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Middaparka

@Middaparka@mastodon.social

Just keep pressing the keys and hope nobody notices.

An old and broken software developer with an interest in retro and vintage computing history and preservation.

Made the https://mastodon.social/@retrospecs iOS app amongst other things.

Ineffectually fighting the death of possibility / living the #MECFS dream. 🤔 #pwME

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craiggrannell, to random
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Mastodon users shared my CPC post (thank you*), as did Bluesky users. There was even traction on LinkedIn. Threads? Not a sausage. Presumably they’re all Oric fans over there or something.

  • Genuinely. Retro gaming articles do really inconsistent traffic on Stuff, and so the more eyes, the better. I’d like to be doing more pieces like this, but traffic needs to be sufficient to justify it.

Curiously, the C64 equivalent has been doing really well, but we’re not entirely sure why!

Middaparka,
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@craiggrannell I would say I feel sorry for those Beeb owners out there, but their parents were likely loaded, so they’re probably doing alright for themselves.

🤔

Bobbins, to random
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There’s overselling a game and then there’s this. https://botsin.space/@gamemagprintads/112170608092513874

Middaparka,
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@Bobbins On the upside, you can pretend it’s alternate lyrics to The Ballroom Blitz.

So… there’s that?

nivrig, to random
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Unbidden thoughts. Apps I would miss if I moved from macOS to Linux:

  • Acorn (paint app)
  • Affinity Designer
  • Screenflow
Middaparka,
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@nivrig Pretty much all I need for the day job is JetBrains’ PHPStorm, so I’d be good to go on that front, it’s just that whole @retrospecs thing.

Yeah, same here - I’ve an increasing aged Hex Core i7 MBP that’s just about hanging in there.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig BBEdit and (increasingly reluctantly) Xcode for me.

The urge to abandon macOS definitely grows as it seemingly becomes more of an afterthought though.

craiggrannell, to random
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Just spent some time noodling around with music. Managed to create an earworm that’s now going round and round in my head. That’s… good, I think?

Middaparka,
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@craiggrannell Are any of your noodlings out and about yet?

(Nothing obvious in your linktree I could see.)

craiggrannell, to random
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The state of Labour with this. “Labour has no plans for a youth mobility scheme. We have already suggested some tangible ways that we would look to improve the relationship and deliver for British businesses and consumers, including seeking a veterinary agreement to tackle trade barriers, mutual recognition of professional qualifications and improved touring opportunities for artists.”

From: @JugglingWithEggs
https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs/112299858529677159

Middaparka,
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@craiggrannell @JugglingWithEggs It’s just peachy that the current best option to replace the Conservative Party is a fractionally less shit version called “Labour“, but with seemingly little connection to any traditional Labour Party values.

People are crying out for real change, but all they’re going to get, at best, is a watered down version of the same thing, led by someone who lives and dies by opinion polls.

Middaparka, to random
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It’s here and it’s stunning.

Kudos to @mwichary and of course @glennf.

An image of the stunningly bound and packaged Shift Happens book in its slipcase.

nivrig, to random
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Mandatory Fun Two Day AI Hackathon with Microsoft Copilot.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig Christ. Heavy “may you live in interesting times” vibes.

Did you offend someone important or summat?

Lingmops, to random
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There is far too much C++ in C++

Middaparka,
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@guffo @Lingmops Largely for curiosity value only these days, but Objective-C always felt vastly more sensible, although perhaps that’s just because I’m a sucker for the method declaration approach it uses.

The NeXT/Apple libraries were also very “complete” for their time.

nivrig, to random
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Been over and over this. Implemented the HoH sort function from the Z80, but I think there's edge cases where it doesn't work? I'm going to have to use computer science.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig Steady.

nivrig, to devlog
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- Sprites and Isometric Sorting

gemini://s73.girv.in/glog/2024/2024-03-30-amiga-isometric-devlog-03.gmi

spartan://s73.girv.in/glog/2024/2024-03-30-amiga-isometric-devlog-03.gmi

https://s73.girv.in/glog/2024/2024-03-30-amiga-isometric-devlog-03.html

Middaparka,
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@nivrig Hark at you with your fancy domain name. And URL shortener.

And probably some other stuff.

nivrig, to random
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Big IT upgrade shenanigans at Mrs’ work. Summary: “The presentations were lies, the test site are morons who didn’t test anything but said it was all fine, functions don’t work, half work or are simply not there, everything is on fire, and everyone is very, very cross.”

🍿

Middaparka,
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@nivrig I always find the best IT crisis is someone else’s IT crisis.

Middaparka, to random
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@ivory In terms of Ivory on macOS, if one day there was a setting to make the number of columns and the content they're set to display "sticky" for when you open a new window, that would be a glorious day.

For bonus points, if there was a setting for “automatically close media windows when focus returns to the main window” it would be the icing on the cake.

(To be fair, I'm still stuck in the "trying to use Ivory like a really slick version of TweetDeck“ mindset, so it's probably just me.) 😀

nivrig, to amiga
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So far, so good.

We have floors, but we can't do walls yet. The builds the walls up in a layered bitmap from parts, which the can't really do easily.

I'll look into pre-generating all the possible wall configurations or something like that.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig Status update: I’m getting so close to dropping the inevitable “To be that good takes ages” joke, but I’m managing to keep a lid on it.

Middaparka, to random
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Hmm… I appear to be retreating from social media.

So that’s nice.

Until next time. 🫠

nivrig, to amiga
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Mega Declan Devlog 1

gemini://s73.girv.in/glog/2024/2024-04-05-mega-declan-devlog-01.gmi

https://s73.girv.in/glog/2024/2024-04-05-mega-declan-devlog-01.html

Middaparka,
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@nivrig That final line. 🫡

craiggrannell, to random
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Getting dangerously close to burn out. I can see an end in sight, days away. Not relishing the next few days though. :/

Middaparka,
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@craiggrannell Hope you get some proper R&R real-soon-now. 🤞

Middaparka, to random
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@craiggrannell Of course, the real question is what happened to the gigantic cuddly toy?

🤔

nivrig, to random
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FFS.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig I think, on balance, that all squares are bastards, especially isometrically projected ones.

nivrig, to random
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Gonna leave it there for now. I'm really fecking tired today and there's burgers that need grilling soon.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig That’s some pretty sweet progress - it’s looking amazing. 🙌

nivrig, to random
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Out and about. It’s not raining, which is werid.

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Middaparka,
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@nivrig The home of great taste…

…ing potatoes.

Middaparka, to random
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Hmm… that @retrospecs iOS app I created will have been in the App Store for 10 years in June.

I’m an ideal world I’d celebrate this anniversary, perhaps with an update filled with exciting new features, but due to my ME/CFS I’ve zero energy left after my part-time job and my increasingly aged laptop only begrudgingly runs Xcode and the iOS simulator.

(Incidentally, I’m one of the lucky ones in terms of ME/CFS in that I can just about work part-time from home, but that’s a whole other thing.)

stroughtonsmith, to random
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If you thought LLMs were a major contributor to a devastating decline in software quality, they've got nothing on SwiftUI 😛

Middaparka,
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@stroughtonsmith How can you say that when it’s such a fully-featured replacement for… oh… no, wait.

🤔

nivrig, to random
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Not exactly the Last Train to Trancentral, but I’m saying MUUMUU on the inside.

Middaparka,
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@nivrig Bangor train station looks quite different to how I remember it. 🤔

Middaparka, to random
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In a just world, the final boss battle in Bloodborne would be set to the theme from Bubble Bobble.
https://bobbinsrobots.com/@Bobbins/112229268008776968

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