Instant Arcade

My name is Bob.

Game Industry veteran, former Imagineer, programmer, electronics, maker, arcade & pinball fan, runner, triathlete.

Seduced by LEDs and things that make noise.

www.instantarcade.com

Website: www.instantarcade.com

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instantarcade_at_leds.social@momostr.pink

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2025-05-31 17:49:36 UTC

Hey fellow #webhosting nerds, do you have a recommendation for cheap, secure & reliable reseller accounts?
Currently using RackNerd, but there's an issue where a nefarious account on the same machine can be accessed via any domain on the machine, and this keeps getting my legit sites flagged for social engineering content.
e.g. www.mydomian.com/~badaccount shows the content from badaccount.
They've been able to fix it after a flurry of tickets, but it keeps happening again.

2025-05-28 14:35:45 UTC

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Wait until they realize it also has extremely high levels of Dihydrogen Monoxide

2025-01-17 02:38:25 UTC

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Do you have a Trader Joe's? They do a sipping chocolate that's pretty good - at least they DID do it, but it's TJs so they probably don't do it anymore.

2024-11-17 01:02:09 UTC

Update to my Truchet mode on my RGB matrix art panel.
I pick a random tile every half second and rotate it in a random direction 90 degrees.
I like how this feels like something complex and intentional is going on behind the scenes.
#GenerativeArt #programming #microcontrollers #LEDs #maker #cplusplus
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/495/576/831/983/733/original/4c087900c1fdc0e7.mp4

2024-11-14 05:00:31 UTC

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It's an absolute mess, but I'm a bit of a mad professor, so it's on brand for me.

2024-11-14 04:18:42 UTC

Added some simple Truchet tiles (Smith variant) to my matrix display.
Not sure if I should make this scroll or not. I kinda like it as it is.
#LEDs #electronics #microcontrollers #esp32 #C++ #maker #generativeart #programming
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/479/370/682/910/032/original/80b052b2d21e5673.mp4

2024-11-14 01:22:46 UTC

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When I can get a sniff of 5G at home, this is the result.
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/478/688/051/963/754/original/2eef2b2ab5d801e9.png

2024-11-13 21:32:05 UTC

5G is pretty fast when you have a good signal.
Pity I live in a valley and can't get data at home.
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/477/778/038/845/435/original/fd088d025f2e880b.png

2024-11-09 04:32:59 UTC

I'm so fucking sick of websites requiring extra validation these days - whenever my ISP changes my external IP, I have to log back into everything again, but username and password isn't enough - it's always suspicious, so I have to wait for an email or get a text message or some other 2fa.
I'm close to packing it all in and becoming a hermit.

2024-11-05 00:14:37 UTC

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https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/456/722/536/997/original/a9ce1f6e794710a8.jpg
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2024-11-05 00:13:20 UTC

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It's plane to see how much stuff they have
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/452/563/686/130/original/2914dc4f34f3c6b2.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/452/848/202/354/original/033f9e55da835627.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/453/099/882/207/original/5bf1c8be5d1859f4.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/453/451/956/680/original/e1fdf516838e67e1.jpg

2024-11-05 00:12:23 UTC

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Industrial
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/447/672/544/611/original/4ea7f979e9647488.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/447/999/322/216/original/8932919781b5deb9.jpg
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2024-11-05 00:11:05 UTC

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So much stuff, and a wild @npub1n3w…xnlt
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/442/787/202/284/original/1efb261197f28471.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/443/016/607/266/original/346a23986360ba93.jpg
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https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/443/634/763/493/original/3ffc231c0ca584b7.jpg

2024-11-05 00:10:08 UTC

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The red Nixie displays are rad
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/440/606/577/065/original/cc25125f70569289.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/440/821/217/735/original/213310ecf499aae6.jpg
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2024-11-05 00:09:14 UTC

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Das Blinkenlights
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/436/395/866/172/original/85a0c42d845a21f5.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/436/544/470/435/original/f565ada257e67547.jpg
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2024-11-05 00:08:08 UTC

Went to Apex Electronics and met up with some more cool #supercon folks.
Great to have a treasure trove like this so close by.
Photodump follows:
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/432/303/311/980/original/f92ed4cd4504bad7.jpg
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/427/432/533/746/728/original/061e694d3e71d72b.jpg
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2024-10-19 04:28:28 UTC

2024 summed up in a single image
https://cdn.masto.host/ledssocial/media_attachments/files/113/332/193/129/572/439/original/e354c0bf42311b2a.webp

2024-10-16 15:00:11 UTC

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somewhat ironically, they've made buying pain killers a major headache

2024-09-11 16:43:44 UTC

This is one of the most incredible hacks I've seen.
#Hack #hackaday #electronics #gaming #LEDs #microcontroller
https://hackaday.io/project/197868-sub-surface-simon

2024-08-30 16:36:27 UTC

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I'd interested to know if stuff shows up for you - I only get two pictures both containing the word "Nottingham". But "Derby" shows me all the pics I've taken in Derby. Most other places I tried work too. Nottingham just seems broken, although I think the pics are still there, just the search function is borked.

2024-08-30 15:06:28 UTC

Has anyone noticed that Google photos has broken their search with AI slop?
I can no-longer find any of the photos I took in Nottingham because it doesn't recognize it as a place name anymore. The one I took in Derby still come up when I search, but it's Derby.

2024-08-24 10:22:28 UTC

Just woke up after getting brutally roasted by a barman in my dream...
I emphatically declared "Drinks for all my friends!"
To which he replied "Certainly Sir, That'll be $0.00"
#dreaminterpretation #dreams #accidentalcomedy

2024-08-08 17:51:31 UTC

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Micro USB? Is this April 1st or 2015?
Also, is this one any good with floating point?

2024-08-02 20:39:33 UTC

Does anyone from the UK remember an old coin op machine that was primarily mechanical where you dropped in a 2p (or maybe 5p) into an upright circular track that tilted as you turned a steering wheel?
The idea was to get the coin to the bottom without it flying off the sides and the theme was something like "driving test"
It was around in the 70s, but possibly older than that. Trying to find the name of it and a picture of possible.
Cheers!

2024-08-01 14:19:41 UTC

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wazzocks, the lot of em