Hello from SWAG!

I'm not too fussed that mainland Europe are getting their Spectrum Nexts first. If mine did arrive today I'm so busy with work and family that it probably wouldn't get opened until the end of the month. #ZXNext

Happy Saint Firework's Day everyone!

'tis once again the season for the spooky dog walks en-route to getting the girl-child from Brownies.

Lunch break, parked in the picnic area near Sharpness docks and took a walk arou.. JESUSCHRIST!

And we're done! The last day of an eight-day shift (with three of those days working until 8pm) has been completed. Tired, looking forward to proper meal times and actually being with my family.

Tonight at the Makerspace I ha' been mostly performing a DVD drive swap on an original XBox.

Tonight Matthew, I have been mostly replacing the pop-o-matic dome switches in an Amstrad SJS-1 joystick to make it a little bit less rubbish. Now to find a way to make the shaft less floppy.

If it's not a CRT I'm not interested.

I want to report an issue on someone's GitHub page, but I feel that more effort will be put into telling me that I incorrectly reported the issue than actually fixing the issue.

I've been had! Probably for the better though.

I've repaired the broken wiring on my MacBook Air PSU and used some old wire and UV resin as cable retention. And yeah, ditched the flappy cable-winder things as I couldn't get them back on properly. Don't judge me!

'Tis +3 night at the Makerspace this evening. Not only sorting through floppies, but also building a cable to power an external 3" drive for use with Greaseweazle.

My work vehicle has failed so I've been given a hire as a replacement, which seems to be in worse health than my vehicle!

Saturday night floppy action!

I got a brand new phone yesterday, it has a super-whizzy camera with lots of megapixels and zooms. It's fitting that the very first picture I'm forced to take with it is of my daughter's infected lughole so I can WhatsApp it to my wife.

Tickets for S.W.A.G. are booked! Will be bringing a new face in the form of YouTube's Retro Marky @RetroMarkyRM who is new to all this Amiga lark via the world of FPGA. See you there Amiga nerds! www.southwestamiga.org.uk

Lovely! But it shouldn't be happening in October.

Installs Hatari on Windows: Unpack files to a folder on HD and run executable Install Hatari on Mint: Install Hatari from Flatpak, Hatari runs but cannot read ROM directory on same HD. Install Warehouse Flatpak manager so I can install an app to manage file handling in Flatpak programs.

Fuzzweed@fuzzweed.co.uk · last mo.

Well, I said when something major went down like this, I'd try Linux again. The tears, screams and swearing start now.

What with the price of diesel we were all out on the motorway mopping-up the spill with rags so we could wring them out into our fuel tanks later. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

M4 closed westbound after 'significant diesel spillage'

National Highways is carrying out "extensive repairs" following a significant diesel spillage.

bbc.co.uk

I finally got around to making a cable to attach a 3" floppy drive to a Greaseweazle. It wasn't as hard as all the contrary information on the internet had led me to believe. To celebrate I printed myself a case and label to make it look authentic.

Oh hello! A Spectrum +2 spotted in the video of the latest @warringtonruncorn.com video! Must be the grey version as the audio isn't distorted. #Ifyouknow... youtu.be/w8LIkEWVtT8?...

🎶 Somewhere over the rainbow... 🎶

I seldom buy old software but I had to get Starglider for the Speccy when it popped-up on eBay for £7! I paid full price for it back in the day, back when paying £14.95 for a cassette game was unheard of. A classic!

I don't do football, but I did do this daft podcast. I'll always feel that the Mince renditions of Peter Beardsley, (Mr) Sting and Dom Littlewood are the genuine versions. WARHAMMER!

Athletico Mince@athleticomince.bsky.social · 2mo ago

See ya...

Red sky in the morning, global warming.

Apparently calling my character 'Paul Hardcastle' isn't in the spirit of things.

The children are finally old enough and none of us have ever played before. We're doing this!

I love working on Spectrum+2 tape decks, me...

A group of us are spending our company volunteering days at the www.scienceinnovationpark.org.uk The contents of the National Gas Museum are being tested for asbestos before moving to their new home, we are on-site to assist.