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Another retro console :-)
In recent years the retro community and those wishing to relive their youth have been spoilt with choice, whether it be new games for classic systems, books, magazines and console remakes just as the recently released Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System … Continue reading
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Great documentary !!
We have been spoilt for qualify Retro computing books and documentaries over the past three to four years now and this week I watched another fantastic high-quality video called “Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict” which takes a detailed look at the … Continue reading
Never stop learning
During winter, last year I decided to head back to school, well online school and enrolled in a TAFE course called Certificate IV in Programming, the course covering quite a range of topics from JAVA, SQL, C# and ending with … Continue reading
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Atari handheld console
Wow, its been years since I first tried the Atari Flashback console (the one that looked like a miniature Atari 7800) and while it was fun I was a little disappointed after a few hours. The result was to pack … Continue reading
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7 awesome retro books
Every year I attempt to purchase a few books which Ill read and then find a home on my bookshelves for future reference and more than likely a possible re-read when time permits. This year Ive been absolutely spoilt for … Continue reading
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When I was a young kid back in the early 1980’s my parents decided that these new fang dangled video games machines would be fun to have but certainly wouldn’t encourage me to do my homework and to study harder … Continue reading
Old bookstore charm
Is there any other place in the world that has the charm of an old bookstore where millions of words and thousands of stories covering just about every topic you could possibly imagine reside at your fingertips. On a recent … Continue reading
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Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go is the latest mobile game taking the world by storm. In a little over two weeks the interest in Pokémons has been nothing short of amazing, grabbing a new generation of players and rekindled older players interests. Pokémon … Continue reading
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Beginners programming books now free
Back in the early 1980s Usborne Publishing released a series of computer programming books for the numerous 8bit computers that were available. These books served as a launch pad for many programmers and made complex functions simple. Recently Usborne Publishing … Continue reading
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Joy of coding
It’s been a long time since I started coding and over the past 30+ years if found that the continual challenges and enjoyment that coding has brought me to be a great way to past the time. Recently I was … Continue reading
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