Choosing Desktop Linux in 2026
How and why I chose a Linux distro in 2026
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Progscape. A 64K demo for NOVA.
My entry for the newschool intro for NOVA2026
My 68k Inside Demoparty Entry
I decided to make some pixel art, and enter it into a demo competition
Graphics Engine Part 3 - Contracts, Textures and Depth
Graphics Engine Part 3 - Contracts, Textures and Depth
Graphics Engine Part 2 - breaking it down
Graphics Engine Part 2 - breaking it down
A Vulkan and Rust 3D Engine - Part 1
A Vulkan Rust 3D Engine - Part 1
Modernising the Amiga at Forty
The Amiga is forty years old. I've begun to modernise it.
Another Another Place. My NOVA 2025 Demo.
I entered NOVA this year. Here is how I made a demo
The deep irony of the OpenAI Ghibli Generator
Something about that OpenAI make your own Studio Ghibli character made me think.
A 3D Game engine in 24 days
I'm going to attempt to make a 3D graphics engine in 24 days
Repair Cafes great and small
I've been at the Dairsie repair cafe for two years now.
Bee-Scales and Badges
Taking a geeky badge and converting it into something useful.
Behave Birdnet Bhyve
Or how I got birdnet to run in a VM with Bhyve
Spotting Seals in Sonar with A.I.
Spotting Seals in Sonar with A.I.
HDMI Compatible PMOD for your FPGA
Building an HDMI PMOD for FPGA Dev boards
Running BirdNet 24/7 in a different way.
Playing around with a fun A.I - Birdnet
3D Printing Bee Spacers
Using new tech with old tech.
I built a mechanical trommel
Sieving compost has never been easier
Profiling Python programs promptly
I've been looking at speeding up some of my python programs.
Get in the sea Arduino!
Working on an arduino system that listens for marine mammals
How to PhD, probably.
I've managed to (almost) finish a PhD in A.I. and microscopy.
An A.I. Christmas Message
For our sibling santa this year, I made an AI message
My approach to the passing of Elizabeth II
My approach to the passing of Elizabeth II
Multiply - a book about calculators I helped create
I've co-edited and designed a book about a collection of calculators
Assembly on the ZX Spectrum - Part 2 - Field-FX Demo at EMFCamp
I wrote a demo for the Field-FX Demo Party
FPGA Demo for Revision 2022
We entered the Wild Demo this year with our unique, homebrew FPGA board
Assembly on the ZX Spectrum - Part 1
My first post on how to program the ZX Spectrum 48K
Writing. From Science Papers to Roleplay Games.
A blog post about writing
Making a computer game from scratch
I've started to make a computer game completely from scratch. Should be fun!
Upgrading an Amiga 500 for today
Modernising a proper classic computer for funtimes today
Building an FPGA Board for pretty VGA graphics
Building an FPGA Board for pretty VGA graphics
Microscopes meet Artificial Intelligence
I've been working hard on my PhD and here is the first result
The Home of Golf meets the Nintendo Famicom
I bought an old Famicom in Japan with a curious golf cartridge. So lets play golf on the Old Course
The ZX Spectrum 48K Today
I never had a ZX Spectrum back in the day, so I bought one and decided to modernise it.
A modern take on the plague doctor mask.
A modern-ish plague doctor mask using neopixel rings, bluetooth and an android application
Building a Polybius Arcade Cabinet
Polybius is a gaming urban legend, serving as inspiration for my own arcade cabinet build.
Shutr, my own flickr replacement - Part 1
Images are still a pain to create, organise and get them to where they need to go.
My deepfake alternative Queen's speech
I've always wanted to make a comedy Queen's speech. Now we have the technology.
Rust, Python and Fish
Mixing Rust, Python and Poisson Sampling for improving A.I.
Making a VR tour of Antarctica
Finally finished a long dormant video project. A 360 video tour of the Antarctic Penninsula.
Blocking Big Battery Booms! (with bootloaders)
I spent three months helping to build the software for a battery management system
The Holy Trinity of Wireguard, hosts and PiHole
I've been paying a lot of attention to VPNs, trackers and DNS. Here are some tips for wireguard, PiHole and hosts.
The Gamemaker's Toolkit GameJam 2020
During lockdown, I entered my first ever gamejam. Here is what I learned.
My First Demoscene production
Finally got around to joining the Demoscene with my first production.
Generating Statistics in A.I. and Science
How I generate stats for our experimental A.I runs in microscopy science.
Visualising the PyTorch Compute Graph for Bug Fixing
PyTorch tends not to warn you about mistakes in your graph, so I made a quick tool to see what is going on, under the bonnet.
Making your terminals a bit nicer
I'd never heard of neofetch and powershell before but they've made things just that little bit nicer.
How I do imaging for my PhD research
I use a lot of images, programs and scripts in my research. Some of this might be useful for others working in science.
Turning old mini-routers into useful remote cameras
I've finally got around to using up a load of TP-Link routers and webcams to make something useful.
What makes a computer role-playing game great?
I've been playing a lot of computer roleplay games, but what makes a good one?