Congratulations Tom Servo for winning the Beijing half marathon.

Lander69. A Lunar Lander game based on 1960s code running on a tiny 4k microcontroller, retro-led display pin badge.

"A whole civilization will die tonight". Does that sound like a threat to commit genocide? chatgpt: Yes Who do you think said it? That line is most famously associated with Davros from Doctor Who. He’s a villain known for extreme, genocidal thinking, so the quote fits his character very closely.

1960s We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills... 2020s “Is Bruce Springsteen going to sue his plastic surgeon?”

Save Trongate 103 demo. (Trongate 103, of you're not familliar is the heart of the arts community in Glasgow's Trongate. The council has just hit them with a massive rent hike that will effectively empty the building and destroy that heart).

Video of the LED badge.

My LED badge again but this time with an 8 letter display instead of 4. Extendable to 28 letters and beyond.

A paper sketch for a Man Ray-esque automaton. It got me thinking about all seeing eyes and surveillance. I wonder if I should do a little tree of animated security cameras?

Bit of a Man Ray thing going on here. Another super quick built automaton.

some pics of the pin. See my previous post for video:

I tiny programmable led badge (pin).

DCP Digitalker Speech Pack on the Sinclair ZX81.

Snip snip s-plink!

Another animated badge mechanism.

Programmable LED badge

Very quick wire and card automaton. "So it goes".

What the world needs now is ZX Spectrum games reviews. And we have got you covered, World. 56 new games reviewed, a ZX Load museum interview, BASIC to type in, and loads more. INCLUDING! The inarguable Game of the Year selection. breakspace.itch.io/break-space-... #retro #zxspectrum #skillo

Thanks to the Break Space team for including my game "Boris and the Buses" in their free online Speccy magazine. breakspace.itch.io/break-space-...

A very quickly built paper and wire automata.

My Christmas Vectrex videogame "Chimney Hunt" doubles as Christmas Tree decoration with light up eyes.

Charming Disaster shared some video of my HurdyGurdy-Tron and me. I'm very happy :) youtube.com/shorts/-fCg5...

I'll be exhibiting a couple of my Art Amusement Machines tomorrow at:

The retro videogame factory earlier today:

Yesterda evening's drawing at Dr Sketchies, Glasgow.

The nights have drawn in. It's cold out there, well, not if you have a personal flame thrower.

I wrote a little blog about my ZX Spectrum game "Boris and the Buses". www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...

Tape duplication.

Playing with a 3D scanner.

Introducing @charmingdisaster.bsky.social to some of my kinetic pieces. I'm not sure Jeff is a fan of 'Nena' but that's what the HurdyGurdy-Tron decided he was playing. Charming disaster's UK tour continues. Don't miss it.

Wednesday evening, GalGael, Glasgow, i'm very excited to be exhibiting my interactive kinetic sculptures and automata along side New York goth/folk cabaret duo "Charming Disaster". It's the perfect pre-halloween night. Ticket link in the comments.

Happy "NO KINGS" day to those who observe. May your majestic frog costumes be forever inflated.

New York goth/folk/cabaret band Charmind Disaster are doing a UK tour and AMAZINGLY they're playing in GalGael where my workshop can also be found ,so I'm putting on a little kinetic sculpture side show! They're an amazing fun so if you want the best Halloween primer, Come!

Bringing the night to the UK starting Oct 24! 🇬🇧 charmingdisaster.com/shows

The game factory is finally working. Using a ZX Spectrum +2A to duplicate copies of "Boris and the Buses".

Had a great time yesterday at Play Expo Blackpool catching up with old Vectrex friends and meeting new ones #vectrex #vectrexmini @jamesgwatt.bsky.social @tenpencearcade.bsky.social

Anyone going to Play Expo Blackpool and wants to buy any of the Vector Republic games for £5 off and no postage (obviously!) then let me know before next Friday and I’ll bring them along 😎 www.vectorrepublic.co.uk #vectrex #playexpoblackpool

Stepping up production of ZX Interface 2 ROM parts.

The ponies asking 'what do the humans want now'?

Now selling replacement Interface 2 ROM cart rubber skirts. £15. each. £25 for 2. JET PAC is wearing the reproduction. COOKIE is styling an original for comparison.

Been trying to replicate a soft rubber component from an early 1980s ZX Spectrum ROM cartrage (interface 2 rom) after many failed attempts to 3D print it, we 3D printed a mould and successfully cast it in soft silicone rubber.

Dr Sketchies Glasgow!

More of the "Divergent Engineers Bazarr" Part 1.

A tour of my table at the "Divergent Engineers Bazarr".

Pollinator Kit Version prototype. Moved the ball return hole up a bit and added the stop switches and drive belts.

Ayr Show.

Quick and dirty stand for displaying the paper horse on Sunday at The Divergent Engineers Bazaar at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life, Coatbridge.

I'll be exhibiting a couple of my Art Amusement Machines and a few other dds and ends at this event on Sunday. Do come along if it's of interest.