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SMT Soldering and Atari ST Repairs

Yesterday I recapped my ST’s PSU which went well, nothing exploded. However when trying to boot the machine it kept crashing, especially when it went to the desktop.

Updated Website

I’m not a web designer, I find the creative part quite interesting but buggering about with templating languages and having to learn far moreJavaScript and CSS than is healthy really puts me off. I’ve mostly gone about this by going online, finding a Bootstrap template and beating it into some vague shape that looks not too terrible.

Tecknet Mechanical Keyboard Repair

I wanted a mechanical keyboard with Windows keys. I have an IBM Model M keyboard, but its lack of Windows keys makes using Windows 10 more annoying than it should be. I don’t hunt and peck around the start menu, I’ve learnt to press the Windows key and just start typing the program I want to open.

Shadertoy 3 Raymarching

Let’s draw a lit 3D scene without defining any 3D objects. Yeah no it confused me too.

Shadertoy 2 Sinewaves

Today I figured out how to draw a line, and then make it wiggle using some basic maths.

Shadertoy 1 - Mandelbrot

Let’s spend this week learning about GLSL and making fancy images from code. The first one, a nice computationally intensive fractal.

Reading Mice and Joysticks on the Spectrum Next using C

Today’s lesson in curing headaches by banging your head on the wall until they stop involves joysticks and mice. This is a bit technical, so ensure your seat back and tray table are in the upright and locked position. Please keep all arms inside the ride at all times.

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