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Colin Hoad

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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

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

I know I post a lot of stuff about generative AI and how much I dislike it. So for a change I'm going to write this thread in celebration of the many creative people I've had the good fortune of getting to know and interact with over the past couple of years. Real human creators producing real art.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 8h

When I see a twitter handle on a van, or on an advert, it looks like an 0181 phone prefix. It's aged so badly

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 8h

just finished Yellowface and my takeaway is just how irrelevant Twitter has become. The way it is used by creatives, commentators and consumers is central to the novel. Now, the idea that an artist would care about Twitter feels dated. Tweets used to make the news. Truth Social gets more press now

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 10h

I see foldable phones are still an utter menace that shouldn't exist. youtu.be/8uS90jakOuw?...

MY PIXEL 10 PRO FOLD EXPLODED -- CAUGHT LIVE ON CAMERA!

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 10h

"Oh my dear Lizzy, you have been naive"

*Ainley chuckling*

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 10h

Goro from Mortal Kombat, proudly displaying his four arms

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 12h

It gets worse the more you look at it, like some kind of reverse Magic Eye, but made of shit

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 13h

Ooh, 3D glasses... could this by any chance have a @markmoxon.bsky.social connection? 😁

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 1d

"No toxic social media", says *that* account...

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 1d

This is a professor at the University of Illinois.

Why on earth are the big tech companies being given this kind of priority over every other energy need? It's totally mad.

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 1d

I looooved Ishar 3... I remember buying it from one of those discount labels from our local corner shop in the village I grew up in. Had no idea what I was buying, I just liked the dragon on the cover... turned out to be an amazing game! Never finished it, as I also got very lost 😆

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 1d

Interesting, the graphics look *very* similar to the Ishar series, particularly Ishar 3... I wonder if they used similar game engines or graphics artists? I think the Ishar games were French in origin, if memory serves...

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 1d

Yeah, but imagine having to work for Anthropic 🤢

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

Fun and games repairing vintage Mac Classics and Acorn cheese wedge units at the @tnmoc.bsky.social "Mac & Cheese" Fixathon event over the weekend!
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"Mac & Cheese" Fixathon - October 2025

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

You may notice a rather excellent piece of music in the background, it's a new track from @musicvsartstuff.bsky.social called "Chilling In Mode 7" - expect to hear it quite a bit in future, as it's a specially commissioned backing track for exclusive use with my videos 😁 I think it's ace!

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

Fun and games repairing vintage Mac Classics and Acorn cheese wedge units at the @tnmoc.bsky.social "Mac & Cheese" Fixathon event over the weekend!
youtu.be/O8U1R_09FDI

"Mac & Cheese" Fixathon - October 2025

YouTube video by Colin Hoad

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 2d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

The Tony Robinson ones are so good. It's a shame they only made abridged versions back when Tony was doing them. His voices for various characters are etched into my brain!

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

This is superb! And yes, the performer deserves huge credit, that can't have been an easy costume to ride a horse in, not to mention everything else 😆

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 6d

I've typed in and used Jeremy Ruston's FORTH compiler, he was clearly a very smart guy! I'd also love a physical copy of this book, but it isn't one I've seen before.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

That has to surely count as the best "free with a magazine" giveaway ever!

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

I think we *all* had that ambition 😅

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

Wow. Then again, I never understood the appeal of either of them pre-fiasco, just seemed like dead-eyed nothing-ware.

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

Oh lord... I do *not* want to see that 🤢

Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 7d

She still going? I thought she'd thrown in the towel after the whole "in bits" fiasco

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