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.

Cycle “Adventures” Volume 132

Quite an impressive display of cockwomblery in this video! A lot of the time you’d have a hard time believing we’re in lockdown. The worst part of this whole video, in my mind as a parent, was seeing the young … Continue reading

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More Amiga Repairs

Connected the board to power and video, Kickstart screen. I now have a new solder station, so I used that to carefully resolder the connector again. This time it worked and has kept working through much testing and reassembly! The … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 131

The appearance that the type of people who break lockdown aren’t the best of our society mean there’s no shortage of footage for this video. There are some right corkers here for you to enjoy! It would appear I have … Continue reading

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Amiga 1200 Progress Update

Last Thursday my Amiga 1200 motherboard was returned after recapping. I was informed that 2 pins were missing on the IDE connector… which I found in the IDE ribbon connected I removed before sending the board off (oops). I bought … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 130

Times are hard! Luckily work still gives me the chance to go out. Lots of others going out, more than should be in my opinion, but as much as this annoys me, I refuse to go down the reporting path, … Continue reading

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Real C64 Setup Test

Today the final item arrived that should allow me to use my Real C64C and Amiga 1200 alongside my main computer: the 3.5mm – 3.5mm audio cable. I’ve had a cable to connect the C64 to a SCART input, and … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 129

With a pandemic lockdown in process I wasn’t expecting much this time, but I was wrong, I got plenty, especially on the last day! Things I’ve noticed: 5G construction is essential but completing roadworks that affect safety isn’t. Normal traffic … Continue reading

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Cycle “Adventures” Volume 128

Only 4 days worth so a bit shorter than normal. No shortage of cockwombles though! I have a new camera. Finally splashed out on a GoPro Hero 8 Black. Excellent camera but no way to add timestamps. Admittedly this is … Continue reading

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Wedding Day Photos

While looking for something else I stumbled across my wedding photos, so I decided to scan them all and create my first gallery attached to WordPress. I’m using the Foogallery plugin, which is far less featured than the Gallery solution … Continue reading

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User Registration

I’ve made user registration a bit easier, though totally non-standard, which I hope will keep the spambots at bay. No need for a Captcha any more, just click the link under Blogroll to the right. I’ll keep playing when I … Continue reading

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