ax3man1ac
@ax3man1ac.online
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.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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![Comic. PERSON 1 with white hat: How tall are you? PERSON 2: 5ft 24cm [caption] When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifptvo6h6kdpf75j3i443ospzumiii7a3pblah2urjrawmyymh3ga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ummm. Probably me but has anyone else when they've opened the Android bluesky app from the phone home screen just had it keep opening on a post you replied to weeks ago instead of the following tab it use to? 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ummm. Probably me but has anyone else when they've opened the Android bluesky app from the phone home screen just had it keep opening on a post you replied to weeks ago instead of the following tab it use to? 🤔
@spice8rack.bsky.social I've been working my way through a rewatch of Babylon 5 recently and had to do a double take when Marcus came onto the scene... I can't help but feeling if I see you in a card game video anytime soon I'm going to be "you've not got time for that - get back out into space!"
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
@spice8rack.bsky.social I've been working my way through a rewatch of Babylon 5 recently and had to do a double take when Marcus came onto the scene... I can't help but feeling if I see you in a card game video anytime soon I'm going to be "you've not got time for that - get back out into space!"
Contemplating a pet project writing a 3D version of a game based on one of my favourite Speccy games - Nifty Lifty (which @jimblimey.com loves too.😋). Might be fun or something... had it sketched out for a while now - just the time to do it and all that.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Contemplating a pet project writing a 3D version of a game based on one of my favourite Speccy games - Nifty Lifty (which @jimblimey.com loves too.😋). Might be fun or something... had it sketched out for a while now - just the time to do it and all that.
I'm not going to check its maths at this time of night but AI clearly doesn't know how unlucky the last couple of months have been....
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm not going to check its maths at this time of night but AI clearly doesn't know how unlucky the last couple of months have been....
That moment when you go shopping for the weekend and forget to put your wallet in your pocket. Thankfully it's only a few minutes walk and the staff were kind enough to save the transaction and keep the bags behind the counter for me to go back and pay. Great service but bloody embarrassing. 🤷♂️
October 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
That moment when you go shopping for the weekend and forget to put your wallet in your pocket. Thankfully it's only a few minutes walk and the staff were kind enough to save the transaction and keep the bags behind the counter for me to go back and pay. Great service but bloody embarrassing. 🤷♂️
Up earlier for Saturday than I'd like. Fixing a DB server with some weird replication settings someone set that wasn't me that's making things err, weird - trying to work out rollbacking. Oh well. Put some random paylist on and forgot I really love this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2...
Alan Jackson - Remember When (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by alanjacksonVEVO
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October 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Up earlier for Saturday than I'd like. Fixing a DB server with some weird replication settings someone set that wasn't me that's making things err, weird - trying to work out rollbacking. Oh well. Put some random paylist on and forgot I really love this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2...
Got really excited my 5G (although in a lousy area) backup mobile dongle was getting better from the mid 20mbps until I realised I wasn't connected to it and now my fiber is performing crap. 🤷♂️
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Got really excited my 5G (although in a lousy area) backup mobile dongle was getting better from the mid 20mbps until I realised I wasn't connected to it and now my fiber is performing crap. 🤷♂️
So the woman that got fined £150 for pouring a bit of coffee down a gutter has had that fine rescinded. I love the quote from the council: ""We are committed to protecting Richmond's waterways and keeping our borough's streets clean and safe." - I hope someone reminded them about Thames Water 🤔
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So the woman that got fined £150 for pouring a bit of coffee down a gutter has had that fine rescinded. I love the quote from the council: ""We are committed to protecting Richmond's waterways and keeping our borough's streets clean and safe." - I hope someone reminded them about Thames Water 🤔
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A question for #ZXSpectrum users who have classic Kempston interfaces made way back when and a Master System controller:
If you do the 10 PRINT IN 31;:GO TO 10 program, does pressing 1 show 16 and 2 show 32 on screen?
My modern ones do register both buttons, am curious if its the same of original?
If you do the 10 PRINT IN 31;:GO TO 10 program, does pressing 1 show 16 and 2 show 32 on screen?
My modern ones do register both buttons, am curious if its the same of original?
