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  • Using App Sheet to make a parts Database

    (This is an expansion of an older article. You’re not going mad) So a few years back I realised I literally had boxes of random parts that I’d accumulated while repairing my vintage kit. It was getting increasingly difficult to find any parts, and even adding storage drawers just meant I had to search through…

    January 8, 2026
  • Thunderbolts and Lightning, Very very frightening.

    I haven’t posted for a while. I’m still alive, but I haven’t had the mental energy to post for a bit. This covers an event back on the 20th of August. So the other day something very exciting happened… I was working from home, and my lovely wife was sitting next to me, working on…

    November 21, 2025
  • Further Adventures in Laser Cutting.

    Further Adventures in Laser Cutting.

    So what happened with that laser cutter? TLDR: It’s working. In my last post there were still several outstanding issues: So let’s revisit those bullet points Get a cooling loop organised – DONEGet a pump for the cooling loop – DONE I visited my local aquarium shop and wandered around until I found the pumps.…

    September 20, 2025
  • Ideas For a MAME Cabinet

    So I have been thinking, on and off again, about building a new MAME cabinet. In fact I have actually designed a frame and solution for a new MAME Barcade built around some leftover parts I had lying around. I do need to finish it off. It just needs me to buy some 6MM MDF…

    August 28, 2025
  • Destruction Distraction

    I have been distracted… I got a new “toy”. It’s going to take quite a lot of work to get going but it’s gonna be totally worth it… Its name is “Little Red”. This is a photo from the day I got it. It was sold to me for a very good price under the…

    April 6, 2025
  • A Tale of Three Controllers

    This is a sneak preview of a little project I have been working on. It’s not finished yet, but is far along enough I wanted to show it off a bit. A while back I designed this controller for the Colecovision. The thing about having a nice design file like this sitting around, is it’s…

    March 5, 2025
  • Semi Hiatus

    So I am going on a semi-sabbatical from retro computing. Possibly for a few months. Posting here is likely to be extremely intermittent. I haven’t done anything particularly successful for a while. My confidence is down and I’m just not “feeling it” when it comes to retro systems right now. There are a couple of…

    February 23, 2025
  • Dear Spam Commenters

    I do vet every single comment before it is visible, so why do you insist on posting them? You’re just wasting your time.

    February 19, 2025
  • Finally a win!

    After a couple of failures in a row, I was feeling pretty disheartened. Even my 3D printer had decided to stop working. Thankfully I was finally able to complete a repair / upgrade, so hopefully that’ll spur me to keep going on other broken things. So what did I do? I fixed / upgraded my…

    February 12, 2025
  • Off Topic: Idea for an Interstellar Accelerator

    Hey, this is MY blog and I can write about whatever I want! Honestly though, I can’t remember what triggered this idea, but I thought it was neat at the time so I’m saving it here for posterity. Some disclaimers – I’m not sure how practical this is, but it sure is fun! Also, not…

    February 5, 2025
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