Reposted by Chris GarrettLars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@penny-arcade.com is predicting the dystopian future well before it gets here. 112029
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 29/09/2026Is the Bambu Lab CyberBrick worth adding to your electronics and microcontroller toolkit? Features my free SimpleBot RC robot model to download, print, and build: www.makerhacks.com/bambu-lab-cy... #3dprinting #robotsmakerhacks.comBambu Lab CyberBrick Review + Getting StartedI unboxed the Bambu Lab CyberBrick Beginner Kit, hit every first-day snag, then built my own robot from kit parts. Getting started, gotchas and verdict. 020
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comBig Brain Meme GestureALT: Big Brain Meme Gesture 100
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026I didn’t line them up very well and my lighting isn’t very good but I’m chuffed with the print quality! Points for naming the dude in the top one 🤔 100
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026One for the retro gaming fans of a certain vintage. Printed on xTool Omni UV printer 160
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026Also at that point whatever they train the ai with becomes reality. 1984 with fewer checks and balances 110
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026Part of me thinks they want us dependent on it with no other options. 120
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026Yup that seems the majority opinion now. Every survey I’ve done or seen comes back that people don’t want to pay for programming books, or read them outside of a tiny minority of usually aged 45+ years. My publisher is named in training data legal fights too. 130
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026People in power think it’s their job to punish people for struggling. A friend got refused disability help because her husband took time off work to get her to the appointment proving she was … independently able to manage without help 🤦♂️ 010
Reposted by Chris GarrettEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122102212637
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 28/09/2026Just published: "Are we sleeping on CyberBrick?". Check it out and subscribe to get everything I'm making. makerhacks.kit.com/posts/are-we...makerhacks.kit.comAre we sleeping on CyberBrick? 000
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 27/09/2026My playlist is 1/3 influenced by young daughter, 1/3 unchanged since ~20 years ago, and 1/3 basically in the style of the second category. 2026 USA top 10 country song unlikely to hit rotation even accidentally. 010
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 27/09/2026Indeed, the rolling stone thing is my source of anything about it which now makes me think paid stealth advertising campaign 010
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 27/09/2026Oh gosh yeah, I’ve withdrawn from *anything* with ads and I’m annoyed paid streamers are reintroducing ads to ad-free plans. Only time I hear unsolicited music is stores, and I mostly shop online 🤭 010
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 27/09/2026Rolling Stone forgets the rest of the world exists and people aren’t all following same stuff. FTR: I don’t know about it other than what’s below and as far as I know Langley is only relevant to me as a cop/spy show reference. 340
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 26/09/2026I’ve got a lot of original hardware that can’t be captured on video very well. This guy would be the first to complain about the video and audio quality. Can’t win with these guys. 010
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 26/09/2026I made a quick and easy RC bot to 3D print. My first @bambulabglobal.bsky.social Cyberbrick project on Makerworld. They say 3 working days but it's already up :D Uses only 3D prints and parts from the starter kit. makerworld.com/en/models/33...makerworld.comSimpleBot: CyberBrick Robot, Kit Parts Only - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorldDownload this free 3D print file designed by makerhacks. Everything SimpleBot needs is in the CyberBrick kit. No Arduino, no soldering, no motors or sensors to order from Amazon, no extra screws: just... 000
Reposted by Chris GarrettGadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026Yikes looks like I was accidentally ahead of the curve github.com/WordPress/wo...github.comUnauthenticated path traversal in page-template resolution leading to conditional RCEAn unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution include a chosen readable local `.php` file outside the active theme directories. If relevant pre-conditions for ... 262
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 22/09/2026Worth a Watch issue 01 is out: Every ZX81 Expansion Card You Ever Wanted, Virtua Racing Running On Playdate, Sonic the Hedgehog on Amiga, JOAN OF ARC for C64, Lumines port for ZX Spectrum, and more. #retrogaming #retrocomputingretrogamecoders.comWorth a Watch issue 01Every ZX81 Expansion Card You Ever Wanted, Plus Virtua Racing Running On Playdate, Sonic the Hedgehog on Amiga, JOAN OF ARC for C64, Lumines port for ZX... 0176
