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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 29/09/2026

Sounds good, the weirder the better! 🤞

Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 29/09/2026

Thank you for the detailed explanation, and what a pain in the backside that all sounds. Having really enjoyed those videos, I hope you'll be able to make more in the future at some point, but understand if not. We live in a very strange world at the moment!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 26/09/2026

I still dream about the pastrami sandwich I had at Carnegie Deli the best part of 20 years ago, my goodness it was tasty. (Their cheesecake was incredible too.) I hope you enjoyed yours!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 24/09/2026

But whose rodent is it anyway?

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 23/09/2026

This seemed at the time a very odd way to introduce this topic, but to be fair, I do still remember it some 40-something years later, so I can't deny that it was effective.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 23/09/2026

Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: Our very serious headmaster spoke one day about how amazing technology around us was. He highlighted the flexibility of cassette tapes, holding one up, before unexpectedly destroying it with a hammer. Turns out he really wanted to talk about vandalism.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

strong and will stay with me, and I'm sure many others, for as long as we're around. Even though your MTV and mine were a little different, your podcast still brought back many great memories, and I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. 💖 And up next: MTV News, followed by MTV Unplugged. 🎶📺🎵

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

Though I hadn't watched it for many years, I was genuinely sad when MTV switched off their UK music channels at the end of 2025, leaving just their main MTV "reality" channel, which I don't think I would watch if I was paid to do so. Clearly the magic left MTV a long time ago, but the nostalgia is >

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

@daveholmes.bsky.social Hey Dave, just wanted to drop you a quick message to let you know how much I enjoyed listening to Who Killed The Video Star: The Story of MTV. I was a huge MTV fan back in the 90s, though living in the UK I was tuning into MTV Europe, which was definitely a little different!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

Interesting. I've been using my phone for contactless payments for years, as has nearly everyone I know, and I've never heard of any problems. From what I understand it's more secure to make payments via Google/Apple wallet than with a physical card: one-time tokens, harder to physically steal, etc.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

I think the UK and many other countries are ahead here. The UK made it law for all new public chargers 8kW+ to accept contactless card payments in 2024, and for existing chargers 50kW+ too, so they're everywhere now. The EU has similar rules. Guess the USA won't catch up for at least 2 more years...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

It seems that the US is a fair way behind the rest of the world as far as EVs go at the moment. If you don't have a contactless credit card, can you use your phone for contactless payments instead?

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/09/2026

I think the "every charger needs a different app" days may already be over. I don't charge out in the wild too often, but I've used quite a few public chargers in the uk and every one worked with credit card rfid, no app required. Apps may get a slightly lower price, but they're no longer mandatory.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 20/09/2026

It's a great game - you could give my remake a try if you like! 😁 adamdawes.com/games/pac-za...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 17/09/2026

It's exceedingly impressive. But my main take away is that I still can't believe that the USA measures things in inches, it just seems so archaic. "Ah yes, that's 48 inches and seven 16ths" seems like total madness to me.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 16/09/2026

Perhaps the vibe was "Artists with a 'J' in their name"??

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 13/09/2026

I struggled a lot with how time could have stitches, too. I also thought for a long time that a time bomb was a bomb that made people travel through time. They sounded particularly dangerous.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 11/09/2026

I live in one of the "extremely common" areas on that map. I don't remember seeing them at all until maybe last year, but there are flocks of them this year. Sometimes I go into the garden and maybe ten or twelve of them take flight. They're pretty but extremely noisy.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/09/2026

If I'm in the supermarket, my favourite apple is the Kissabel. It's sweet and full of flavour, with a red flesh that looks quite unique. For apples I can grow myself, the Cox's Orange Pippin apples on my tree in the garden are just delicious.

A photo of a Kissabel apple, cut in half so that its deep red flesh is visible.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/09/2026

I've read that I can make apple cider vinegar, but it does look like a lot of work, and I'm not sure how much cider vinegar I actually need!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/09/2026

I have a lot of windfall apples from my trees - so many that I have filled several containers that I could hardly lift. Some are rotten through, some look pristine, most are somewhere in between. Are any of these safe to eat? For those that are not, any suggestions for things to do with them?

