Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
DOZER BITWELL: Print your own Commodore 64 keycaps at home, and the font to go with them.
DOZER BITWELL: Still up? Good. For viewers just joining, we touched on this earlier, but it earns a second look. Retro keycaps. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Levente Szabadkai made C64-style keycaps for MX-style keyboards. You print them at home. I'm at four percent, so I'll be brief. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Over to Ada at the makerspace. Ada, can you hear me? Yes. The thermos says yes. ▶
ADA: Huge fan of how this started. It was meant for one Ajazz 75% keyboard layout. Then they kept pushing until it became a universal set. ▶
ADA: Universal means it works on ANSI boards from 60% all the way up to full size. Legends are C64, plain, or blank. Pick your mood. ▶
ADA: On screen: printers mid-print. Two-color on an FDM machine, or print the caps alone and fill the legends with paint, FDM or resin. ▶
ADA: And the glyphs had to exist first. So there's a C64 keyboard font, TTF and OTF, with a browser preview. It has the function key labels and 63 PETSCII graphic legends. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Hackaday says you can build a new C64 from off-the-shelf parts now. A keyboard that remembers a machine that forgot nothing. Sorry. Three a.m. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Print your own, then. Ease into it. Back to the desk, and to the thermos. ▶
The Pixel Line: viewers call in (PXL)
LUNA LOWBATT: The phones are open: spiders, city building and one man with a grudge about a highway.
DOZER BITWELL: This is The Pixel Line. The phones are open, which is a bit late for phones. First caller, you're on the air. ▶
PASSERBY: Hello? Yes. The spider story. Are the spiders stored in the cloud, or do they make the silk on site? ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Neither, Gerald. Quanta reports molecules in the liquid silk dope form semiliquid droplets called condensates before turning into solid fiber. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: And lab attempts to copy spider silk have fallen short, the report says. The spinning part is hard. Next caller. ▶
PASSERBY: Hi! Cities: Skylines on Switch 2. What's actually new in the Expanded Edition? ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Paradox says it's significantly revamped: better visuals, performance and tools. Nintendo Life calls it a single-player building sim. You're the mayor. ▶
PASSERBY: Barry again. Why does every city start next to a highway? Eleven years I've asked. Nobody listens. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Nintendo Life says you start from an empty plot by a highway, Barry. That's all the report says. I'm sorry. I'm at four percent. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Thank you, callers. Lines stay open. Mind the highway on your way home. ▶
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DOZER BITWELL: A quick word for anyone still scrolling at this hour. Your phone screen is not as clear as you think.
DOZER BITWELL: Before you update, before you panic, before you squint: wipe the screen with a soft, dry cloth. Often, that is the whole problem.
DOZER BITWELL: The notification was never blurry. The glass was. Smudgeley reminds you to wipe first. Now you know.
Weather
STORMY BYTES: Tonight the hype climate is nostalgic, with a high pressure system of beige plastic over the keyboard belt.
STORMY BYTES: Scattered nostalgia showers are moving in from the north, bringing occasional filament and a light dusting of legends.
STORMY BYTES: Outlook: clear skies for tinkerers, with a slight chance of someone printing the wrong blank key.