@alphabetter

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Maker, tinkerer, West Coast Swing dancer. Based in East Midlands, UK. Learning the piano as an adult. http://lushprojects.com/
Show threadalphabetterMar 10
@Extelec Duh! 4017 - how else are you going to make LED scrollers?
alphabetterMar 9
PaulMar 9
First thing on the new bench: this tv test pattern generator. It uses a flying spot scanner - a CRT scans a spot across a transparency, and the varying intensity is picked up by a photomultiplier tube and becomes the video signal 🤯. In. Sane.
#electronics #1970s #retroTech
alphabetterMar 6
Sorry to hear that!
alphabetterMar 5
I’m Tired And Everything HurtsMar 5
I miss the days when NFTs were the stupidest thing I'd ever heard of.
alphabetterFeb 17
Clueless by SamFeb 17

Wait WHAT? HOLY SHIT

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygz17y5kdo

Eurovision 2026: Electronic artist Look Mum No Computer to represent UK in Vienna

The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it "completely bonkers" to be representing the UK.

BBC News
Show threadalphabetterFeb 17
@pikesley The news I certainly didn't expect this morning!
alphabetterFeb 15

New blog: Cheap as Chips Logic Analyzers in 2026. Amazing what you can buy for less than a fish supper.

https://lushprojects.com/blog/2026/02/cheap-logic-analyzers-2026/

alphabetterFeb 13

BBC commentator to curling expert: "How important is momentum to the game of curling?"

My brain: "Very important. Without momentum the stones would just stop when you let go of them."

#olympics #curling #geek #technicallycorrect #bestkindofcorrectness

Show threadalphabetterFeb 9
@Workshopshed I don’t think that I got to be a senior member but I do have a sew on patch somewhere.
Show threadalphabetterFeb 8
@paulrickards Nice try - shame it didn't work out.