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nemo 🐦 🦣 🐳 🃏 @nemo20000.bsky.social · 21h

This fun little game has legs, unlike its protagonist. Just needs lots more levels. Snake+gravity:

Non-mewtonian Cat by saud

A puzzle game with a funny cat

si-nk.itch.io

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RISCOSbits @riscosbits.co.uk · 1d

This back page?

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 1d

Had a bit of a YouTube afternoon, finishing off with some Dartmoor stuff which made me realise: a work-related day earlier this year aside, I haven't been down there for *years*.

I'll fix that next summer (initially thought Feb, but I'll probably go North in March coinciding with the RISC OS show).

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Archive Magazine @archiveriscos.bsky.social · 2d

Archive Magazine Oct/Nov 2025 issue is out now! Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users. It's not too late to subscribe and get the latest issue - see www.archivemag.co.uk/subscriptions.html for details. Worldwide subscriptions available! #riscos #raspberypi #opensource

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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 2d

ABUG South is go! #toomanymachines #nosuchthing

My ABUG South table for the weekend, including multiple Psions, Atari Portfolio, Z88, Amstrad Notepad NC100, Psion MC400, Acorn Electron and BBC Micro

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. My mates and I hung around near the radar that was here back in the day - and in particular the command bunker they note at the 20 minute mark, and some pill boxes that were v.close.

(The inside they show of a different one pretty much matches my memory).

youtu.be/81EaM4s4O_A?...

Filton Airport MARCONI RADAR BUNKER the last radar

YouTube video by TheSecretVault

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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 5d

The London Show is less than 2 weeks away....

www.iconbar.com/articles/The...

And Tony (Amcog Games) has a really great 2 minute video on youtube promoting it...

The London Show is less than 2 weeks away....

Technology News and Views

www.iconbar.com

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RISCOSbits @riscosbits.co.uk · 5d

RISCOSbits Special Reserve: riscosopen.org/forum/forums...

#riscoslondonshow2025
#risc_os

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 5d

I think we are on the verge of the apocalypse. Today, I saw what must truly be one of the signs that we are in the end times.

I was in traffic, behind a Mercedes... and its driver waited to let another car pull out from a side road. 😮

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 8d

What do you mean? I see no issues with it at all? It's not as though anyone is working on the wrong side of a screen, or sat IN a desk, or... or... or... um...😬

VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 8d

I know, and it irritates me.

It started, I think, when form started to be put before function - whether the fault of (younger) designers or (younger) managers forcing ideas* on those below them.

* Mandating stupidity.

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 9d

It's good to know that now we are 25 years into the 21st century, the various technologies we enjoyed growing up have progressed to a point they all work so well together. 🤷‍♂️

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 9d

For me, nine times out of ten the YouTube app on one of my TVs plays its start up sound through the TV speaker, even if:

* I have headphones plugged in
* I have disabled the speakers (audio output = headphones only) in the TV settings

* And even if I hit mute before launching it.

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 10d

No. Let ME eat cake!

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 11d

Real life example of the truth in this from Tuesday: I was sat at my desk, confused by some data on my screen, when someone came over with a piece of cake for me. She commented about the change in my expression, which immediately went from "WTF is going on, this makes no sense 🫤" to "Oooh, cake! 😃"

J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social · 11d

Too bad they're the wrong five words.

Everyone knows the right five words to make someone happy are, "I saved you some cake."

James Head @jamesrhead.bsky.social · 11d

Hannah Fry knows five words to make you happy.

A bit more economical than the Technomage's 14 words?

@straczynski.bsky.social
@fryrsquared.bsky.social

www.facebook.com/share/r/1JZP...

#babylon5 #b5

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

Indeed.

You can use the search with a term like 'horror' - but that's a crap way to browse, because you have to punch through to each title for the details.

And probably doesn't give you all the results - Netflix, like everyone else, has a terrible search.

VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

TBF, that is ALL action movies, I suppose. Or arguably all movies.

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Mark Fraser @mfraz74.bsky.social · 12d

@vincemh.bsky.social From the April 1998 issue of Acorn User.

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

Nice find.

If I ever finish off my spreadsheet of these events and do something with it, little things like that will have to be included.

VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

I'm off to post the same thing on Twitter now because I can @ them. Not that it'll change anything, but WTH. 🤷‍♂️

VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

(Bah fucking humbug. Grr.)

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

What I really want is to be able to select a proper category (eg horror), possibly a second (eg comedy), then have all the films listed with sorting options - default to alphabetical (but correctly handle 'the'), with duration, year, whatever, as alternatives.

Not carefully curated arse cakes.

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 12d

Just looked at Netflix for the first time in a while. The categories they show have always been annoying, it's never shown all possible categories, etc., but now it's even shittier.

"Action movies with a hint of this"

"Thriller movies with a hint of that"

Just fuck off with that bollocks.

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VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 16d

Didn't say anything about living in it*. (Though come the apocalypse, it might be an option).

* For a start, by the time my belongings are in it there'd be no room for me.

VinceMH @vincemh.bsky.social · 16d

Ooooh.

Last time one appeared on my radar, it was (IIRC) in the Cotswolds. This one is walking distance from home.

www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...

But nope. I will not be tempted by a silly, frivolous thing.

Berwick Lane, Hallen, Bristol BS10, Property for sale, £20,000 - Zoopla

Property for sale in Berwick Lane, Hallen, Bristol BS10, selling for £20,000 from David Plaister Ltd. See property details on Zoopla or browse all our range of properties in Berwick Lane, Hallen, Bris...

www.zoopla.co.uk

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