Wait. I thought that if a safety car was deployed at the end of the race, all lapped cars didn't need to overtake in order to avoid finishing the race under safety car? Hmm. Guess I was wrong. #F1 #BritishGrandPrix #BritishGP

Yay. The bridge rectifier for the flasher power on my CFTBL shorted. Did I already mention that owning pinball machines is a constant struggle to keep everything running perfectly? Good times.

The last evening of BBC on longwave. Picking it up so strong here in Belgium, indoors with the built in ferrite rod. Too bad this will be gone tomorrow. If you don't know how big of a deal this is: they started transmitting in 1934.

Believe it or not, I'm actually working on a new video. Because of the heatwave in Europe at the moment, things aren't really progressing though. So thanks in advance for your patience. The video will probably be finished somewhere next week. If you're in also in Europe: stay safe!

If you have an arcade cabinet in Belgium running 90s games, according to me it should accept 20 francs coins. So that's what I'm wiring up at the moment.

Coin door wiring spaghetti. #retrogaming

I'm gonna erase this one. Sorry, @janbeta.net 🇩🇪🕺

I managed to mod my Pandora Saga Plus DX to make it work with my arcade CRT monitor. If you're curious to see what was wrong, check the video. #retrogaming #arcade #gaming youtu.be/-vLUvSG2FBk?...

It works! Finally, after so many setbacks with this machine! Video about it on my YouTube channel soon.

Well, looks like the recap didn't help. Still not managing to get the horizontal sync correct. No clue where to go next from here.

If this is my last Bluesky post, you know what happened.

Attempt #2. Live solder & chat this evening on my channel (21:00 CEST). Hopefully I will be able to make it happen this time. www.youtube.com/live/2Yuv76I...

I bit my tongue so badly during lunch today that it actually hurts while speaking. Awesome timing. 🙄So unfortunately I'll have to move the livestream to tomorrow, hoping it will be better then.

I'm planning a solder & chat livestream later today. Feel free to join if you want to have a chat or if you simply want to follow along while I'm recapping the chassis of my arcade monitor. www.youtube.com/live/2Yuv76I...

New video up now. This one is long overdue. I posted part 1 about 4 months ago. Now finally I managed to finish my work on this vintage turntable. youtu.be/x7EMTcQZzOw?...

After a 50-day hiatus I finally managed to make a new video and it's now live on the channel. It's another Audio Autopsy episode and this time I present you three big boys in their genre. youtu.be/qZNoyIWnuAA

Oh man. I've been spending a week now redoing and redoing and redoing the lacquer on this radio and I can't seem to get it right. Looks like I'll have to restart AGAIN. FML

I have an old friend on the workbench. Hopefully in a video soon...

A vendor at my local flea market had 3 boxes full of new (in package) PC accessories from the early 2000s. Fans, CPU coolers, LEDs, cold cathodes, you name it. #retrocomputing

I haven't posted any videos lately and the reason is that I bought a 3D printer. Now this bad boy is extruding all remaining free time I still had in my life. Currently I have it up and running pretty well, so I should be able to focus again on making videos soon.

Oh joy.

@jeriellsworth.bsky.social Pinball loves you too!

Marantz makes some nice stuff, but boy I hate their remotes.

Testing some more vintage audio gear. This time a Hitachi tuner, a Kenwood amplifier and an Akai reel-to-reel machine. youtu.be/sg2TDg-supg

My last video of the year. Enjoy and see you in 2026!

FOR FUCKS SAKE.

While replacing some ceiling spotlights, I suddenly got a dose of PTSD induced by Half-Life. #retrogaming

Merry Christmas everyone!

So now I'm getting 5 (!) commercials every 2 minutes or so when I watch YouTube on my TV. Pretty much makes the app totally unusable. What the hell are they doing? Are they actively trying to ruin their own platform?

Well, I've this bad boy on the bench...

I made a video about the repair I did on my Judge Dredd MPU board with battery leakage. It's online now. #retrocomputing #retrogaming #pinball youtu.be/2E2nAX0nzTA

"Let's quickly burn an EPROM." is what I thought yesterday. Boy that turned out differently. Spent the entire evening trying to get my (almost) 30-year old programmer to work with Windows 11. But I finally got there in the end! #retrocomputing #retrogaming

More shame on me. Another case of leaked batteries in one of my pinball machines 🤦‍♂️ I'm just gonna bite the bullet and convert all my machines to NVRAM.

So this is my current task... Correcting the sloppy wiring I did on this arcade control panel 15 years ago. #retrogaming

Some new acquisitions. Maybe on the channel in the future at some point...

It survived the ride! #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #CRT #RetroGaming

Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.

I have retrieved the original boxes from my first PC from my parents' attic. #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Audio Autopsy Episode 3 is online now. youtu.be/IrffaSZoOQg

If you're booing Norris, Verstappen, Hamilton or whoever, I don't care, you're an idiot, and you shouldn't be let in a grand prix again. #F1 #MexicanGP #RaceFans

Cable spaghetti

Recording some background music for my Halloween party next week.🎃👻

This is what sticky shed on Philips tapes looks like. youtube.com/shorts/OEgEm...

So the Sony TC-630 is finally finished! youtu.be/agCzFYj3yzI

A bit ashamed to share this, but this is what happens when you don't check your pinball machines' batteries for 10 years. Luckily I installed a separate battery holder 10 years ago when I restored this machine. Check your batteries, fellas!

Since the first Audio Autopsy video did quite well, I made another one. Again, I test 3 items of vintage audio gear from my stock. youtu.be/zv2KYYnBOhw

Well, I wasn't expecting that. Nice!

This deserves an "Oh Nice!", pronounced like Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances

My newest video is the first part in a restoration series on a Sony TC-630 reel-to-reel tape recorder, aka the solid state three head stereo music centre with retract-o-matic! youtu.be/zRWOnTAJqB4?...