I have started on the first of the essays. I think I must have picked the wrong one, previously. Things are much better now that I'm working on the robotics papers instead of the mechatronics.

Meanwhile, the first UK version of The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk (http://www.tgimboej.org/) is on its way to me. But surely I ( Read more... )

Today, I received a very fine Compukit UK101. Boxed, no less; courtesy of hirez, who was the original builder. It's a later example than either my original or the one I was given some years ago with EPROMs. They must have had another batch of mask ROMs made up after the EPROM episode. The newest date code I've found is 8143, on the 6850 chip, which ( Read more... )

I've been too tired to do anything today. Don't know why, just completely drained. Oh well, I'll be off to the Uni tomorrow and maybe I'll get started there. I have some photos to upload to Flickr, and I need to grab the latest version of The Gimp. I should be able to manipulate my photos shot in raw mode with that (I've been told that raw mode ( Read more... )

I've been getting everything done apart from my Uni work. It's a bit like priority inversion, I suppose. The really high priority, must-do, without-fail stuff just doesn't get done, but all those little niggling jobs that could be done just about anytime get finished off, one after another ( Read more... )

Must get a coffee grinder. Argos don't sell 'em, and John Lewis are out of stock ( Read more... )