David Blair
notniceprawn.bsky.social
David Blair
@notniceprawn.bsky.social
IT support for the Atomic Hobo podcast.
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You don't need to follow me back. I'll be lurking.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Do Switzerland really think they invented the Internet? Stop getting the difference between the Internet and World Wide Web wrong!
May 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Red card! That rhyme is instant disqualification.
May 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
That would also explain the haircut.
May 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
But he does dance like Shaun Ryder. Which is surprising.
May 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Okay, just so we're clear, we need to stand up and stop Republican presidents from doing stupid things? Are you sure that's what you want? Cos it's fine with us.
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I live in Scotland and can confirm it's actually our wee dog Gadget.
April 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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🚨 Trump pledges 25% tariffs on:

The 1981 Sapphire and Steel annual
Dalek Death Rays
Samantha Fox Strip Poker (ZX Spectrum)
The lager of Lamot
The Usborne Book of Ghosts
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (VHS)
Murun Buchtansangur
Horror Top Trumps
Two Tribes (Annihilation mix)
April 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Penny Arcade for March 25th 2002, 23 years ago today was a classic. See children, the Xbox controller was very big…
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/0...
Ursine Adventures - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
www.penny-arcade.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Windows Vista aka Windows 7 Beta.
March 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Atari ST had a great version! Friends and I spent hours swinging wildly between pve and pvp.
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Old doesn't mean bad. Old, in software, often means that a lot of the bugs have been found and fixed. Sounds like you're being given a sales pitch based on "floppy disks ancient" incredulity.
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Five years ago today we viewed our house. We were the last viewing of the day and were hurried out after 8 minutes. Three months later we moved in having had no chance at a second viewing. Weird, wild times.
March 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Good. Then they won't have the luxury to ignore Trump.
March 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The American people will put up with a lot, if gas prices are low.
March 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Okay NRA, this is the thing you said you needed all those guns for. Oh, you meant just theoretical left-wing authorisation governments?
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've also fixed PCs, but it's mostly cups of tea.
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I thought I was Watson to my Wife's Sherlock Holmes. Turns out I'm Mrs. Hudson.
January 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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NEW EPISODE! Julie McDowall, author of Attack Warning Red! and presenter of the Atomic Hobo podcast, joins us for a nuclear war special, revealing three things that scarred her as a kid (she watched Threads at the age of 3!)

Listen: pod.link/1706291698
January 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
And to hide the option to change under "cancel subscription".
January 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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January 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold"

Please sign this!

If a single player game needs a server, on ending support for the game, the publisher should either patch the game, or release the server. Period.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repa...
petition.parliament.uk
January 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I recognise that! Was it Star Trek Rebel Universe? I had it on the Atari ST.
December 3, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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*watches a single video on how to fix my toilet*

YouTube Algorithm: THIS DUDE LOVES TOILETS
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM