Andrew Langstaff
@cowboycoder.com
Making mobile phones do cool stuff since 1996.
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Jan 2003: E-M@Iler Plus ad from Amstrad
(+Ringtones and Logos)
«EMAIL, INTERNET, & TEXT MESSAGES ON YOUR HOME PHONE
NOW HALF PRICE!»
(+Ringtones and Logos)
«EMAIL, INTERNET, & TEXT MESSAGES ON YOUR HOME PHONE
NOW HALF PRICE!»
January 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Jan 2003: E-M@Iler Plus ad from Amstrad
(+Ringtones and Logos)
«EMAIL, INTERNET, & TEXT MESSAGES ON YOUR HOME PHONE
NOW HALF PRICE!»
(+Ringtones and Logos)
«EMAIL, INTERNET, & TEXT MESSAGES ON YOUR HOME PHONE
NOW HALF PRICE!»
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Brilliant series of posts, perfect pacing and tone. No notes.
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 11, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Brilliant series of posts, perfect pacing and tone. No notes.
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I have fulfilled all preorders and I have 5 exclusive packs of Doctor who tarot cards left to sell.
If you interested in a pack for £30 +£5p&p please DM me or reply here. Uk only on this offer I’m afraid and first come first served…
If you interested in a pack for £30 +£5p&p please DM me or reply here. Uk only on this offer I’m afraid and first come first served…
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I have fulfilled all preorders and I have 5 exclusive packs of Doctor who tarot cards left to sell.
If you interested in a pack for £30 +£5p&p please DM me or reply here. Uk only on this offer I’m afraid and first come first served…
If you interested in a pack for £30 +£5p&p please DM me or reply here. Uk only on this offer I’m afraid and first come first served…
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This is one of those brilliant ideas I wish I'd had - what if you crossed Nebulus with Chuckie Egg. Perfectly executed by @snuggsy187.bsky.social who has worked wonders developing this for the Acorn Electron (the lower powered sibling of the BBC Micro). It's a long thread, yet well worth the read.
Acorn Electron / BBC Micro - Chuckulus - WIP
Maybe I'll try a thread instead of quote posting stuff !.....
Fixed the flashing egg and bouncing off ladders bugs - thankfully quite simple stuff....
Time for some proper level design, as some are just too damn hard/impossible (even without the DUCK !) 🙄
Maybe I'll try a thread instead of quote posting stuff !.....
Fixed the flashing egg and bouncing off ladders bugs - thankfully quite simple stuff....
Time for some proper level design, as some are just too damn hard/impossible (even without the DUCK !) 🙄
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is one of those brilliant ideas I wish I'd had - what if you crossed Nebulus with Chuckie Egg. Perfectly executed by @snuggsy187.bsky.social who has worked wonders developing this for the Acorn Electron (the lower powered sibling of the BBC Micro). It's a long thread, yet well worth the read.
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This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
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This makes me wince
i made a flappy bird clone that uses your folding phone as the controller
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This makes me wince
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Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it
Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it
From buried settings to geopolitical risk, the business model is surveillance
Opinion At the end of last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five of the largest TV companies, accusing them of excessive and deceptive surveillance of their customers.…
dlvr.it
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Your smart TV is watching you and nobody's stopping it
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Infinite collaborative word search words.zip
WORDS.ZIP - Infinite Collaborative Word Search
An infinite collaborative word search where anyone can find and submit words. No account required. Words can go in any direction and snake around.
words.zip
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Infinite collaborative word search words.zip
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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We're looking forward to hearing about people's #BusAndBack walking adventures in 2026.
buildstories.slowways.org/bus-and-back/
We're slowly going to share a thread of ideas.
We'd love to see yours too!
First, how about #TfL's 389 in #Barnet? At 1.5 miles, is this the UK's shortest route? 🧵
buildstories.slowways.org/bus-and-back/
We're slowly going to share a thread of ideas.
We'd love to see yours too!
First, how about #TfL's 389 in #Barnet? At 1.5 miles, is this the UK's shortest route? 🧵
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We're looking forward to hearing about people's #BusAndBack walking adventures in 2026.
buildstories.slowways.org/bus-and-back/
We're slowly going to share a thread of ideas.
We'd love to see yours too!
First, how about #TfL's 389 in #Barnet? At 1.5 miles, is this the UK's shortest route? 🧵
buildstories.slowways.org/bus-and-back/
We're slowly going to share a thread of ideas.
