Month: February 2023
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Don’t want to install employer’s Multi-Function Authentication app on your phone? Five reasons to support your position.
In case you are looking for a few reasons beyond 'I just don't want to', which is fine, and a valid reason on its own. Here's more.
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TS1000 upgrade – log entry 3 — On The Big Screen!
If you’ve been following along, you may recollect that this journey to modernizing my vintage Timex Sinclair began when I watched this four-part video series by The Byte Attic, and decided ‘yeah, that looks like something I could do’. If you’re jumping in at this point, well, I’ve done things and have more things to…
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I’m don’t have the knowledge, but ChatGPT does…
I’m working on a website, building pages that have random pull-quotes on them. And I’m making mockup / placeholder pages. Many mockups. This gets old pretty quickly so I’m thinking to myself, “Self? Let’s see if we can have some fun with these quotes”. But, rather than just do a search for quotes, I thought I’d…
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Made a thing: Compact Benchtop Power Control Switch Box
What do you do when your benchtop power supply doesn’t have a switch to energize/de-energize the circuit, just a master power switch? You make one: https://www.printables.com/model/387401-compact-benchtop-power-control-with-this-switch-bo
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TS1000 upgrade – log entry 2 — More Power!
As I'd mentioned in my previous post in this series, I've been poking around my TS1000 a bit and doing some online digging. I found this series about refurbishing and upgrading a Sinclair ZX81. And since I wrapped up my last post testing the that unit is still alive and kicking (I think. Video is…