Getting ready for our boy's birthday party. Maybe later I'll bring down my ZX Spectrum and they can all enjoy the games that I used to play with my friends!* *Will I f**k! They'll hate it, it's Fortnite and Minecraft all the way baby!

In WHTG SmithsJones buying Amiga Format Addict like it's some sort of alternate 1993. I asked the newsagent where my coverdisk was and she tried to sell me an offer on a giant bar of Dairy Milk.

If this video doesn't feature Chinny miming to a backing track of 'The Lord's My Shepherd' whilst walking the streets of a surprisingly empty Dorset village then I'll be bitterly disappointed.

I bought this book for the kids. None of them are interested so it's mine now! (Once I've done the hard bit and actually made a few models they'll come around...)

Happy Saint Bonfire's Day everyone!

I am in this video, in colour and without the yellow background. A good summary of a good day.

Happy Saint Halloween's Day everyone!

I can actually remember watching this when it was broadcast. Ri Christmas lectures rule! youtu.be/221Y6XlV1qA?...

I am at SWAG. We have news...

Oh, this is nice! youtu.be/wubkrBd3-gg?...

Raise your hand if you're still fluent in PalmOS Graffiti! 🙋

Derby - popped into retroworlds.uk to see the infamous SPARE'S & REPAIR'S apostrophes. No photos or videos taken because I'm not a self-important content creator. A good shop though!

Peak District - new accommodation and a new TV to set up. Dynamic mode off, motion smoothing off...

Oh, I thought this would've been worth more.

On to Manchester! I've had sausage and mash in a park and I've been waved at by a man who looked like a young Bernard Sumner.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the rain has to be done!

Can't wait to hit day two of Play Expo tomorrow!

John Leanin'

We're gonna get one of these sodding things working. Maybe... #plus4 #C16

We all went to see Tron Ares. The kids took their Tron toys (causing the 8yr-old to squeal with excitement when it appeared in the film) and we all had a great time! Not every movie needs to be Citizen Kane.

My Windows 10 PC (which has been fault-free for years) has started playing-up! It freezes and the HD light thrashes away forcing a hard reset. It's October, the last month of Windows 10 support and Microsoft are pushing Windows 11. Coincidence?

The dog walking route has been reminding me of something.

It's build-o-time! github.com/jeffqchen/PS...

You have to suffer these things when you live in a Thames Water area.

I think I need to do a cull...

Company laptop is refusing to go online, the VPN has crashed on an update and policy will not allow us to bypass it so a call to IS has been made. They've asked if they can remote connect to the laptop to diagnose the problem...

As a Star Trek fan a current event in the US has made navigating social media a tad easier...

Some new hardware is on its way (don't get too excited) so I'm prepping a SD card as an Amiga hard drive in readiness...

I tried to fix this A600. I solved the issue of the video output missing green but when it came to fixing the poor audio the machine died! A new CIA, Paula and some traces repaired later we are up and running. Big shout out to amigaspirit.com and chums who undid my damage.

I thought my life had peaked when I appeared on-screen in the audience of Channel 5's "Lip-Sync Battle UK"! But I have to re-evaluate this as I've since had my name mentioned in a ChinnyVision YouTube video. There's no comparison.

F**k off with your playground wars. We're adults, it's boring.

Mornin’

#ZXSpectrum repair night!

Have they brought Treasure Hunt back then?

Saw the Chung at Rewind Festival many years ago. They played their hit then complained to the crowd that the organisers told them not to play any of their new stuff. Were known as Wank Chung for the rest of the weekend.

I'm quite surprised that REO Speedwagon isn't the name of one of those new Chinese EVs we see on the roads. #totp

I just verified my age by humming the IBA HTV startup music: youtu.be/o3Fyk_W6PLU?...

Oh, it turns out that I am already age-verified. I don't remember doing that.

I've just asked on the Spectrum Next Facebook page as to whether they'll address the warped case issue that several of us had with the KS2 machine (KS1 was fine). Expecting a barrage of hate heading my way in 3...2...1...

I should be in bed.

Tonight was Spectrum night!

Mustang Sally. Middle-aged biker leather coin-tapping on pub table tosh.

Yeah baby! Although back in the day I was typing this in on a Spectrum+2. Note to self: trying to read the commands on a Spectrum keyboard in low light is hard!

New dog-walking route unlocked!

I've finally got around to getting a SD2IEC solution for the Plus/4. Struggling to find disk images that work, especially demos, but some of the modern games that I've got to work are fantastic!

One of the best Mastertronic games that no-one ever talks about, until now!

Always makes me feel like I'm abroad.

Tonight's exotic accommodation

In Wales. Of course it is raining.