Rain interrupted my flight the other day, but I managed to get a few shots of the Kessock Bridge before having to hastily recover my DJI Mini 4 Pro drone. youtu.be/ZtzAUjNZecs

GTS had its shot, and nature selected it for extinction. I love this project. Thanks @castrojo.bsky.social!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUy... Best thing ever. #Sinclair #C5 #SinclairC5

In Scotland, if a woman is raped there is only a 10% chance of prosecution. Even then, if that woman is the only complainant against a man with no other charges or convictions, there is a less than 25% chance of conviction. The courts want to make that even lower. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sigh. Less than 2 hours left of @proffrancesca.bsky.social saying "Inanna" so beautifully. Going to be bereft when that is over. Keep up the good work, @libro.fm

I caught a brief gap in the weather to do a quick bit of flying today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEDt... #inverness #drone #photography #aerialphotography #djimini4pro

I caught a brief gap in the weather to do a quick bit of flying today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEDt... #inverness #drone #photography #aerialphotography #djimini4pro

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways: 📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop 💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation 📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks) 🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

I've been shooting and editing my drone footage in HLG, using my DJI Mini 4 Pro and Davinci Resolve. Here are my settings. Have I missed anything? gld.mcphail.uk/posts/shooti...

I thought Sinclair computers were supposed to be able to _run_ power stations, not _require_ them?

Here are some applications and services I've been using and enjoying lately. It is good to fight back against poor quality software and predatory businesses.

I've made a blog post celebrating really great software gld.mcphail.uk/posts/really...

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

I grumble a lot about computers but over the past few weeks I've been hugely impressed by: Immich (photo management) Davinci Resolve (video editing) libro.fm (more ethical Audible alternative) Audiobookshelf (audiobook and podcast management) Peertube (YouTube alternative) Great stuff.

As far as breezes are concerned, looks as if we're in for a bit of a stiffie at the weekend.

"RetroSpectrum - Reloaded" Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍 #zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart

Started putting together some documentation and tutorials together for the Spectrum Next 3D engine. This is the first of many.

I've recently bought a drone and have been enjoying flying, recording videos and taking photographs. I've written a wee blog post. gld.mcphail.uk/posts/flying...

I've recently bought a drone and have been enjoying flying, recording videos and taking photographs. I've written a wee blog post. gld.mcphail.uk/posts/flying...

I was introduced to libro.fm last week - a DRM-free audiobook Europe l store which appears to be a proper alternative to Audible. Currently have books by @robinince.bsky.social, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and @proffrancesca.bsky.social on wishlist. They claim to support local independent shops!

This is a little film I made of some stunning scenery on and around Loch Ness. A bit of calm for a Monday morning. But, does the Monster make an appearance?

The #Ubuntu Unity project is calling for developer support. A lack of available maintainers has led to critical bugs and no 25.10 release. They need help to fix the desktop and maintain the flavor for the 26.04 LTS. discourse.ubuntu.com/t/regarding-...

A little bit of sunshine is needed, now the clocks have changed. youtu.be/3tFy9b8ghsU #scotland #lochness #inverness #drone #notthatsortofdrone #nature #djimini4pro

An animated loop basd on the games of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit micro from the 1980s This was made in photoshop and Blender and just a fun little tribute to my all time favourite home computer #zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart

Best wishes to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social . I don't know if she'll survive the current turbulence but she's a hero to me. End male violence against women. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No, shit filmmaking did.

Lovely afternoon for flying. Looking down at Inverness from Essich Hill. #drone #djimini4pro #dji #photography

New release of my speccydev devcontainer today: - Updated Boriel BASIC to newest version - Added the PASTA/80 PASCAL compiler - Add hdfmonkey for manipulating Spectrum Next sd cards github.com/mcphail/spec... #ZXSpectrum #ZX81 #SpectrumNext #RetroComputing #RetroGameDev

hey, tech people like me! If you've written books, you should do this too; it's not just for widely published fiction authors. Go fill it in.

I've released a brand new version of my speccdev devcontainer for ZX Spectrum, Spectrum Next and ZX81 development! Features the brand new version of z88dk which can compile the brand new 3D engine from @breakintoprogram.co.uk! Get it - it is brand new! github.com/mcphail/spec...

Moar fun from @breakintoprogram.co.uk's 3D engine for the Spctrum Next.

Conclusive proof that you can lump every terrible piece of game design into one package and still sell it for £7.95 to ZX Spectrum owners :)

A thoughtful post. Selling our country to AI companies is not going to bring wealth, employment or growth. Our governement needs to get a grip. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Know thine enemy.

If you're trying out the Linux desktop and you're not using projectbluefin.io, you're probably holding it wrong. #Bluefin #uBlue

My ZX Spectrum devcontainer has reached v1.0! Featuring pasmo v0.5.3, sjasmplus v1.21.0, zmakebas v1.2b, z88dk v2.3, fuse-utils v1.4.3, Boriel BASIC v1.18.2, skoolkit v9.6 and much more. All the tools you need to develop for Sinclair machines in BASIC, assembly or C, in one place. #RetroGameDev

Nailed it.

Lovely to see a young @herring1967.bsky.social first becoming, then satirising, Rory Bremner. Pure subversion.

Make a band singular: Joy Division by itself

What a lovely story.

New venue added! 🗺️ 🇬🇾 📍 St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana 📝 Built largely from local timber and consecrated in 1894, this enormous Gothic church was position... https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/sa/gy/st-georges-cathedral-georgetown-guyana/ #NerdyDayTrips

I wish there was an XServer or Wayland compositor which ran as a VSCode plugin. If you know of any, please let me know.

New venue added! 🗺️ 🇧🇪 📍 Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog 📝 Quite possibly the most complicated (non-disputed) national border in the world. Enclaves, exclav... https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/be/baarle-nassau-and-baarle-hertog/ #NerdyDayTrips

Working on projectbluefin.io this weekend, here's a status update! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dTi...

For my mid life crisis, I've just ordered a camera drone (Potensic Atom 2, since you asked). I decided to search bluesky for "drone" and, my goodness, that was a wholly different mid life crisis entirely. I'm off to apply some talc.

@jessphillipsmp.bsky.social tirelessly works to end male violence against women; the biggest scourge in UK society. She's been a target of right wing hate. Today the BBC ran a vicious headline about her at the top of the front page, before they switched to slobbering over Farage once more. Foul.

Between June 1983 and February 1985, fully 20% of the games to top the UK charts were by just one developer. Now I have reached their sixth and final #1, an example of a new genre of 3D platformer. My new post on Knight Lore, Alien 8, and the end of Ultimate: www.superchartisland.com/alien-8