Packed ready for the #camjam tomorrow. Bringing mostly the new Pi Pico related stuff to show, but due to travel arrangements, I won't be selling at the jam, althouh do have free UK postage from the website, when you order online. If you see me there, please say hello. extkits.co.uk #RaspberryPi

New from me: Building a Pico RomWBW z80.timholyoake.uk/building-a-p...

Happy new year. Over the Christmas period, I was VERY busy. Many product lines were sold out, Thankyou I'm slowly restocking, and the first back in stock is the Theremin kit... extkits.co.uk/product/lumi...

This is Bernard, or Ber for short. Tomorrow is his birthday. To celebrate we are continuing our Black Fly day sale. For FlyBer Monday. Enter "Black Fly day" at the checkout for 10% off all our products. Last day tomorrow. extkits.co.uk

Grab a mini Van De Graff kit In our "Black fly day" sale" 10% off, if you use BLACK FLY DAY code at the checkout. We don't do #BlackFriday until Dec 1st. extkits.co.uk/product/van-...

Pico RomWBW computer kits back in stock. You can now order with a wooden case as a single item, saving you £££s. Plus (minus ?) the 10% off Black fly day offer (use the code BLACK FLY DAY) at the checkout. ExtKits doesn't do #BlackFriday. extkits.co.uk/product/pico...

If you've been following Extreme kits for a while you will realise that we don't do black Friday. But, to celebrate one of our software bugs becoming sentient, this year we will be doing "BLACK FLY DAY" 10% off your order at extkits.co.uk if you use "BLACK FLY DAY" at the checkout, until 1st Dec.

Great Notts walkabout this evening. Went to see the Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator Then a few pints in a local pub. @drlucyrogers.com

Mini Wimshurst kits back in stock 30000V of whirly disk based #science on your desktop, but still safe for kids. extkits.co.uk/product/mini...

RomWBW Bus kits now available. All the features of the Pico2 RomWBW kit PLUS an OLED display emulating a 2 line LCD and a full #RC2014 IO Bus, so you can run RC2014 peripherals. Not that you really need to as you have SD disks, Speech synth, 8 bit LEDs / switches on the front panel.

Rainbow time! #GiganticUnicorn

I always carry a barge pole with me, just in case I want to not touch something I don't like with it.

Rise of the Mammals. The cover project from my new book "Making Paper Automata" The project comes as a pdf ready to print out onto thin card. Find out more here www.robives.com/project/rotm/ #automata #dinosaur

Introducing the most extra 3D printed necklace you've ever seen. 🤣 Contains 3 motors, over a pound of sterling silver, and a whole lot of my blood, sweat and tears. Full build video now live on my YouTube channel! youtu.be/L6DcvBOA1pQ

Latest developments with my Orton 3CX. #RC2014

I will be at Assemble, Darby on Saturday, showing off the @pimoroni.com Giant Unicorn hat and other projects. #GiganticUnicorn

Hey Derek @extelec.bsky.social seen this? A steam powered Van der Graaf generator

There is already a petition in the UK that has passed 453k signatures against digital ID scheme. Please sign and share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

I've just got back to Devon. A great day, many thanks to the organisers from me too, and I'm looking forward to building my Wooden RomWBW machine @extelec.bsky.social !

Just back from #rc2014 assemble... Superb day lots of people to talk to and lots of great talks. Thanks to Spencer @peteronion.bsky.social and @tnmoc.bsky.social for organising.

Following on from my report yesterday about that Hitchhiker’s Guide video, loving this. So many techniques used to create The Guide.

11 years ago... youtube.com/shorts/hM8G2...

There's still time to book your place at the forthcoming RC2014 event at The National Museum of Computing. It's a chance to meet other RC2014 builders and users, or to learn about RC2014 and similar systems before deciding to buy and build your first one. www.tnmoc.org/events/2025/...

Next week I'll be packing for RC2014 Assembly. For all things RC2014 related. rc2014.co.uk/3855/rc2014-... #retrocomputing

If you enjoyed the #Gaussfest over the weekend, or missed the #Gaussfest over the weekend, and don't want to miss the next one, sign up for our infrequent emails www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/list/?p=subs...

