Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 03/07/2026A D810 off Marketplace, dirt cheap because it’d had a drop and a cracked case (everything still works), so repairing the top corner. 000
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 08/06/2026As a lifelong @sega-west.bsky.social fan, I’m feeling a little disappointed with Lego right now. We can do better. 010
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 15/05/2026Nice to see the Bee get some love. Thanks @bigcar2.bsky.social for a great video. youtu.be/idt-g_UQbqw?si=c9TyMSH854r… youtu.beAustralia's Greatest Computer? The MicroBee StoryYouTube video by Little Car 291
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 29/03/2026A couple of days ago I mentioned my MacBook Neo. Thermal mod now done. I'm loving this little beast, but reviewers *really* need to get over the fact that it's not a creative's dream. Oh no, it won't render 4k in moments. If that's what they were expecting, then they bought the wrong laptop. 050
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 17/03/2026New huge outdoor screen at work needed testing. If you remember, youre one of us. #allyourbase 173
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 08/03/2026Jessica and i have been busy! Stan lost his head ages ago. He's been dumped out the back for many months. After many hours cleaning, he now lights up our life! (Well, our lounge room at least) 4182
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 05/02/2026PC handhelds. I have a huge collection of vintage computers. Never get time. I built a new PC last year. Already spend too much time sitting at a PC. Then i got a SteamDeck (and now a LeGo S) and im actually gaming again. As someone who is time poor, too exhausted, its been a revelation. 060
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 03/01/2026Again, completely fair. *If* you ever decide to have a play, I landed on Nobara which on page one has “install third party codecs” and their own tweaked Resolve installer. But I get it. When you have mission critical processes, that’s simply what it is. 030
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 03/01/2026That’s fair. It’s funny, MS’s own Office suite you can get around, but it’s Adobe products that’s hard to get around. Although I know a lot who have moved to Resolve. 120
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 03/01/2026I switched to Linux last month. Very much over having their AI slop and "telemetry" rammed down my throat. 190
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 01/01/2026@actionretro.bsky.social - hey man, is your Classicube server still up? 110
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 26/12/2025..... Promptly blew away Win 11 (didnt even boot it). CachyOS, w' XFCE Installed the cool "Chicago95" theme (Win 95) Loaded up Lutris with my old-school GoG games (and a few in Steam) 030
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 26/12/2025Bought a little Mini-PC to play with over xmas. I went: Amazon Search: Mini PC Filter: Get it in two days Sort: by cheapest. Promptly ignored all the really low-end Intel Celeron-ey stuff and ended with a cheap Ryzen 5 thing. ..... 130
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 21/12/2025More success with CachyOS w' XFCE But now I'm in "odd-ball Apple AMD GPU driver hell" /sigh 000
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 21/12/2025Hmm - Heroic doesn't seem to like something.... Having a little more success with Lutris. 110
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 21/12/2025Today's fun... Take an old *Apple* Mac Mini Install *Linux* Use XFCE4 + Chicago95 theme Use Heroic + GoG to play old *Windows* games. This is the world I now live in /shrug 2121
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 14/12/2025With Cachy, switching from cachy-proton to proton-ge gave me another 5fps on both Avg FPS and 1% lows 010
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 14/12/2025These are purely unscientific, random benchmarks, so take with a bucket of salt. 120
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 14/12/2025The mobo's for the i5 and R5 are both cheap-as-chips boards. A Maxsun H610 and a (very) cheap Jginyue B550 from Aliexpress. Mem is the same pair of DDR4 Corsair sticks. 120
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 14/12/2025Benchmarks are CS2 DE_Dust2 Benchmark The R7 machine, the 1440p is actually 3440x1440 (ultrawide) All installs were simple. Install the OS, set the best (and install where needed) Proton, Run. On the i5 and R5 machines, I gotta give it to Nobara (and its what i now run on my main PC) 120
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 14/12/2025Playing around with some random hardware + my main PC with some Linux distros. I'll add some commentary below... 150
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 01/12/2025On another note, ive finally taken the plunge and blown away Windows on my main machine. And no, Im NOT running Arch BTW. 040
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 30/11/2025Ive been doing a bunch of stuff with cheap modern-ish PC hardware with a lot of Linux and Gaming stuff. Random FB Marketplace/CEX hardware - that kinda thing. Are ppl interested in seeing this? I could be tempted to bust out the camera again. Certainly wouldnt be anything flash. 5271
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 16/05/2025The boys are back! youtu.be/ztf2iGFKS68?...youtu.beThe British IBM - Things Change (Music Video)YouTube video by TheBritishIBM 020
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 03/05/2025Watching the election results on YT. Sky news 6000 watching Channel 9, 5700 Channel 10, 2000 ABC - 40000 watching. Say what you want about Aunty, but when it counts it's still who Australia tunes into. 061
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 17/03/2025It's not every day you get to tick off the top spot of "Toys i could only dream of as a kid". Yes, its the 2002 reissue, but i don't care. It's truly amazing. 090
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 16/03/2025It's 50/50 for me. Althought this time into also spun up a separate IOT wifi network so ended up reconfiguring a bunch of stuff for that. 110
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 15/03/2025Nothing quite like replacing your wifi router to remember how many wifi devices you have that all need reconnecting. 190
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 10/03/2025Designed and printed a vertical enclosure for a pair of old Tandons i had to suit the Tandy. Once I find a genuine drive for the Model 1, ill reprint the covers in beige and they'll go to the System 80. 1324
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 04/03/2025We got a few different ones. I've got another. I'll post a picture when it's out next. 020
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 02/03/2025Yup. But reach out to Ian Mavric. He’s our Tandy Guru. He’s based in Melbourne. 110
Mr Lurch @mrlurch.com · 02/03/2025Sitting atop my grail list for the longest time has been a TRS80 Model 1, Level 2 with the expansion interface. Finally, FINALLY it's done. So freaking happy. 7792
