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Retro Tinkerer, Home Brewer, Motorbike Enthusiast,Tech Nerd. Everything C64.

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As kids, we'd protect ourselves from that with a wipe of zinc across the nose.

19.02.2026 07:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats to you, Ricki & the publishing team. Really looking forward to the physical release on March 2nd!

08.02.2026 00:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another Ultimate Elite build. Wasn't sure about the black case, but I reckon it looks pretty schmick with the gold badges.

I love the Elite boards. Saddened Gideon is no longer making them.

05.02.2026 09:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Manufactured in China, not made in China.

It means it's no longer possible to make a faithful replica board. They've produced hundreds of these boards for others and hadn't bat an eyelid. This seems political and I'm sick of the state of the world right now.

17.01.2026 09:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Audit failure from JLPCB engineering because gerbers state Made In Japan. They claim to only support "Made In China".

Audit failure from JLPCB engineering because gerbers state Made In Japan. They claim to only support "Made In China".

Have always preferred JLCPCB over PCBWay, but now they can honestly get effed.

17.01.2026 07:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just modded my Neo Geo Pocket with a backlit IPS screen. Looking superb!

Ordinarily I dont like modding original gear, but in this case my old eyes were really struggling with the original non backlit screen. This makes it so much more usable. Hopefully battery life remains reasonable.

11.01.2026 06:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ran over many with the lawnmower. Just got to make sure your mouth is closed so you dont inhale the white cloud.

10.01.2026 01:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That would be Unix epoch time. I'm guessing it's the default value for a database column if not explicitly set.

26.12.2025 09:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surfboard on a stand. Nice!

23.12.2025 22:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Poetry in motion.

21.12.2025 05:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great timing! I arrived in Osaka today and it just so happens I'm headed to Namba tomorrow. I can add this to my hit list, along with some stores in Nipponbashi. Thank you!

08.12.2025 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Astro Boy on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Astro Boy on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Astro Boy on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Astro Boy on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Astro Boy's sister on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Astro Boy's sister on a mural across the road from Takadanobaba station.

Mural across the road from Takadanobaba station, Tokyo. Astro Boy!

06.12.2025 08:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Astro Boy photographed in shop window of store in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. The birth place of Astro Boy.

Astro Boy photographed in shop window of store in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. The birth place of Astro Boy.

Family trip to Japan. We ended up staying in Takadanobaba, the birth place of Astro Boy. The train stations jingle is the Astro Boy theme song, and I spotted this in a store window. I'd long forgotten about Astro Boy, but I watched it religiously after school every day in the 80s. Happier times!

06.12.2025 08:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My daughter & I played Bubble Bobble to completion (MiSTer hooked up to 75" TV). She died just before we killed the big boss at the end, but I made it. We'll have to replay so we both finish.

06.12.2025 08:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Butter and anything. You can't have toast or sandwiches without butter!

27.11.2025 03:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The SID: Classic 8-bit sound
The SID: Classic 8-bit sound YouTube video by Ben Eater

Ben Eater hooks a 6581 SID up to his 6502 computer and plays Rob Hubbard's "Monty On The Run" (at 60Hz for those US folk).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSMQ...

09.11.2025 05:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the problem is that there wasn't really an ending. Although I've been told if you sit through ending credits with subtitles enabled, there actually was an ending & you'll see it.

01.11.2025 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh for sure. There's some pretty strange individuals out there though.

18.10.2025 05:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

May have something to do with this, I suspect.

youtu.be/udrnSDVbbhw?...

17.10.2025 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started around the same time, also with Slackware. Spent near a month trying to get my PPP chat script working with local ISP, but eventually prevailed. Problem in the end was DNS. Been almost exclusively Linux desktop since early 2000's.

Anyway, it launched a career for me as Linux & Unix admin.

14.10.2025 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hadn't realised they made people so small!

12.10.2025 03:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got a Secret Labs chair for my birthday 5 or 6 years go now. It's still in daily use. Nothing broken on it yet, struts are still holding my 115kg weight. I've been suitably impressed.

11.10.2025 00:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The answer to life, the universe and everything.

21.09.2025 08:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honouring the past. Innovating the future.

16.09.2025 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And probably not too far off locking people up for not displaying anything but praise for The Great Leader.

16.09.2025 11:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So, did Michelle grow up to be a Tax Collector, or did Kilobaud save her?

Kilobaud magazine issue #5, May 1977.

20.08.2025 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What, and he hasn't even got a commodore.net email address yet?

Must have a boot full of magic beans to sell.

09.08.2025 12:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW!

"The Commodore 64 could be the micro-computer industry's outstanding new product introduction since the birth of this industry."

09.08.2025 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What to do on a rainy Saturday morning. Sit outside on the lounge drinking coffee and reading BYTE magazine, august 1982 volume 7. What a time to be alive!

09.08.2025 01:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For some insight around what initiated the recent shenanigans at both Steam and itch.io

www.collectiveshout.org/media-releas...

02.08.2025 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0