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/09/2026

How do I get rid of the (presumably) codling moths that seem to fill the apples on my trees up with nasty creepy crawlies every year? It turns apple-eating into a horrible game of Russian roulette! 🐛

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/09/2026

Looks awesome, can't wait to watch it! ♥️

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 02/09/2026

Oh I went there a few years ago, had a great time and really enjoyed looking at all the displays.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 01/09/2026

Your videos are all extremely enjoyable, and just the right length, always an instant watch when I see one pop up in my subscriptions list!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 31/08/2026

The first time I ever had apple cobbler was in Earls restaurant in Vancouver. It was so delicious that we went back the next day for more! I've not tried apple crisp, will have to give it a go. Apple crumble is probably the popular equivalent here in the UK.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 27/08/2026

My pre-order of Tomb of the Golden Skull arrived this morning, very exciting!!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 26/08/2026

[Wistfully clicking the Refresh button on the Eaten by a Grue podcast feed, in the hope that maybe, just maybe, there might be a new episode.] *𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘* Oh well. Maybe next month. @carringtonvanston.bsky.social @savetz.bsky.social

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 24/08/2026

I am exceedingly envious of your ability to doodle! These are just superb, I'd frame them if I could draw like that. ❤️

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 24/08/2026

I'll be definitely sticking with my Amiga, thank you very much.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 22/08/2026

The first definite game I remember playing was Nightmare Park on the Commodore PET, written by Bob Chappel, which was loaded from cassette tape. I don't honestly play it much these days, but it changed my life at the time. I did convert it to the C64 some years back: adamdawes.com/games/nightm...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/08/2026

The jumping sound is enough to drive anyone insane, but I really love the music for Chiller. And I remember my excitement the first time I cleared level 1 back in my youth, after many many failed attempts, it was so exciting. youtu.be/_oeC8qRbUvE

youtu.be

Chiller Longplay (C64) [50 FPS]

YouTube video by AL82 Retrogaming Longplays

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 21/08/2026

That sounds like a discussion to me. It was pretty clear about that...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 20/08/2026

They look amazing. Are the little orange cherry tomatoes sungold or honeycomb? I grow those every year because they are outrageously delicious. What are you planning to do with them all?

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 19/08/2026

Henry Kelly: "What is my name?..." Me: "Henry Kelly! 😂" I never got bored of that one.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 17/08/2026

Funnily enough, I did just the same yesterday with tomatoes I also grew from seeds. I added home-grown scotch bonnet chillies to mine, it's super spicy and seriously tasty. I hope you enjoy yours!

Six jars of yummy home made chilli ketchup 😋

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 17/08/2026

Four air vents, you say...? 🤔

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 17/08/2026

I seem to get unreasonably wound up by people saying they are going to "try and do" something, when as far as I'm concerned it should be "try to do" something. 😡

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 14/08/2026

The alert sound was so loud that I instinctively pressed OK just to get it to be quiet, and then the message disappeared, resulting in my failing to actually be able to read any of it. Doesn't exactly seem like the best system design...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 12/08/2026

You can get quite a good view of the eclipse by just making a circle with your fingers if you hold it in just the right place. #eclipse #eclipse2026

The eclipse visible through a circle of thumb and fingers, albeit a shown on BBC News...

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 09/08/2026

@dmullinsgames.bsky.social I just finished playing Inscryption and just wanted to say "Bravo", what a wonderful game, which exceeded and twisted my expectations repeatedly. It joins a short list of games for which I wish I could erase my memory in order to experience them again from the start.

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 01/08/2026

Those were the days... 🥹

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 30/07/2026

I plan to take a time lapse video of the eclipse with my Seestar S50, should be interesting. Let's just hope it's not too cloudy!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 29/07/2026

If you need to get to a specific code line number, don't use the Go To Line function, you can just scroll the mouse wheel through page after page after page after page (getting closer) after page after page after page (nearly there now) after page, after p- actually do use the Go To Line function.

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The 90s Network @90snetwork.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Our Top 100 Songs of the 90s countdown, as voted for by YOU our listeners, is playing out right now! Listen in at the90snetwork.com or with your favourite radio app.

The 90s Network top 100 of the 90s is live now!

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 24/07/2026

"Load quote quote" . A friend of mine struggled with the pronunciation and always said "Load croak croak" which always made me smile. 🐸

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Adam Dawes @adamdawes.com · 29/06/2026

I am so happy that the world seems to have generally agreed on a single version control system that everyone uses. And so fed up that that system is bloody Git.

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 28/06/2026

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

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Introducing Warp Point, a Web 1.0 gaming blog directory built for 2026

It's a webring! And a website!

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