David Rickard
@kingdavera.bsky.social
Retro computing. Enterprise networking and servers. Some opinions. Here to escape the real world.
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Argos Catalogue 1993 (Autumn/ Winter)
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Argos Catalogue 1993 (Autumn/ Winter)
Bucks Radio (the spiritual successor to Mix 96) is on DAB now!
January 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bucks Radio (the spiritual successor to Mix 96) is on DAB now!
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The fact that these aren't road legal in the UK and Europe is HILARIOUS.
Thank you to Greater Manchester Police for helping keep vulnerable road users safe from this.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
January 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The fact that these aren't road legal in the UK and Europe is HILARIOUS.
The spammers are moving in.
January 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The spammers are moving in.
The news is getting all goofy and weird again. It did this a few years ago.
I disapprove.
I disapprove.
January 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The news is getting all goofy and weird again. It did this a few years ago.
I disapprove.
I disapprove.
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Intel's Pentium processor (1993) can compute sines, logarithms, and other special functions. To do this, it has a ROM with 304 floating-point constants. I reverse-engineered this ROM and extracted the constants. You can see pi in the ROM, binary 11.001001..., encoded in the transistor pattern. 1/n
January 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Intel's Pentium processor (1993) can compute sines, logarithms, and other special functions. To do this, it has a ROM with 304 floating-point constants. I reverse-engineered this ROM and extracted the constants. You can see pi in the ROM, binary 11.001001..., encoded in the transistor pattern. 1/n
We're still all the poorer for losing Mix 96 and Fox FM.
#OnThisDay 2009 : Chiltern Radio, Hereward FM, Radio Broadland, Q103, Northants 96, SGR Colchester, SGR Ipswich, and Horizon Radio were all rebranded as Heart.
(Not the logos at the time of transition but ones that feel me more with a warm glow inside 😀
(Not the logos at the time of transition but ones that feel me more with a warm glow inside 😀
January 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We're still all the poorer for losing Mix 96 and Fox FM.
Recent arrival from JLCPCB - replacement PCBs for the Mac Classic I've got (with a buggered logic board).
Rather a lot of desoldering to do.
Rather a lot of desoldering to do.
December 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Recent arrival from JLCPCB - replacement PCBs for the Mac Classic I've got (with a buggered logic board).
Rather a lot of desoldering to do.
Rather a lot of desoldering to do.
Morecambe and Wise clip show on BBC2, and it's in 4:3. This pleases me far more than it ought to.
December 25, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Morecambe and Wise clip show on BBC2, and it's in 4:3. This pleases me far more than it ought to.
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Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs.
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That's because they're Inca hoots.
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs.
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That's because they're Inca hoots.
December 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs.
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That's because they're Inca hoots.
Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs.
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That's because they're Inca hoots.
The thing with AI spouting random nonsensical shit it saw on social media as fact - is that's scarily true to real life as 'real' people do that anyway.
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The thing with AI spouting random nonsensical shit it saw on social media as fact - is that's scarily true to real life as 'real' people do that anyway.
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And now on Central...
December 19, 2024 at 9:53 AM
And now on Central...
Watching Grand Designs from the beginning of late. There's a real shift around the time it goes wide-screen (2003 I think), the direction becomes more arty, and Kevin stops 'helping' with things. Possibly a bit more critical.
I.e. The GD we know today really.
I.e. The GD we know today really.
December 16, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Watching Grand Designs from the beginning of late. There's a real shift around the time it goes wide-screen (2003 I think), the direction becomes more arty, and Kevin stops 'helping' with things. Possibly a bit more critical.
I.e. The GD we know today really.
I.e. The GD we know today really.
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A doughnut shop in America is still using a Commodore 64 for their daily business. Original source Tony Lyon.
December 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM
A doughnut shop in America is still using a Commodore 64 for their daily business. Original source Tony Lyon.
Picked up this Mac Classic. Oh dear.
December 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Picked up this Mac Classic. Oh dear.
There have been many TV and Movie versions of Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol'.
The best, most faithful version, I feel, is Scrooged.
The best, most faithful version, I feel, is Scrooged.
December 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
There have been many TV and Movie versions of Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol'.
The best, most faithful version, I feel, is Scrooged.
The best, most faithful version, I feel, is Scrooged.
Went to Costco this morning. It wasn't ludicrously busy.
December 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Went to Costco this morning. It wasn't ludicrously busy.
Stornoway are a bloody marvellous band.
December 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Stornoway are a bloody marvellous band.
Bought a couple of Goteks on AliExpress. They're now FlashFloppy modded with upgrades.
December 12, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Bought a couple of Goteks on AliExpress. They're now FlashFloppy modded with upgrades.
Definitely an android TV.
December 7, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Definitely an android TV.
Aren't these things amazing?
December 6, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Aren't these things amazing?
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Bring back Network South East you cowards.
Yes I am old.
Yes I am old.
December 3, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Bring back Network South East you cowards.
Yes I am old.
Yes I am old.
The towers of power! Clockwise from top left, K6/2 Win98 with Voodoo2, Cyrix MII Win98, DX2/66 DOS and Windows, Athlon XP with Windows XP.
All on a KVM and a mixer for audio.
All on a KVM and a mixer for audio.
December 1, 2024 at 1:18 PM
The towers of power! Clockwise from top left, K6/2 Win98 with Voodoo2, Cyrix MII Win98, DX2/66 DOS and Windows, Athlon XP with Windows XP.
All on a KVM and a mixer for audio.
All on a KVM and a mixer for audio.