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2026-03-19T00:13:00Z

If you could stop time, would you be able to see anything at all?

I’m curious, do you typically record all the episodes in a ...

2025-08-16T19:34:22Z

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I’m curious, do you typically record all the episodes in a single session?

Oh dear. (posting seems unaffected though) ...

2025-08-08T16:42:16Z

Oh dear.

(posting seems unaffected though)

I’m going to give props to Outremont as the most interesting ...

2025-08-01T16:42:50Z

I’m going to give props to Outremont as the most interesting station on the Blue Line architecturally, and also one of the nicest overall. Definite cathedral vibes happening.

#Montreal

📖 “This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but ...

2025-07-20T15:48:30Z

📖 “This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It” https://www.wired.com/story/the-risky-business-of-bringing-commodore-back-to-life/

#Commodore #RetroComputing
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I’m rooting for this to succeed, or at least break even as I know the founders have so much hanging on this personally.

I’d probably have jumped on the bandwagon myself if I didn’t already have an original C64 – albeit one in which I’ve had to replace the innards.

Now, if they ever make an FPGA Commodore 128 I may not be able to resist…

As I understand it, when you tag another account in a Mastodon ...

2025-07-17T23:38:55Z

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As I understand it, when you tag another account in a Mastodon post it will show a preview of the linked profile on Bluesky. The issue is that the owner of the mentioned account will not have consented to appear on Bluesky in such a prominent fashion.

OK, it fully deactivated the account in Bluesky.

2025-07-17T23:35:10Z

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OK, it fully deactivated the account in Bluesky.

Maybe there’s a delay, but I guess I’ll just have to block ...

2025-07-17T23:32:31Z

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Maybe there’s a delay, but I guess I’ll just have to block it.

Hmmm… apparently unfollowing the Bridgy Mastodon account ...

2025-07-17T23:30:54Z

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Hmmm… apparently unfollowing the Bridgy Mastodon account isn’t enough to stop it cross posting 🤔

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2025-07-17T23:25:00Z

Testing this post doesn’t go to Bluesky…

Hi 👋 If you’re viewing this post from Bluesky, you can ...

2025-07-17T23:20:42Z

Hi 👋 If you’re viewing this post from Bluesky, you can follow my proper account at @heliomass.com. This account is bridged from Mastodon, and due to some worrying privacy risks, I’m going to disable bridging to Bluesky for the time being.

See you on the main account… 🦋

You seem to have a bit of a maple-washing problem going on there ...

2025-07-13T18:14:31Z

You seem to have a bit of a maple-washing problem going on there La Croix.

It seems to have stabilised following the upgrade. Perhaps they ...

2025-07-10T13:24:16Z

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It seems to have stabilised following the upgrade. Perhaps they resolved some other issues during the downtime, or the upgrade itself addressed something?

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2025-07-08T23:12:51Z

Again...

Don’t even tempt me. Installing a landline and connecting to ...

2025-07-05T21:10:19Z

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Don’t even tempt me. Installing a landline and connecting to Mastodon via a 56k modem sounds like a project which is right up my street.

Just me? Seems I can post OK via an app but my instance is ...

2025-07-05T18:29:02Z

Just me? Seems I can post OK via an app but my instance is throwing errors like there’s no tomorrow.

A 429 would appear to indicate the instance is overloaded at the moment.

Has anyone else been having issues on mstdn.ca over the last few ...

2025-06-26T20:46:11Z

Has anyone else been having issues on mstdn.ca over the last few days? It’s been incredibly sluggish since the brief outage earlier in the week.

Went better this time (probably because on this occasion I ...

2025-06-24T22:56:40Z

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Went better this time (probably because on this occasion I wasn’t involved!)

Sorry, I probably should have put this behind a content warning ...

2025-06-19T00:14:56Z

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Sorry, I probably should have put this behind a content warning 😅

Expectation vs reality. If this isn’t a metaphor for something, ...

2025-06-19T00:10:59Z

Expectation vs reality. If this isn’t a metaphor for something, then I don’t know what is 🙄

You make a good point. I think it’s sometimes that sense of ...

2025-06-08T16:29:40Z

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You make a good point. I think it’s sometimes that sense of impending accomplishment which can inspire someone to push through the toil. I think the issue becomes when all the creativity is removed from the process leaving only the dull stuff.

📖 “Embrace the Grind” ...

2025-06-07T17:52:16Z

📖 “Embrace the Grind” https://jacobian.org/2021/apr/7/embrace-the-grind/

#SoftwareDevelopment

📖 “AI Can’t Even Fix a Simple Bug — But Sure, Let’s ...

