I bought this for a friend who’s a fellow fan. It’s a very cool. I thought I’d share it.
Category: Stuff
Yeah, just general stuff. Basically this is where I’ll put everything that doesn’t go anywhere else. You always need that kind of category right.
Lunch on the Pullman
This was a rare treat as part of a trip away for a couple of friends’ birthdays. There are very few pullman cars on regular trains, so if you find one it’s well worth going. The one I visited was excellent, both the food and the service.
These kinds of services are dying out as the train operators decide to get rid of them just to make more profit out of us without offering anything in value at all.
I hope that I can find another one in the not too distant future.
Finding my first cassette recorder
When I was about 11 or maybe 12 I really desperately wanted a tape recorder, and for Christmas I got one. It was a fergusson and it looked like this.
I found it again at a very weird museum a few weeks ago. It took me right back. I used to use it for recording myself and later on it was very handy for use with a ZX81 and then with a ZX Spectrum.
Sad to find out that bitLab is closed
The littleBits bitLab that is. I’d always wondered how sustainable it would be, but apparently there’s already an answer to that question. So it’s a shame. I think that there were some very nice projects in there but obviously not enough money to make it work.
It’s a shame. It was a great idea.
Open Air Stations on the underground
I found this a really useful map when you’re wondering about making a call whilst on the tube. So I thought I’d share it too.
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Crank
I’m slowly adding to my collection of Teenage Engineering stuff and my latest addition is the crank for the OP-1. As ever, the packaging is pretty cool too.
Remember Pullo? No, well he’s still around you know
I’ve mentioned this little twitterbot thing I made before, but I thought I’d post a reminder for it. So, what it is then? Good question, if you didn’t know already then all it is is a little twitterbot / account about legionary Pullo and his amazing sayings from the TV series Rome. He came out with some absolute classics and I didn’t want them to be lost. Not that they will be, but, if you’re so inclined, you can find the twitter account here and take a look if you want.
It’s right here.
Happy Star Wars Day!
I know it’s only a silly thing really, but it’s fun. So, ‘May the Fourth be with you!’ All day long! Enjoy.
Remember there’s the RandomBus, and it’s going to get better too
Whilst mentioning VL tonifier I thought I’d also talk about another of my developing collection of bots, the RandomBus, which I launched a little while ago. It was fun to make and hopefully it’ll be fun for anyone who wants to follow it too. I’ve got some plans for the RandomBus, some interesting plans which I hope to get out in the next few weeks. When they come about I’ll let you know.
Now there’s a page for the VL Tonifier bot
If you’re interested in it then you can find out a little more about it here on it’s very own special page with my other bots.
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