Alasdair
@lumsden.uk
Retro computer enthusiast 🕹️
Fellow human 🖖🏻
Personal account, views are all mine (for better or worse) 🦄
Fellow human 🖖🏻
Personal account, views are all mine (for better or worse) 🦄
Now I want a CNC machine big enough to make this
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Now I want a CNC machine big enough to make this
Sony needs to do a massive comeback, resurrecting the best of their designs over the decades and combining them with modern technology to produce something that's new, relevant yet retro inspired. I'm sure people would go crazy for it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Sony needs to do a massive comeback, resurrecting the best of their designs over the decades and combining them with modern technology to produce something that's new, relevant yet retro inspired. I'm sure people would go crazy for it.
Office being renamed to Microsoft 365 Copilot was the last straw for me. Microsoft have turned highly anti-consumer. It's a shame the entire business world depends on MS Teams 🤮
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Office being renamed to Microsoft 365 Copilot was the last straw for me. Microsoft have turned highly anti-consumer. It's a shame the entire business world depends on MS Teams 🤮
An external Gotek, a large MicroSD card to put CaffeineOS on, and a MicroHDMI->HDMI lead so my Pistorm could finally be plugged into my monitor. Gave Civilization a spin! Now all I need is A1200.net to finally ship my CD32 keycaps (been waiting 7 years now) and the setup is complete.
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An external Gotek, a large MicroSD card to put CaffeineOS on, and a MicroHDMI->HDMI lead so my Pistorm could finally be plugged into my monitor. Gave Civilization a spin! Now all I need is A1200.net to finally ship my CD32 keycaps (been waiting 7 years now) and the setup is complete.
Laser is where it’s at. Inkjet is just a vehicle for Big Printer and the Ink cabal.
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Laser is where it’s at. Inkjet is just a vehicle for Big Printer and the Ink cabal.
Given the rate of improvement of Gen AI we are incredibly close to being unable to tell fact from fiction, and that genuinely terrifies me. The only mistake I can see is the unreadable garbled text on the lower part of the box.
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Given the rate of improvement of Gen AI we are incredibly close to being unable to tell fact from fiction, and that genuinely terrifies me. The only mistake I can see is the unreadable garbled text on the lower part of the box.
I love how Europe is somehow a threat to US Democracy due to supposedly having restrictions on free speech yet the USA is actively censoring documentaries.. how does that work exactly? Can a MAGA supporter please explain? I’m confused.
December 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I love how Europe is somehow a threat to US Democracy due to supposedly having restrictions on free speech yet the USA is actively censoring documentaries.. how does that work exactly? Can a MAGA supporter please explain? I’m confused.
They seem fine at picking up dust and they get quite dirty over their lifespan. I live next to a building site so my main issue is dust. Not sure how good they are at pm2.5 and VOCs, your millage may vary!
December 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They seem fine at picking up dust and they get quite dirty over their lifespan. I live next to a building site so my main issue is dust. Not sure how good they are at pm2.5 and VOCs, your millage may vary!
I’ve got Levoit units and they certainly suck up a lot of dust, and have a mesh pre-filter you can vacuum clean. My fav is the Vital 200s, quite hard to get in the UK but it’s a great size/throughput. I have a 100S which is great too. Plenty of cheap 3rd party filters also which keeps costs down
December 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’ve got Levoit units and they certainly suck up a lot of dust, and have a mesh pre-filter you can vacuum clean. My fav is the Vital 200s, quite hard to get in the UK but it’s a great size/throughput. I have a 100S which is great too. Plenty of cheap 3rd party filters also which keeps costs down
Mine just turned up too!!! Just in time for Christmas, how magical 😎
December 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mine just turned up too!!! Just in time for Christmas, how magical 😎
Rev 6.1 would suggest you're right
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Rev 6.1 would suggest you're right
Basically serves to constantly remind us how old we’re all getting 😅
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Basically serves to constantly remind us how old we’re all getting 😅
Sorry to hear 2025 was a challenging one, hope 2026 is a better one for you! 🤞🏻
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Sorry to hear 2025 was a challenging one, hope 2026 is a better one for you! 🤞🏻
I feel like the movie industry for the past 20 years has been generating human CGI slop where loud in your face graphics and sound take the place of robust, consistent and intelligent storylines. There are of course a few exceptions, Tron Legacy one of them, perhaps by pure accident?
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I feel like the movie industry for the past 20 years has been generating human CGI slop where loud in your face graphics and sound take the place of robust, consistent and intelligent storylines. There are of course a few exceptions, Tron Legacy one of them, perhaps by pure accident?
How anyone can in good conscience continue to use Twitter/X or buy a Tesla is totally beyond me
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
How anyone can in good conscience continue to use Twitter/X or buy a Tesla is totally beyond me
Seems like a no-brainer, shame they’re sold out (at least everywhere I looked!). Great video 😎
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Seems like a no-brainer, shame they’re sold out (at least everywhere I looked!). Great video 😎
One of my favourite YouTubers! Amazing sense of humour.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
One of my favourite YouTubers! Amazing sense of humour.
Replicated cocaine just doesn’t hit the spot
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Replicated cocaine just doesn’t hit the spot
It’s not TotallyNormalComputing™️ unless the guts are hanging out
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It’s not TotallyNormalComputing™️ unless the guts are hanging out