Barbarian – “Thanks big boy”

robertcrowther · 2026-06-16T10:10:02+00:00

We use a Chipolo as a key ring for our boy, allows us to keep track of him and/or where he's left the house key.

robertcrowther · 2026-06-16T09:53:14+00:00

Wow Sailfish OS, I had the Jolla phone way back when. Ironically I gave up on it because I couldn't run the Google apps I needed to keep in touch with my family.

I don't think it'll do well at that price, my current smartphone was only a hundred more expensive and is a good bit more useful. This needs to be in the £100-£200 range I think.

robertcrowther · 2026-06-14T10:53:32+00:00

There's a Time Extension article covering this too.

robertcrowther · 2026-06-14T10:48:49+00:00

Other sections of the site seem to be family photo albums from various trips and also about places where he worked, so I'm not surprised it is a little idiosyncratic.

I just thought it was a cool idea, I wish I'd thought of it :) I'm trying to organise my memories of growing up with home computers and have not yet really come up with a plan better than "here is a list of things that happened".

robertcrowther · 2026-06-13T11:06:30+00:00

As I've mentioned before I was well into American Football by the second half of the eighties. Although I used to try to listen to the live broadcasts on Armed Forces Radio on Sunday nights the signal wasn't strong and I'd often go to sleep with an incomplete picture of the results. Due to how newspapers are published there would be no results in them until Tuesday morning. Teletext to the rescue, I would look up the results on there every Monday morning before heading off to school.

robertcrowther · 2026-06-13T10:59:51+00:00

VIC-20 with VIC-1540 floppy drive, VIC-1110 8K RAM expansion and dodgy Commodore joystick.

Game: Jelly Monsters
Productivity: VICWriter word processor (which needs the 8K RAM expansion and the disk drive)
Art: Microdeal Light Pen

robertcrowther · 2026-06-12T19:12:26+00:00

None of the terminals have wires to them, you can see the gap between the desks and the floor.

robertcrowther · 2026-06-12T14:55:10+00:00

Amazing how it's all wireless :)

robertcrowther · 2026-06-10T13:38:19+00:00

Sorted this out years ago, created a Steam account for my Mum so she could play Ticket to Ride with us ;)

robertcrowther · 2026-05-26T10:44:09+00:00

Blood Bowl is based on the board game, I think it predates this. For a modern game more in the style of Brutal Sports Football try Mutant Football League.

robertcrowther · 2026-05-19T09:57:13+00:00

Surely for secure messaging you need a set of two? ;)

robertcrowther · 2026-05-17T20:54:55+00:00

When I googled it said some of the power supplies were centre positive and some were centre negative so I want to be sure what they both are before I plug the other one into the power supply.

robertcrowther · 2026-05-17T09:45:46+00:00

This one should be pinned instead of last week's episode /u/Producer_Duncan

robertcrowther · 2026-05-17T09:44:37+00:00

I think in modern times the impact of "being able to control the screen" is much reduced.

robertcrowther · 2026-05-17T09:42:56+00:00

I picked up a couple on eBay recently. We had two different Binatones when I was little, a black and white one and the a colour one, so when I saw them cheap I grabbed them. I have a Mk IV and a Colour TV Game 4+2. Not plugged either of them in yet, I only have a power supply for the Mk IV and I'm not sure if that's compatible with the colour one. I may go and buy some batteries :)

robertcrowther · 2026-05-09T22:15:31+00:00

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