2025-05-26T12:06:19Z

📖 “AI Can’t Even Fix a Simple Bug — But Sure, Let’s Fire Engineers” https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-scam

📖 “Jeremy Vine ‘stopping cycling videos’ due to abuse he ...

2025-05-03T14:22:25Z

📖 “Jeremy Vine ‘stopping cycling videos’ due to abuse he receives” https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/28/jeremy-vine-cycling-videos-abuse-trolling

#cycling #London

📖 “Pedals over petrol: Cycling now dominates peak-hour ...

2025-04-30T12:04:09Z

📖 “Pedals over petrol: Cycling now dominates peak-hour traffic in the City of London” https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/pedals-over-petrol-cycling-now-dominates-peak-hour-traffic-in-the-city-of-london-80703/

#London
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The City of London has twice as many cyclists as motorists. That’s astounding.

Edit: Updated to make it clear this is just for the City of London and not London as a whole. Still impressive, but quite a big difference in size!

I’m worried about him lashing out if his fragile ego gets ...

2025-04-08T14:09:06Z

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I’m worried about him lashing out if his fragile ego gets offended.

Narrator: “China did not call”.

2025-04-08T14:04:11Z

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Narrator: “China did not call”.

Shoutout to our instance’s Mastodon admins who probably had a ...

2025-02-28T12:48:49Z

Shoutout to our instance’s Mastodon admins who probably had a really bad day yesterday ❤️

📖 “Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon” ...

2025-02-14T16:00:36Z

📖 “Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon” https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/

The implementation strategy looks good. Keeps the control in the hands of the person who wrote the post being quoted rather than the other way round.

Need to get this out of my system. I think the thing which ...

2025-02-10T15:10:21Z

Need to get this out of my system.

I think the thing which enrages me most about Trump constantly wanging on about Canada wanrint to be the 51st American state isn’t just the fact that it’s the polar opposite of reality; We know how this idea turns our collective stomachs.

It’s that he’s trying to normalise the idea to other nations so if / when he decides to make a move to annex us there’s less global pushback.

We can’t let him succeed in convincing others Canada wants this.

How are people here on the Fediverse feeling about Threads ...

2025-01-26T15:14:30Z

How are people here on the Fediverse feeling about Threads integration these days?

📺 “Retro Gaming has Changed...” ...

2024-12-18T13:04:06Z

📺 “Retro Gaming has Changed...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tOMUN65_L8

This is a really nuanced overview of where the retro gaming scene sits today. Well worth a watch whether you’re a collector or are happy playing classic games on an emulator.

#RetroGaming

It’s massive in the UK. Never seen it in Canada before.

2024-12-10T14:40:21Z

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It’s massive in the UK. Never seen it in Canada before.

Was not expecting a Pret a Manger branded coffee with my ...

2024-12-10T13:46:35Z

Was not expecting a Pret a Manger branded coffee with my A&W… in Canada no less.

Without this, there would have been no Master Chief. *cheif’s ...

2024-12-01T21:29:06Z

Without this, there would have been no Master Chief.

*cheif’s kiss*

#Marathon #Bungie #AlephOne #RetroGaming

“Larry (cat)” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat) Six ...

2024-11-30T10:15:05Z

“Larry (cat)” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat)

Six prime ministers and two monarchs. What a legend.

#caturday

📖 “Airport Typeface” https://airport.revolvertype.com/ ...

2024-11-25T13:06:05Z

📖 “Airport Typeface” https://airport.revolvertype.com/

🕹️ “How do you port a game which requires a keyboard to a ...

2024-11-12T13:03:05Z

🕹️ “How do you port a game which requires a keyboard to a console which doesn’t have one?”

From the blog archive, reviewing one of the most unique games on the Atari 2600 / VCS

https://heliomass.com/posts/2414-star-raiders/

#Atari #RetroGaming #Atari2600

📦 Chasing Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes New on the blog this week, ...

2024-11-09T13:03:01Z

📦 Chasing Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

New on the blog this week, some light miscellanea about Thom Yorke and the time he released an album exclusively via BitTorrent.

#ThomYorke #Radiohead

https://heliomass.com/posts/2427-chasing-tomorrows-modern-boxes/

I feel it’s more due to neglect. You’re probably giving them ...

2024-11-09T02:38:07Z

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I feel it’s more due to neglect. You’re probably giving them too much credit for being able to manufacture anything, let alone a crisis.

“Quebec's transit authorities could save $350M per year, ...

