Steve @steve@merveilles.town

As this is a new account, and per the instance rules an #introduction

I make things, experiment with #electronics, #amateurradio, #retrocomputing, in particular #amiga and #mac (PPC/68k mostly). I like #astronomy and #astrophotography. I enjoy #writing, and aim to put out 6 issues of Tales From The Dork Web a year, available at https://thedorkweb.substack.com/

I also occasionally write for WhatIFF? Magazine.

#introductions

BBIAB https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2021.0324

Çay time nao

Everyone told us (even on island) that rockitis would set in and we'd need to go to civilization but between us we haven't been able to conjure up the will to leave, even for a day trip. #theJournal

Exploring Bars and Pipes MIDI Sequencer on #amiga https://youtu.be/A6gVTX-9900 #retrocomputing

Closely followed by the more SFW Moldovan entry. Still want to make it to Moldova at some point https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNT5Uh-WKw

My favourite Eurovision entry was Latvia's eat your salad. Catchy hook, bonkers lyrics, what's not to love?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMkco3op1Y

(Uncensored vid, sexual references, not kid safe)

And we found it, the mighty* Sark henge.

(Its actually tiny but dont tell anyone)

We then hiked through a forest to Derrible in search of adventure.

We went all the way to the cliff edge where several wartime raids were mounted. I made my first island contact on 2m via the Jersey repeater.

Went on a hike today across the hogs back

Any #hamradio enthusiasts using a turnstile for NOAA and Meteor reception? I've set up a turnstile in the shed to test but i'm not confident. Any thoughts/tips? A v-dipole works fine here BTW.

Don't you ever talk to me or my son again

Algae-based voltaic cell (photovoltaic-ish but not PV): https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-create-reliable-biological-photovoltaic-cell-using-algae