We'd love to see yours too!
First, how about #TfL's 389 in #Barnet? At 1.5 miles, is this the UK's shortest route? 🧵
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🎵Simply having a wonderful
Christmastime🎵
Christmastime🎵
December 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🎵Simply having a wonderful
Christmastime🎵
Christmastime🎵
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Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
Judge Dredd - The Bod TV special
YouTube video by HappyToast
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
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OUT NOW: Dungeon Puzzle Sweeper!
The perfect game to play at the airport or under the dinner table this holiday season 🎄 It auto-saves, has online leaderboards, and it's optimized for mobile!
Free on itch! britown.itch.io/sweeper
Please repost and tell your friends!
#gamedev #indiegame #itch
The perfect game to play at the airport or under the dinner table this holiday season 🎄 It auto-saves, has online leaderboards, and it's optimized for mobile!
Free on itch! britown.itch.io/sweeper
Please repost and tell your friends!
#gamedev #indiegame #itch
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OUT NOW: Dungeon Puzzle Sweeper!
The perfect game to play at the airport or under the dinner table this holiday season 🎄 It auto-saves, has online leaderboards, and it's optimized for mobile!
Free on itch! britown.itch.io/sweeper
Please repost and tell your friends!
#gamedev #indiegame #itch
The perfect game to play at the airport or under the dinner table this holiday season 🎄 It auto-saves, has online leaderboards, and it's optimized for mobile!
Free on itch! britown.itch.io/sweeper
Please repost and tell your friends!
#gamedev #indiegame #itch
Ringwood XXXX porter used to be a great Christmas treat, until covid, and then Carlsberg destroyed the brewery. One of the best beers ever.
Here a 2018 vintage is about to become the ale in a steak and ale pie.🤤
Here a 2018 vintage is about to become the ale in a steak and ale pie.🤤
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ringwood XXXX porter used to be a great Christmas treat, until covid, and then Carlsberg destroyed the brewery. One of the best beers ever.
Here a 2018 vintage is about to become the ale in a steak and ale pie.🤤
Here a 2018 vintage is about to become the ale in a steak and ale pie.🤤
Odd phone call; Some old guy phoning me back as he’d had a missed call from my number… checked I hadn’t butt dialled him, and no, phone has never rang that number. Have the spambots spoofed my number? I’d always assumed they used unassigned numbers? 🧐🤔
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Odd phone call; Some old guy phoning me back as he’d had a missed call from my number… checked I hadn’t butt dialled him, and no, phone has never rang that number. Have the spambots spoofed my number? I’d always assumed they used unassigned numbers? 🧐🤔
Used a Fax machine?!? I'm probably the only person in the world who ever tried to build a web browser INTO a fax machine!
18 (never had AOL, or a waterbed)
18 (never had AOL, or a waterbed)
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Used a Fax machine?!? I'm probably the only person in the world who ever tried to build a web browser INTO a fax machine!
18 (never had AOL, or a waterbed)
18 (never had AOL, or a waterbed)
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We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death.
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Book nerds, this is most awesome!
A visualisation of the ISBN space, including 99,959,000 books 😵
It's searchable and zoomable, like a mandelbrot generator.
https://annas-archive.li/isbn-visualization/?
A visualisation of the ISBN space, including 99,959,000 books 😵
It's searchable and zoomable, like a mandelbrot generator.
https://annas-archive.li/isbn-visualization/?
ISBN Visualization
annas-archive.li
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Book nerds, this is most awesome!
A visualisation of the ISBN space, including 99,959,000 books 😵
It's searchable and zoomable, like a mandelbrot generator.
https://annas-archive.li/isbn-visualization/?
A visualisation of the ISBN space, including 99,959,000 books 😵
It's searchable and zoomable, like a mandelbrot generator.
https://annas-archive.li/isbn-visualization/?
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🧵Teaching Students NOT to use AI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
So...I've tried to explain to my students why they aren't allowed to use genAI in MY class (even though the university seems to be encouraging them to)
I've written this document to try to explain WHY it's a bad idea rather than just forbidden fruit.
#AI
#genAI
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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OK… here it is: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
THE ONCOMING STORM tarot cards
A set of 20 illustrated tarot cards by Chris Barker based on a famous British science fiction show
www.kickstarter.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
OK… here it is: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...
December 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM