Yet another piece of vintage technology ruined by #evri with a pocket tv arriving smashed and cannot be repaired :( time to stop buying from anyone who ships using evri #evrifail

Modded Shimano Di2 shifter working in Rouvy to change virtual gears #rouvy #indoorcycling #bikemods see the blog post for how to make your own bluetooth shifter www.briandorey.com/post/shimano...

New blog post 🚲🔧 I turned a Shimano Di2 shifter into a Bluetooth keyboard, now you can shift gears in virtual cycling apps like Rouvy and MyWhoosh using your bike shifter. Check out the full build (with wiring, soldering & code) www.briandorey.com/post/shimano... #cycling #DIY #bikehack

Legs are going to be sore tomorrow after a 31.6km (19.6 mile) online ride with 1065m (3494 feet) of climbing up the Alpe Du Zwift route on www.zwift.com/uk/news/5753... The climb section is 12.44 km (7.73 mile) ascent with an average gradient of 8.5%

After repairing the power supply and replacing faulty RAM I have now added a floppy drive and SD card adapter to my vintage BBC Micro Model B computer. Time for some gaming 80s style! Read more: andrewdorey.com/post/restori... #RetroComputing #BBCMicro #8bit #VintageTech

First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.

I tried, and failed, to repair a mechanical calculator from the 1940s. andrewdorey.com/post/monroe-...

Just finished a new mod: converting Shimano Di2 shifters into Zwift gear shifters using Zwift Click v2 controllers. Much easier changing gear from the hoods or drops now. Full post on: www.briandorey.com/post/shimano... #Zwift #Di2 #CyclingTech #indoorcycling

Folks I’ve made it big- I got offered $250 whole dollars one off payment for a permanent front-page link placement on Pinout.xyz! 😁

New batch of IO Pi Plus, a 32 channel GPIO Expander for the Raspberry Pi built on our DIY pick and place robot, order today from www.abelectronics.co.uk/p/54/io-pi-p...

Productive morning on the allotment digging in a lot of weeds and compost into the main growing areas with the rotavator and clearing other areas of weeds #growyourown #allotment #ukplants

This. A thousand times this.

The remarkable thing about enshittification isn’t that it happens, but that people keep using the products. Ahem…Twitter.

Clearing the old runner bean plants from the allotment today and had a helper come down next to me to pick up some worms and bugs in the soil. #allotment #growyourown #organicfood

Now the owner of a working 5 ¼ inch floppy drive to go with the BBC micro, just need to install the chips in the BBC to add the support. Using the greaseweazle and desktop computer we have been able to read some of the BBC floppy disks. New post soon on andrewdorey.com/

Facebook now wants me to pay to continue to use it without ads or continue as long as they can mine my info to target the ads. #meta

Toolbox Tuesday - Want to find the value of capacitor codes ? Try the Capacitor Code Calculator at AB Electronics in our Electronics Toolbox. www.abelectronics.co.uk/tools/capaci... #tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

Here's the text you can copy+paste into the config page search bar: browser.ml.chat.enabled browser.ml.enable extensions.ml.enabled browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled

AWS down, Reddit Down, Signal not logging in, great start to the week

Learn how to use the 1 Wire Pi Zero or 1 Wire Pi Plus with a maxim integrated DS18S20 digital thermometer from the AB Electronics Knowledge Base www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/9... #tech #1-wire #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

NO!!!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN

Indoor ride today on Zwift and did a London route which included rain, just like real life rides in the UK. Need to work on short spints for the 5 seconds watts power. #cycling #zwift

Tried to use Wayback Machine on archive.org today to check an older website which isn’t available now and found that the site is blocked from UK users accessing the archive :(

Working on a new blog post featuring some vintage Commodore calculators from the 1970s, coming soon on my brothers vintage tech blog at https://andrewdorey.com/ #vintage #classiccomputer

Out enjoying the sunshine yesterday and planned to record one of our cycling routes on https://www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/things-to-do/sports-and-activities/cycling to include a video but the GoPro had gone flat since we last used it a week ago. Will try again when the sun appears again.