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A question for #ZXSpectrum users who have classic Kempston interfaces made way back when and a Master System controller:
If you do the 10 PRINT IN 31;:GO TO 10 program, does pressing 1 show 16 and 2 show 32 on screen?
My modern ones do register both buttons, am curious if its the same of original?
If you do the 10 PRINT IN 31;:GO TO 10 program, does pressing 1 show 16 and 2 show 32 on screen?
My modern ones do register both buttons, am curious if its the same of original?
Ugh... not sure what's happened here... might not be eating this weekend lol
October can f* off - it didn't start great and it's definitely trying to find new and weird ways of screwing things...
October can f* off - it didn't start great and it's definitely trying to find new and weird ways of screwing things...
October 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ugh... not sure what's happened here... might not be eating this weekend lol
October can f* off - it didn't start great and it's definitely trying to find new and weird ways of screwing things...
October can f* off - it didn't start great and it's definitely trying to find new and weird ways of screwing things...
Umm... strangely captivating and what a way to earn a few pennies side hustling while you work... 🤔😂
www.twitch.tv/chloe__irl
www.twitch.tv/chloe__irl
Chloe__IRL - Twitch
Trucker girl 🚛
www.twitch.tv
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Umm... strangely captivating and what a way to earn a few pennies side hustling while you work... 🤔😂
www.twitch.tv/chloe__irl
www.twitch.tv/chloe__irl
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Very interesting read for #retrocomputing fans www.bbc.com/future/artic...
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Very interesting read for #retrocomputing fans www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I could be going mad (well more so than normal anyway) but the date range on the first bit doesn't make any sense!?
October 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I could be going mad (well more so than normal anyway) but the date range on the first bit doesn't make any sense!?
@iamcodeninja.bsky.social might be worth a go www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/09/jack...
Jack Daniel’s Blackberry lands in UK - The Spirits Business
Brown-Forman is bringing its new flavoured Jack Daniel’s variant to the UK in time for the festive season.
www.thespiritsbusiness.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@iamcodeninja.bsky.social might be worth a go www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/09/jack...
Such a weird couple of days. Almost starting to wonder if I said "Computer - arch!" it'd actually happen 🤣
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Such a weird couple of days. Almost starting to wonder if I said "Computer - arch!" it'd actually happen 🤣
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I am really liking the #ZXSpectrum A to Z series, so I shall push on tonight.. This week the letter C!
Join me at 8pm BST on twitch to see what goodness has been chosen for me this time.
Join me at 8pm BST on twitch to see what goodness has been chosen for me this time.
September 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am really liking the #ZXSpectrum A to Z series, so I shall push on tonight.. This week the letter C!
Join me at 8pm BST on twitch to see what goodness has been chosen for me this time.
Join me at 8pm BST on twitch to see what goodness has been chosen for me this time.
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And folks, whatever madness Youtube is doing, it has ALL our new Shuffle Ups (and ONLY Shuffle Up, and ONLY the new ones, INTERESTING) on the now infamous "restricted mode' list.
Please share and repost and retweet and upvote and re-up-whatever: youtu.be/peCkejWJsgk
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Please share and repost and retweet and upvote and re-up-whatever: youtu.be/peCkejWJsgk
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September 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And folks, whatever madness Youtube is doing, it has ALL our new Shuffle Ups (and ONLY Shuffle Up, and ONLY the new ones, INTERESTING) on the now infamous "restricted mode' list.
Please share and repost and retweet and upvote and re-up-whatever: youtu.be/peCkejWJsgk
♥️
Please share and repost and retweet and upvote and re-up-whatever: youtu.be/peCkejWJsgk
♥️
@jimblimey.com definitely going to have a punt at bounces tomorrow... might turn out there's no way without some form of joystick input to actually do anything but 🤷♂️
Nice of your critic to turn up again 🤣
Nice of your critic to turn up again 🤣
September 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@jimblimey.com definitely going to have a punt at bounces tomorrow... might turn out there's no way without some form of joystick input to actually do anything but 🤷♂️
Nice of your critic to turn up again 🤣
Nice of your critic to turn up again 🤣
Fixing a slight bug in the worker processes but I do love the names prefect comes up... definitely some what would be odd but fun domain names...
September 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Fixing a slight bug in the worker processes but I do love the names prefect comes up... definitely some what would be odd but fun domain names...