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Month: January 2018

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6th January 2018 El Cnutador 2222 Comments

“Commodore VIC-20” by Soupmeister is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 So there I was, at 16, with my Commodore 64, a Programmers Reference Guide and no assembler, translating assembly instructions into hexadecimal opcodes, by hand, [more…]

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The Unseen Path – Part Four

3rd January 2018 1642again 1751 Comments

There was a call on one of his secure pay-as-you-go phones. “Abdul, it’s Suleiman here. Amallifely’s been martyred, shot outside his house this morning. The police are all over it and have been searching the [more…]

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Shunting Puzzle, Part Three

2nd January 2018 Sweaty Dave 2289 Comments

Christmas Lull – Shunting on slowly Last time you saw a relatively quick transformation of my winter project – from bare shelf which was hollowed out, wired up, a baseboard added, ramp, rails and magnorail [more…]

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Results – Wankpuffin of the Year 2017

1st January 2018 Swiss Bob 4098 Comments

The results are in, voting in the WOTY 2017 poll is over and we have a clear winner. In reverse order. In third place Brendan Cox, no doubt for his sterling work in the charitable [more…]

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