Pete
@kimondo.bsky.social
South London maker and tinkerer of things - art, 3d printing, Raspberry Pi projects and retro stuff.
Find me at kimondo.co.uk or I also run brixtonbookgroup.com built tweetyourMP.com and now thinking about what to make next. Views are my own.
Find me at kimondo.co.uk or I also run brixtonbookgroup.com built tweetyourMP.com and now thinking about what to make next. Views are my own.
Remember all those ads from Dixons your read over and over? here's one from 1985 updated for 2025 pricing - which micro would you choose? #8bit #retrocomputing #spectrum #c64
October 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Remember all those ads from Dixons your read over and over? here's one from 1985 updated for 2025 pricing - which micro would you choose? #8bit #retrocomputing #spectrum #c64
Electric Dreams at @tate.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Electric Dreams at @tate.bsky.social
Who needs FACTS anyway.
January 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Who needs FACTS anyway.
I’m so cool #spotifyunwrapped (although most popular song should have been Sleeping Bunnies but Alexa always seems to default to a ‘radio’ playlist)
December 4, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I’m so cool #spotifyunwrapped (although most popular song should have been Sleeping Bunnies but Alexa always seems to default to a ‘radio’ playlist)
New project time - breathing some new life into my very first computer:
December 1, 2024 at 5:09 PM
New project time - breathing some new life into my very first computer:
Parkran - lovely autumnal park run through South Norwood Country Park - number 66!
November 30, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Parkran - lovely autumnal park run through South Norwood Country Park - number 66!
Robotic revolution stalls
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Robotic revolution stalls
This is fun- Introduce yourself with 4 video games 🕹️
November 17, 2024 at 8:03 AM
This is fun- Introduce yourself with 4 video games 🕹️
Do love a lifting bridge
November 11, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Do love a lifting bridge
Let me present: The Bongo Friendee - the happiest (and remarkably futuristic for 1995) car I’ve ever owned. The instructions were all in Japanese and had manga style illustrations.
October 22, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Let me present: The Bongo Friendee - the happiest (and remarkably futuristic for 1995) car I’ve ever owned. The instructions were all in Japanese and had manga style illustrations.
Interesting that the 1852 Crystal Palace Iguanadon - the first dinosaur recreations ever were not too far off current thinking. Apart from the claw.
October 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Interesting that the 1852 Crystal Palace Iguanadon - the first dinosaur recreations ever were not too far off current thinking. Apart from the claw.
Been thinking about zines as a medium a lot lately - a return to Lo fi photocopier design in an age of photoshopped ai perfectionism. Picked up a copy of ‘Make your own fun’ at the Cartoon Museum in London
October 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Been thinking about zines as a medium a lot lately - a return to Lo fi photocopier design in an age of photoshopped ai perfectionism. Picked up a copy of ‘Make your own fun’ at the Cartoon Museum in London
Also saw some Judge Dredd art.
October 13, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Also saw some Judge Dredd art.
Went to see ‘Cartoon No1’ at the Cartoon Museum London - recognised as the first ever cartoon that coined the term. It’s an 1843 complaint about public money being wasted on fancy pictures in the the then newly constructed Houses of Parliament. Things don’t seem to change.
October 13, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Went to see ‘Cartoon No1’ at the Cartoon Museum London - recognised as the first ever cartoon that coined the term. It’s an 1843 complaint about public money being wasted on fancy pictures in the the then newly constructed Houses of Parliament. Things don’t seem to change.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #213,494!
September 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #213,494!
Here's my gran's mini bakewells recipe. I think I need to add the pastry case bit.
January 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Here's my gran's mini bakewells recipe. I think I need to add the pastry case bit.
Nice Boxing Day walk around Wicken Fen
December 26, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Nice Boxing Day walk around Wicken Fen
Perfect, apart from my eyesight #raspberrypi
December 22, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Perfect, apart from my eyesight #raspberrypi
Hanging the decorations on the tree and found this little 3d printed moon
December 10, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Hanging the decorations on the tree and found this little 3d printed moon
Happy December! Now how did T-Rex get their jumper on with those tiny little arms?
December 1, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Happy December! Now how did T-Rex get their jumper on with those tiny little arms?
Enjoying reading tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow with a little game emulator to play all the games mentioned..
November 30, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Enjoying reading tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow with a little game emulator to play all the games mentioned..
Probably the first book at Brixton Book Group we’ve read that has a tie in video game
November 12, 2023 at 9:42 AM
Probably the first book at Brixton Book Group we’ve read that has a tie in video game
Nope, just a mug to remind my friend never to pitch the Da Vinci Code at book group ever again. It’s a very silly book. 13/
November 10, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Nope, just a mug to remind my friend never to pitch the Da Vinci Code at book group ever again. It’s a very silly book. 13/
Behold in the fireplace! Is it the Holy Grail? 12/
November 10, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Behold in the fireplace! Is it the Holy Grail? 12/