The Blog

Baby Borb: Infrared and Lag Camera Tests!

Nix McRetro // 4th February 2018 // Categories: Parrots, Reconstructed, YouTube

Little Baby Borb Chip has only just arrived, and we’re already trying to set up a way to keep an eye on the new resident. The first experiment is an infrared camera, but the results aren’t exactly convincing. Perhaps we need to rethink the setup before the promised bird broadcast... Continue reading

Apple Chips!

Nix McRetro // 4th February 2018 // Categories: Parrots, Reconstructed, YouTube

Munch, munch, munch! Chip has only been home since yesterday, but our tiny Baby Borb has already started investigating some of the tasty things on offer. Sultanas? Yes please. Apple? Definitely. Corn? Well, time will tell! Those little tail feathers are still so short, and there’s something rather funny about... Continue reading

Sony Trinitron PVM-1442QM Troubles

Nix McRetro // 3rd February 2018 // Categories: Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Here’s a quick overview of the Sony Trinitron PVM-1442QM I picked up a while back on eBay, from the UK of all places. It made it across mostly intact, a little bit of frame damage here and there but otherwise functional. The seller had packed the monitor in what appeared... Continue reading

Chip's Ride Home!

Nix McRetro // 3rd February 2018 // Categories: Parrots, Reconstructed, YouTube

Please welcome Chip, the Baby Borb! Today this tiny little cinnamon green-cheeked conure came home in a tissue box. A tissue box! Not exactly first-class travel, but it did the job. There’s a whole lot of bird packed into such a small package. Tillie and Pudge are already part of... Continue reading

When We Were Young!

Nix McRetro // 2nd February 2018 // Categories: Parrots, Reconstructed, YouTube

Here’s Tillie on the left and Pudge on the right, enjoying a little feast of sprinkled seeds. The two conures have been getting up to all sorts of mischief since arriving at the beginning of January, and today is another chance to watch the pair enjoying themselves. Tomorrow brings a... Continue reading