Mastodon: @confusedbunny
Yes, my Mastodon username mentions bunnies, yet the bunny avatar is on this profile, and the Lemming which might indicate Lemmy (this is Kbin, but I am subbed to Lemmy communities) is over there. Don't question.
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #videogames #books #boardgames
Lemmy: @i_am_not_a_robot
Kbin magazine articles from remotes don't federate properly until interacted with ( codeberg.org )
I did some further testing of federation issues, and have discovered that Kbin (at least Fedia) magazine articles don't federate to remote instances unless they are interacted with on the host instance....
Community/magazine moved to feddit.uk/c/dabradio ( feddit.uk )
Moved to: (one of these links should work, often copying/pasting the URL into search works best in Lemmy, and searching for the @ address works best in Kbin)...
Were you a Whizz-kid or a Chip-ite?
Whizzer and Chips was my favourite comic, but which side were you on?
Date set for the end of Zoe - electrive.com ( www.electrive.com )
Renault will cease production of its Zoe electric car on 30 March 2024. It was already clear that there would be no new Zoe generation, but now the date has been set for the end of production at the Flins plant. Zoe has blazed a trail in her time. The…
Community moved to feddit.uk/c/dtt ( feddit.uk )
TLDR; Please re-subscribe to:...
Nothing posted from outside Fedia federates out
Nothing posted from Lemmy to a Fedia magazine is federating out to that magazine/community on other Lemmy instances. I don't think it is working for kbin either....
Byte High no Limit | a podcast by Byte High no Limit Productions ( sunspotstories.podbean.com )
Podcasts about Peoples relationships with technology, teletext, old Arcades and whatever else. Social History of technology, not always obvious.
ZoomEV - EV Benefits Bundle ( zoom-ev.com )
I'm in the process of renewing my car insurance with Direct Line, and it appears they've added this Zoom EV Benefits Bundle for free....
“I’m hot. My nipples are like bullets. I’m holding a banana” ( pczone.substack.com )
In praise of Duncan MacDonald
BBC makes full set of HD channels available via new Freeview feature > RXTV info ( rxtvinfo.com )
A lucky few Freeview users will for the first time be able to access every regular BBC channel in HD via a new IP add-on to Freeview
Fixing the world, one gizmo at a time. ( www.ifixit.com )
How to fix lots of things!
Latest channel updates on Freeview 19 Jul 2023 ( www.freeview.co.uk )
My automated thread creator didn't work properly, so here's the official channel update news from Freeview.
Small-scale multiplex applications and awards - Round 5 ( www.ofcom.org.uk )
A list of small-scale radio multiplex licence applications that have been submitted to Ofcom, and details of licences we have awarded.
Small-scale DAB: expressions of interest 2023 ( www.ofcom.org.uk )
This document contains a summary of the responses Ofcom received to an invitation for ‘expressions of interest’ in small-scale DAB, which we ran during the spring of 2023. We carried out this exercise to provide us with up-to-date information on the level of demand from potential multiplex providers and/or programme service...
Europe heatwave: Temperatures expected to peak in southern Europe - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
There are warnings the extreme heat could continue for a further 10 days in parts of Italy.
Links to communities try to open users
Full URL links to communities appear to open fine - even if the instance isn't aware of that community (hurray! thank you for this, it's ace!)...
Channel 4 Announces The Sean Lock Comedy Award | Channel 4 ( www.channel4.com )
Channel 4 has announced The Sean Lock Comedy Award, which will showcase talented new writers and performers who embody the alternative comedic spirit of Sean and Channel 4.
CoLD SToRAGE - Lemmings ( coldstorage.bandcamp.com )
Recordings of my Lemmings music recorded from the MOD files... pure and simple!
Bernard Cribbins Presents Prestel - The Post Office Viewdata Service ( youtu.be )
Bernard Cribbins give us an introduction to Prestel.With thanks to @citifax for the recording, and @2019Casandro for the decoding.Played back here using R.T....
Something from Lemmings (LIVE) ( youtu.be )
Mike Clarke and Tim Wright play "Something from Lemmings" live at the Amiga 30th Anniversary show in Peterborough.
South Coast Diaries by Duncan MacDonald ( amzn.eu )
The hilarious diary of an aspiring musician in a crazy seaside town – a funny, feelgood, gripping comedy thriller of love, laughs and murder at the beach.
Oi! Vici MacDonald (featuring memories of her brother and Your Sinclair writer Duncan MacDonald) ( pczone.substack.com )
Listen now (91 min) | A more traditional podcast format for the sixth episode of PC Zone Lives, where instead of trying – and often failing – to get a virtual room full of people to remember a very specific time in PC Zone history, your amiable host goes through one person’s entire Zone-infused CV.
