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The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (jordaneldredge.com)
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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

This is the content I come here for. Thanks for sharing!

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Epic read of the good old times of the internet

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

A must read just to follow the link explaining why there's no Winamp version 4, but a version 5.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

Winamp skins! Oh man, those were the days!

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Its a sweet story but i do have to question the reasoning of the dad who created a mockup of a skin to send over to the winamp devs to make it a real, as a gift for a 2yo.