Today’s column. Sure to win me lots of fans in AI circles & on LinkedIn (which I take a pop at too, because why not?)
AI is eating the tech world – and your favourite gadgets are next / From retro consoles to smartphones, nothing is safe from the relentless march of AI
www.stuff.tv/features/ai-...
My profile picture on my work Mac is Kenny Loggins. When people see it at the password prompt and ask, I point out it’s my Loggins screen.
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It's like someone once saw a PET and was asked to draw it from memory.
Things like that do make you sad.
All of that dross polluting actual factual information and being given equal status.
I saw someone call AI "digital asbestos" and talk of how much work is going to be involved in purging it all.
One whole hour!!!
I am done with software that gives cute error messages. I don't need "Ooops! Something went wrong" and a cartoon of a monkey scratching his head.
FUCKING TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. TELL ME WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT THE ERROR WAS. YOU ARE SOFTWARE, DETAIL THE WAY YOU FAILED TO WORK CORRECTLY.
This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
A bunch of microsoft logos from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today but instead of saying Microsoft all of them spell Microslop in the vibe of the original logos.
It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
Ceefax index page from the 28th of December 1985
This isn't news to regular users of my online teletext viewer as it's been online for ages, but one of the channels has a service from this evening 40 years ago.
This was recovered from a VHS tape and every page painstakingly repaired and turned back into a packet stream
zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...
The Interceptor about to pounce on an unsuspecting contestant, who’s had his backpack lasered to hell at this point anyway.
Question for the UK folks. My daughter’s discovered Interceptor and has become slightly obsessed 😀 Only have the low quality YouTube episodes to work from though. Anyone know where I might source some higher quality ones?
Just heard the most awful news that Ben Versteeg (owner of bytedelight.com) has passed away.
He was an absolute gentleman and he will be missed by the Spectrum community.
Apologies, in my haste I forgot to add #TheGrandStretchIsBack!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS
Hi all.
Are ye ready?
2 important notes:
- Today's sunset will be the earliest, but the grand adult sthretch in the evenings doesn't start until tomorrow's sunset.
- Will you help get #TheGrandStretchIsBack trending?!! (whatever that might mean on this network!)
Three ladies in the crowd at the World Darts Championship, dressed as the women in fake beards from the stoning scene in Life of Brian.
“Are there any women here today?”
Yikes! At least your watch had the good sense to take most of the damage.
Are you all ready?!?! The earliest sunset of 2025 in Dublin will be at 16:05:43 on the 13th of December. You know what that means? The #TheGrandStretchIsBack on the 14th!
Stuff like this makes the Internet worth all of the fake and toxic stuff that comes with it.
Digital Artist: In my work I invented the Gowl Detector as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Gowl Detector from classic art installation Don't Create The Gowl Detector
I take it the machine works perfectly otherwise? It could well be an issue with the copy protection on the DSK image.
That’ll be the issue then. I found the best way to install Plus membranes is to work round in a circle with the screws, tightening them in a couple of passes, much like you’d do an engine’s cylinder head.
That generally only causes a problem with the extended keys on the Plus keyboard, though.
If it’s the same supplier it could be a QC issue. If you’re feeling flush, these are *awesome*:
www.ginger-electronic.com/en/retro-com...
It's much more likely to be an issue with the membrane itself. The bubble mat just provides 'springiness' to the key actions, it doesn't have carbon contacts to make connections - that's contained within the 4 layer membrane Pluses and Toasties have.
A good clean can do no harm, though.
While we're talking scope creep, how about supporting TIFAX and SAA505x fonts in the viewer? Looks like you'd just need to make the embedded chardata.png configurable (runs)
A prawn cracker shaped like Pac-Man. Daughter attempting to photobomb him in the background.
Life goals complete, courtesy of a Pac-Man shaped prawn cracker.
