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Panic! In static! Out-manic! Don't you find it all romantic, the way things used to be?
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Hi there. I'm somebody with a passion for analog cable television equipment, weather, and programming. Throw these three things together, and you get a person who thinks they are capable of building their very own cable television network.

Give a follow and join me on this bizarre adventure.
wow, a responsible company???? I LOVE COMMODORE
Here’s more transparency around our transparent PCB.
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
holy shit i'm trying to make music with Furnace tracker using the VIC 20 chip and it's pissing me off:
- why is D# out of tune
- why is F out of tune
- why is volume global

of course, this misery is self inflicted, but my question remains WHY??
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Feeling good today, finally got the garage cleaned up enough to have a workbench again! :)

Although I've still got so much stuff laying around, it really might be time to let go of a few things and give them better homes
January 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Speaking of the datasette I spent all of yesterday trying to record VIC 20 programs to tape from a WAV file using a dinky cassette recorder I got from Amazon, and could not get any completely successful loads.

Anybody know of some high fidelity cassette recorders that are
perfect for the task?
You're not a real gamer unless you pirated your mates games in the 1980s.
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
i'm stocking up before the RAM crisis gets worse
January 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Ah, well. I got the C64 to boot up and I played around with it for about 30 minutes, power cycled it twice and now I've got a black screen and no power LED.... PSU is outputting 5.25VDC

Really hoping I didn't kill this thing, but knowing my luck.......
January 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
One might even call this a Commo-HORROR
I was going to wait to post about my acquisition of a Commodore 64 until I had it up and running, but I am so fucking appalled at what I just got in the mail I couldn't resist the urge.
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I was going to wait to post about my acquisition of a Commodore 64 until I had it up and running, but I am so fucking appalled at what I just got in the mail I couldn't resist the urge.
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The video signal was crying out for a few minutes and then it started acting fine.... holy cow I can't believe this thing is still fully functional. I love it
January 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'm hopeful for today, I'm getting a really cool set of things in the mail to play with for the first time, and I've got a new side project at work...

I've caught the Commodore bug! I'll be playing with a VIC 20 today if it works...
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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If you have the space, means and collection: a northern Texas warehouse full of proto-Redbox VHS vending machines from the mid-1980s is being evicted. The machines are free and whatever isn't taken will imminently be scrapped.

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January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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heard the RAM shortage is getting bad so I've been trying to stock up🤞
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Announcing BlueSCSI Ultra, Ultra Wide and (coming soon) SCA.

bluescsi.com/ultra
BlueSCSI Ultra & Ultra Wide Announcement
Announcing BlueSCSI Ultra and Ultra Wide - 68-pin 16-bit Ultra Wide support, integrated RP2350B, Front Panel support, and more.
bluescsi.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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year of the horse
January 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
12 years remain
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
are you waiting to wake up?
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
i think you guys know what we need to do

hackaday.com/2025/12/26/p...
December 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Merry Crackmas #crackmiser
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
what the fuck is happening
December 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
finally turned on the christmas music and i'm starting to feel christmas-y now

i think radio stations starting as early as November 1st is desensitizing me to it and it ruins the mood so I try not to listen to it too early
December 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Just a happy little guy
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
forgot to post i somehow managed to complete the Unity Cup career on the first try in uma last night
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
it just keeps making sense. python is the puppygirl language after all
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December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Built an orbit simulation tool with only vanilla JS and the Canvas API

Try it out: caidan.dev/portfolio/or...
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
this screenshot did not age well (look at the date)
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM