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Mark Pitt

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#Cornwall based BI, Cloud and ARM firmware developer. Designer of PITT CC FLWR MIDI controller/sequencer. Noisy musician. Collector of #vinyl records and occasional #DJ. Retro computer collector and restorer. Stanley’s dad! He/Him #UTV

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It’s surprisingly deep, you can do a lot with one. I used to have my entire set stored on mine and they are just so reliable.

13.02.2026 13:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Q80! Still got mine on top of the wardrobe. To me the pinnacle of hardware sequencers.

13.02.2026 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I call them “bumpy bastards”

13.02.2026 13:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I realised that shitty people at school had shitty home lives. But also had friends that had shitty home lives and didn’t become shitty people.
The point is having a shitty life can be a reason for being a shitty person but not an excuse.

13.02.2026 12:14 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been unfortunate to attend a few funerals in recent years. All had collections.

11.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“You let David Pleasance run a company?!”

11.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Gebroeders Ko - Toeter Op M'n Waterscooter (Officiële Videoclip)
YouTube video by Berk Music Gebroeders Ko - Toeter Op M'n Waterscooter (Officiële Videoclip)

Maybe bring it more up to date with this on the playlist youtu.be/eHXgA1GYO9U?...

09.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Don’t you want the other half of ABBA? *ducks*

09.02.2026 11:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Are you still standing?

09.02.2026 11:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is the fess here that you drink at brew dog?

09.02.2026 01:49 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Portreath harbour tidal pool #Cornwall #Photo #PhotoSky

08.02.2026 17:55 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I left one job contracting and was lining up others so went into the job centre as a formality. Little did I know I had the JC bitch, she immediately took a patronising tone and threatened to sanction me because I refused her next meeting because I had a job interview.

05.02.2026 07:37 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You could feel the disappointment radiating from the TV screen

02.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saw the Melvin’s a few years back with 2 drummers! My ears didn’t stop ringing for about 3 days.
Another loud one was Swans, also last year I saw SunnO))) play which was an experience! (A good one)

02.02.2026 11:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes that’s a good idea, at least give viewers the choice. We can’t put the genie back in the bottle, AI is here but an effort should be made to identify AI generated content so we can make informed decisions about what we watch.

30.01.2026 10:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m not expecting YouTube to do the right thing and it may be just me screaming into the ether but maybe if everyone did it that feels AI is a ruining factor the message will get across?

30.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today’s hobby: Selecting “Don’t recommend this channel” on AI slop YouTube videos.

30.01.2026 09:37 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I found out kids like tapes because they can still listen to music when there are in spaces that don’t allow access to their smartphones (school etc)

26.01.2026 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hang on? Is it supposed to be bad to be able to get to stuff within 15 mins?

26.01.2026 10:34 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“Killll meeeeeeee…!”

26.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Home made Mini ITX form factor PC case. It shows the silver coloured metal back panel with various sockets, the sides are black painted metal. The top is made from brown polished plywood and underneath that is a silver metal mesh for ventilation.

Home made Mini ITX form factor PC case. It shows the silver coloured metal back panel with various sockets, the sides are black painted metal. The top is made from brown polished plywood and underneath that is a silver metal mesh for ventilation.

I decided to make a broken 2 channel mixer into a Mini ITX PC enclosure. This will house my NAS.
The top is a piece of plywood offcut that has been sanded and waxed.

26.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And Tunnocks Tea Cakes.

23.01.2026 21:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I invented the Caramac bar

23.01.2026 21:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lucky I am not in charge of the NHS otherwise you would be out on your arse to fend for yourself you drain on resources.

21.01.2026 21:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Big fan of Ravel, I love how Bolero ramps and ramps even though it’s just the same phrase over and over again for 15 mins until that last section.
When people moan about modern music being repetitive I point to pieces like Bolero as that it’s not a new idea.

17.01.2026 12:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Eyeball op today, hopefully by midday I’ll be able to see both of Maywood clearly!

16.01.2026 08:29 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

They took the word of Seagate that it was the custom HD controller rather than being supplied with dodgy HDs from the OEM. So part of it was inadequate testing but also trusting a vendor who of course didn’t want to admit their product was at fault.

12.01.2026 11:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We used to call the 3” CF2 disks Crunchies because they were the opposite of floppy.

11.01.2026 20:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Bristol bus station for completely locking up the disabled toilets there so you can’t even access it with a NKS (or radar) key.

08.01.2026 05:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Luckily it wasn’t a Trinitron otherwise you would be in your forever box.

06.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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