Caught a starlink satellites pass on the edge of our webcam early this morning over Swanage bay

New blog post, building a DIY bike rocker plate to use with a smart bike trainer to try to keep fit over the winter months when cycling indoors on #zwift and #mywhoosh and #rouvy https://www.briandorey.com/post/diy-bike-trainer-rocker-plate

Autumn Sale Alert! The summer is over and the nights are drawing in. Perfect time to stock up for your next project. Get up to 10% OFF Raspberry Pi development boards and accessories at AB Electronics UK! abelectronics.co.uk #RaspberryPi #Electronics #AutumnSale

Vintage tech time again with a parallel port Iomega Zip drive connected to a 20 year old thin client #vintagecomputer #iomega #zipdrive

Legs are going to be sore tomorrow #zwift

Installing Windows XP on a 20 year old thin client. Should I live dangerously and connect it to the internet?

Tutorial Thursday - ADC Pi with ACS712 on Raspberry Pi Using an ADC Pi with ACS712 30 Amp current sensor https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/12/adc-pi-with-acs712 #tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

You can never have too much Ram #vintagecomputer #memory #ram

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Just installed the new Zwift Cog & Click v2 with my Tacx Neo 2T to add virtual shifting. Had Bluetooth issues with Zwift, the buttons and the trainer. See the blog for more https://www.briandorey.com/post/zwift-click-v2-controllers-tacx-neo-2t #cycling #training #zwift

The worst thing to wake up to in an email from eBay: Hi Brian, your package is now with Evri.

Time to dust off the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor for a little project with over 50 clips to sort out and get into a timeline today for a local event highlight video #blackmagicdesign #davinciresolve #swanage #video

A bit of internet history from 2000, a Bush Internet TV set top box and infrared keyboard designed to allow people to browse the internet using their TV. Its a RISC OS computer and has a 33.6K modem.

Tutorial Tuesday - Expander Pi Realtime Clock In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the realtime clock on the Expander Pi https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1069/realtime-clock-on-the-expander-pi #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics

Watch our new Seven day timelapse from 25th August 2025 looking over Swanage - Swanage Dorset Webcam Timelapse #webcam #timelapse www.youtube.com/watch?v=qodM...

Gained another pet today when walking the dogs on the heath near Scotland Farm in Dorset, the little piggy didnt want to leave us along and followed us for nearly half a mile. #dorset #nature #pig #purbeck

Last Chance! Our Summer Sale is ending soon! Get 20% off all Raspberry Pi expansion boards at AB Electronics UK, but only for the next few days. Don’t miss out! Shop now before the sale ends: www.abelectronics.co.uk #RaspberryPi #SummerSale #Sale #Electronics

Out today on a hot morning, peaked at 28C, for an off road ride around the Isle of Purbeck from Swanage. I am planning to film the routes on my site https://www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/things-to-do/sports-and-activities/cycling so need to get my fitness back again #cycling #mountainbiking #purbeck

Just found out that thanks to trumps tariffs, the uk postal services have suspended sending parcels to the USA, that’s 25% of my sales now vanished as the USA haven’t told anyone how they want their new tariffs paid

Important Update: Due to new US tariff rules, we are suspending all deliveries to the USA from 23rd August 2025. This decision is to protect customers from unexpected charges. Read more: https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/blogarticle/2107/suspension-of-deliveries-to-the-usa

Trying our prototype PCB soldering stand which can hold up to 300mm wide PCBs in its spring loaded jaws

Hilly ride this afternoon around the Isle of Purbeck, cut the ride short as it got very hot. 16.2 miles (26km) with 1460 feet, 445 meters of climbing. Far too much traffic with all the visitors to the area, cant wait until winter and its a lot quieter.

Didnt take long until they want to ban VPNs www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/u...

Todays crop from the allotment, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Blackberries, Raspberries, runner beans, pears and apples #growyourown #ukallotment #allotment #plants

Tutorial Thursday - Expander Pi ADC Inputs In this tutorial, we learn how to read from the ADC input channels on the Expander Pi https://www.abelectronics.co.uk/kb/article/1074/reading-adc-inputs-on-the-expander-pi #tech #technology #technews #software #raspberrypi #arduino #electronics