I’ve been working on dialling up on a MiSTer since April 2021. In the longer term I knew I would need websites that were small … Continue reading
Author: Shane McRetro
Cicadas and Leafhoppers
I love cicada season! Giant bugs. Everyone loves giant bugs! These shells are from the every so tiny Silver Princess (Yoyetta celis). I always find these ones trapped in spiderwebs, they’ve got a knack for it.
These shells would … Continue reading
Blood Plasma Donation #13
Today was plasma donation #13 and overall 33rd donation. Nothing went wrong, as usual. I’ll be getting my iron levels checked before the next whole blood donation in roughly a month. Peripheral haemoglobins were rocking 159g/L which is back where … Continue reading
Folding, Folding, Folding!
Today we say farewell to the ShaneMcRetro on Team Curecoin Folding@home account. We did well with 1,422 workunits folded counting up a massive 15,692,754 points! Farewell tears aside, we join Team dogefolders as a Dogecoin wallet address!
Why the … Continue reading
Tentaku Mechanical Calculator
This is A&N Laboratory’s Tentaku Mechanical Calculator DIY Kit which I recently picked up from Switchkeys in Australia.
Powered by two beefy seven-segment LED displays and a tiny bit of circuitry it makes calculating fun. My build is equipped with … Continue reading
Internal Inspection of the Sega Mega-CD (VA0) HAA-2910
A quick stroll around the internals of the Sega Mega-CD HAA-2910. This one is a VA0 revision making it a launch day console! If not launch day very close to launch day. Definitely in time for Christmas – probably.
In … Continue reading
Blood Plasma Donation #12
With all my vaccinations up to date and my iron bolstered, it’s back to my relatively regular, varied (and somewhat) scheduled programming. I stopped by the local blood donation centre (see above) and had a rather interesting visit today. Interesting … Continue reading
Sega Mega Drive Jailbars: A Filler Video
It’s impressive that with only 17 seconds of footage I was able to create this, I want to say masterpiece, but … Continue reading
Eight Month Veganniversary
I’ve been called a lot of things in my time. Handsome, attractive, portly? But I have never been called a great cook. The above image is one of those fancy non-meat burgers, coupled with fake mayo on a healthy piece … Continue reading
NetComm IG6000 Industrial Dial-up Modem
I stumbled upon the IG6000 modem by mistake, I was actually looking for a regular old dial-up modem for my test dial-up network. I’ve since learnt that NetComm has been eaten up by Casa Systems. That’s ironic because NetComm gobbled … Continue reading
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