22 october 2019
Retro
Tilde.town is a celebration of "retro" technology, while also being the best implementation of a lot of the best of today. We are here because we like computers that are a little bit hard to use, a little bit finicky. We like making the computer work according to our desires, instead of getting used to defaults set by someone else.
I think part of the retro love is that we never really took full advantage of the server/client model. We can do so much more with even a simple Linux box than was ever possible in the days of mainframes and greenscreens.
I've long posited that an art form that is ever valid is always valid; ASCII art is still a legitimate art form, just like pixel art and the ilk. Technology can and should always move forward, but that doesn't mean we should abandon everything that isn't cutting edge.