A small terminal for exploring this site. Type a command at the prompt and press Enter. Click a listed item to open its page.

help

Open this guide.

cat readme.txt

Read about me inside the computer. Clicking readme.txt or typing vi readme.txt works too. From a folder, use cat ~/readme.txt.

microkong.exe

Launch MICROKONG, a one-level Donkey Kong tribute. You are a computer with legs rescuing a floppy disk. Bill Gates throws MS-DOS packages down the platforms. Arrows or A/D move, Up/Down or W/S climb, Space jumps. Touch controls work too. P pauses; Escape returns here.

flake.exe

Launch FLAKE. Steer a snake with arrows, WASD, swipes or the direction buttons. Eat floppy disks to grow longer and move faster. Avoid the walls and your own snake. P or Space pauses, Escape returns here.

headcrash.exe

Launch HEADCRASH, a one-level Breakout game with hard-disk bricks. Move with the arrow keys, A/D, mouse or touch. Space launches, P pauses, and Escape returns to the terminal.

doslander.exe

Launch DOSLANDER. Land a computer tower on the moon in one level. Arrows or A/D tilt; hold Up, W or Space for thrust. Touch controls work too. Land upright and slowly on the pad before fuel runs out. P pauses and Escape returns here.

diskinvaders.exe

Launch DISKINVADERS. Defend your computer from 24 invaders by firing floppy disks. Arrows or A/D move, hold Space to fire, P pauses and Escape returns here. Mouse and touch controls work too.

floppydash.exe

Launch FLOPPYDASH, a one-level tribute to Boulder Dash. Dig through cables, collect eight floppy disks, avoid falling hard drives and reach the exit. Arrows, WASD or the direction buttons move. P pauses; Escape returns here.

ls

List the current folder. Use ls art to peek inside another one.

ll

List items with descriptions. ls -l works too.

cd projects

Enter projects and list their contents. Try cd art or cd writing too. cd title also opens an item, just like vi title.

cd ..

Go back to the home folder. cd or cd ~ also takes you home.

vi title

Open an item by title. Try vi How in writing, then press Tab to complete the title and Enter to open it. Tab cycles through multiple matches. At home, titles from all folders are available.

pwd

Show where you are.

clear

Clear the screen.

reset

Restore all deleted items and the home screen immediately. No BIOS startup or boot sounds. If the whole screen was erased with rm, use its Reset button.

reboot

Run the BIOS startup sequence and restore the screen.

sudo / su

Attempt to become an administrator. What could possibly go wrong?

npm

Ask the computer how it feels about another dependency.

wget

Download a completely random corner of the internet.

rm projects

Remove the Projects folder links from the screen. Try rm art, rm writing, rm intro or rm work too.

rm

Erase the whole page and display “Insert OS Disk”. Click Reset to restore the computer immediately, or Reboot to run the BIOS startup. The reset command also restores individual sections removed with rm.

Tab completes command names, folder paths, rm sections and titles for vi or cd. Try cd wri or ls -l ar. Press Tab again to cycle through matches. Use ↑ and ↓ to recall commands, and Shift+Tab to leave the command field. Folder names also work as clickable links. Press Escape to close this guide.