Author Archives: Ponder

About Ponder

I'm a train driver from Cardiff, have been married a long time and have 4 wonderful kids... all grown up now! Warning: I tend to lose The Game a lot.

VIC 20 Repair Successful!

This is my first post here for a while but it’s quite long so deserves it! A short while ago I acquired a VIC 20 for the price of postage (thanks Johnny Blanchard – Re:Enthused) but it didn’t work so … Continue reading

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Twin Stick Controller

A while back I planned to build a twin stick controller so I bought a large project case and one (to test) bat top stick and realised that the box wasn’t big enough for two of these so repurposed that … Continue reading

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Cookie Compliance

I’ve reluctantly added Cookie Compliance notices to the site because WordPress was nagging me to do so every time I logged in. If it wasn’t for the stuff I’ve already posted here being of interest to me I’d just delete … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 175

So it’s been a while, as expected but I think it’s worth it. I’ve blacked out a number plate on one clip due to ongoing police investigation. I didn’t get the number plate of the other really dangerous idiot or … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 174

So after a bit of a break (not really) we’re back with another action packed volume of arseholes I meet on my day to day commute. As I have previously said I’ve upped the severity needed to make it into … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 173

This took a while. Due to shifts where I’m only likely to see a lot of traffic in one direction and for some reason it being relatively quiet on the roads I’ve only just got enough footage to make uploading … Continue reading

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Clock Project

When I was recovering from a hernia operation I designed a clock around an Arduino, real time clock board and temperature/humidity sensor. This was built onto breadboard and was as flaky as hell due to poor connections. Recently I decided … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 172

Plenty of red light jumpers in this video. Also an unsafety officer, yet another impatient bus driver and one idiot stopped and blocking the road while he checks his phone! Not really much to say this time around. It’s really … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 171

I was seriously debating whether to keep posting here, as you can see from the last post, but here you go, I’ll keep updating while anyone is still reading 🙂 In this fun filled episode we bring you a wide … Continue reading

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Is Anyone Reading This?

Given the prevalence of social media these days, blogs like this are not getting much attention any more. For this reason I’m not going to be posting much here unless it’s something I really want to keep archived. If anyone … Continue reading

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