Retro Rudders

Retro Rudders

@steverudland.bsky.social

Retro gamer and Atari fan. The Jaguar is the best console ever made, and the Falcon is the best home computer.😁 Also own and enjoy Commodore, Acorn and other great retro stuff.

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Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

Anyone who says the BBC no longer makes good programmes, or says the TV licence is not good value at £15 a month needs to watch Stag. We get so much brilliant TV and radio from the BBC that a lot of us have forgotten just how lucky we are. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b072nvf3

bbc.co.ukStag - Series 1: Episode 1An obnoxious group of friends struggle to survive the stag weekend from hell as a deer-hunting expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messy.

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Kara Jane Adams
@ghostinexile.bsky.social

All mergers and acquisitions should be outlawed. I think it's one of the reasons people remember the 80s fondly even though the 80s objectively sucked, but by god were you spoilt for choice as a consumer back then.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comElectronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWareThe next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs
Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

Esther Rantzen has died.😢 It's so sad that she couldn't choose to end her life before the pain and suffering got too much. She did so much during her life for many brilliant causes, not least Childline. Childline has helped over 4 million children and young people since its launUch 1986. ❤️

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Albasoup
@albasoup.itch.io

Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

There is ZERO chance this could have happened accidentally. And by zero I mean that the odds are so fantastically small that they equate to zero. This should worry every single person on the planet. He can target projectiles at the Moon. www.newscientist.com/article/2583...

newscientist.comSpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour | New ScientistA rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater

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Amyville Hoyrror
@amyhoy.bsky.social

first roadrunner on the deck this season the nesting doves were cheeping angrily at it and it was occasionally squawking back. (roadrunner calls sound like an old nokia phone on vibrate) terrible light, i know

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

I must admit I did not really like Pac-Man. But with modern eyes, I can appreciate just how genius it was at the time. It's brilliant in ways I never appreciated until a few years ago.

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

Right, I've never made a game in my life, but I want to make something for the Atari Jaguar (and not a lazy 68k thing). Any pointers for getting started? (This may be the start of my first complicated hobby as an adult).

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

There seems to be loads of people who used to post on Bluesky and no longer do. It's such a shame, and I blame myself for neglecting Bluesky so much )I also didn't do any social media, btw). I hereby commit to checking Bluesky at least once a day and posting interesting things when I find them.

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

I took this in January with my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL phone. It basically lied to me and recorded impossible photos. All the photos I took at the time are similarly ruined. FFS!!!

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

As someone with ADHD, I therefore tend to 'occasionally' procrastinate. To the point where if there was a world championship in procrastination, I might get round to taking part at some point in the future. Anyway, I bought a Bambu Lab P1S and AMS 18 months ago. OMG IT'S AWESOME!!!

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

This should have been a really interesting photo as there were 20-50 bumblebees flying in and out of the holes in the building's mortar. I can only assume that Android's AI removed them all thinking they were 'noise'. I wish I'd taken a video instead.

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

This should have been a really interesting photo as there were 20-50 bumblebees flying in and out of the holes in the building's mortar. I can only assume that Android's AI removed them all thinking they were 'noise'. I wish I'd taken a video instead.

Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

I very seldom recommend products, but a few weeks ago I was at my son's two hour long chess club, and my headphones were completely dead. So I searched for a small power bank and found Pulse, so I ordered a £14 imperfect. It arrived 100% perfect. www.getyourpulse.co.uk/products/imp...

getyourpulse.co.ukImperfect - The Midnight BlueAn imperfect unit is a brand new and perfectly functional power bank but with slight cosmetic flaws. This may be a scratch, a dark mark, looser cables or a slight blemish caused during production. The...
Retro Rudders
@steverudland.bsky.social

I don't think it's worth the £24 they charge normally, but £14 for a keyring (albeit large keyring accessory) power bank seems about right. I bought another for my wife, too.