2024-11-08T03:36:02Z

“Quebec's transit authorities could save $350M per year, according to audit” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/2024-quebec-public-transit-audit-1.7376976

I look forward to the STM’s current fleet of bus drivers going on strike. Like seriously, firing them in favour of temp workers?

#Montreal

📖 “iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost ...

2024-11-06T13:04:06Z

📖 “iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games” https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/

#RetroGaming #GamePreservation #Apple #iPod

In case you missed it over the weekend, we took a look at a ...

2024-10-29T12:03:04Z

In case you missed it over the weekend, we took a look at a Nintendo classic: https://heliomass.com/posts/2426-game--watch-ball/

#Nintendo #RetroGaming #gaming #GameAndWatch

Our poor cat unexpectedly fell sick on Thursday, but after a day ...

2024-10-26T18:50:20Z

Our poor cat unexpectedly fell sick on Thursday, but after a day at the vet is making a great recovery.

#caturday

🕹️ Today we’re taking a look at the device which arguably ...

2024-10-26T12:50:05Z

🕹️ Today we’re taking a look at the device which arguably started digital mobile gaming, and saved salarymen in Japan from boredom on the Bullet Train.

It’s “Ball”, the first Game & Watch from Nintendo!

https://heliomass.com/posts/2426-game--watch-ball/

#RetroGaming #Nintendo

🔺 From the blog archive, one of my favourite Game & Watch ...

2024-10-24T10:41:05Z

🔺 From the blog archive, one of my favourite Game & Watch games from Nintendo: https://heliomass.com/posts/107-zelda-game-and-watch/

#Nintendo #Zelda #RetroGaming

🪨 New on the blog today – Lesser Known London: Chislehurst ...

2024-10-19T16:05:24Z

🪨 New on the blog today – Lesser Known London: Chislehurst Caves

https://heliomass.com/posts/2425-chislehurst-caves/

I'm a huge fan of this brilliant yet seemingly little known attraction in London, so I decided to write about it.

#London

💥 “Managed Decline - Montreal's Transit Crisis” ...

2024-10-12T12:19:06Z

💥 “Managed Decline - Montreal's Transit Crisis” https://heliomass.com/posts/2424-montreals-transit-crisis/

Things are bad.

Sometimes it’s cathartic to just scream into a blank page and share the resulting ink blots with the rest of the class.

#Montreal #transit #QCPol #Quebec #Canada #devolution

🚇 Station Stories: East Finchley On today's post, we visit ...

2024-09-22T14:17:05Z

🚇 Station Stories: East Finchley

On today's post, we visit one of North London's Art Deco gems and explore some unique railway infrastructure!

https://buff.ly/3BgISkX

#London #Finchley #EastFinchley #LondonUnderground #TheTube

📖 “New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in ...

2024-09-12T12:07:02Z

📖 “New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in real time” https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/new-ai-model-can-hallucinate-a-game-of-1993s-doom-in-real-time/

This is crazy.

#AI #Doom

This latest addition to the retro collection was an absolute ...

2024-09-01T15:31:41Z

This latest addition to the retro collection was an absolute steal on Kijiji.

It’s not the original unfortunately, but a faithful replica created by Nintendo in 2011 for Club Nintendo members.

It’s definitely going to get reviewed soon!

#Nintendo #GameAndWatch #RetroGaming

🦔 New on the blog today – "The Enfield Wildlife Rescue ...

2024-08-31T15:51:37Z

🦔 New on the blog today – "The Enfield Wildlife Rescue Centre"

https://heliomass.com/posts/2421-enfield-wildlife-rescue-centre/

I wonder how many people know about this haven for sick and injured animals on the very tip of North London?

#London #Enfield #Cockfosters #horses #goats #ducks #geese #chickens #tortoises #foxes #animals #CuteAnimals

📖 “Japan's Real First Console? Bandai's TV Jack ...

2024-08-30T12:35:02Z

📖 “Japan's Real First Console? Bandai's TV Jack 5000” https://nicole.express/2024/tv-jack-and-tv-jill.html

#Japan #RetroGaming

📖 “Man Sets Record For Most Gaming Consoles Connected To A ...

2024-08-20T12:03:03Z

📖 “Man Sets Record For Most Gaming Consoles Connected To A Single TV” https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/08/man-sets-record-for-most-gaming-consoles-connected-to-a-single-tv

Truly incredible 🤩 I really hope this guy invites me round for tea one day.

#RetroGaming

So, life has been busy and I've not yet had a chance to work ...

