Neil Price
@ancientgeek.bsky.social
Classic Italian car & bike enthusiast. Computer geek. Custom ECU's .Open source. Unsociable camper. Pastafarian. Realist. Lefty. Science. Engineering. Climate hypocrite. No need to follow back.
Happening up the west coast of SA too. All the diamond divers and boat crews are getting vaccinated.
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Happening up the west coast of SA too. All the diamond divers and boat crews are getting vaccinated.
/me admits defeat
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
/me admits defeat
Best I can offer is 1987 Bsc (Hons) (CompSci, UNISA). My hair was short by then. But I have two sisters with PhD's. Beat that!
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Best I can offer is 1987 Bsc (Hons) (CompSci, UNISA). My hair was short by then. But I have two sisters with PhD's. Beat that!
Damn! I also graduated in 1979 from UCT! Engineering. Hair longer than yours.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Damn! I also graduated in 1979 from UCT! Engineering. Hair longer than yours.
I was in city centre today. Scorching (35+) and no wind. Scotch with lots of ice. Deep Purple.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I was in city centre today. Scorching (35+) and no wind. Scotch with lots of ice. Deep Purple.
Crosby, Nash, Stills & Old
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Crosby, Nash, Stills & Old
I was there too. Or was it the Good Hope Centre?
August 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I was there too. Or was it the Good Hope Centre?
Peter F Hamilton? His early stuff was ok but then he crossed the line into bonkersville IMHO.
In my teens i read a lot of Anne McCafree (the Dragons of Pern)
In my teens i read a lot of Anne McCafree (the Dragons of Pern)
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Peter F Hamilton? His early stuff was ok but then he crossed the line into bonkersville IMHO.
In my teens i read a lot of Anne McCafree (the Dragons of Pern)
In my teens i read a lot of Anne McCafree (the Dragons of Pern)
Also not a Pournelle fan. On his own he was boring. The Mote in God's eye was one my favs tho. Never read Donaldson, just didn't appeal to me.
July 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Also not a Pournelle fan. On his own he was boring. The Mote in God's eye was one my favs tho. Never read Donaldson, just didn't appeal to me.
Apologies... you do have Larry Niven.
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Apologies... you do have Larry Niven.
Larry Niven?
Greg Egan?
Jack Mcdevitt?
Vernor Vinge?
Clifford Simak?
Liz Williams?
DOUGLAS ADAMS?????😀
Greg Egan?
Jack Mcdevitt?
Vernor Vinge?
Clifford Simak?
Liz Williams?
DOUGLAS ADAMS?????😀
July 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Larry Niven?
Greg Egan?
Jack Mcdevitt?
Vernor Vinge?
Clifford Simak?
Liz Williams?
DOUGLAS ADAMS?????😀
Greg Egan?
Jack Mcdevitt?
Vernor Vinge?
Clifford Simak?
Liz Williams?
DOUGLAS ADAMS?????😀
In my youth we had English family friends (still do) who had every Giles book ever. It was an excellent precis of recent English history revealed with that lovely offbeat English humour.
July 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In my youth we had English family friends (still do) who had every Giles book ever. It was an excellent precis of recent English history revealed with that lovely offbeat English humour.
Ah, Enid Blyton. How about The Beano (with the Bash Street Kids) and Roy of the Rovers?
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Ah, Enid Blyton. How about The Beano (with the Bash Street Kids) and Roy of the Rovers?
Yes its true. Solder SMD components with lead free solder paste and it grows whiskers. Just about made me give up electronics as a hobby.
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yes its true. Solder SMD components with lead free solder paste and it grows whiskers. Just about made me give up electronics as a hobby.
Nice. Winter is nice there except for the odd cold snap if you unlucky (was briefly -12C last time I was in Kgalagadi). Fortuner an excellent car for this kind of trip.
June 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nice. Winter is nice there except for the odd cold snap if you unlucky (was briefly -12C last time I was in Kgalagadi). Fortuner an excellent car for this kind of trip.
Seems to be a trend with new medicines here, and perhaps in much of the global south. We never got any of the updated C19 vaccines and things like the shingles vaccine are unobtanium. Even the old fashioned flu vax was hard to get this year.
June 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Seems to be a trend with new medicines here, and perhaps in much of the global south. We never got any of the updated C19 vaccines and things like the shingles vaccine are unobtanium. Even the old fashioned flu vax was hard to get this year.