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Gadgetoid

@gadgetoid.com
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he/him/they/them - Tech at Gadgetoid.com, (Micro)Python wrangler at @Pimoroni.com, documenter of Pi’s at pinout.xyz and pico.pinout.xyz, perpetually exhausted parent, possibly some kind of artist, dabble in music… Oh and a ~50% deaf, ADHD mess.

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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 2h
ALMOST!
An installer for the recently open-sourced NSBasic running in a Philips Velo 1 emulator.The README, explaining that it's a new build for Velo 1 from the original source published to GitHub.An error claiming it's a runtime only version since it didn't get properly installed and cannot find the supplied license file.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 7h
Dee dee daaa
A fully loaded Velo 1 Windows CE 2.0 upgrade installed into an emulator, with apps grafted and patched from a donor ROM.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 20h
Out here blowin' a few minds tonight
A custom on-device Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows CE Evaluation Edition installer, with executables patched to run on the Velo 1s R3910 (they only ran on R4100 with 1K page alignment)The installer launched, with the Install button all juicy and ready.The contents of \Program Files\Games post install.Minesweeper... I mean PegMine... running in the Velo 1 emulator.
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Kavrous Tech @kavrous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.tindie.com/stores/oakde...
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Oak Development Technologies on Tindie
Oak Development Technologies or ODT is a small form factor hobby electronics developer and manufacture based in the United States! We work …
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 28/09/2026
More nonsense ensues
Screenshot of a VELO boot logo, the real OS running in a vintage Windows CE handheld emulator (borrowed from cerf) and drawn with my tasty simulated LCD & backlight.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 27/09/2026
Touch of morning masochism
A fully laid out handheld pocket organiser with a QWERTY keyboard, screen, lid buttons and more drawn as vectors into Inkscape.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 26/09/2026
Hand traced every keycap and icon from my reference photo to get the keyboard accurate 😭 The key shapes are WEIRD and extremely tricky to get right. I did the best I could.
The SHARP ZQ-770 emulator now has accurate, sorta-oval keyboard keys, with a true to life absolutely wild mix of shapes and sizes.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 26/09/2026
Of course I have lost or thrown away my ZQ-770 serial cable 😭
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Ben Ryves @benryves.com · 15/11/2025
I picked up a couple of Sharp ZQ-770 organisers this week. Both had succumbed to very severe battery leaks (hence the discoloured paintwork) but I was able to get both powering up after a thorough clean. Both have the usual LCD failure issue, this one being the worst.
Photo of a Sharp OZ-770 organiser with many missing columns on its LCD.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 25/09/2026
Christ alive people I cannot aim my headlights any lower 😭😭😭
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Les Pounder @biglesp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My 20th and latest guide is live at Pimoroni. This time I show you how to create custom animations on #Badgeware to celebrate YouTube subscriber milestones. We use the YouTube API, #micropython and Blinky 2350 to celebrate our achievements! learn.pimoroni.com/article/cele...
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 25/09/2026
Am I completely mad? Yes. Do I want a MicroPython based simulator of a Sharp ZQ770 personal organiser? Also yes. Working on a touchscreen? Why not! Fully programmable. Fully functional. Fully bonkers. Not an emulator! youtu.be/hhJmhNPXUHs
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Sharp ZQ770 Simulator
YouTube video by Gadgetoid
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 24/09/2026
ReBoot walked so True And The Rainbow Kingdom could run.
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pimoroni @pimoroni.com · 24/09/2026
Start getting your SpOoOoOoOky game on with this remote controlled glowing skull! learn.pimoroni.com/article/cont...
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Controlling Plasma 2350 W via Infrared Remote
Learn how to connect our Infrared Receiver and Remote Kit up to Plasma (or any board with Qw/ST).
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
It’s like 15 degrees outside and my iPhone was streaming audio and doing a fuck load of nothing yet it heated up to the point it was stuttering and freezing so bad even the audio was dropping out and crackling intermittently 🤦 The fuck, iOS 27 is cooked. Literally.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
statsbadge v3.0.0 dropped, all plugins now at v2.0.0, many, many fixes and improvements. Next change will probably bring some visual improvements, there are about a dozen things I'd like to move by a few pixels just to really hone the look and feel. github.com/pimoroni/sta...
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Release Version 3.0.0 · pimoroni/statsbadge
Say hello to v3.0.0. This is a cleanup, bugfix and security push, aiming to sharpen what we have without adding any additional features. Nonetheless plenty has changed under the hood and you should...
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
@pursuitofloot.bsky.social did some deep archival recovery and fixing of broken images 🤣 gadgetoid.com/2011/05/31/l...
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LA Noire - Xbox 360 review
The year is 1947, the rising mood of optimism in post-WW2 America and the glitz and glamour of Hollywood can barely conceal the dark, criminal underworld gnawing at the moral fabric of society.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
> A public event which explores the hidden ethical implications and impacts of artificial intelligence > we’re excited to present a digital representation of Ada Lovelace herself, made using a custom-built AI system 🤦
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
Yikes looks like I was accidentally ahead of the curve github.com/WordPress/wo...
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Unauthenticated path traversal in page-template resolution leading to conditional RCE
An 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 ...
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 23/09/2026
Welp last night was exciting. Finished writing my software demos for the Tetra, went to upload some photos to my mastodon microblog and was confronted with a VERY BIG SECURITY WARNING. Updated that server and went to post to my blog, found my admin page was open to the internet...
