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GENERAL => General chat => Topic started by: Shockwave on April 16, 2011

Title: Anyone
Post by: Shockwave on April 16, 2011
Doing anything interesting today?

Usual Saturday stuff for me today... Except... I have 4 cans of Murphys in the fridge for tonight and I'm working on the new front page for the site :D
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Post by: ninogenio on April 16, 2011
im in the middle of restoring an old dirt bike so probably head to the garage soon to get a bit of striping and weilding done. thats mostly what iv been doing at weekends for the past couple of weeks. then my cousin has just got a new house so im going to help him wallpaper i must be mad. lol we will probably get drunk and put the paper up squint.
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Post by: Rbz on April 16, 2011
I'm doing geek stuff, ie trying to fix an old 8 bits MSX 2+ machine :)
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Post by: ferris on April 16, 2011
Ah, sick pic Rbz!! Hope I can get to more of that kind of thing myself soon.

I'm doing typical Easter preparations and also moving preparations...moving to Norway in 3 days :)
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Post by: Shockwave on April 16, 2011
Rbz - Ah man, so good to see the inside of a nice 8 bit computer :)

Ferris,  Yep, I saw that on Facebook - I am really happy for you that somebody spotted how much talent you have!  Good luck with it, you deserve every good thing that life has :)
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Post by: combatking0 on April 16, 2011
I've been cutting the grass :(

Still, I'm online now :)
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Post by: Rbz on April 16, 2011
Have a nice trip Ferris :)

In the mean time I'm also fixing my A1200, after so many years it's smd capacitors are leaking and they could damage the main board.
I've already removed them all and cleaned the main board, now I'm just waiting for new parts to arrive.
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Post by: Clyde on April 16, 2011
Watching the World go buy. literally.

And re-watching demos with my neat little monitor gift - not sure if it's LCD, but it replaces the 10 year old Illyama one. I can see colours and detail on it that were hidden before, it's not the latest 3D HD LED Smelly Vision variety, but I can't believe how different everything is from layouts of websites, and extra detail in images and demo goodness. I was almost about to say, I can see clearly now Le Rain has gone.

O, and watched some of the Snooker.
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Post by: rdc on April 16, 2011
I had to work to day, so I haven't done much else. The grand kids are running around like banshees though. :)
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Post by: rain_storm on April 16, 2011
work took up most of my day too, got work tomarrow as well but thats life, gonna spend this evening tinkering around with some OS development, I'm not planning on making my own OS, I just want to see how the hardware really works. researching PS/2 keyboard and mouse protocols atm and see if I cant get some IO drivers integrated.
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Post by: Dr.Death on April 17, 2011
Today i have taken my 2 little girls to Stratford Upon Avon for the day it was ment to be Weston Super Mare for a day on the beach but the bloody motorway was closed but what a day... :updance:
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Post by: Shockwave on April 17, 2011
Yeah, it has been really beautiful weather today :)
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Post by: Dr.Death on April 17, 2011
I know m8 amazing for April i told my wife this is going to be our summer......LOL
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Post by: combatking0 on April 17, 2011
My wife knows how to ruin a weekend of coding - she's had me out in the garden measuring for a patio and retaining wall.

Still, I've always got lunchtimes at work, provided we don't have another power cut.
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Post by: Shockwave on April 17, 2011
Quote from: combatking0 on April 17, 2011
My wife knows how to ruin a weekend of coding - she's had me out in the garden measuring for a patio and retaining wall.

Sounds expensive!

Patios are definitely the way to go though.. If you make it take up the whole of the garden you won't have to cut the grass / grow anything ever again.

I've taken this approach and it works.
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Post by: combatking0 on April 18, 2011
That sounds like a great idea - however, we're just patioing one end of the garden. If I get my way, we could end up adding an extra section, and then another, until it is completed :)
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Post by: Shockwave on April 18, 2011
Fuck it, order some extra slabs and lose the receipt.. You'll have to use 'em then!
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Post by: Yaloopy on April 18, 2011
Quote from: Ferris on April 16, 2011
I'm doing typical Easter preparations and also moving preparations...moving to Norway in 3 days :)
Excellent, beautiful country. Good luck with the move!