Geoff Winkless

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I am but mad North-North-West.

In past lives, violinist, chorister, pianist, Sam Coupe (demos, KEDisk) RiscPC (Xenakis16).

Career history: early web CMS and e-commerce, networking at a small ISP in '00s, hacking amavisd/sendmail, then a rather abortive attempt at a career in EU project management. Since 2007 telco revenue assurance.

DJ stuff mixcloud.com/defgeoff

Linux user since 1995.

Owned by 4 dogs.

Currently fighting with PCB layout

Bloghttps://weeklywhinge.com/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/weeklywhinge
Geoff WinklessMar 2
VeeFeb 28
Texas public school teachers are now required to post the Ten Commandments in their classroom. Here’s how one teacher is handling it.
Geoff WinklessFeb 10

Has anyone used #ParcelUp to ship #Taobao components directly to #JLCPCB using their (JLC's) "consign parts" mechanism? With #PCBWay having their #PayPal meltdown and insisting everyone use #Payoneer instead I'm looking for possible alternatives but there are some parts that are just infeasibly expensive from JLC's parts suppliers, and the Taobao option seems like a decent solution...

#PCBa #PCB

Geoff WinklessFeb 5
PeejmaybeFeb 5
There was a question on the radio this morning from a kid who asked "What WAS Captain Hook called before the Crocodile bit his arm off" and I sincerely hope no Disney execs were listening, because we don't need a 3 and a half hour long movie digging into Captain Hook's tragic dark back-story.
Geoff WinklessFeb 5

So Tina starts off superlative, and then keeps qualifying.

"You're simply the best" awww thanks ❤️

"Better than all the rest" oh. Well ok, sure.

"Better than anyone I ever met" well jeez. Now I just feel like you think there might be better out there....

#TinaTurner #RandomThoughts

Geoff WinklessFeb 2
Tjeerd RoyaardsFeb 2

The robot apocalypse hasn't happened yet, but still I can't escape the feeling that something has gone horribly wrong... Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

More of my work for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#ArtificialIntelligence #creativity #work #GenerativeAI

Show threadGeoff WinklessJan 29
I managed to "borrow indefinitely" a Dataman 48xp from work, since they haven't used it for 20 years. Now I just have to find an old laptop with a parallel port, I'm sure I have one in a cupboard somewhere...
Geoff WinklessJan 28

Does anyone know of a reasonably priced programmer that's capable of programming AMD PALCE devices? The xgecu ones won't, sadly 😥

#RetroComputing #HardwareDesign #PAL #ProgrammableLogic

Geoff WinklessJan 28

I'm inclined to believe that people born in the UK but who vote Reform aren't necessarily British.

#JustSaying #MattGoodwin

Show threadGeoff WinklessJan 17
Forgot to add, my fork of the #RP2040Mouse project for the #SamCoupe is up on GitHub at https://github.com/gwinkless/RP2040_Mouse_SamCoupe
GitHub - gwinkless/RP2040_Mouse_SamCoupe: Sam Coupé version of Darren's RP2040 based USB mouse adaptor

Sam Coupé version of Darren's RP2040 based USB mouse adaptor - gwinkless/RP2040_Mouse_SamCoupe

GitHub
Geoff WinklessDec 22
Marquis de GeekDec 20
The Facebook engagement fallacy: I don't spend ages on FB because I like the content I find. I spend ages on FB because I'm trying to find the content I
like.