ax3man1ac
@ax3man1ac.bsky.social
Software developer of ~30 years (mostly Python these days but a fair few others). Retro computing (love love love the Speccy) and sci-fi/fantasy & horror fan.
Double Dragon 3 for the speccy was one of my rare full price purchases - completed that several times...
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Double Dragon 3 for the speccy was one of my rare full price purchases - completed that several times...
Have you tried taking the red pill to see if that works?
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Have you tried taking the red pill to see if that works?
Belated happy birthday! Hope you had a great one.
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Belated happy birthday! Hope you had a great one.
Yeah was a bloody Rodney on that one.
Fairly sure it had 3 game slots on the cartridge itself or something...
Fairly sure it had 3 game slots on the cartridge itself or something...
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yeah was a bloody Rodney on that one.
Fairly sure it had 3 game slots on the cartridge itself or something...
Fairly sure it had 3 game slots on the cartridge itself or something...
... complete bullshit of course but did try for hours trying pixel perfect ways to drown Mario to find it... 🙈
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
... complete bullshit of course but did try for hours trying pixel perfect ways to drown Mario to find it... 🙈
I completed that game on the SNES - then lent my mate my cartridge and he overwrote my full game slot. Did it again - and that was fine. Fell into the trap of school mates telling me on one of the underwater levels there was another secret to discover...
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I completed that game on the SNES - then lent my mate my cartridge and he overwrote my full game slot. Did it again - and that was fine. Fell into the trap of school mates telling me on one of the underwater levels there was another secret to discover...
Until they have ai, 8k oled screens and won't work unless connected to a gigabit internet for no reason whatsoever they'll never take off...
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Until they have ai, 8k oled screens and won't work unless connected to a gigabit internet for no reason whatsoever they'll never take off...
Data: "There once was a woman from Venus whose body was shaped like a"
Picard: "Data!"
ifkyk
Picard: "Data!"
ifkyk
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Data: "There once was a woman from Venus whose body was shaped like a"
Picard: "Data!"
ifkyk
Picard: "Data!"
ifkyk
You've reminded me of one of my favourite PC DOS games... the hours me and my mate spent on this in two player mode....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_W...
Wacky Wheels - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
You've reminded me of one of my favourite PC DOS games... the hours me and my mate spent on this in two player mode....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_W...
It'd be amazing if you're the only person to ever claim and the surprise of it made them forget how to count 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It'd be amazing if you're the only person to ever claim and the surprise of it made them forget how to count 🤔
Has Dennis Taylor started a new business after retiring from snooker?
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Has Dennis Taylor started a new business after retiring from snooker?
Spent many happy (and sometimes frustrating) hours playing that!
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Spent many happy (and sometimes frustrating) hours playing that!
Thanks for including the picture... was struggling to work out what you were trying to say 😇
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thanks for including the picture... was struggling to work out what you were trying to say 😇
I thought something was different... the icon on the home screen looked darker or something... thought it was probably me just imagining things...
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I thought something was different... the icon on the home screen looked darker or something... thought it was probably me just imagining things...
I've got the theme tune for Airwolf going around my head now... 🤯
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I've got the theme tune for Airwolf going around my head now... 🤯
When the morning coffee hasn't kicked in yet and you're idly checking bluesky before getting into work mode and it chooses the most confusing (albeit hilarious) place to put the "View full thread". Was wondering what you two were going on about for a few seconds... 🤣
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
When the morning coffee hasn't kicked in yet and you're idly checking bluesky before getting into work mode and it chooses the most confusing (albeit hilarious) place to put the "View full thread". Was wondering what you two were going on about for a few seconds... 🤣
I'm reminded of a video Octavius did that included that as well as Battle Of The Toothpaste Tubes - worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=od_O...
I hope everything goes well for Brian today.
I hope everything goes well for Brian today.
Battle of the Toothpaste Tubes on the ZX Spectrum | Octavius King
YouTube video by Octavius King
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November 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I'm reminded of a video Octavius did that included that as well as Battle Of The Toothpaste Tubes - worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=od_O...
I hope everything goes well for Brian today.
I hope everything goes well for Brian today.
I think the proportional response is to find its nest and return the favour... 😇
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I think the proportional response is to find its nest and return the favour... 😇
Hopefully this little horror isn't on a card...
a dog is playing with a stuffed animal that says bark bark bark woof woof grrr awooo
ALT: a dog is playing with a stuffed animal that says bark bark bark woof woof grrr awooo
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hopefully this little horror isn't on a card...
Sure it's not really called "Evri Delivery Driver Simulator"? 😇
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sure it's not really called "Evri Delivery Driver Simulator"? 😇
Also if you gave a rat's arse they'll just nick it as a new idea for a food challenge...
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Also if you gave a rat's arse they'll just nick it as a new idea for a food challenge...
She's a "special" kind of person. That "your mom did" response not too long ago was just 🤔🤷♂️
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
She's a "special" kind of person. That "your mom did" response not too long ago was just 🤔🤷♂️