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Panel 1: Shen is pointing at you, scowling and aggressively yelling "HEY YOU!! CLICK HERE, I'M GONNA ADVERTISE TO YOU". As you scroll down, there is another Shen holding himself low to the ground, again pointing at you and saying "I SEE YOU SCROLLING AWAY"

The mouse cursor thing could be a setting „stick edges“ if I remember correctly, the rest is just real… the reality is for some software you still can’t realistically avoid Windows…

I test drove three EVs today. Polestar 2, Tesla 3, Audi Q4 e-tron.

I could write more but I have to few letters here… , but well, the Tesla clearly won that test driving…. Feel free to ask questions…

Nothing but bones a lots of muscle… 😅

Congratulations! Let’s hope it stays that way!

Unfortunately really just for show, not really for use, which is why I attempt this modification in the first place… 🤔

You can call me a mad man at this point. After attempting printing little speaker boxes to isolate the speakers, I eventually figured that only a cheap solution works on a cheap device.

Does it actually sound better now? I honestly don’t know anymore at this point. Tweeters can’t do fullrange… 🤷‍♂️

I like these cases silverstone puts out. It’s a bit unfortunate that these are still a generation „too old“ for my taste. Either ways, hope you have fun with this machine!

Put back the original pickup and yes it instantly sounds a lot worse. guess I should see if I can find a cheapish phono amp that runs on 5V. Then figure out how to build actual speaker boxes around the internal speakers, since there is also no really separation between inside and outside of the case

Thats all the volume I get currently, but I think it sounds already a good bit cleaner than with the kind of pickup that go with that device. Perhaps I try to actually upgrade it…

Briefcase record player, with a slight modification. These devices have terribly cheap pickups with very small frequency ranges, and put way too much pressure on the vinyl records. Here I crudely put an Audio Technica pickup on it, mounted it with a piece of wire. Next issue is that the cheap pickups are a lot louder, which means that these cheap players have no internal phone pre amp.

Don’t even ask about alignment or why I put hot glue on top of it…

A cheap tube preamp I once got. It does only marginally increase the volume…

I do like the look and form factor of these vinyl records players, unfortunately these are generally trash and damage the vinyls on top of that.
So here I am trying a prove of concept, throwing a pickup and crude pre-amp on one to see if one could make it useful…
(Pickup costs more than the player)

PlayStation on a VGA Screen… feels wrong, and ironically the CRT is already “too good” for the PlayStation…

#Retro #CRT #playstation

Induction stove broke last weekend. Good thing we have a slightly oversized double gas camping stove…

Actually made an appointment with a technician to fix the induction stove instead of buying a new one.

If it can be fixed, it’ll be cheaper than new, if not, we wasted 130 bucks… wish me luck!

The most insane part of this is how much power these CPUs and GPUs draw with how little voltage.

Power = voltage x amperes, we have around 1V, but easily 300+ Watts. These silicon chips are basically running in a short circuit state all the time…

Ich oh Wait, I didn’t catch that we are talking about TPU yet. Can’t really say much about that since it doesn’t work with the Construction of my Protogen head.

Issue is not melting, but getting soft.

I had my protogen head melt in summer heat. Use ABS instead, even if it’s a pain in the bottom to successfully print…

A WIP of Orion the King Consort, ie Nova's bf. Still not happy with the design, but its improving slowly

First time seeing these! It put on quite a show, and I was lucky to have been at the right place at the right time!

#polarlights

Red dragon trying to catch his knight friend mid air

To the rescue!

Art for @lordofthesky.bsky.social

#dragon #art #scalie #furryart #digital #digitalart

Solis Lineatus Ignidraco, commonly known as the Sunstreaked Firemaw, is distinguished by vivid yellow markings against deep red scales. Famous for its fiery spit, this subspecies inhabits red rock deserts and embodies the adage "Red and Yellow, roasts a fellow."

Picture shows the Installer of the Linux distro “Brazzite”, first screen.

I don’t like to dump on linux distros, but if literally the second button in the installer is non-functional it already leaves a bad first impression… (I want to change the keyboard layout, I guess none of the developers tested that button?)

#Linux #Brazzite

Well, except that CRTs are curved outwards, so it ends up being like a fisheye-lens. So while true, it doesn’t really help if you don’t want to make the picture from almost the side 🤔

One simply doesn’t make a picture if a CRT without also making a picture of themselves and the entire room at the same time… 😅

It a blast! Really great machine, and works perfectly with old peripherals too!

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Happy New Year from all of us at Commodore. We kept PRINTing smiles all year thanks to your stories. Let’s LOAD 2026, SAVE the memories, and RUN toward more creativity,
more joy, and more fun!

Alright, I am now alone on New Year’s Eve, till I head to work.

And just now I get the feeling that New Year’s Eve is what Christmas used to be, in a way. It’s more exciting and I am really annoyed I have to go to work tonight

Two 5.25 Floppy disks, one with two notches, one with only one

Two 5.25“ floppy disks, now bother with two notches, and a suspicious pair of scissors placed behind them.

One easy trick to double your 5.25“ floppy disks capacity (for a C64)…

#Commodore #floppy

I wonder if that was audible like that in the original, too…

Also, awesome TV! You have much less of a border on your TV than I got on my CRT, Maybe I just adjust the screen 🤔