Nigel Kendrick™

I've just unfollowed a bucket load of folks. No offence; I'm following most of you on the Fedi or B*Sky anyway, and if you're not on either I'd love to see you there instead.

@WeAreRSGroup You wind the metal prongs apart until they span the contacts of a vehicle battery and the display shows the amount of current that flows through the calibrated metal ruler.

What is this? Wrong answers only…

@WeAreRSGroup No fail approach: "I resolve to make another New Year's resolution next year."

Do you have any New Year's resolutions? 👇

Fire Tiger - Open Eyes (This Christmas) youtu.be/VBSZ6Ys5lCA?si… via @YouTube

@WeAreRSGroup All the trimmers.

OUR XMAS MENU 🥧 Ohm Made Mince Pies 🦃 Roast Torque-y 👩‍💻 Bread Open Source Any other suggestions? #RecipesByEngineers

@WeAreRSGroup A crystal radio kit c. 1976. It started a hobby that turned into a career in electronics then tech.

What was your best Christmas present when you were younger? Maybe you wished for an Atari 800 🤓 or Casio Databank ⌚ ? Let us know! 👇

@WeAreRSGroup Terminal, Remmina, Librewolf (browser), Thunderbird. (Linux).

What are the most important apps that you keep in your home dock?

@_ArunPolice @sussex_police I see sx is on the Blue... social media site, but not monitored 24/7. Why not? Many are leaving X for there, and others avoid the Meta-owned (FB / Insta / Freds) platforms for 'reasons'. Will you please monitor all social platforms on which you operate.

Today crews from @WestSussexFire will be carrying out a training exercise between Arundel Castle and Mill Road. There may be some disruption while hose ramps are laid across Mill Road. The exercise will start at 9.30am and is due to finish at 4pm. @RegencyRadio @SussexTW

@brightonsnapper Got it. All the best.

@linker3000 Hi Nigel, unimpressed with all social media atm, cess pit of many horrible things, I'll try, but finding it hard to post on here let alone on another platform.

Animal tusk? No a tree on Worthing beach

On This Day | In 1922, Six telecom companies joined to found the British Broadcasting Company in order to provide radio broadcasts in Britain. The private company was later replaced by the non-commercial British Broadcasting Corporation in 1927. #OTD #OnThisDay

@Stuho1mez @tynemouthsw I replaced all the components related to the charge pump, even rewinding the coil (it had toasty wiring), but it was unstable and blew a new set of lower RAM, so I gave up and fitted an SRAM board, the buck/boost for 12V and a Murata 3-pin drop-in switcher for the 5V regulator.

@linker3000 @tynemouthsw I always replace the regulator with a switching one, and T4/T5 just to be doubly sure. I've never had an issue two, but your comment is noted.

@leesmithswrkshp Not seen *any* ads. Using Firefox for Android with Ublock origin.

@WeAreRSGroup Aka "Oh, what now day".

ON THIS DAY | In 2003, To allow IT departments to prepare for critical updates, Microsoft conducted the first regularly scheduled Windows patch release. It became lovingly known as “Patch Tuesday”. #OnThisDay #OTD

@nakedMCSE - 6502 asm Acorn System 1 - PET BASIC - C64 BASIC & asm - PLM/86 (Intel dev) - X86 ASM - Batch - PC BASIC - ? PC Pascal - Turbo Pascal (PC) = fave - VAX VMS script - SCO Unix script - Bash - C - Python - Javascript - Turbo Pascal (CP/M) - Z80 ASM I think I'm going backwards!

Basic (BBC, C64, Sinclair) * -> Assembly (6502, z80, 68000) -> Bash * -> Forth -> Pascal -> ML -> Fortran * -> C * -> VB6 * -> ASP * -> PHP * -> Java * -> Javascript -> VB.net -> C++ (vomit) * -> TCL -> LUA * -> Go * -> Assembly (x64) * -> C# * -> Python -> Typescript -> COBOL -> Rust

@Stuho1mez @tynemouthsw And in my case on an Issue 2 board, even the flippin' speaker. The 12V circuit was replaced with a buck/boost.

@tynemouthsw Replace the caps, the regulator, possibly the coil, and ram if it's needed. Composite mod, keyboard membrane, and a good scrub.

@WeAreRSGroup Forensic scientist or stage lighting. I'm now an IT Services Manager/consultant, after a stint in Electronic Engineering then computer systems and networks. I did do stage sound and lighting FX for local drama groups though.

What job did you want as a child, and what are you now?

@Raspberry_Pi Woohoo. I'm taking the rest of the day off to celebrate.

@linker3000 Nigel wins the internet today.

It’s #NationalPoetryDay But we don’t know what to say We speak in Tweets and Toks and Threads And work odd hours… so instead of finishing this ourselves I vote you write us an *excellent* two line poem. You can do it!!! You’re all hilaaaaarious. Be our Captain.