Philip Bragg
@synx508.bsky.social
Technology person, vintage synth and electronic test equipment enthusiast & restorer.
A computer that I thought was broken actually just had a single bad 256M ECC DIMM. GPIB card, USB WiFi and hard disk drive transferred and we are back.
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A computer that I thought was broken actually just had a single bad 256M ECC DIMM. GPIB card, USB WiFi and hard disk drive transferred and we are back.
About to have another look at getting this working.
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
About to have another look at getting this working.
Marlow FM appears to be very broken indeed.
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Marlow FM appears to be very broken indeed.
I've found it, but it needs some restoration before I try it. The I/O edge connector is a victim of my childhood soldering skills and storage in a shed for a while hasn't been kind to it (needs a new diode) but it doesn't look beyond saving.
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I've found it, but it needs some restoration before I try it. The I/O edge connector is a victim of my childhood soldering skills and storage in a shed for a while hasn't been kind to it (needs a new diode) but it doesn't look beyond saving.
My chair, it has been claimed.
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My chair, it has been claimed.
I wonder when someone will fix Asian Star's stereo encoder, it has only been broken for many, many years.
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wonder when someone will fix Asian Star's stereo encoder, it has only been broken for many, many years.
Because the internet has damaged my neural wiring I just get this…
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Because the internet has damaged my neural wiring I just get this…
Facebook keeps showing me an ad featuring this
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Facebook keeps showing me an ad featuring this
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
How does this ancient Compaq keep working? *
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
How does this ancient Compaq keep working? *
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
Here's the demographic breakdown of viewers of the ad, you can see how it's disproportionately shown to the oldest people. If they're getting a 10% conversion rate on these people that's a lot of money. There are many users showing variations of this ad, this is just one.
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here's the demographic breakdown of viewers of the ad, you can see how it's disproportionately shown to the oldest people. If they're getting a 10% conversion rate on these people that's a lot of money. There are many users showing variations of this ad, this is just one.
The advertiser's sure you'd enjoy their products. Or rather, they're sure that they'll get some conversions, which likely result in further crimes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The advertiser's sure you'd enjoy their products. Or rather, they're sure that they'll get some conversions, which likely result in further crimes.
Here's how the ad looks. They always go for the top right slot, so it's close to where these icons would be. They're banking on the page being scrolled down slightly and the user not noticing the "fool facebook's image spam detection" watermark and size difference.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Here's how the ad looks. They always go for the top right slot, so it's close to where these icons would be. They're banking on the page being scrolled down slightly and the user not noticing the "fool facebook's image spam detection" watermark and size difference.
And the guide for the 9th ZX Micro Fair at Alexandra Palace. I had visited an earlier one, too, but left all my booty on the train home. Oops!
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
And the guide for the 9th ZX Micro Fair at Alexandra Palace. I had visited an earlier one, too, but left all my booty on the train home. Oops!
And here is another Roger Valentine dot matrix listing book, Spectrum Spectacular.
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
And here is another Roger Valentine dot matrix listing book, Spectrum Spectacular.
A wartime guide to modern radios.
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A wartime guide to modern radios.
I have dug out various old books. This one is entirely dot matrix printouts inside!
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have dug out various old books. This one is entirely dot matrix printouts inside!