Life continues for the majority of the planet that did not invest in Bitcoin, including these Tetramorium lucayanum ants.
Life continues for the majority of the planet that did not invest in Bitcoin, including these Tetramorium lucayanum ants.
back in the early pandemic, with way more time spent in my apartment than was healthy, i decided to run a solo podcast about 90s gaming on the Macintosh, Windows 3.1, and MS-DOS. my aim was introducing a level of technical and historical detail not often found on general audience video game podcasts.
each episode took 10-20 hours of research and writing to explore in depth. i tried to pick less popular games that hadn't been talked about much, were underrated, or fascinating from a programming perspective.
in 2022 we moved, i began new programming projects, and the podcast went on the shelf. i always meant to get back to it, and received many e-mails about future episodes.
today i'm relaunching the podcast.
website link:
https://podcast.vga256.com
rss link:
http://podcast.vga256.com/rss.xml
apple podcasts link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/multimedia-hyperguide-windows-3-1-macintosh-and-ms/id1393890581
feedburner link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MultimediaHyperguide
while i write the next episode, please enjoy some of the earlier episodes, including everyone's beloved SimAnt (episodes 14 and 15).
here are some box and browsies shots of SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony (Maxis, 1991) for 16-bit windows. i use the physical boxes and their documentation during research and writing. this has a 150+ page manual, which is 50% ant science!
#dosGaming #msdos #ants #vintageApple #macintosh #shareware #podcast
back in the early pandemic, with way more time spent in my apartment than was healthy, i decided to run a solo podcast about 90s gaming on the Macintosh, Windows 3.1, and MS-DOS. my aim was introducing a level of technical and historical detail not often found on general audience video game podcasts.
each episode took 10-20 hours of research and writing to explore in depth. i tried to pick less popular games that hadn't been talked about much, were underrated, or fascinating from a programming perspective.
in 2022 we moved, i began new programming projects, and the podcast went on the shelf. i always meant to get back to it, and received many e-mails about future episodes.
today i'm relaunching the podcast.
website link:
https://podcast.vga256.com
rss link:
http://podcast.vga256.com/rss.xml
apple podcasts link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/multimedia-hyperguide-windows-3-1-macintosh-and-ms/id1393890581
feedburner link:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MultimediaHyperguide
while i write the next episode, please enjoy some of the earlier episodes, including everyone's beloved SimAnt (episodes 14 and 15).
here are some box and browsies shots of SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony (Maxis, 1991) for 16-bit windows. i use the physical boxes and their documentation during research and writing. this has a 150+ page manual, which is 50% ant science!
#dosGaming #msdos #ants #vintageApple #macintosh #shareware #podcast
The meek did inherit the Earth, at least among ants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/science/ants-exoskeletons-weak.html
#HackerNews #ants #meek #inheritance #science #nature #evolution
This is the largest Camponotus pennsylvanicus major I’ve ever seen maybe because this colony is so well fed and old, they’re producing some kind of extra large gigantic majors.
it’s hard to convey in a photo, but she is humongous. That’s not a queen that’s just the worker. #ants
Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long.
But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long.
But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
Do any of you happen to know of any podcasts that are about ants? I don't really listen to podcasts but am curious. Thanks in advance!
Do any of you happen to know of any podcasts that are about ants? I don't really listen to podcasts but am curious. Thanks in advance!
I've got a few of these original hand-drawn small artworks in my shop now. The ants are saying "move slow and make wonderful things".
https://www.artatomic.io/product/original-drawing-of-spiral-of-ants-with-words-in-ink-small-/81
#ArtForSale #ants #art #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt #SciArt
The genus name for American harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex, means "bearded ant", and it refers to a basket of hairs on the underside of the head that helps these desert ants carry dry sand.
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas.
This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
#Ants #Science https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parasitic-ant-matricide-queen
A Texas leafcutter ant, Atta texana, hauls spring Prunus buds along a tree branch on her way back to the nest.
