "2022-05-27T13:18:17+00:00",
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"content": "Here we have a hand-minified pair of oneliners that encode or decode any binary file into a windows bitmap, encoding the bits of the source file as high or low values of the bitmap's RGB pixels. I know this shouldn't exist but I'm sorry, it does now, it's too late.\n\nUsing this, I successfully transferred a 400kb zip file using screenshots of a remote desktop only. It tolerates some color degredation but the resolution needs to be good and it doesn't have any built-in error correction so checking hashes after transfers is advised.",
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"content": "and yes, I have a beige dell pc on a movable cart and a book about DOS Device drivers. this should not surprise anyone based on my previous posts.",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1365707148163551235",
"published": "2022-04-26T15:12:37+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "and yes, I have a beige dell pc on a movable cart and a book about DOS Device drivers. this should not surprise anyone based on my previous posts.",
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},
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"attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224",
"content": "I found this bizarre unfinished Visual C++ 1.52 project I wrote a couple years ago during my \"I'm gonna reverse engineer 16-bit graphics drivers for some reason\" phase, and I have no recollection of what it was supposed to do, other than \"weird hax\" and possibly something to do with hooking API calls? However when I execute this line, it just straight up crashes Dosbox on my Macbook, so that's fun. I'd like to ask past me what I was thinking, lol.",
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],
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1363927909978345482",
"published": "2022-04-21T17:22:33+00:00",
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"content": "I found this bizarre unfinished Visual C++ 1.52 project I wrote a couple years ago during my \"I'm gonna reverse engineer 16-bit graphics drivers for some reason\" phase, and I have no recollection of what it was supposed to do, other than \"weird hax\" and possibly something to do with hooking API calls? However when I execute this line, it just straight up crashes Dosbox on my Macbook, so that's fun. I'd like to ask past me what I was thinking, lol.",
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}
},
"id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224/entities/urn:activity:1363927909978345482/activity"
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"id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224/entities/urn:activity:1344433213325447175",
"attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224",
"content": "I just made a file which is both a valid ELF Binary and a valid PowerShell Core script depending on how you run it. Why? I have my reasons.",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1344433213325447175",
"published": "2022-02-26T22:17:35+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "I just made a file which is both a valid ELF Binary and a valid PowerShell Core script depending on how you run it. Why? I have my reasons.",
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"id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224/entities/urn:activity:1304132703381098512",
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"content": "That's not a retro game console! What's it doing plugged into an old TV?? Well, I don't actually have any CRT Computer Monitors at the moment so the only 4:3 thing I had was this TV. It also just looks funny on the table with the NES and PS2 (and if you look closely, a cat) underneath it.<br /><br />Over S-Video the signal is bearable but 800x600 is pretty blurry and hard to read, given that US TV's only really have about 480 scanlines. It's not too bad for playing classic windows games, and it has built-in speakers so that's nice.<br /><br />I wouldn't recommend doing this (especially if you want to read any text on the screen) unless you really like eye strain and really hate vertical letterboxes.",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1304132703381098512",
"published": "2021-11-07T17:17:45+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "That's not a retro game console! What's it doing plugged into an old TV?? Well, I don't actually have any CRT Computer Monitors at the moment so the only 4:3 thing I had was this TV. It also just looks funny on the table with the NES and PS2 (and if you look closely, a cat) underneath it.\n\nOver S-Video the signal is bearable but 800x600 is pretty blurry and hard to read, given that US TV's only really have about 480 scanlines. It's not too bad for playing classic windows games, and it has built-in speakers so that's nice.\n\nI wouldn't recommend doing this (especially if you want to read any text on the screen) unless you really like eye strain and really hate vertical letterboxes.",
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"attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224",
"content": "I needed to console into a Ubiquiti Security Gateway/firewall that I was setting up, but the only thing I had with a Serial Port on it was this old Dell in the next room on which I've been attempting to resurrect the disk image of my childhood Windows 95 computer (though it's currently still running the XP it had on it when I saved it from the dumpster where I worked - might post more about the Windows 95 journey later). <br /><br />Luckily, Windows XP HyperTerminal doesn't care that this firewall is way newer than it, and the RJ45 to Serial Cable that came with the firewall still works through a keystone and a custom-crimped cat6a cable even though the twists are technically different.<br /><br />Yes, I could've just bought a USB Serial Port adapter but honestly the more beige things I get to make use of on a daily basis the happier I am.",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1299095828119425031",
"published": "2021-10-24T19:43:00+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "I needed to console into a Ubiquiti Security Gateway/firewall that I was setting up, but the only thing I had with a Serial Port on it was this old Dell in the next room on which I've been attempting to resurrect the disk image of my childhood Windows 95 computer (though it's currently still running the XP it had on it when I saved it from the dumpster where I worked - might post more about the Windows 95 journey later). \n\nLuckily, Windows XP HyperTerminal doesn't care that this firewall is way newer than it, and the RJ45 to Serial Cable that came with the firewall still works through a keystone and a custom-crimped cat6a cable even though the twists are technically different.\n\nYes, I could've just bought a USB Serial Port adapter but honestly the more beige things I get to make use of on a daily basis the happier I am.",
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"id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224/entities/urn:activity:1299092274365337619",
"attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224",
"content": "I HVae No IEda WYh I DDi TIhs",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1299092274365337619",
"published": "2021-10-24T19:28:53+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "I HVae No IEda WYh I DDi TIhs",
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"content": "Today I had a LAN party with 2 friends where we all played Half-Life Deathmatch -- on the same computer — via qemu/kvm and GPU passthrough. And yes, one of them is plugged into a TV from 1989.<br /><br />Three different graphics cards, OS's, keyboards/mice, and monitors, in the following configurations:<br /><br />1 - Pop!_OS, running Half-Life via wine, on a modern AMD 5700xt, on a modern 32\" screen, but with an early 2000s IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse adapted via a PS/2->USB adapter.<br /><br />2 - Windows 2000, running Half-Life natively, on an nVidia 9400GT from 2008, plugged through a VGA->HDMI adapter to an old 720p insignia flatscreen TV. Normal USB keyboard, Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, passed through to win2k using evdev passthrough in qemu.<br /><br />3 - Windows 10, on an ATI HD 5770 from 2009, plugged through an HDMI->Analog NTSC adapter to a 10\" CRT Television, and a regular USB keyboard/mouse.<br /><br />Why these exact configurations? Mostly just because it's what I had laying around. Including the 1989 TV, I use that for my NES normally.<br /><br />Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I ran out of USB ports on the back of the PC, so I ended up plugging the PS/2 keyboard/mouse into a USB-C port using an Apple iPad Dongle. Also, all three games were playing audio through the same speakers, which wasn't as bad as it sounds.<br /><br />Do I win the award for jankiest LAN party of all time?",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1263331335029743616",
"published": "2021-07-18T03:07:40+00:00",
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"content": "Today I had a LAN party with 2 friends where we all played Half-Life Deathmatch -- on the same computer — via qemu/kvm and GPU passthrough. And yes, one of them is plugged into a TV from 1989.\n\nThree different graphics cards, OS's, keyboards/mice, and monitors, in the following configurations:\n\n1 - Pop!_OS, running Half-Life via wine, on a modern AMD 5700xt, on a modern 32\" screen, but with an early 2000s IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse adapted via a PS/2->USB adapter.\n\n2 - Windows 2000, running Half-Life natively, on an nVidia 9400GT from 2008, plugged through a VGA->HDMI adapter to an old 720p insignia flatscreen TV. Normal USB keyboard, Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, passed through to win2k using evdev passthrough in qemu.\n\n3 - Windows 10, on an ATI HD 5770 from 2009, plugged through an HDMI->Analog NTSC adapter to a 10\" CRT Television, and a regular USB keyboard/mouse.\n\nWhy these exact configurations? Mostly just because it's what I had laying around. Including the 1989 TV, I use that for my NES normally.\n\nOh yeah I forgot to mention that I ran out of USB ports on the back of the PC, so I ended up plugging the PS/2 keyboard/mouse into a USB-C port using an Apple iPad Dongle. Also, all three games were playing audio through the same speakers, which wasn't as bad as it sounds.\n\nDo I win the award for jankiest LAN party of all time?",
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"content": "Ever wondered what the longest words are in English that can be spelled entirely with ISO 3166 Country Codes? No? Well I did for some reason and I wrote a terrifying PowerShell one-liner to find out. Apparently the longest word in the Arch Linux `words` file that can be spelled with ISO 3166 Country Codes is \"Inconclusiveness.\" <br /><br /><a href=\"https://pastebin.com/ESjYG0Wt\" target=\"_blank\">https://pastebin.com/ESjYG0Wt</a> if you want to run it yourself on a Linux system with powershell core and the `words` package.",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1251255680817344512",
"published": "2021-06-14T19:23:20+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "Ever wondered what the longest words are in English that can be spelled entirely with ISO 3166 Country Codes? No? Well I did for some reason and I wrote a terrifying PowerShell one-liner to find out. Apparently the longest word in the Arch Linux `words` file that can be spelled with ISO 3166 Country Codes is \"Inconclusiveness.\" \n\nhttps://pastebin.com/ESjYG0Wt if you want to run it yourself on a Linux system with powershell core and the `words` package.",
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"attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/1194533105931657224",
"content": "I'm the type of crazy where I spend hours writing a PowerShell script to parse the JSON API Responses received while viewing the MINDS Ledger page so I can generate a CoinTracker CSV File for my Off-Chain liquidity/holding/engagement rewards. Yeah, it's only $4, but who cares, I'm going to track it anyway!<br /><br />Link in case you're curious just how ridiculous it is: (I would not recommend using it unless you're me, though, the code is terrible and probably doesn't support all types of transactions yet)<br /><a href=\"https://gist.github.com/superllama/fc826d475a2adee091e02adc3e48956c#file-minds-csv-ps1\" target=\"_blank\">https://gist.github.com/superllama/fc826d475a2adee091e02adc3e48956c#file-minds-csv-ps1</a>",
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"url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1250589308569206784",
"published": "2021-06-12T23:15:25+00:00",
"source": {
"content": "I'm the type of crazy where I spend hours writing a PowerShell script to parse the JSON API Responses received while viewing the MINDS Ledger page so I can generate a CoinTracker CSV File for my Off-Chain liquidity/holding/engagement rewards. Yeah, it's only $4, but who cares, I'm going to track it anyway!\n\nLink in case you're curious just how ridiculous it is: (I would not recommend using it unless you're me, though, the code is terrible and probably doesn't support all types of transactions yet)\nhttps://gist.github.com/superllama/fc826d475a2adee091e02adc3e48956c#file-minds-csv-ps1",
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"content": "My home KVM hypervisor has a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine with a physical GPU passthrough of an nvidia 9400GT for running old games and programs from my childhood. <br /><br />Here it is running an unfinished game project I made nearly 14 years ago in Visual Basic 6 with DirectX 8 fixed-function graphics.",
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"published": "2021-06-05T16:31:49+00:00",
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"content": "My home KVM hypervisor has a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine with a physical GPU passthrough of an nvidia 9400GT for running old games and programs from my childhood. \n\nHere it is running an unfinished game project I made nearly 14 years ago in Visual Basic 6 with DirectX 8 fixed-function graphics.",
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