Colin Hoad
@colinhoad.com
Senior Data Engineer at cfc.com
"Vintage computing enthusiast" -- The Register
I run a YouTube channel and blog dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn, Psion and more:
https://www.colinhoad.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw
Art: VectorinID
"Vintage computing enthusiast" -- The Register
I run a YouTube channel and blog dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn, Psion and more:
https://www.colinhoad.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw
Art: VectorinID
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@colinhoad.com
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Day 1: The Advent of Beeb Games 2025
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
What's that knocking at the door? Why, it's the first of the Advent of Beeb Games videos!
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
Reposted by Colin Hoad
I have a cartoon in the current Private Eye. Beep beep!
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I have a cartoon in the current Private Eye. Beep beep!
It's Day 3! What delights will the Cascade cassette 50 reveal today? Find out here:
youtu.be/zGLcXSINg-o
youtu.be/zGLcXSINg-o
Day 3: The Advent of Beeb Games 2025
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's Day 3! What delights will the Cascade cassette 50 reveal today? Find out here:
youtu.be/zGLcXSINg-o
youtu.be/zGLcXSINg-o
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
It's Day 2 of the Advent of Beeb Games!
youtu.be/CgUdbLLEjPw
youtu.be/CgUdbLLEjPw
Day 2: The Advent of Beeb Games 2025
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's Day 2 of the Advent of Beeb Games!
youtu.be/CgUdbLLEjPw
youtu.be/CgUdbLLEjPw
As Anatoly points out, Microsoft couldn't help themselves here and - even on a jumper supposedly "celebrating" the software of yore - they've shoe-horned in a Copilot icon.
Microsoft are selling a Christmas sweater again this year:
www.microsoftmerchandise.com/Shop/#/produ...
www.microsoftmerchandise.com/Shop/#/produ...
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As Anatoly points out, Microsoft couldn't help themselves here and - even on a jumper supposedly "celebrating" the software of yore - they've shoe-horned in a Copilot icon.
Thank you, office Christmas Quiz.
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you, office Christmas Quiz.
If you fancy another (much more informative!) advent series this December, do check out @matt.godbolt.org 's advent of compiler optimisations, first episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=eLjZ48gqbyg
[AoCO 1/25] Why xor eax, eax?
YouTube video by Matt Godbolt
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December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you fancy another (much more informative!) advent series this December, do check out @matt.godbolt.org 's advent of compiler optimisations, first episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=eLjZ48gqbyg
What's that knocking at the door? Why, it's the first of the Advent of Beeb Games videos!
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
Day 1: The Advent of Beeb Games 2025
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What's that knocking at the door? Why, it's the first of the Advent of Beeb Games videos!
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
youtu.be/jWa0oNtmBc4
Reposted by Colin Hoad
Don’t think much of the Amazon Black Friday sales. I ordered The Two Ronnies on DVD but instead I got four Kindles
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Don’t think much of the Amazon Black Friday sales. I ordered The Two Ronnies on DVD but instead I got four Kindles
ME: what software do I need to install to rip an ISO image from a DVD?
LINUX: it's already there in the OS, just run dd on the command line with /dev/cdrom and write to an .iso file
Linux is so great...
LINUX: it's already there in the OS, just run dd on the command line with /dev/cdrom and write to an .iso file
Linux is so great...
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ME: what software do I need to install to rip an ISO image from a DVD?
LINUX: it's already there in the OS, just run dd on the command line with /dev/cdrom and write to an .iso file
Linux is so great...
LINUX: it's already there in the OS, just run dd on the command line with /dev/cdrom and write to an .iso file
Linux is so great...
The Advent of Beeb Games... is back!
YouTube video by Colin Hoad
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th... photos, they're all just computers. And that's probably accurate!
You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Ha! This was genuinely the 6th picture. Kismet!
Ha! This was genuinely the 6th picture. Kismet!
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th... photos, they're all just computers. And that's probably accurate!
Reposted by Colin Hoad
These are the voyages...
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
These are the voyages...
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
This is a special commemorative (100,000 sold) model of a range of all-in-one computers manufactured by Sharp.
Feels particularly appropriate for a graphic of the Enterprise on its screen. Keyboard... How quaint..
I'm not a "who remembers this, then?" account, but today I finally tracked down an advert that - for whatever reason - got lodged in my child-brain when I was young. Anyone else remember this series of ads? Pretty sure there was more than one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92n...
London Underground "West End Shopping" Commercial - 1989
YouTube video by UK (and now other places) TV Commercials
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm not a "who remembers this, then?" account, but today I finally tracked down an advert that - for whatever reason - got lodged in my child-brain when I was young. Anyone else remember this series of ads? Pretty sure there was more than one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92n...
Cheers for the excellent pens and bonus stickers @chinnyvision.bsky.social! Hopefully resting them on a Beeb isn't heresy 😄
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Cheers for the excellent pens and bonus stickers @chinnyvision.bsky.social! Hopefully resting them on a Beeb isn't heresy 😄
Most people know that the random junk pixels printed around the edges of various Acorn Electron games are sections of game code 'hidden' in screen memory. But not all of it is actually code, because that would lead to an uneven border, so some of the junk characters are just... junk!
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Most people know that the random junk pixels printed around the edges of various Acorn Electron games are sections of game code 'hidden' in screen memory. But not all of it is actually code, because that would lead to an uneven border, so some of the junk characters are just... junk!
Running "Frak!" on my new Linux machine. Probably didn't need 128GB of RAM and an Nvidia 5070 for that, though 😅
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Running "Frak!" on my new Linux machine. Probably didn't need 128GB of RAM and an Nvidia 5070 for that, though 😅
Reposted by Colin Hoad
Reposted by Colin Hoad
imagine that. imagine that. imagine that! imagine that. did anybody say anything about this once or twice or thrice, hmm? did anybody talk about, this? no? hmm?
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
imagine that. imagine that. imagine that! imagine that. did anybody say anything about this once or twice or thrice, hmm? did anybody talk about, this? no? hmm?
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Bodied by my eldest , frankly
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bodied by my eldest , frankly
Reposted by Colin Hoad
![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus)
Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus)
Coding purists once considered BASIC harmful. AI can't even manage that
Opinion It is a truth universally acknowledged that a singular project possessed of prospects is in want of a team. That team has to be built from good developers with experience, judgement, analytic and logic skills, and strong interpersonal communication. Where AI coding fits in remains strongly contentious. Opinion on vibe coding in corporate IT is more clearly stated: you're either selling the stuff or steering well clear.…
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus)
Tonight's the night! #Telekon #GaryNuman
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tonight's the night! #Telekon #GaryNuman
Reposted by Colin Hoad
No lies detected.
I think we all know that if Beethoven had had a home micro, it would have been the Beeb 😉
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
No lies detected.