Senior Data Engineer. "Vintage computing enthusiast" - The Register I run a YouTube channel and blog dedicated to the Beeb and all things Acorn, Psion and more: colinhoad.com Discord: https://discord.gg/zjvSBjG7rw Pixel Art: Syarifudin Mahfudhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mkxqspoyo22eIf you fancy digging a little deeper into 6502, this companion video to the first episode of "Thinking in 6502" does just that! 😁 youtu.be/LX20Te9RzP0 https://youtu.be/LX20Te9RzP003 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxqspoyo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mkq3ba62k22oBram Stoker's Dracula - DOS edition. I loved this game and even managed to complete it. While it's fair to say the 3D FPS didn't compare favourably to Doom etc. I still think it's a really enjoyable game and ties in nicely with the movie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq3ba62k22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mkpb7loulc2oI like how all the AI bros who, until very recently, were mocking Apple for its lukewarm embrace of generative AI, are now falling over themselves to praise OpenAI for, err, making a phone.30 Apr 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpb7loulc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mkn6vhlswk2eOverheard a young dev wailing about his Cursor token quota being limited... "my innovation is being restricted!" https://media.tenor.com/Nu0Q-F24KycAAAAC/word-do-not.gif?hh=209&ww=49829 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn6vhlswk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mki2e5vjpk27A book shop filled with an eclectic mix of fantasy, sci-fi and computing tomes... basically the stuff *I* like to read! Trouble is, I'd probably run it like Bernard Black 😆 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki2e5vjpk27https://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mki27xb4l227I've been bowled over by the reaction to this video, it's had over 2,000 views since I released it yesterday! Thank you to everyone who's watched it and provided such lovely feedback - there will definitely be more coming, now that I've seen how popular it's been...! youtu.be/MOEmQ79nA38 https://youtu.be/MOEmQ79nA3827 Apr 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki27xb4l227https://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mkfqjco4ds2mHere's some 6502 to brighten your Sunday! youtu.be/MOEmQ79nA38 Special thanks to @musicvsartstuff.bsky.social for the amazing backing music https://youtu.be/MOEmQ79nA3826 Apr 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfqjco4ds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mk6g6dhmdc2vI'm old (and weary) enough to remember a time when saying you met someone "off the internet" was considered weird. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6g6dhmdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mjxj3tiitc2fHaven't seen Akira since I was a teenager, but seeing it tonight at the cinema in glorious 4k, I can confirm it is still epic. What a film.20 Apr 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxj3tiitc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mjuyaavdis2yHad a brilliant time at the @computinghistory.org.uk Bring & Byte today, came away with rather a lot of stuff - too many bargains, insufficient willpower 😆 Really enjoyed chatting to everyone too, a grand day out! Thanks to the volunteers for running such a fun event 🙌19 Apr 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuyaavdis2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mjtbrkpafk2yI'll be there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtbrkpafk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/colinhoad.com/post/3mjpdwaqfwc2q"Just install the ODBC driver from a local, downloaded package file," they said. "It'll be easy," they said. Reader, it was not.17 Apr 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:fspcx32r4ektlhvhf6e7goh2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpdwaqfwc2q