MrJoshua

IT Pro with an interest in Cars, Technology, Music, HiFi, HeadFi, Amateur Radio, Photo, Fashion, Travel, Food and Drink.

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-12

@RoseThorndyke @silvermoon82 Those who voted LLM have never had to replace stripped plastic cogs from a Kyocera Laser Printer in the 90s. 😂

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-12

@spacehobo Sadly not.

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Being Left Behind Enjoyerthomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-03-09

If only we would have a way for a lot of people to work from home, to reduce what they need to spend on commuting and reduce gas prices for other people

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-08
A circuit board for an amateur radio transceiver, with ten torroids wound and soldered in place.The same circuit board, now with 5v and 3.3v buck converter boards, and the knobs and buttons board installed.Now with an LCD display, which works!The finished article, in an extruded aluminium case, with knobs.
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kianryan ☑️🐙🏳️‍🌈kianryan@oldbytes.space
2026-03-06

The #eurovision music video for #LookMumNoComputer Eins, Zwei, Drei dropped.

youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8?si=hDmW8c

If you've followed Sam for any length of time, you'll probably be pleased by the video. I believe the word is "authentic".

I was worried about how the hell you stage him. He's being staged by Fredrik Rydman, so I'm now honestly less concerned about that.

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-06

Is this the year we win ? 🇪🇺🇬🇧🎶🎛️

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-05

@HopelessDemigod I do fancy adding an antenna. Maybe my Tarheel screwdriver would be overkill though lol

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-05

Went out on my for the first time this year, today. So nice to have dry roads and blue skies. Still some waterlogged places though, as seen on this byway.

A KTM Enduro R on a waterlogged byway
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-04

@LilahTovMoon @HopelessDemigod Claude, like Claudius.

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-02

@k3fnb Thanks 🙏

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-03-02

Made a start on my Transceiver today. Glad I have an , as it’s very compact!

A green circuit board with a mix of surface mount and through hole components.  Some torroids are placed, but eight more need to be wound.  Sigh.
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-27

@girlonthenet I did a little cry of happiness.

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-27
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-25

So it turns out, the last time I burned a CD was not, in fact, the last time I would burn a CD!

Windows Disc Image Burner, “burning disk image to recordable disk”
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-24

I got my precious back, after 25 years! (mine was a UK 2nd Gen model, purchased new in year 2000, this is a Japanese 3rd Gen)

A Sony VAIO PictureBook PCG-C1 🥵
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-24

@Dragon I’m meddling with my old PDA collection, so I’ve had to risk my life twice already today with my penknife 😁

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-24

@ret Like, I know they do really bad things if ingested, but fucking hell, do they really need to be /that/ hard to get into??

MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-24

@thomasfuchs Why would one ever need more than 112MB RAM? 😜

Windows Me System Properties showing 112MB RAM
MrJoshuaJoshMurray
2026-02-23

@Workshopshed My understanding was the hexpansion spec and the back plate wouldn’t change. Is that correct @emf ?

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