David Knell
@dave.cy
Geek, dad, pilot, sailor. Once hand-assembled a Space Invaders game for an Ohio Superboard II.
Cancelled my Netflix subscription before reciprocal tariffs kick in. I'll give Now TV a go instead.
May 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Cancelled my Netflix subscription before reciprocal tariffs kick in. I'll give Now TV a go instead.
The ice maker at our restaurant (US-made, < 4 years old) failed. The spares required to fix are over $3000 - this part alone is $1400.
I just bought a complete new machine from a Chinese manufacturer, US stock, delivered with ice storage bin. For $1400.
Who's ripping off Americans here?
I just bought a complete new machine from a Chinese manufacturer, US stock, delivered with ice storage bin. For $1400.
Who's ripping off Americans here?
April 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The ice maker at our restaurant (US-made, < 4 years old) failed. The spares required to fix are over $3000 - this part alone is $1400.
I just bought a complete new machine from a Chinese manufacturer, US stock, delivered with ice storage bin. For $1400.
Who's ripping off Americans here?
I just bought a complete new machine from a Chinese manufacturer, US stock, delivered with ice storage bin. For $1400.
Who's ripping off Americans here?
I'm more an NT 3.51 person myself. But here's some fantastic Limassol street art:
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I'm more an NT 3.51 person myself. But here's some fantastic Limassol street art:
She drives the cats mad; unfortunately for them, she's out of reach.
March 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
She drives the cats mad; unfortunately for them, she's out of reach.
Been there, done that, here's a cat for you.
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Been there, done that, here's a cat for you.
Tom the Cat having discovered that there's a stream of warm air blowing out of the PC's power supply.
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Tom the Cat having discovered that there's a stream of warm air blowing out of the PC's power supply.
This shows a prediction of where the SP500 would be, based on projecting a best fit of the 12 months up to 11/1/2024 forwards, against where it is now. The former is business as usual; the latter shows what Trump's cost the US stock markets so far - nearly 10%.
March 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This shows a prediction of where the SP500 would be, based on projecting a best fit of the 12 months up to 11/1/2024 forwards, against where it is now. The former is business as usual; the latter shows what Trump's cost the US stock markets so far - nearly 10%.
There's some times when I'm proud to be British, and this is one of them.
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
There's some times when I'm proud to be British, and this is one of them.
Uncloaking an AI chatbot..
February 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Uncloaking an AI chatbot..
Limassol on the ball as usual.
February 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Limassol on the ball as usual.
Have to say I'm pretty proud of this - 37 views and 12 heart thingies. That's roughly one in three. Elon Musk gets about 1%, so I'm about 33 times more popular than an unelected South African wannabe despot who's dismantling core American institutions on a whim.
February 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Have to say I'm pretty proud of this - 37 views and 12 heart thingies. That's roughly one in three. Elon Musk gets about 1%, so I'm about 33 times more popular than an unelected South African wannabe despot who's dismantling core American institutions on a whim.
Asteroid Destroyer (that's the cat's name) eyeing up the cheese.
February 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Asteroid Destroyer (that's the cat's name) eyeing up the cheese.
It's the cat, sleeping on the sofa.
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's the cat, sleeping on the sofa.
Been a while since I wrote any games, but here's the cat hard at work helping out.
December 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Been a while since I wrote any games, but here's the cat hard at work helping out.
Here's the PM2.5 over the last 24 hours from my house in Limassol. There's pine smoke in the air in the evenings..
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Here's the PM2.5 over the last 24 hours from my house in Limassol. There's pine smoke in the air in the evenings..
Violent video games continue to be the root of society's ills..
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Violent video games continue to be the root of society's ills..
Sunrise over Limassol with the waning moon in the sky.
November 29, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Sunrise over Limassol with the waning moon in the sky.
There's something of the Dominic Cummings in Elon's new DOGE recruitment ad:
November 15, 2024 at 1:19 PM
There's something of the Dominic Cummings in Elon's new DOGE recruitment ad:
Here you go - off St. Raphael marina.
November 13, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Here you go - off St. Raphael marina.