Glenda Adams

Glenda Adams

@gmatom.bsky.social

Mac/iOS Programmer (retired), runner, triathlete, cross-stitcher. I wrote video games for 25 years, then I got tired.

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OMG. 29 years ago I put an Easter egg in Duke Nukem 3D Mac, that replaced two of the in-game posters with pictures of a couple plush animals I had. I never told anyone other than my wife about the code (DNGLENDA) and completely forgot I did this. 1/2

Another detail on the bunny in the easter egg. When my wife and I were dating, we lived in different states. I bought two identical bunnies, sent one to her and kept the other. Hers was “Glenda Rabbit“, mine was ”Suellen Rabbit”. This way we’d have something to hold when we couldn’t be together. 1/2

When I lost my wife to cancer four years ago, after 25 years together, Glenda Rabbit was cremated with her so she’d have part of me would always be there. I still keep Suellen Rabbit near me every night. When I’m gone, Suellen Rabbit will be cremated with me. 2/2

OMG. 29 years ago I put an Easter egg in Duke Nukem 3D Mac, that replaced two of the in-game posters with pictures of a couple plush animals I had. I never told anyone other than my wife about the code (DNGLENDA) and completely forgot I did this. 1/2

Today I was tagged by a user on Mastodon who discovered this long lost cheat code. I still have the plush bunny and cow from the photos- the rabbit was a present I gave my wife, and the cow was a silly valentines thing she sent me while were dating.2/2 mastodon.social/@Dandu/11725...

mastodon.socialDandu (@Dandu@mastodon.social)Attached: 2 images L’Easter Egg inconnu de Duke Nukem 3D sur Mac (poke @Gmatom ! DNGLENDA) https://www.journaldulapin.com/2026/09/12/le-code-dnglenda-de-duke-3d/

Finished another classic Mac cross-stitch project, recreating the splash screen from the “Alice“ chess game, Through the Looking Glass. The last photo is the original Mac graphic I based the pattern on. Even nailed the stray pixels 🙂. It’s 1 to 1 pixels to stitches. #NerdStitch

Took about a year, but I finished my cross-stitch tribute to the class Amiga Deluxe Paint King Tut. It’s 180x200 stitches, about 34,000 non-black tiny thread X’s 🙂 #NerdStitch

After almost a year of working on and off on it, I finished my cross-stitch of the original MacPaint geisha art. 32,475 tiny black stitches and almost 1,000 feet of thread. #NerdStitch

Getting close to finishing my cross-stitch recreation of Susan Kare’s classic MacPaint geisha art. Lots of single strand black thread and lots of little X’s 🙂 #NerdStitch

When you are the only one who got the message you were supposed to dress up for the 5K 😆 From the recent Frozen Assets 5k run across Lake Mendota. I spied the photographer across the way and gave them a wave and a pose as we waited to start.

Don’t tell me you don’t remember me, because I sure has heckfire remember you. Ned Ryerson! Bing! I dressed up to run the local Groundhog Day 5k today. It was a hoot, and I even met Jimmy the Groundhog. I tried to sell him some life insurance.

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