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Raymond Russell

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<p>I am just this guy y&#39;know.</p><p>Mostly retro games and programming.<br />Bad jokes, Politics and a bit of soldering occasionally</p><p>Download my free <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> Puzzle game &quot;BlockZ&quot;</p>

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  • Post #4322771

    Ooft the new Scottish Premiership season starts and Rangers are losing 1 nil at half time to Dundee United, I wonder if the bookies have started taking bets on who will replace Derek McInnes.

  • Post #4322770

    I see Reform UK, the supposedly insurgent party in UK politics has failed badly in another major election. Labour were within a few percentage points of winning the Manchester Mayorality election outright on 1st choice votes (50% required) but easily won when 2nd choice votes were counted.

  • Post #4322769

    Watching @georgetakei on an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man, Bill Shatner was on the previous episode talking to dolphins :-)

  • Post #3993772

    In 1987 Alexa was called William https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XontIgFUTXM #BBC #BBCArchive

  • Post #3790810

    No Mr Youtube Advert, your &quot;NASA inspired&quot; smaller than a toaster AC is not gonna cool a room in less that 90 seconds no matter how loudly and quickly you shout about it.

  • Post #3626703

    Well that&amp;#39;s a strange one. The Morrisons Supermarket about half a mile from my parents house had been thru 2 rounds of planning permission over about 5 years and eventually got planning permission for a McDonald&amp;#39;s taking up about a third of the existing car parking space. It&amp;#39;s been over a year a not a brick has been laid. All of a sudden the petrol station is shut to be extended and a Greggs added to it

  • Post #3626702

    #TeamUSA could easily maintain integrity and &amp;quot;rest&amp;quot; Folarin Balogun for the next match. #FifaWorldCup2026

  • Post #2178758

    Off to vote in the Scottish Parliament elections. For the uninitiated you can vote at age 16 and over, you get two votes. One vote is a first past the post constituency vote for a candidate and the second is for a Party (or independent candidate) from a regional list. Although not strictly PR, the system is designed give a more proportion outcome. You also don&amp;#39;t have to be &amp;quot;Scottish&amp;quot; to vote, just normally resident in Scotland and forfil the criterion that allows you to...

  • Post #1980370

    On this Star Wars day I wish you all live long and prosper.

  • Post #1743223

    Info for any one wanting to vote Green in the Scottish elections make sure you vote for the Scottish Green Party. I was looking at the Candidates for my area on the BBC website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ljrp76ywxo On my region list there is a party called &amp;quot;Independent Green Voice&amp;quot; described by wikipedia as &amp;quot; a minor right-wing political party in Scotland. Founded by Alistair McConnachie,&amp;quot; I saw mention of this before and wanted to confirm th...

  • Post #958949

    If you think that god is on your side then you&amp;#39;re a fool. If you think that you are on gods side then you are well meaning fool.

  • Post #958947

    RE: https://glitterkitten.co.uk/@theplaguedoc/116351978424758343 I look forward to seeing this toot on many many occasions

  • Post #958946

    Lots of the AI products I have been seeing advertised seem to be sales tools, CRM&amp;#39;s etc. The irony is that we are almost certainly heading for an historic economic crash due to the overhype of AI. Thats a lot less sales to make with your AI sprockle gromit uber sales maker.

  • Post #891060

    RE: https://mastodon.scot/@IndyRichard/116325451410757272 Share and enjoy.

  • Post #891059

    Why do we still use the term anachronism?

  • Post #891058

    I know they are not going to land on the moon with this launch but I getting quite excited as the last time man was on the moon I was 6 months old. I would love to see it happen again in my adult life. #Moon #Artemis

  • Post #830864

    Scottish Parliament Elections take place on the 7th May 2026. Each voter gets two votes. Vote 1 is the standard first past the post where you vote for a candidate in your constituency (district). 73 members are elected by this manner. Vote two is the Additional Member system. You vote for a Party or Independent candidate from a list. This is vote is an attempt to bring some Proportional Representation to the system but doesn&amp;#39;t absolutely guarantee. 56 members are elected in this ma...

  • Post #753166

    Coming soon from an excuse monger near you &amp;quot;A big AI did and ran away&amp;quot;. Remember you heard it here first.

  • Post #736502

    I haven&amp;#39;t seen it, but SNL UK suffers from one fundamental problem and that is a paywall. I can&amp;#39;t help but feel that to be a broad success it would need to be on a FTA terrestrial channel. Even the comeback of Mock The Week on a lesser know FTA terrestrial channel (TLC) may not be enough for the long term comeback of a previously established show. I am not commenting on actual shows. I have actually been watching new Mock the Week having not watched for a long time before it fi...

  • Post #736501

    Maybe I am misunderstanding something but it seems to me that laws in various places which require age declarations for OS&amp;#39;s are going to make all vintage machines with ROM based fixed OS&amp;#39;s illegal in those locales. I cannot tell my ZX Spectrum my age so that it will only load age appropriate software when I use it.

  • Post #736499

    A couple of lunatics* create an electric triangle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwtAzdtwnaA *of the best type.

  • Post #709872

    I lost a small sliver of tooth about 2 weeks before I was due for my regular checkup. It wasn&amp;#39;t bothering me other than a roughness on my tongue when I touched it. So today was the big day. Turns out it was small piece of filling that I lost and I had forgotten was a filled tooth. It was fixed in 5 mins, no numbing needed. In a way I am glad it was an old filling rather than a bit of actual tooth that had gone bad. The rest of my mouth was fine.

  • Post #426993

    Since I started cycling a month ago after a 12 month hiatus I keep a keen eye on the weather, I am mostly looking at wind speeds. I have a full set of waterproofs so if it rains meh BUT wind is another level. Especially as the places I go locally are quite hilly. My parents house is 5 miles at the other end of town and it is very uphill. The upside is that it is all downhill on the way back. Anyways I am about 80% &amp;quot;bike fit&amp;quot; at the moment another couple of weeks and I shall be...

  • Post #426990

    Thing I miss about Twitter when it was less Nazi. Local council had/has a presence &amp;amp; one time tweeted a picture of a street light that had fallen to a 45 degree angle overhanging a path. It was acknowledged &amp;amp; dealt with. Today I want to complain about a terrible footbridge repair. There were lots of pot holes on it and it was painted up with arrows to show the holes. Today I saw a fucking mess with filler all over the path eroded out the holes in less that 3 days. I phoned, waiti...

  • Post #297297

    CSI Tayside may be slow but they get there in the end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5nyl5k11o

  • Post #199653

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