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 22/09/2026I had no idea about the story behind this brain worm of a song! From the thread, turns out the story has a nice ending www.stutteringhelp.org/btos-song-un... 020
Reposted by Chris GarrettGary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Gonna start apologizing for my fuck-ups the way LLM chat bots do and see how long it takes for someone to murder me. 415711
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 22/09/2026The game I played was a flight sim, the machine was in a Bournemouth bowling alley 000
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 22/09/2026I tried it. Needing to wear glasses was a problem, I couldn’t make out what was happening and I didn’t want to keep wasting money on immediate game over 😭 110
Reposted by Chris Garrettcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"I hope people read my thread and respond to what I said and not whatever they made up in their head," I said, posting on the Responding To Whatever You Made Up In Your Head website 212319266
Reposted by Chris GarrettTim Holyoake @timholyoake.uk · 19/09/2026I see that someone has used #AI to create a Sharp MZ-700/MZ-80A emulator. Sigh. I can guarantee that my #PicoMZ emulator for the MZ-700, MZ-80K and MZ-80A is completely AI free, so all of the bugs are of my own devising 🤪 2113
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 18/09/2026Who/what drew the art, composed the music, coded the game, created levels etc. no different from a team credits. If the answer is an AI did *all* that then I’m personally less interested, and if the art and game concept were someone else’s unlicensed I don’t think it’s fair to charge money. 110
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 18/09/2026Yesstatic.klipy.comPicard's Iconic 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot'ALT: Picard's Iconic 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot' 100
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 18/09/2026Itch needs more granular detail for this disclosure, for now I assume it means "I asked the machine and this is what popped out". Which is fair enough (within certain limits) if that's what tickles you, but charging for an ai conversion of someone else's IP using the original game assets? 131
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 18/09/2026I tried out the eufyMake UV printer air purifier, and I am glad I did www.makerhacks.com/should-you-b...makerhacks.comShould You Buy the eufyMake Purifier P1?Are fume extraction options from eufyMake worth the cost? 000
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 18/09/2026Adrian replaces a cheap AliExpress Wi-Fi clock's firmware with ESP32 running ESPHomeyoutu.beAdrian replaces a cheap Wi-Fi clock's firmware with ESPHomeAdrian takes an ESP8266 clock kit from AliExpress, finds its one-time-programmable STC 8051 controller and app-driven firmware unappealing, and swaps in an ESP32 wired to the display drivers running his own ESPHome firmware. The result keeps NTP time and is controlled from Home Assistant for colour, brightness, 12/24-hour mode, effects and button automations; he walks through flashing it and fixing a board revision that differed from his first clock. 131
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 17/09/2026I did a survey of my audience and the answer was “don’t do a podcast” 🤭 110
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 17/09/2026Every #ZX81 Expansion Card You Ever Wanted, All At Once An RP2350 adds: - RAM expansion (64KB total) - SD card storage - high-res graphics - sound - joystick port - serial ports - choice of ROMs - and composite video! (via Hackaday) #retrogaming #retrocomputinghackaday.comEvery ZX81 Expansion Card You Ever Wanted, All At OnceThe Sinclair ZX81 was a masterpiece of Sir Clive’s desire to get the most out of the least hardware, being about as minimalist as it was possible to get and …read more 0133
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 17/09/2026Swiff 1.4 Flash game player on Android Now plays Flash games on Android from a library of over 150,000 games and animations, and also supports HTML5, Shockwave, Unity Web Player, Scratch and J2ME! via Mr. Sujano youtu.be/4uNTiMoBJzo?t=366 #retrogaming #retrocomputingyoutu.beSwiff 1.4 widens Flash game player on AndroidSwiff, which plays Flash games on Android from a library of over 150,000 games and animations, now also supports HTML5, Shockwave, Unity Web Player, Scratch and J2ME games, plus remote play, Discord integration and Android TV. 011
Reposted by Chris GarrettDanny Page @danny.page · 17/09/2026God bless @atherton.bsky.social for this succinct wisdom 273863897
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 17/09/2026Who knows? Not me! Also, I don't know any Pokermen other than Peakerchu or whatever. The yellow one. 100
Chris Garrett @chrisg.com · 17/09/2026I still have never played minecraft apart from to get screenshots for tutorials. Same problem as World of Warcraft ... I heard it was addictive so stayed away from it ... and now that entire tree of references is strange and foreign to me ... 220
Reposted by Chris GarrettColin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 17/09/2026This is wild! Quake... on Windows 3.1 🤩 2121