Hello i am in a building full of steam engines and tesla coil, one of which is playing the theme from Dr Who

Gaussfest, and an electrical day in London Next Sunday High voltage, tesla coils, electrostatic machine demonstrations and a Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around, plus a chance of seeing a working mercury rectifier(s) More Details: www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ #science

Gaussfest, and an electrical day in London Next Sunday High voltage, tesla coils, electrostatic machine demonstrations and a Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around, plus a chance of seeing a working mercury rectifier(s) More Details: www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ #science

Happy 30th birthday to MS-DOS 7! 😉🎉🎂🥂

Join us for The Gaussfest Electricity day London Museum of Water and Steam 7th September from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm A public demonstration of Tesla Coils, High Voltage equip, Van De Graffs. Experience indoor lightning ! (and a collection of steam engines too. waterandsteam.org.uk/event/gaussf...

Nano Probe - Logic probe / Oscilloscope The Nano Probe is a combined logic probe and miniature oscil... Read More #kits #makers #stem #science

A comment about the RC2040 extkits.co.uk/product/rc20... "I plugged it in - it works like a champ. Thank you for designing, selling, and supporting this great kit. It must be a labor of love, because you can't be charging enough to cover your labor. Thanks again!" and Yes it is, and No I don't

Maxwell's Cradle II Kit Maxwell's Cradle II is A desktop toy that shows the power of magnetism. A st... Read More #kits #makers #stem #science

So uh the UK government have pressed a US company into involving another US company almost half owned by a Chinese company into determining whether you - a UK citizen- get to view boobs on BlueSky. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A TINY FUCKING PROBLEM HERE

High voltage, Tesla coils and electrostatic machines. Live (pun intended) demonstrations. Gaussfest ,London 7th September 2025 www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ and a superb Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around. I can't think of a better day out :)

Wake up, honey New Tim Hunkin "Secret Life of Components" just dropped youtu.be/raMCWfltyRs #Gears #Making #Mechanical #TimHunkin

Age verification via face scans is not safety — it's surveillance. Biometric age guessing is inaccurate, discriminatory, and creepy AF. Stop normalizing it.

The leaves are coated with a phosphor that is normally white. There's some argon in the gas mix that makes them fluoresce green. Neon in the mix makes the petals glow pink

More details about the Gaussfest in London on the 7th September 2025 www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ High voltage, tesla coils, electrostatic machines and another Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around. I can't think of a better day out :)

A video of some of our materials. You can browse our collection FREE here: Materials Library www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-li...

More details about the Gaussfest in London on the 7th September 2025 www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/ High voltage, tesla coils, electrostatic machines and another Victorian/Edwardian pumping station to look around. I can't think of a better day out :)

On the way back from a superb Liverpool Makefest.. Thanks to all concerned for a great day, and the last 10 years of #livmf25 I really hope a new team can be found for next year.

San Francisco is the city in which Farnsworth invented the image dissector tube and made the first all-electronic television transmissions, and yet despite this, his workshop at 202 Green is just some office building, and not an impressive museum to the history of television

Calling all RC2014 builders & 8-bit enthusiasts! Join us - Sept 20th and share your practical implementations, Witness Microsoft BASIC & Z80 machine code demos & custom hardware. Link: ow.ly/pteE50WiQ7G #RC2014Community #RC2014 #Z80 #8bitComputer #DIYComputing

The many me's are looking forward to seeing everyone at #LiverpoolMakefest tomorrow! 9am -5pm, Liverpool Central Library

The Gaussfest is officially happening (again). ! Please note the change of venue and date (it's not in Nottingham this year) waterandsteam.org.uk/event/gaussf... and Ticketing Website: lmws.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket... More details to come.

Final test for the Giant Unicorn Hat before we leave for Liverpool Makefest tomorrow evening. #GiganticUnicorn

I had an idea, and here it is coming to fruition :-) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rc2014-ass...

Wire Dino to download and make. Transform three paper clips and a terminal block into your own adorable desktop dinosaur! workshopnotes.robives.com/p/wire-dino www.robives.com/project/wire...

Because my Bluesky is new profile, you might not know I run the largest #Maker event in the UK free at Liverpool Central Library. It's on next Sat. So here's some info. I'll be tweeting about it. This will be our 10th Anniversary Year 🥳🎉⬇️