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 22/09/2026
*updates ruby on production* yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that was not a good idea
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 22/09/2026
Am I doing this right?
An svg of a bicycle riding a pelican
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 22/09/2026
digital photo frame searching my Photos gallery, shuffled and dithered to a CGA palette? why thank you again magic wish fulfilment machine.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 22/09/2026
Dear Slack, I am old and confused, stop fucking changing shit and adding shit and making shit disappear.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 22/09/2026
Anyone in Cambridgeshire want a massive 7ft extending dining table? I’ll miss it 🥲 like having a conference table when you need it 🤣
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 20/09/2026
Just updated my tennis robot Bluetooth gamepad control to go full send with its serves and … yikes!
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 18/09/2026
Extracting a tar file before verifying its signature 🤦
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 18/09/2026
"Earlier today we received an email from BigCommerce (our eCommerce platform provider) advising us that one of their third party applications “Ribon” which is owned, managed, and operated by "Be A Part Of" which in turn describes itself as a “Fastr” brand had been hacked." Lmao.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 15/09/2026
I gave the AceMate S10 a gamepad activate evil mode 🤣🤣🤣 Full manual control over movement, fire and ball dynamics.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 14/09/2026
Convincing yourself the next biscuit won’t be soggy
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 14/09/2026
Tfw your dumb rookie ass tries to get root on your robot, eventually succeeds by just using a UART breakout, and finds the kind of shit that kinda terrifies you a little bit.
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Pater Practicus @paterpracticus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Perhaps unsurprisingly I have run out of red paint. More on order for the top coats. #HistScaleModels
Airfix model fire engine.
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Gus Workman @gworkman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The cat is out of the bag: we’re doing badges again for #Goatmire 2026! Each attendee will get a digital badge in their goodie bag, powered by #AtomVM and #ElixirLang. Featuring an ESP32, LCD, keyboard and some fun onboard sensors Join us for Goatmire in Varberg, SE Sept 27th - Oct 3rd to get one!
A white 3D printed plastic device with an LCD at the top, with six boxes each corresponding to a special shape button the keyboard (below the LCD).
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 13/09/2026
@raantuva.blacksky.app music.youtube.com/watch?v=PQkl...
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Born Again
YouTube video by LISA - Topic
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 13/09/2026
Air stuck on hot in the micra YouTube: it’s easy just wiggle this thing Me: *contorted upsidedown in the passenger seat trying to pry the panel back with one hand hold the torch with another hand and grow a third hand* aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 13/09/2026
Running hashcat on a laptop just ain’t it
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Pater Practicus @paterpracticus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Work underneath the fire engine today. Tiny FX and speaker just squished in to make sure everything fits for now. Plus, bottoms of headlights being drilled for the LED wires. I still need to organise room for a battery holder in there somewhere.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 13/09/2026
Don't be naked around your Acemate Tennis Robot.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 12/09/2026
A possible combination of StarCraft and Planetside could very seriously jeopardise my ability to do anything else ever
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Kavrous Tech @kavrous.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey! Psstttt yes you! You can save 15% this weekend on everything in stock at my shop 👀 www.tindie.com/stores/oakde...
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Oak Development Technologies on Tindie
Oak Development Technologies or ODT is a small form factor hobby electronics developer and manufacture based in the United States! We work …
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 12/09/2026
Right I’m ready for the apocalypse, who’s on team Gadge? 🤣
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 12/09/2026
Oh the air fryer grill plate is knackered I’ll order a new one… £8 that’s pretty reasonable *add both sizes* £9 delivery?????? It’s a UK large letter for fucks sake 😭 At the point you’re spending 1/4 the cost your air fryer to replace two small parts you gotta wonder why we’re doomed.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 12/09/2026
Waiting for CI to gimme a build so I can sleeeeeep
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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 11/09/2026
This little motion-sensitive 75mm Fibonacci256 prototype might be my favorite new thing I've made in a while. This was totally inspired by @starduststorm.art's brilliant "The Hexagon" which you should definitely go buy instead of waiting for me to make more of these. 😁 www.tindie.com/products/sta...
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 11/09/2026
Reading entire articles written by AI trying to sell me on a bunch of exciting new tools that are completely obsoleted by AI is genuinely hurting my head.
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pimoroni @pimoroni.com · 11/09/2026
This week, Les has built a Blinky 2350 Badgeware app to track how many YouTube subscribers he has. Using Blinky 2350's 872 brilliant white LEDs, the YouTube API and some #MicroPython, the hourly updated total keeps him up to date with his subscriber count. learn.pimoroni.com/article/blin...
The YouTube subscriber app running on Blinky 2350The YouTube subscriber app running on Blinky 2350. Here is the loading screen.
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 11/09/2026
You drink the leftover olive oil and balsamic experience an umami of pleasure and regret
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 11/09/2026
1993: haXxing is cool and hard and l33t, I feel all powerful 2003: please tell me how to use this haXX0r tool I downloaded from the internet? 2013: I ran "strings" and all the secrets fell out 2023: The honest answer, it didn't have symbols stripped. I ran a decomp and reimplemented it in rust
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 11/09/2026
Noggin’ still ringing from having an abrupt introduction to a fridge door yesterday 😵‍💫
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Gadgetoid @gadgetoid.com · 10/09/2026
link straight up looks like he bought one of those temu knit outfits and it turned up with the weave printed on
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