July 2023

Wow. Just wow. What a great game! My playthrough ran to roughly 73 glorious hours over 27 days. Just under three hours a day. The stream above gives you a taste of the adventure. Yet it feels like only yesterday that I was munching away on peanut butter pretzels while... Continue reading

This modem was purchased through eBay in February 2023 and recapped in late May 2023 using whatever capacitors I had on hand. Thankfully, I had a bunch of Rubycons and Panasonics. If you order enough of them you always end up with spares. The CD900 is a beautiful little modem.... Continue reading

One thing I never get tired of is making videos about modems. And above is a modem video! An Avtek Flash Modem 288 V.34 purchased second-hand in August 2022 with a serial number of 601000266. The model number is CD1500M, with the M at the end signifying that it is... Continue reading

Back in May 2022 I picked up this Avtek Mega Modem 1234 (Serial 801452), capable of a blistering 2400 bps. I figured I’d replace the capacitors and make sure it was A-OK, then give it a proper workout through my dial-up setup. There’s something about these old external modems that... Continue reading

Earlier, I was processing some video footage from my Super Nature World YouTube channel and realised I’d recorded a woodlouse feeding for over an hour. Slater, potato bug… honestly, they have a million names. That’s a lot of footage of one little buggo eating lunch. This was a small potato... Continue reading