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Videos & PhotosI have recently been making a lot of video content. Some of it is linked on this website, but to see the whole lot, please visit my YouTube channel. I am also on Odysee & LBRY, which has some exclusive content, and also serves as a backup to YouTube, who are particularly good at censorship. I am also starting to post more photos on my Flickr page, both new photos and archive photos. I intend to post more on this website too in due course. I am in the process of slowly redesigning this website and adding new content, so do stay tuned. Anti-Lockdown ProtestsThroughout 2020, 2021, and now 2022, I have been visiting various anti-lockdown gatherings/protests with my video camera in Sheffield to find out peoples views on the coronavirus pandemic, how it has affected them, what they think of the police, and whether or not they support the vaccines. The following pages contain photographs, explanations, my opinions, and of course, the YouTube videos I have made. The videos contain a mixture of interviews with protesters, and commentary from myself. StandUpX & Piers Corbyn - 5th September 2020 - This was the first protest I attended. Speeches included Piers Corbyn and Dr Mohammad Adil (who lost his job for speaking out against the pandemic). October & November 2020 - Piers returns in October, met with a rather large police presence. I interview several protesters in the video. On another occasion, Lord Brexit argues with the police about their right to protest. In November, during lockdown 2, people gather for speeches in Barkers Pool (city centre). Later in November I visit a gathering in Endcliffe Park for speeches and interviews, including a scientist who is opposed to the lockdown, and two people who have been arrested. December 2020 & January 2021 - The country is unlocked for Christmas; people go out for their Christmas shopping, and a new vaccine will be available shortly. I interview protesters about what they think about the new vaccine and whether or not they will have it. In January, the country is put back into lockdown and the city centre goes quiet; except for a march down Fargate. The rest of 2021 - It looks like the pandemic is coming to an end... slowly. I visit the city centre in January and February to get people's views about the end of the pandemic and the planned end of the lockdowns. The government threatens vaccine passports in April, and in September I bump into a delightful 'pro-vaccine' activist. Roundabout Rebels at Christmas - In this video I join some people on the roundabout near Meadowhall Shopping Centre who are concerned about the prospect of more restrictions, and am introduced the NHS 100K, a group of NHS workers who are at risk of losing their jobs if they don't have a vaccine within the next couple of months. My Views on Autism (and other disabiltiy) Alert CardsShould disabled people carry ID cards? Certainly not! Read More... How to Complain about bus servicesIn an addition to the Crap Customer Service section, find out how to complain about First South Yorkshire's buses. Or not. On this page I document my year-long saga complaining about buses. Will I get a satisfactory outcome? 2nd August 2020 - Coronavirus: Exemptions from wearing a face-covering/maskA rather long article explaining the legislation behind the requirements to wear a face-covering in shops in England, and what to do if you are exempt. (Hint: Many people are). 2022 update: This page is now moot as restrictions have ended, but will be left here for historical interest. June 2019 - More Cycle LockersLong time no updates (again). I've decided to compile some pages showing various cycle parking facilities in my local area. I'm starting with the ones here in Rotherham. The Rotherham Cycle Lockers page shows the locations of various facilities and comments on the poor condition of many of them, along with details about how I tried to get the council to improve them. TI have also detailed the cycle parking facilities across Sheffield. I'll be interested to get people's feedback on cycle parking in South Yorkshire. 14th February 2017 - Cycle LockersI updated the Crap Customer Service page with an article about cycle lockers at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield. October 2016 - Lincs Amiga Group 10th AnniversaryThe Lincs Amiga Group (LAG) celebrated its 10th Anniversary this month by holding a 'bash' at the usual venue in Welton, Lincoln. Special guests included Trevor Dickinson of A-EON, and Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit. Many systems were on display, and yours truly won the raffle :). Visit the LAG Bash page to view all the photos. ![]() ![]() ![]() 8th April 2016 - Cherry PiA while back, I started a project to mount a Raspberry Pi computer in a Cherry G80-3000 keyboard (Amiga/BBC Style). Here is the result. 8th April 2016 - A quick comparison of Lightjet prints vs Inkjet printsIn this post I demonstrate some of the differences between these two printing technologies. 13th July 2015 - SLR/DSLR Focusing Screen ExperimentsMany modern low end SLR cameras have terrible focusing screens. If you have seen one of the high quality focusing screens found in manual focus film cameras, you will probably come to hate the focusing screens in modern auto-focus cameras. I attempted to bodge a higher quality focusing screen into my EOS 500D, with varying success.
