124
The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (jordaneldredge.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/retronet@lemmy.sdf.org
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Here's a preview from the introduction of the article:

This ended up leading me down a series of wild rabbit holes where I found:

  • Encrypted files which I was able to crack to discover their secrets
  • A gift a dad in Thailand had made for his two and a half year old son, but didn’t want published online
  • Somebody’s email password
  • A secret biography of Chet Baker
  • A file called worm.exe which held quite the surprise
  • A host of extremely random images and files
  • 56 previously unknown Winamp skins hidden inside other Winamp skins!
top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] anzo@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago

I would've enjoyed reading the touching letter that a father from Thailand wrote... Nice post!

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

This was fun :)

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Interesting blog

[-] Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Very cool. Love the old photos that were found

And that Nike one looks fairly official. Curious to know the backstory on it.

this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2024
124 points (100.0% liked)

retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software

1 readers
1 users here now

Websites, software, games, fads, memes, or any general happenings that used to occur or had originated on computers 20+ years ago.

This community is software and internet focused. For retro hardware discussion try !retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

Some Cool Links

Archive.org Software Library

BBS: The Documentary

Classic Websites: Random Page / Search Engine

cool-retro-term: terminal emulator mimicing old cathode displays

Neocities: webhost homage to Geocities

Web Design Museum

Webamp / Webamp Desktop / Skin Library: cross-platform re-implementation of Winamp 2.9

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org