Favourite Computers, Consoles & Mobiles

A list of all my favourite computes, phones & games consoles I’ve mostly owned or used at school & college, in order of purchase / initial use … Computers Commodore PET (1977) The Commodore PET was the first computer I learnt BASIC in the school computing club (1981) The first program I wrote was an animated Christmas card as part of a school competition, I was quite proud of it. We were meant to showcase all of our programs at a public school event however I forgot to take the tape with me to school, I was truly gutted. I also mislaid the tape at home so have lost all those initial programs I wrote :( ...

Classic TV Shows

Tomorrow’s World (1965 - 2003) Tomorrow’s World was a British television series about contemporary developments in science and technology. Tomorrow’s World theme tune - 1987 Fawlty Towers (1975 - 1979) Fawlty Towers: All episodes ranked Monkey Magic Monkey (1978-80). Journey to the Best. Only Fools and Horses (1981 - 2003) BIGGEST LAUGHS COMPILATION: Only Fools Series 1 | Only Fools and Horses | BBC Comedy Greats Blackadder (1983 - 1989) Series 2: Blackadder II Series 3: Blackadder the Third Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth Johnny Ball Johnny Ball was an absolute legend, I grew up watching all of his shows; ...

The Hindley Street Country Club

About The Hindley Street Country Club (HSCC) is an Australian group which was founded in 2017 by arranger / producer Constantine Delo. The band specializes in performing covers, which have achieved huge success through social media. They started as a group of Adelaide musicians, recording re-arranged covers and uploading them to Facebook and YouTube weekly. The HSCC has amassed over 540 million YouTube views with over 940,000 subscribers globally and accumulated over a billion views accross social media platforms. ...

Very very large numbers

A collection of really interesting videos about very very large numbers. YouTube 2023-11-13 Ultimate Large Numbers List 2024 - The Biggest Numbers Ever!!! 2021-05-10 How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room 2020-05-13 Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Big Numbers 2017-10-19 The Enormous TREE(3) - Numberphile 2017-10-19 TREE(3) (extra footage) - Numberphile 2016-12-08 A Hierarchy of Infinities | Infinite Series | PBS Digital Studios 2012-07-06 Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile 2012-04-04 Graham’s Number - Numberphile 2012-02-17 Googol and Googolplex - Numberphile

Apple finally allows game emulators in the App Store

Finally gaming emulators are now permitted on Apple devices. I’ve just downloaded the Delta app for iPhone and it’s awesome, runs really smoothly Apple App Store: Delta - Game Emulator Links & further details PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulator for iPhone and Apple TV Coming to App Store What to Know About Apple Allowing Game Emulators in the App Store NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store Delta Game Emulator Now Available From App Store on iPhone The first gaming emulators are now on the iOS App Store

Worst User Interfaces

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number pic.twitter.com/944duji1Im — Aleksandr Volodarsky (@volodarik) May 14, 2023

General Links

Technology Linus Tech Tips - Consumer technology & video production TED - Talks on Technology, Entertainment & Design Podcasts Joe Rogan - The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is a long form conversation hosted by comedian Joe Rogan with friends and guests that have included comedians, actors, musicians, MMA fighters, authors, artists, and beyond Lex Fridman - Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power PBD Podcast - The PBD Podcast is hosted by Patrick Bet-David where he discusses a wide range of topics from business to current events, politics and sports Personal Blogs Nicely formatted blogs ...

May 10, 2023 1 min

China syncs monkey brain with a computer

Chinese researchers claim to have successfully conducted the “world’s first” brain-computer interface (BCI) experiment on a monkey https://interestingengineering.com/science/china-syncs-monkey-brain-with-a-computer

Favourite Computer Games

Apple IIe … Atari 2600 Adventure Space Invaders … BBC Micro Model B Elite (1984) Also games typed in from computer magazines Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k Atic Atac Chuckie Egg Fruit Machine (TBC) Hunchback Jet Set Willy Jetpac - the first game I ever placed on a home computer Manic Miner - the second game I ever placed on a home computer Scramble The Hobbit … Commodore 64 Aztec Challenge Barbarian BattleChess Boulder Dash Bubble Bobble California Games Commando Ghosts’ N Goblins OutRun Paperboy The Last Ninja Turrican World Class Leaderboard (1987) … Commodore Amiga 500, 600, 1200, 1500 Defender of the Crown Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (1990) Maniac Mansion Rainbow Islands … Nintendo 64 GoldenEye 007(1997) Super Mario 64(1997) Wave Race 64(1996) Nintendo Wii Metroid Prime New Super Mario Bros. Wii Super Mario Galaxy PC BoxWorld Doom(1993) Half-Life(1998) Minecraft(2011) Prince of Persia(1989) Quake(1996) Tetris(1985) Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Super Mario World Sega Megadrive Echo the Dolphin(1992) Sonic the Hedgehog(1991) Sony PlayStation 1-5 God of War Lego games … Metal Gear Solid Grand Theft Auto Red Dead Redemption Unchartered The Last of Us …

Hugo Shortcode Syntax

Code echo "Hello World" Code Block # some code echo "Hello World" Code Block with Highlighting not working ? 1 2 # some code echo "Hello World" Figure Google Logo GitHub Gist https://gist.github.com/sansmischevia/5148109 Tweet Owl bet you'll lose this staring contest 🦉 pic.twitter.com/eJh4f2zncC — San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (@sandiegozoo) October 26, 2021 Vimeo YouTube Instagram (requires an Access Token) ...