Philip Bragg
@synx508.bsky.social
Technology person, vintage synth and electronic test equipment enthusiast & restorer.
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
How does this ancient Compaq keep working? *
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
How does this ancient Compaq keep working? *
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
* the trackball will only move the cursor left or right
Here's the demographic breakdown of viewers of the ad, you can see how it's disproportionately shown to the oldest people. If they're getting a 10% conversion rate on these people that's a lot of money. There are many users showing variations of this ad, this is just one.
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here's the demographic breakdown of viewers of the ad, you can see how it's disproportionately shown to the oldest people. If they're getting a 10% conversion rate on these people that's a lot of money. There are many users showing variations of this ad, this is just one.
The advertiser's sure you'd enjoy their products. Or rather, they're sure that they'll get some conversions, which likely result in further crimes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The advertiser's sure you'd enjoy their products. Or rather, they're sure that they'll get some conversions, which likely result in further crimes.
Here's how the ad looks. They always go for the top right slot, so it's close to where these icons would be. They're banking on the page being scrolled down slightly and the user not noticing the "fool facebook's image spam detection" watermark and size difference.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Here's how the ad looks. They always go for the top right slot, so it's close to where these icons would be. They're banking on the page being scrolled down slightly and the user not noticing the "fool facebook's image spam detection" watermark and size difference.
And the guide for the 9th ZX Micro Fair at Alexandra Palace. I had visited an earlier one, too, but left all my booty on the train home. Oops!
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
And the guide for the 9th ZX Micro Fair at Alexandra Palace. I had visited an earlier one, too, but left all my booty on the train home. Oops!
And here is another Roger Valentine dot matrix listing book, Spectrum Spectacular.
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
And here is another Roger Valentine dot matrix listing book, Spectrum Spectacular.
A wartime guide to modern radios.
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A wartime guide to modern radios.
I have dug out various old books. This one is entirely dot matrix printouts inside!
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have dug out various old books. This one is entirely dot matrix printouts inside!
Ah, Laskys, I had forgotten that they had a shop in Slough’s Queensmere
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ah, Laskys, I had forgotten that they had a shop in Slough’s Queensmere
Suddenly needed to ask the big computer a reasonable question. It failed.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Suddenly needed to ask the big computer a reasonable question. It failed.
Here's some output from my <£100 FM radio survey setup.
October 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Here's some output from my <£100 FM radio survey setup.
They made a little window for the original year to show through, which sort of makes it even worse…
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
They made a little window for the original year to show through, which sort of makes it even worse…
Pulled an artefact out of the garage. Bought about 5 years ago and still works in the mysterious way that it did then. I have no idea how to use it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Pulled an artefact out of the garage. Bought about 5 years ago and still works in the mysterious way that it did then. I have no idea how to use it.
Village news update, apocalypse poorly planned…
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Village news update, apocalypse poorly planned…