Nigel Skull

Gonna nick the idea of putting a LED through the old heatsink/voltage regulator hole for my Speccy build...

A photo of the stage for Sing the Musicals, a mass sing-a-long show.

My rendition of 'I Know Him so Well' from Chess brought people to tears.

A photo of my son dressed in blue shorts and a red vest. And also wearing my straw hat..

Yes, it's World Book Day and my boy has decided to dress-up as 'Monkey D. Luffy' from the manga series 'One Peice' and he doesn't give a shit that no-one else will get the reference.

Good lad!

A laptop and Ableton Launchpad used to cue sound effects.

DJ Nige! Or, sound man at the local Café Murder Mystery performance.

When it's complete I'll write-up a thread about the build and why I hate this particular Spectrum PCB....

Once I've salvaged everything that is salvageable on that hateful PCB it is going straight into the bin (we have history, hence the new-build).

A Sinclair Spectrum PCB with its RAM chips removed.

RAM raiding #ZXSpectrum

A red Sinclair Spectrum PCB

So, myself and YouTube's Retro Marky are going to build a couple of Spectrums. Wish us luck! #ZXSpectrum

#rad-o-hint saved £30 by transferring the old grilles onto the new radiator! A bit of touch-up paint and it'll be a grand job.

A photo of a radiator that I'm replacing

Not how I planned to spend part of my day off...

Happy Saint Vallium's Day everyone!

The Safari Hotel at Chessington World of Adventure

Tonight's exotic accommodation

The JCBoard PCB installed onto a ZX Spectrum PCB

Installed Happy Little Diode's new JCBoard (see www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wro...) into my Issue 2 #Spectrum. Along with a composite mod and recap it's fair to say that this machine now has the best video output out of all my 48k machines!

Genuine ZX81 experience yes I know...

Note to self: don't bother trying to adjust settings and volume levels in PlayZX when trying to Bluetooth files across to a ZX81, just crank everything up to maximum and you'll be fine.

Five attempts at loading that sodding game kids, five!

A Sinclair ZX81 computer playing 3D Monster Maze

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Star Trek Starfleet Academy poster

Still good!

"Our infrastructure is broken! Roads are crumbling, pipes are bursting DO SOMETHING!"

Roads get closed to fix burst pipes and crumbling surfaces.

"NO NOT THAT!!"

A Sinclair Spectrum PCB being repaired

It's Spectrum fixing night!

A photo of an elaborate gravestone, some sort of statue.

Walking the dog through the graveyard again.

I wish I was a YouTuber so I could get people to pay for my garage conversion.

Star Trek Starfleet Academy Poster

Well, I enjoyed it!

A room full of vending machines that vend, amongst other things, milk, gelato, meat and flowers.

Waiting for the dog to get groomed, pop into the unit next door to find a room full of vending machines that vend, amongst other things, milk, gelato, beef joints and potted plants...

A Commodore C64 ultimate computer

I've finally got to use a Commodore C64 Ultimate Flex.

Two cans of Hitch Hiker's Guide to The Galaxy Lager

Riverside Studios London

Walked past a giant picture of Brian Cant on the way to the loo.

The Novotel at Hammersmith

Can't wait for day two of The World of Commodore show tomorrow!

She stayed with me until
She moved to Notting Hill
She said it was the place she needs to be
Where the cocaine is Fair Trade
And frequently displayed
Is the Buena Vista Social Club CD

A photo of the local graveyard at night. Some graves in front of the silhouette of a large tree.

One of the nice things about being a parent is that I get to walk the dog around a graveyard before I pick up the girl-child from Brownies.