2024-08-17T19:59:24Z

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So, life has been busy and I've not yet had a chance to work on this further.

But, I've shared what I've done so far over on GitHub in case anyone wants to try it: https://github.com/heliomass/Threads-Federation-Tracker

It's really just a proof of concept right now, just a bash script.

The whole thing needs to be rewritten in Python so I can add features, starting with a local DB to track changes and trends.

I'll get to it in the next few weeks, but if you do decide to give it a try as-is let me know how it goes!

🏞️ New on the blog today: “The Little River Way: ...

2024-08-17T15:43:24Z

🏞️ New on the blog today: “The Little River Way: Jean-Drapeau to Ice Bridge”

https://heliomass.com/posts/2420-the-little-river-way-1/

Probably well known to locals, it’s the best trodden section of a longer trail with spectacular views over Montreal and the Saint Lawrence.

#Montreal

“I, for one, will mourn Twitter” ...

2024-08-17T14:30:01Z

“I, for one, will mourn Twitter” https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/08/i-will-mourn-twitter-obituary

/by Jonn Elledge (npub183l…ecps)

This is bonkers. ...

2024-08-16T15:28:55Z

This is bonkers.
https://ottawa.place/@stephanie/112972397819384697

Photo source: ...

2024-08-16T14:15:01Z

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Photo source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/major-water-main-break-montreal-1.7296282

(Although I’m sure by now the internet is “flooded” with photos)

Wow. Just looked that up and it’s epic. They’re going to need ...

2024-08-16T11:43:42Z

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Wow. Just looked that up and it’s epic. They’re going to need a rather large cork.

In case you missed it, new on the blog last week: 👾 Atari ...

2024-08-13T13:00:00Z

In case you missed it, new on the blog last week:

👾 Atari Video Game Catalogues

https://heliomass.com/posts/2419-video-game-catalogues/

#Atari #Activision #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #AtariVCS #Atari2600

Construction kitty, how the tables have turned! #caturday ...

2024-08-10T13:04:23Z

Construction kitty, how the tables have turned!

#caturday

🎮 New on the blog today: Atari Video Game Catalogues Sometimes ...

2024-08-10T13:00:03Z

🎮 New on the blog today: Atari Video Game Catalogues

Sometimes you find some unexpected surprises in a box.

https://heliomass.com/posts/2419-video-game-catalogues/

#Atari #Activision #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #AtariVCS #Atari2600

Random question for anyone who has a collection of DS and 3DS ...

2024-08-09T15:32:08Z

Random question for anyone who has a collection of DS and 3DS games: Do regular DS games fit inside 3DS cases?

(context: I need to buy some replacement cases for my DS and 3DS collection and it’d be easier just to buy 3DS cases if possible)

#RetroGaming #Nintendo #NintendoDS #Nintendo3DS

Test, please ignore. (Also; Cat pic… cat not mine) ...

2024-08-09T12:53:55Z

Test, please ignore.

(Also; Cat pic… cat not mine)

“Unofficial Metroid Pixel Art eBook Is Free For A Very Limited ...

2024-08-08T21:58:37Z

“Unofficial Metroid Pixel Art eBook Is Free For A Very Limited Time” https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/08/unofficial-metroid-pixel-art-ebook-is-free-for-a-very-limited-time

Nice freebie. Grab it quickly!

#Nintendo #Metroid

📖 “Perseid meteor shower 2024: How to see a stunning ...

2024-08-08T19:50:44Z

📖 “Perseid meteor shower 2024: How to see a stunning fireball tonight” https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/perseids-2024

Love being a city dweller, but events like this make me wish I lived in the middle of nowhere.

📖 “Shout out to the best way to make a cup of coffee” ...

2024-08-07T12:04:03Z

📖 “Shout out to the best way to make a cup of coffee” https://birchtree.me/blog/shout-out-to-the-best-way-to-make-a-cup-of-coffee/

/by Matt Birchler (npub1zr7…94le)

Makes me happy to see others raving about the Aeropress. I take mine with me to the office and on trips and it really does made a satisfying cup.

#coffee

Small afternoon project (blame the beer from the previous post ...

2024-07-20T21:23:10Z

Small afternoon project (blame the beer from the previous post 😁)

It'll definitely get published to GitHub and on my website in the next week or so. Debating whether to make it into something which doesn't require using the command line. It took an hour to knock up in Bash, but it should probably be rewritten in Python.

May well be of interest to PAIGE! (npub1l58…03ez) or Ernie Smith (npub1v23…6xmy)

#Threads #Fediverse #federation