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Coder, maker, occasional artist, former caveman, trainee old man in shed.
I love the stretched cabaret cab aesthetic. Is this for a custom game?
Tall game gang :)
Tall game gang :)
October 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I love the stretched cabaret cab aesthetic. Is this for a custom game?
Tall game gang :)
Tall game gang :)
It wasn't a comment on the energy you're bringing. I was just flagging that this image is fake, which I think matters.
At least this is a human made, rather than an Ai made fake though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Have a happy little tree 🌳
At least this is a human made, rather than an Ai made fake though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Have a happy little tree 🌳
May 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It wasn't a comment on the energy you're bringing. I was just flagging that this image is fake, which I think matters.
At least this is a human made, rather than an Ai made fake though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Have a happy little tree 🌳
At least this is a human made, rather than an Ai made fake though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Have a happy little tree 🌳
I can just about forgive most of those keycaps...
...but those function keys are criminal.
...but those function keys are criminal.
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I can just about forgive most of those keycaps...
...but those function keys are criminal.
...but those function keys are criminal.
Yep, that's right. I think the only other extra's on the 800 were the second cartridge slot and easily upgrade-able memory. I did get my 400 upgraded to 48k, but we either had to take it somewhere or send it away iirc.
December 17, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Yep, that's right. I think the only other extra's on the 800 were the second cartridge slot and easily upgrade-able memory. I did get my 400 upgraded to 48k, but we either had to take it somewhere or send it away iirc.
Atari 400 user here. Typing in games on that membrane keyboard is quite the childhood memory.
December 17, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Atari 400 user here. Typing in games on that membrane keyboard is quite the childhood memory.
Yep, that is the current situation. It's definitely better for the teacher, but better for the students? That 'hides the details' is where a lot of the real learning happened.
December 17, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Yep, that is the current situation. It's definitely better for the teacher, but better for the students? That 'hides the details' is where a lot of the real learning happened.
Yep, I was also assuming pre-college age kids. Sometimes less is more though. The Pi is also a much better bet for teaching physical computing than a laptop.
I'm glad that I learned on 8-bit computers, instead of something like a Chromebook, where everything tends to be hidden or locked away.
I'm glad that I learned on 8-bit computers, instead of something like a Chromebook, where everything tends to be hidden or locked away.
December 16, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Yep, I was also assuming pre-college age kids. Sometimes less is more though. The Pi is also a much better bet for teaching physical computing than a laptop.
I'm glad that I learned on 8-bit computers, instead of something like a Chromebook, where everything tends to be hidden or locked away.
I'm glad that I learned on 8-bit computers, instead of something like a Chromebook, where everything tends to be hidden or locked away.
Maybe the Pi400 is a fairer comparison, and more suited to teaching code in a classroom. The Pi range can be used to teach coding and to teach physical computing. There are very few platforms that can do both so well. I think the ability to teach both on the same platform is really powerful.
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Maybe the Pi400 is a fairer comparison, and more suited to teaching code in a classroom. The Pi range can be used to teach coding and to teach physical computing. There are very few platforms that can do both so well. I think the ability to teach both on the same platform is really powerful.
I agree with you to a point, but I still think the Pi is better than a lot of options out there, even though it wasn't fully designed for the classroom.
As always the software is more the issue regardless of the platform, and proper training for the teachers.
As always the software is more the issue regardless of the platform, and proper training for the teachers.
December 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I agree with you to a point, but I still think the Pi is better than a lot of options out there, even though it wasn't fully designed for the classroom.
As always the software is more the issue regardless of the platform, and proper training for the teachers.
As always the software is more the issue regardless of the platform, and proper training for the teachers.
Do you really want kids learning coding on a touchscreen? On a cheap Android tablet? Are you trying to encourage them of put them off?
Regardless of what the Pi was designed for or it's other uses. How is that a tablet a better experience than learning coding on a Pi400 for example?
Regardless of what the Pi was designed for or it's other uses. How is that a tablet a better experience than learning coding on a Pi400 for example?
December 16, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Do you really want kids learning coding on a touchscreen? On a cheap Android tablet? Are you trying to encourage them of put them off?
Regardless of what the Pi was designed for or it's other uses. How is that a tablet a better experience than learning coding on a Pi400 for example?
Regardless of what the Pi was designed for or it's other uses. How is that a tablet a better experience than learning coding on a Pi400 for example?
No it's not, it's more important than that. It also didn't come from a big computer literacy push like the BBC Micro, and more recently the Micro:bit. The first was about software literacy. The latter about the physical computing revolution, but it hasn't had anything like the impact of the Pi.
December 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
No it's not, it's more important than that. It also didn't come from a big computer literacy push like the BBC Micro, and more recently the Micro:bit. The first was about software literacy. The latter about the physical computing revolution, but it hasn't had anything like the impact of the Pi.
it wasn't about best or most features, and rarely is, the success of the Speccy showed that. We used BBC Micros at school and and then took the concepts we learned home and worked out how to do them on C64s and 48k Spectrums. The desire was the key thing.
December 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
it wasn't about best or most features, and rarely is, the success of the Speccy showed that. We used BBC Micros at school and and then took the concepts we learned home and worked out how to do them on C64s and 48k Spectrums. The desire was the key thing.
The software, including comprehensive Basic + assembler, was good. But if another computer had been selected for the BBC's computer literacy project (it wasn't on the curriculum), even one with less features, it wouldn't have mattered. The BBC's push and it's timing was the main thing to me.
December 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
The software, including comprehensive Basic + assembler, was good. But if another computer had been selected for the BBC's computer literacy project (it wasn't on the curriculum), even one with less features, it wouldn't have mattered. The BBC's push and it's timing was the main thing to me.
What is it that you think made the BBC Micro...
"An object designed to make it easy to learn about <thing>"
as opposed to one of several comparable home computers at that time that..
"I can use this object to teach people about <thing>"?
"An object designed to make it easy to learn about <thing>"
as opposed to one of several comparable home computers at that time that..
"I can use this object to teach people about <thing>"?
December 16, 2024 at 1:54 PM
What is it that you think made the BBC Micro...
"An object designed to make it easy to learn about <thing>"
as opposed to one of several comparable home computers at that time that..
"I can use this object to teach people about <thing>"?
"An object designed to make it easy to learn about <thing>"
as opposed to one of several comparable home computers at that time that..
"I can use this object to teach people about <thing>"?
Total Control Racing (NSFW naughty words warning)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2m...
Sleaford Mods - TCR (Official Video)
YouTube video by Rough Trade Records
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Total Control Racing (NSFW naughty words warning)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2m...
Yes, but sadly not this egg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5...
December 5, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Yes, but sadly not this egg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5...
Computers looked so much better then. The computer room at my school had rows of these and Commodore Pets, another great looking computer.
At that time I had (and still have) an Atari 400 with it's ridiculous membrane keyboard, but achingly cool aesthetics. Happy 8-bit days.
At that time I had (and still have) an Atari 400 with it's ridiculous membrane keyboard, but achingly cool aesthetics. Happy 8-bit days.
December 5, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Computers looked so much better then. The computer room at my school had rows of these and Commodore Pets, another great looking computer.
At that time I had (and still have) an Atari 400 with it's ridiculous membrane keyboard, but achingly cool aesthetics. Happy 8-bit days.
At that time I had (and still have) an Atari 400 with it's ridiculous membrane keyboard, but achingly cool aesthetics. Happy 8-bit days.