He stares up at the sign, tears streaming. Arthur “Pantless” Jackson smiles. The search has taken him 10 years and to 14 countries. He opens the door. The clerk looks up from his phone. “Can I help you?” he asks. “Yes,” says Arthur, “I’m Jackson, and I believe you have my pants.”

I finally got my author copies of the special hardback edition of Jitterbug, and they really are beauties! Look at those sprayed edges, that parrot with a galaxy for an eye!

ITS NOT STAYCATION IF YOU LEAVE YOUR SODDING HOUSE AND STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE! ITS A HOLIDAY

I’m getting to be ridiculously fond of this ship that should, by all rights, be a rather uninspiring school bus of a ship. #EliteDangerous #StellarScreenshots

Some ZX Spectrums have a weak ULA, but can all of them be saved?

The ZX Spectrum taught a generation to code, a generation to game, and a generation to argue about whether attribute clash was a feature or a flaw. 44 years later, we still haven't settled it. Happy birthday, Spectrum.

Treat yourself. 🕷️

On this day in 1982, Sinclair Research released the ZX Spectrum. 8 colours. Rubber keyboard. 16K or 48K of RAM. It cost £125 and changed everything. 44 years ago today. Happy birthday, you magnificent little rectangle.

"Top Secret intel just dropped: Tickets are moving faster than a hijacked CPU. Register as a LAN PARTY agent today ➡️ ow.ly/7XqR50YGMBk #EconetLanParty #LanParty2026 #CodeCracking #TechAdventure #BletchleyPark #ComputerMuseum #TechEnthusiasts #BBCMicro

8BitDo is launching another retro keyboard, this time inspired by the iconic Apple II computer, a staple of classrooms in the late 1970s and early 1980s. hothardware.com/news/8bitdo-...

As Gloria’s lifeless body lay in the corner, Phillip sat and admired his haul. He felt no remorse. The woman had been a fool to have trusted him, and she’d deserved her fate.

MY CUB MONITOR STILL WORKS! #RetroComputing

Trump: We will bomb your energy facilities if you don't open the Strait of Hormuz in 2 days. Iran: Fuck off. Trump: OK, you have 5 more days. Iran: Fuck off. Trump: Fine, we'll give you 10 days like you asked. Iran: We didn't ask for anything. Fuck off.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

So, it appears Plusnet lied to me twice. Once when arranging the house move I was told "Yes, sir, your static IP will move with you." It did not. When quizzed, "ah, that IP you're seeing is a new IP but it's still static." It is not. So - any recommendations for DDNS providers?

Okay. It seems I have to finally accept that my beautiful, mechanical Datamancer typewriter-esque keyboard is dead. Tragically, so is the engineer/artist who built it all those years ago. So help me, BlueSky: Where can I get a suitably beautiful and lovely-to-write with mech keyboard now?

A real President…

The ZX81 had no dedicated sound chip. If you wanted audio, you wired a speaker to the tape port and toggled bits manually. This was called "innovation" in 1981 and "a health and safety concern" in 2026.

Did a pretty good job (if I say so myself) of mounting my GoTek into an old Opus 5.25" disk drive unit. The old drives were toast. Might have to see about getting a black GoTek when funds allow! Used a 3.5"->5.25" mounting bracket. Had to widen two screw holes very slightly. #RetroComputing

Any recommendations for a modern broadband router? This will be used for Plusnet/BT fibre. Needs to be fully port-forward-y, firewall-y. No WiFi would be preferred, oddly.

Please soothe your soul with this footage of an enraged muppet being treated at the wild muppet center.

Watching the animated ‘Thunder Are Go!’ series, and it’s…surprisingly good? Took an episode or two to get over “everyone looks like they’re 17 but cosplaying adults” but it’s entertaining, has enough humour to keep it light, and it’s faithful to the original.

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

So now for the last part of my 8BitDo 'stuff' reviews: the Arcade Stick. As you can see it has SNES styling. Going to be honest, if they'd had a different colour scheme I'd probably have gone for that, but it's not hideous. I'm just nod a fan of Nintendo.

To follow on from my 8BitDo C64-themed keyboard review-ish of yesterday, the numeric keypad turned up. And just look at it! LOOK AT IT! IT'S ADORABLE!

Feeling a bit low so decided to treat myself to this: The 8BitDo C64-themed mechanical keyboard: First thoughts: it's a *really* nice keyboard, for me. Keyboards are obviously a very personal thing. It's clacky without (in my opinion) being *too* clacky.

Odd question, but: I heed a PCI soundcard for a Windows XP machine, specifically for DOS games (so it shows up under DOS as a Soundblaster or GUS. Any suggestions? #RetroComputing #RetroGaming

“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit

New computing history book! 📚 Voices of a Future Passed tells how the BBC Micro changed the world, with interviews from BBC, Acorn & ARM pioneers. Author Rob Napier is donating 50p per Amazon sale to UK computer museums. You can also pick up a copy in our museum shop! 🔗 amzn.eu/d/0bauqEgb

Eye witness accounts verified hackers. This is why our weekend fun was interrupted. Not that I don't have a hundred other things to be getting on with. Hopefully @frontierdev.bsky.social are dealing with it swiftly and with legal counsel against the miscreant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFB...

Anyone else having trouble logging into Elite:Dangerous? Get as far as choosing the mode, then 'Loading game...' Then it gives 'Failed to load game' Happening on both my normal Frontier-bought game and my Epic install. #EliteDangerous

Put! It! Back!

No Man's Sky Remnant 🔫Gravity Gun 🦺Industrial Yards 📡Radar 🛻Off-road Haulers 🧑‍🏭Waste Processing 🧑‍🚀Gek Armour 🤖Capture Sentinels 🚒Customisable Vehicles ☣️Volatile Waste 🏗️Excavation Tech 🚛Exocraft Furnace 🚚Salvage Expedition 🕷️Spider Vehicles 🙋‍♂️Toot Your Horn Emote Out Now!

Wonder Man is good btw. believe the hype

HANG UP YOUR DAGGER, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.

Was rather hoping February would be the month where I could *finally* start to de-stress after more than two years of it, but nope. Something new to be worried about. Awesome.

Look at this otter enjoying his best life :)

if you see someone that needs help, fucking help them

Me, to wife returning from dog walk: Hey, you know how when you left to walk the dog we had a certain number of blue soup-bowls and I *wasn't* bleeding? Well, guess what! Wife: *pinches bridge of nose* I was ten minutes, I swear to Zod...

my timeline is equally split between this being the greatest thing they have ever seen or the worst I feel like as a fashion-blind straight dude I am completely unqualified to have an opinion on the matter

The USA is a country where they shoot their own citizens, arrest protesters, arrest journalists, and round people up if they look foreign. Why anyone is still visiting, for sport, holidays, or otherwise, I don’t know. #BoycottTheUSA Do not give them your holiday dollars.

Somewhere between F and J, with a side order of X aimed at TERFs

The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain with Big Naturals.

In my shame I turn to you, knowing nobody is obliged to help out. You all have your own problems. If you can’t, feel no guilt at all for that. I know full well how rough it is out there.

Fire lit. Dog snoring. Glass of something toxic. Scribbling my nonsense in Libre. Sister Boniface dialed up on iPlayer. As pleasant evening go, I'll take it.

It's time that the US Joint Chiefs of Staff made a move: liquidate the President and VP, suspend the Constitution and hand power to a bipartisan administration with the aim of restoring democracy, freedom and sanity to the United States. And, that way, avoid a civil war.

“Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they’ve got into canned food and shotguns."