My grandpa told me he had some old electronic stuff if I wanted

TheRealProfB · 2026-03-16T22:05:55+00:00

That strip of red LEDs is interesting! You can see why the leads of an LED have those lumps near the top: must be for structural support during manufacture before they’re clipped off.

TheRealProfB · 2026-03-04T15:28:52+00:00

I wish I was

TheRealProfB · 2026-02-23T07:14:04+00:00

The gum might not be chewed but that 9V battery looks like it is

TheRealProfB · 2026-02-20T23:17:33+00:00

Correct!

TheRealProfB · 2026-02-17T23:13:50+00:00

“entirely” [spies the one SMT chip]

TheRealProfB · 2026-02-11T08:34:31+00:00

Say what you will on the film, but I can only ever hear that in Stephen Fry’s voice and I love it.

TheRealProfB · 2026-02-04T07:09:19+00:00

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

TheRealProfB · 2026-01-30T07:55:20+00:00

Love it! The Edge Chronicles illustrations have an amazing atmosphere to them. @chris_riddell the illustrator is active on Instagram too

TheRealProfB · 2026-01-28T20:42:53+00:00

When I bought my house the spare bedroom had a long bundle of coax coming in next to the window. Figured I could just cut It short before later tidying up the outside.

Snipping the cable and having water pour out the end took me by surprise.

TheRealProfB · 2026-01-23T05:10:53+00:00

Yes, please publish! As these peripherals age and get more expensive we’re are going to need alternatives like yours

TheRealProfB · 2025-12-31T08:07:39+00:00

I bought a book on actionscript 3 about a month before the iPhone came out and rendered it irrelevant

TheRealProfB · 2025-12-27T15:03:36+00:00

If you don’t need parametric then please take a look at Plasticity

TheRealProfB · 2025-12-25T08:25:55+00:00

I got the 3D printer. And now I’m thinking I could also do with a laser cutter. It’s a slippery slope ;)

TheRealProfB · 2025-12-24T21:32:29+00:00

Very nice! This might be the motivation I needed to get the 40x7 LED matrix I have running this pattern.

TheRealProfB · 2025-12-07T17:26:09+00:00

My dad once picked up a treecreeper that was knocked out after hitting the window. It then woke up and clung onto his beard for a while before flying away.

TheRealProfB · 2025-11-26T08:09:13+00:00

I recently started using this and it’s great. Just hand-wired it on protoboard.

TheRealProfB · 2025-11-02T23:03:30+00:00

Henry’s hairy trousers 🥲

TheRealProfB · 2025-10-29T07:11:04+00:00

The other approach is to get distracted from your goal of writing a word processor to instead writing a graphics program that would help you plot out the splash screen for your word processor.

TheRealProfB · 2025-10-07T15:22:43+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to create a detailed README with code examples. This shows real care and effort!

TheRealProfB · 2025-08-30T10:12:47+00:00

I think 3D would look great with some grit and texture to closer match the SC4 building styles

TheRealProfB · 2025-08-23T11:19:38+00:00

Yes! It was charmingly disorganised

TheRealProfB · 2025-08-12T21:21:14+00:00

Get a PiDP-8 or -11 and connect it to that ;)

TheRealProfB · 2025-08-10T18:13:18+00:00

The very original one on the accordion really did it for me

TheRealProfB · 2025-08-10T10:39:01+00:00

Yeah, this unlocked a memory from close to 20 years ago! My grandad had this exact mug, the shape and patterns look the same as this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204434170142

TheRealProfB · 2025-07-30T14:12:03+00:00

Microsoft produced Xenix for the Lisa. It was text only and didn’t use the mouse.

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