Martin
@martinburch
Data research and computer history
in case anyone needs to identify me, a younger, smaller human has covered me in space stickers from UAL
Charge the gigasets! I didn't know there were ones with giant colour displays 🌈 amazing
The interplay of light and shadow on this field ☺️ Can you guess where it is?
My copy of @freeze64.bsky.social issue 85 arrived today, and today is a perfect day to read it
Thanks to @museumofcomputing.bsky.social for showing me Teletext on the BBC Micro at #RetroFest2026. Here's the souvenir photo from my "modern" Apple QuickTake made in 1995 ;)
Thanks to @computinghistory.org.uk for bringing BBC Domesday Discs to @shortcircuit.org.uk's retrofest.uk. There's nothing like experiencing this pathbreaking project from the 80s in its original format. Look at the size of that LaserDisc! 💿
Hello! Thanks for showing us around the Paintbox, amazing piece of kit 🎨🖌️
@reggitsti.bsky.social I wanted to let you know I found a bug on page 91 of Electronic Dreams 😊 which I’m really enjoying reading this weekend
computinghistory.org.uk appreciation post and also this clock in particular
Silly games on dumb terminals at computinghistory.org.uk “does it look like a cat? YES”
Wow, that was quite the network! I was surprised to see this train at Herne Hill the other day
those are nice lemons! the light really shines ☀️ do you paint from reference? i have a tomato you might enjoy
It's 2024. Life is different, and @b3ta.com 📧 929 has an idea. * SAY I'M YOUR NO 1 - a quiz that uses all the UK no 1s and looks up how many views they've had on youtube and you have to guess which one has better or crapper numbers. Better late than never 🎉 numberones.martinburch.com
yes, looks like I only saved 5% and also seem to have unleashed a tempest in a replies thread. this was for an hour-long encode of a conference speech with slides ffmpeg -i muxed.mp4 -vf "scale=960:540, format=gray" -c:v libx264 -preset medium output_grayscale_540p.mp4
Absolutely not. I want my notes to be private and have no chance of escaping, much less resulting in notifications.
I'm not sure I'm sold on either the price or the condition of that machine old 😛 I've seen some nice machine olds in my time, though
Nothing beats New Mexico's skies. Thanks for sharing some great photos from my home state!