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VaderGB

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IT, Computing, Retro, Gaming, Footy. Vic20 FTW YT - https://youtube.com/vadergb Website - http://8bitgamer.co.uk

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I love my Coleco. Good to see it working.

25.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
5 panel comic

P1: Title. "HOW TO DRAW A HORSE"

P2: "SKETCH A SHAPE LIKE THIS"

Beneath, we see a pencil sketch of a kinda squooshed rectangtangtangtangtangle

P3: "TURN IT INTO A HEAD"

The shape is now a horse head. This shape, it gives head.

P4: "NOW, COMPLETE THAT HORSE!"

We dolly back to see the glorious complete abomination. The head simply has four legs jutting out of it.

P5: A wide panel, showing the crime against creation frolicking through a field. A blue sky filled with fluffy pink clouds fills the background. On the top left, a single word

"congratulation"

5 panel comic P1: Title. "HOW TO DRAW A HORSE" P2: "SKETCH A SHAPE LIKE THIS" Beneath, we see a pencil sketch of a kinda squooshed rectangtangtangtangtangle P3: "TURN IT INTO A HEAD" The shape is now a horse head. This shape, it gives head. P4: "NOW, COMPLETE THAT HORSE!" We dolly back to see the glorious complete abomination. The head simply has four legs jutting out of it. P5: A wide panel, showing the crime against creation frolicking through a field. A blue sky filled with fluffy pink clouds fills the background. On the top left, a single word "congratulation"

Horses. Up there with bicycles as the bane of many an artist.

However, I figured out a foolproof way of drawing them, and I want to share that with you! 😊

25.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2057    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 24
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re @anthropic.com:

I've identified industrial-scale copyright violations on my content by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, X, and more.

These companies created thousands of crawlers incorporating the text of all my blog posts, open source code, and books into their paid AI models to profit exorbitantly.

24.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Looks excellent. Graviscon cause it’s got gravity and it’s probably that tough it’ll give you indigestion. We always enjoy a Misfit Vic20 game.

22.02.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rod Hull Betaplays: Gravzronox (AKA GavisconπŸ˜‰) - Misfit at his very best! New VIC20 Game coming soon
YouTube video by Rod Hull Rod Hull Betaplays: Gravzronox (AKA GavisconπŸ˜‰) - Misfit at his very best! New VIC20 Game coming soon

Rod Hull Betaplays: Gravzronox (AKA GavisconπŸ˜‰) - Misfit at his very best! New VIC20 Game coming soon! πŸ•ΉοΈπŸš€
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZg...
#RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20

22.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That looks excellent. The water environment looks a great way of reusing the Scramble scene.

22.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s not forget, no ram for Steam Decks means no ram for cars, pc’s, phones, medical equipment, network devices etc. if our society is made to consume, what we gonna buy?

22.02.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s time to call it the AI crisis. But put emphasis on how long it will take to make a profit, and what it will cost us along the way.

22.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The fat ox on a Bruce Lee Commodore 64 screen. I always loved that fat ox. πŸ‚

The fat ox on a Bruce Lee Commodore 64 screen. I always loved that fat ox. πŸ‚

Look at that big ox!

22.02.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of the walls at Lincoln Castle. In the distance two Dragons look to be embedded into the ground and castle walls.

A picture of the walls at Lincoln Castle. In the distance two Dragons look to be embedded into the ground and castle walls.

A picture of Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday 21st February.

A picture of Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday 21st February.

A picture of β€œCoffee Cats” cat cafe in Lincoln, near Steep Hill.

A picture of β€œCoffee Cats” cat cafe in Lincoln, near Steep Hill.

An interesting walk around Lincoln today, it’s been a while since we walked up Steep Hill, to the castle and the Cathedral. It’s the first time I’ve seen a Cat cafe in real life, the patrons were busy fettling the feline clientele.

21.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent. You’re right that it still works at 33rpm. It’s like a slow motion Time Machine.

20.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find the schadenfreude difficult when it’s our country at stake. Teflon Nige always seems to get away without anything sticking.

20.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you mean a new limited company. It’s always a business for the grifter.

20.02.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the bright side maybe they’ll go back to making dumb TVs and take the internet back out of refrigerators πŸ€”

17.02.2026 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Would you trust Meta with the video feed footage? no me neither.

16.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of my PlayStation achievements for Fallout 4. I’ve finally finished it, this save started in November 2015.

A picture of my PlayStation achievements for Fallout 4. I’ve finally finished it, this save started in November 2015.

Well I’ve finally finished Fallout 4. This save started in November 2015 on my PS4, migrated to my PS4 Pro, and finally onto my PS5. The Institute story’s done. The railroad story’s next. #fallout4

16.02.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alt text won't kill you. It gives context.

In this time of rampant misinformation, lies, fake content and a growing population that lacks critical thinking and research initiative, posting images with no ALT and no context is lazy and unhelpful.

Be part of the solution online.

It is that serious.

15.02.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Someone help this guy complete the set!

14.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was working with a Mac centric company in 99/00, Macos9 felt complete at the time whereas OSX felt new and under developed. It was easy to setup and configure, the customers liked its familiarity and performance.

14.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Macs have a great way of eventually dropping in price, but then slowly start appreciating again. I’ve got a Apple Studio Display for free recently, amazing tech for the time but a little quirky to run anything but an retro Mac or MacBook with an adapter.

14.02.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did they have ATI graphics at the time? I remember playing some Quake 2 on a Mac back in the day. Just looked, a Radeon 9200. Lovely.

14.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not as bad as installing heated seats but have them behind a paywall, but still bs. The four drilled holes meant upgrades were definitely a practice at the time.

10.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I knew they wanted something to replace the Vic, just weird that they made a lesser competitor to their own 64, but wasn’t compatible with either the Vic or the 64. Also made multiple skus in 16k and 64k variants. Bonkers.

08.02.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a good read, I’m nearly two years into our 2020 Leaf’s ownership and so far its done 16000 miles. It’s still got the horrible mechanical parking brake but all in all a decent experience. The night 6.5p/KWH charging has been great for keeping £££’s down.

08.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d not seen that first party adapter before. I knew the TED computers had a different connector from the SD2IEC. Then again I’m not sure why they needed the TED computers when they already had the Vic20 and C64, maybe having multiple 8bit skus made sense. πŸ€”

08.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
New unopened 2TB WD Black SN850X which has doubled in price since when I got it in Feb 2025.

New unopened 2TB WD Black SN850X which has doubled in price since when I got it in Feb 2025.

I found this new in my van stock. I think it was Β£110 when I bought it and it’s now Β£260. Crazy. I wanted two 1tb Samsung 2.5” Sata SSDs last week and they’ve gone from Β£60 to Β£150

06.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of a Fractal Design Pop PC Case, showing the hidden 5.25” bays.

A picture of a Fractal Design Pop PC Case, showing the hidden 5.25” bays.

Mines got a BD Burner installed for ripping and archiving.

06.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fractal Pop Air RGB Black Mid Tower Tempered Glass PC Case Buy from Scan - Fractal Pop Air RGB, Black, Mid Tower Chassis w/ TG Window, 3x 120mm RGB Fans, USB 3.0, ATX/mATX/mITX

I got the fractal design pop air case. It has two 5.25 bays at the bottom, hidden by a magnetic panel.
www.scan.co.uk/products/fra...

06.02.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The thing is the narcissist sociopath will probably love them. I look forward to the President Evil Zero or President Evil Gone T-shirts.

05.02.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0