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Cyclist and Nerd. Love 8 bit computers and code for the C64 when I'm not running. Enjoy a bit of creative programming. [email protected]

Exeter, UK
Joined August 2010
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thinking of building an #evo64 #c64 has anyone else put one together on the UK and what we your thoughts?
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So are Tweets going to become #eXcretes?
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So - I'm practising my platform skills with a nice old slick platformer I used to play on my MSX called "Chuckie Egg" It's in Godot 4 and I'm just having some fun with the hen - is this a good idea Harry?
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Anyone got any advice how to buy a #raspberrypi model 4b without paying stupid money! I don't mind waiting but it seems like the only stock is on ebay for north of £100!!!
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Been enjoying playing Carrier Command 2 this year, it's a real throwback to the original I used to play on the Amiga. I turn the music off and play my own dramatic classical stuff! Only interested in single player mode so I can fit it around life but it's HARD!
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Ha - like rats from a sinking ship! bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63… What do you think about that?
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I've gone and corrupted my Linux partition, any recommends on a good distro for development would be great. I was rocking Manjaro and it was pretty cool
I saw these guys called Show Hawk at a gig in exeter on Saturday night at the Phoenix and they were amazing!!! If you like a bit of old school dance music, check them out - acoustic dance and the crowd were all singing along! youtu.be/9bgy_lyn-yE
Wow - I've only just joined Mastadon and user engagement is much higher than Twitter. I remember what that used to feel like! I guess its the shiny new feeling for people, but so far so good!
Im quite liking mastadon so far. Its like Twitter without the promoted ads. Not sure how they'll keep up with demand but so far so good! I guess if the peer to peer scales well with it and there's enough servers who knows
I'm not leaving Twitter but interested in Mastadon - you can find me as [email protected]
They say the kitchen is the hub of the house... This is the hub of my kitchen... for those who had a NES (big grey front loader like a VHS player) this is just the Japanese original. What Famicom/NES games are you playing these days?
Hachi Dog then as a pup and at 6 months - she keeps me company in my coding den :-)
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So who else is looking forward to #ReturnToMonkeyIsland? I feel like a kid again!
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Ulysses coding - this is the mothership level - missiles away! Lot's of explosions and rumbling - just the way I like it! BOOOM
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Bit of a work in progress - placeholder cacky name Ulysses - it's a C64 styled space shooter coded in GameMaker2. Working on some enemy wave patterns in "Hyperspace". There may be a R0x level - who knows.
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Picked this up for my NES today - seeing as I'm not running anywhere anytime soon, time to play some new games on old hardware :-) Thanks @EldenPixels - looking forward to playing this tonight! eldenpixels.itch.io/alwas-aw…
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Anyone else getting 300m drift on GPS on their running watch at the moment? Is somebody tinkering with the signals again?