Your Sinclair Magazine ( archive.org )
Your Sinclair Magazine Issues 01-94 (January 1986 - September 1993. Your Sinclair was the successor to Your Spectrum, and focused on entertainment more than its predecessor. There's still a fair amount of technical content though, especially in the early issues. Towards the end of the magazine's...
Best of the rest: 8 Spiel des Jahres winners you haven’t heard of (Spoiler: you probably have heard of some of these) ( www.dicebreaker.com )
Winning board gaming's biggest Game of the Year prize doesn’t always mean going down in the history books.
Home Page - MicroAdventure - Learn to Code with BASIC! ( auri-microadventure.azurewebsites.net )
A gamebook with BASIC programs to type in!
Adrift with Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port ( shows.acast.com )
A comic tragedy for anyone flailing in the sea of their own inadequacy. Sony Radio Award winners Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port steer a life-raft through the choppy waters of being a functional human.
LaserDisc with teletext (1981 – late 1990s) ( obsoletemedia.org )
Teletext was a means of displaying text and basic graphics on a television that had the ability to decode the information. Invented in the early 1970s, the first major broadcaster to offer a broadcast…
Seaside Special: German film captures British traditions at time of Brexit ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Paul Eastwood stars in a film about Brexit and an end-of-pier show, but sadly died before it was finished.
Ford Fiesta: production ends of UK’s all-time bestselling car ( www.theguardian.com )
Final vehicle built at factory in Cologne as carmaker moves over to electric vehicles
Peter Molyneux teases new project with idea that's "never been seen in a game" before ( www.eurogamer.net )
Legendary game developer - and game development tease - Peter Molyneux has discussed his next project, and talked up it…
Ideal World shopping channel goes into administration ( www.bbc.com )
Administrators say most of its employees face redundancy after a slump in viewers.
Apocalypse Clown gets cinema release : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide ( www.chortle.co.uk )
Apocalypse Clown gets cinema release - Starring David Earl and Natalie Palamides and written by Dead Cat Bounc
Classic FM is changing to DAB+ across the UK ( radiotoday.co.uk )
From January 2024, Classic FM will be upgrading from DAB to DAB+ across the UK.
‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible | Games | The Guardian ( amp.theguardian.com )
The annual Crap Games Competition has been bringing Spectrum fans together for more than 25 years. It all began with an April fool’s joke in a magazine called Your Sinclair …
Remute to release his new album for the Commodore 64: “It's the home computer I programmed and it programmed me… forever" ( www.musicradar.com )
All sounds are generated in realtime by the legendary SID chip
GREAT! Network expands multiplex reach ( www.broadbandtvnews.com )
The GREAT! Network of channels is to move to full national distribution on Freeview.
Super Page 58 ( www.superpage58.com )
The longest-running site dedicated to Digitiser, the legendary Teletext video games magazine edited by Mr. Biffo (Paul Rose), which ran in the UK from 1993-2003
Freeview channel list ( www.terrestrialtv.uk )
Localised list of channels in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands
Having trouble sleeping? ( web.archive.org )
I post about the original Direct Debit website from time to time and get the impression nobody cares. So I thought I'd try you lot! It's the most surreal "corporate" website I've ever seen, a product from the early web when the website was just run by the work experience kid and nobody in management actually understood what it...
Teleshopping channel Ideal World suspends broadcasts > RXTV info ( rxtvinfo.com )
Troubled shopping channel Ideal World has crashed off air after the channel was put up for sale last month.
OC The Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis "Push Off" door hanger!
East West Rail ( eastwestrail.co.uk )
East West Rail will connect communities with a new Oxford to Cambridge railway. Find all the project information and the latest news here.
Teletext Archive - Teletext Archive ( www.teletextarchive.com )
An archive of teletext pages
Commodore 64 legends unite for Zzap! Live convention ( metro.co.uk )
Retro enthusiasts will want to attend a new Commodore themed event, which will see Uridium co-creator Andrew Braybrook attend as a guest.
Teletext! ( fedia.io )
For discussion of all things teletext!...
Remembering Teletext's Park Avenue: the UK's Strangest Soap Opera? ( www.denofgeek.com )
This surprising soap format ran for almost 1,500 episodes between 1988 and 1992, and was full of sex and scandal – Park Avenue was a real one-off.
Count Arthur Strong (@CountArthurStrong@mastodon.world) ( mastodon.world )
Attached: 1 image Well looky here!
Vidya Intarweb Playlist | Video Game Music ( www.vipvgm.net )
Video game music playlist for VIP quality VGM! Listen to the best songs from original soundtracks to remixes/arrangements to high quality rips!