Left: A typical DSLR viewfinder, with no focusing aids.
Right: A high quality focusing screen with a cross split prism
for high end cameras.
6th March 2015 - Customer Service UpdatesThe Crap Customer Service pages have been updated to feature Northern Rail, and a couple of response letters. 28th October 2014 - New Series! - Crap Customer ServiceAfter getting fed up of being treated poorly by many
organisations, I decided it was time to name and shame them on
the internet. Over the coming weeks I will be publishing various
complaints here on this website, and where applicable, any
responses received from the organisation concerned. Feel free to get in touch if you have similar experiences with the organisations listed. First up in this series is Manchester Airport, and the security bloke who lacked fluency in English. I'm getting rather fed up of people working in England who lack fluency in our language. 22nd June 2014 - Sony Walkman Repair & MaintenanceMy old Sony Walkman has suffered lots of abuse over the years, but I manage to keep it working. Find out how on my new Walkman page. March 2014 - Motor Cars & SafetyI wrote a short article about the safety and environmental
impacts of motor cars. As someone whose health issues are
somewhat a consequence of this, it is something I feel strongly
about. Read the article here: Motor
Cars & Safety. I urge everyone to do their best to consider safer and more environmentally friendly transport. An important note on noise pollution: I don't mention noise pollution much in this short article, because I focus more on safety in terms of 'car crashes', but noise pollution is a major issue which so few people seem to understand. Cars create noise at such a level, that if the road were a typical work place, we would be required to wear hearing protection. The noise can be very distressing, as well as irritating. I live near a busy road, and can not keep my window open in summer because of it. I'd be willing to hear from other people who suffer from motor
car related noise problems. If you would like to get in touch,
please visit the Contact Me page. March 2014 - EEWeb Site of the DayMy site is due to be the Site of the Day on EEWeb next month in April. EEWeb is on online community for electrical and electronic engineering. It features forums, news, jobs, featured engineer, featured website, and a comic :). Check it out here: http://www.eeweb.com/websites/stevecoates
18th January 2014 - More UpdatesNew LookFirstly, you may have noticed the site's new look. It has been modernised, and looks a bit cleaner. I'm updating all the existing pages with the new look, and all new pages will get it. It utilises some CSS, which simplifies the code. I may eventually update it to include some PHP, but that's something for the future, at the moment, I'm focusing on the content. Backlighting GuidesAfter being frustrated with the backlight on my Mastech MS8218 multimeter, I decided to improve it. Check it out here. I also made a backlight for a telephone's LCD, which didn't already have a backlight. I documented that as well (click here). The page shows how you can make a simple but effective LED backlight to place behind your LCD. |
Amiga 1200T2012 Update: The Amiga 1200 Tower is now working much better. I have uploaded a few pictures of my Amiga 1200T. They aren't very good though. The Amiga is located in the loft where only limited space and light is available. The photo at the side shows the system working with a Microvitec 1438S monitor. Unfortunately though, this system isn't very reliable. Last time I used it, the graphics from the VooDoo were rather weird. But sometimes, it wouldn't work at all. I wonder if there is a bad connection somewhere between the VooDoo and the Amiga. See the rest of the pictures here. |
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At LAG13 last Saturday, I got a Power Tower to put my Amiga 1200 in. Well, only the Blizzard 1230-IV, Mediator, HD and cards, as the tower already had a motherboard. Pictures and details coming soon. In the meantime, check out the topic about it on the Classicamiga forums and my Flickr page (see below).
Also, we have some new members at the CRT Fan Club :).
I haven't put much on this website. I made a brief update about the convergence problems on my Sony monitor.
I have finished my college project of building an Analogue to Digital converter for the PC's parallel port. I will post some information and pictures of this soon.
I am also going to make a page about getting the VooDoo 3000 graphics card to work on an Amiga 1200 with a Mediator PCI. I expect this was simple for some people, but me and the guys at LAG had a bit of difficulty. It is all working now though. Just got to sort out the sound and network card, and hopefully get it in a tower.
Got a few photos of LAG meetings and of Lincoln which I will put online sometime. In the meantime some lower resolution versions can be found on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36651585@N04/
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