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EdVoncken
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Open Source, InfraCoding, DevOps, Cats, Electronics, Linux, CISSP, RHCE, Ex-RHCA, PC4ED, RetroComputing, Acorn BBC-B, BBQ
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Perfectly illustrated by my feed ;-)
Flavor Flav (of Public Enemy fame) scritching the ears of a dog through an open car window.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Note that this power consumption is for 4h 20 minutes of #Tailscale running. I hope that @tailscale.com can fix whatever is causing this behavior.
iPhone battery usage menu, showing that Tailscale had been running for 4 hours 20 minutes at the time it had consumed 19% of battery.
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I really love @tailscale.com but 20% battery use is a *lot*. Apart from turning it off when not actively using it, is there another way to improve power consumption?
iPhone battery usage by app, showing that Tailscale uses nearly 20% of battery. This is while not actively using a Tailscale connection.
August 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Boeren Bedrog Beweging
BBB-Statenlid Johan van Dommelen plaatst een compleet verzonnen verhaal over een bijtende wolf in Oirschot
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Image of Star Trek’s Lt. Worf, riffing off the song Milkshake by Kelis: “My Bat’leth kills all the threats to Picard. And he’s like, you’re better than Yar. Damn right, I’m better than Yar. I could teach you, but she drowned in tar”
July 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Schlange an der Saturn vorbei
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Red flag hanging from a white wall, with large letters stating “we do this not because it is easy”, below it in smaller type “but because we thought it would be easy”
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Scene from Shrek, where the ruler states: “some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make”
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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In 1981, Acorn released the BBC model Bee - the first computer to contain no less than 3 Bees! (but no Free Bees, alas) #retrocomputing
Top view of an Acorn BBC Model B computer, released in 1981. As you can see, there are at least 3 Bees in that computer.
May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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… and back to being awesome. It’s a busy life.
Red cat, lying on his side on a garden bench. Looking up, probably at a bird flying past.
May 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Our orange kitty, curled up and asleep after letting all his awesome shine out ;-)
Orange cat, curled up and sleeping on the couch. He’s holding one of his hind legs with both his fore legs, looking absolutely adorable.
May 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Like I said, the drive motor is a chonky boy ;-)
Rear view of an 8 inch floppy drive, showing the drive motor. It is a chonky motor. The specification reads 220 Volts at 0.15 Amps. This roughly translates to 35 Watts of power consumption. The motor is a large rounded cube, mounted to a very sturdy cast metal frame.
May 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Side (top, actually) view of the 8 inch floppy drive. The large drive motor runs on 240 Volts, and gets very hot. The mechanism looks very sturdy. The chassis looks like it was made from cast aluminium.
May 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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An 8 inch floppy drive, standing on its side, connected to an Acorn Atom via a set of custom interface boards in a Euro-rack. The drive was refurbished and restored to working condition.
May 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Label all the things!
A baby in a pink outfit, looking up, smiling into the camera. A label marked “BABY” is applied to the baby’s forehead
May 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Lead pencil, there’s a relation with a cassette tape…
May 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Not impressed with Apple Intelligence - Image Playground has no idea what a typical cat looks like ;-)
AI-generated drawing of an orange cat in a forest. The cat has two tails.
May 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Starting a GreaseWeazle build with 3.5” and 5.25” floppy drives. I had a SCSI enclosure with power supply - ideal for this purpose.
A beige square box that has 2 slots for 5.25” devices such as CD recorders. The top cover is removed, showing a cooling fan in the back panel. There is a 5.25” beige floppy drive in the bottom slot. The upper slot is vacant, so the electronics of the floppy drive are partially visible. The front of the box has a wavy pattern for decoration. The bottom right of the front panel has a round power switch. The project is a work in progress; a 3.5” floppy drive still needs to be mounted in the upper slot. Purple-colored Printed Circuit Board of a GreaseWeazle v4.1, lying on a blue silicone mat. The PCB shows a flatcable connector on the righthand side, where the floppy drives will be connected. On the lefthand side there’s a USB-C socket for connecting a PC that runs the floppy imaging software. The middle of the PCB shows a couple of SMD chips and components including some jumpers to configure the board.
April 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Asking price has dropped, perhaps wait a little longer before making an offer;-)
Table showing asking price dropped from $50 million to a way more affordable $44,950,000. At that price it’s an absolute bargain 🤣
April 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Wow…
Quote from the Shopify CEO: “In a company growing 20-49% year over year, you must improve by at least that just to re-qualify”
April 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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December 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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I think the bots are having a good time ;-)
“Magic-8-Bot” and “Endless Screaming” bots in a pointless and endless chat
December 21, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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So many new hardware / software projects still being developed for the Beeb, after all these years!
Mainboard of an Acorn BBC-B micro with modern IFEL sideways ROM/RAM board installed.
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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Sleep well, we have the watch during your hibernation.
Black and white “cow-patterned” cat standing in snow
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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The Mary Lee Family Band show in Eindhoven was a blast!

This was the first show on their tour marylee.com.br
Concert photo of Mary Lee Family Band on a small cozy stage in Eindhoven. There are 5 band members on stage, playing piano / mandolin, upright bass, guitar / lead vocals, fiddle and drums. The stage has red drapes in the back. In front, there’s the monitor speakers and a wooden set of stairs.
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM