Tag: cool stuff
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I Wrote This ZX Spectrum Game in 1988 – Will it Load?
Back in 1988 I wrote a computer game called Space Encounters on my 48K Speccy. Will it load? Let’s find out! I began programming on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum back in 1983 when my parents bought a 48K Spectrum for Christmas. Although I played a lot of games on it over the years, I did […]
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Lego Cantina Plays The Cantina Music ???
The Lego Mos Eisley Cantina 75290 is an incredible Lego set but soon after I had completed it I realised something was missing… that famous music played by Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes. After much searching online I found out a way to play music on an Arduino Uno using a simple piezo buzzer […]
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Arduino + TFT Display With Multicolor Sprites (ST7735S 80×160 Module)
In this video you can see how I created a mock up display of the classic Nintendo Donkey Kong game on an Arduino Uno. The display module used is an ST7735S 80×160 TFT screen sourced from eBay. Arduino Uno sketch source code is further down the page… The graphics were created using the Adafruit GFX […]
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So Many Fake Things in China… Here’s a Fake Coffee Shop!
I guess China is well known for the amount of fake goods that are produced there, but have you ever seen a fake coffee shop? I have! I did a double take when I visited the small shopping mall near where to where I was teaching English in China. I saw a coffee shop that […]
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You Won’t Believe These Strange and Wonderful Chinese Snacks Exist
I’ve spent quite a bit of time living in China and I’m always amazed at the new and exciting snacks I find. Here’s some of the cool stuff I’ve found Potato Chips Potato chips are popular in China. I tend to stick to the Lays brand, not least because I used to work for the […]
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Wow – I Found Some German World War 2 Themed “Lego” Minifigs
Growing up in the late 1970’s me and my junior school classmates were obsessed with two things: Lego and the Second World War. Both of my grandfathers served in the war, and saw action in France and Germany after D-Day. We were taught by many heroes of WW2. In fact one of my teachers was […]