Ruairi (rc55)

I wrote (not vibecoded!) a VST plugin for myself that does a really basic thing I couldn't find without cruft elsewhere: x0x drum sequencer that emits MIDI, no audio, to any sampler. It's deliberately low clutter; I hate multi-track grids. I'm usually bad at UI, but quite pleased with this one.

Woohoo! After 13 years an FPU bug in PPSSPP has been fixed, which corrects the autodrive behaviour in Ridge Racer games: github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/2990 cc: @dark1x.bsky.social

love this :)

Well, this looks fantastic! Would you even believe this is a front end for the MisterFPGA? Incredible work.

Nice day for PS5 owners on firmware 13.6 or lower 😉

today i'm taking erik (music synth prototype) in a more sober direction; the code is displayed in a more traditional way, but you can set a colour for any variable, it shows where its used via color + lines, and you can edit any number as a knob.

The amount of times I experienced this in my early teens, not to mention those speakers were awesome for the time.

I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... [Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.] #retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscene

Been following this for some time, looks stunning!

By the powers that be I hope more eyes are on jailbreaking LGs horrific TV firmware. Legislation needs to catch up quickly.

Some AI assistance helped bring the excellent paint.net to Linux - but guess what? The author got harassed by morons who have a very singular interpretation of AI, almost like implying driving any electric car means you're a fan of Elon Musk. Looking forward to auto blocklist notifications now.

I love this!

The awesome mrdoob ported Tesla by Sunflower to the browser - absolute classic demo with a beautiful soundtrack: mrdoob.github.io/tesla_sunflo...

Impressive! Shame not all regions got the FM chip but still!

Nice write up from Reassembler (not paywalled) www.patreon.com/REASSEMBLER6...

Reading this article bought up some nostalgia for sure: blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/08/06/l...

I've always been curious about multi-head / multi-seat configurations - why not allow multiple users use a single PC desktop session simultaneously? The last time I saw this was two player Lemmings on the Amiga..! Find out what's possible with Wayland here: blinry.org/multi-seat-w...

I've come to quite like Paged Out! Computing, Digital Art, Programming, Science, Security and everything in between. Well worth a read.

🚗 Lizard Tamer 💿 Ridge Racer Type 4 🎮 PlayStation 1 🗓️ 1998

I really hope Ridge Racer 6 ends up playable on Windows via Microsoft's Fission (XeO3) Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility solution at some point. It's okay in Xenia but lots of Z-fighting in scenery and the rendering is a bit off. The game is 20 years old, here's hoping! cc: @dark1x.bsky.social

It'd be cool if Steam supported tiered storage, where unused games would be automatically moved to lower performance drives and vice versa, but also mindful of the demands of a game, so older titles could stay on low performance drives if they still ran well. Considering the price hikes 'n all.

I love this

Funny how Andy Burnham has only been in the office for a few days and the left and right are dumping on him already. Absolutely mental how this country self-sabotages because things don't improve overnight and people start protest voting extreme parties instead.

Who doesn’t love software rendering? Great post from Ben Houston with some source code included!

The very cool and affable @misterk.in shares his experiences at Revision 2026. (yes that's me at the start 😅).

The most insane beeper only sound on a ZX Spectrum ever. A true milestone. It's been a sweet year for the Speccy!

This needs more hype - David Thomas aka bagospanners is continuing work on his C port of the ZX Spectrum version of Chase H.Q. and it's come along quite a bit! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxaC...

On my way, Clacton.

I did this, I'm now M7RUA. Nice little skill you can get for a small amount of work. Thank you @essexham.bsky.social. :)

Skillshare did another auto renewal that I forgot to cancel. Hoping they're okay to refund it, eek!

MyFitnessPal is such a disaster of UX. You can't just type in 18g of Cashews, you have to select from a list of Cashew entries of varying quality, then provide a proportion of a present amount, often in meaningless units. So yes, I've just had 0.634931 ounces of Cashews. Nice.

I completed Doom 2 on Ultra Violence the other day. Goodness me it was a total slog! It was okay but stupidly hard and unfair in places. Doom maps have come a long way. Legacy of Rust was awesome. Sigil is next! 👍

PS doing some fine coverage of our demoparty!

Wrote a test harness that let me run the decompiled game in lockstep with the Ymir emulator, validating that for the same input, the game behavior remain faithful to the original code. This checks character position, camera, collisions, and can easily add more. #panzerdragoonsaga #reverseengineering

Just spent the weekend at NOVA, so much fun! Not only were the demos great, got to hang out and pick amazing peoples brains, such an incredible community. So many laffs! @rc55.com and crew are so incredible to put on such a great event, thank you!! #novaparty #demoparty #demoscene

I tend to fire up Doom / Doom 2 every now and then for a blast, but I thought I'd give Legacy of Rust (free with Doom & Doom II on Steam) and wow - it's fantastic. So creative and the soundtrack is an absolute delight. Honestly, give it a go if you have it (you probably do), it's mega fun.

How old school Tape Loading worked. lemmings.info/how-tape-loa...

Actually gutted for the devs on this one. :(

New blog post! This time I went deep down the rabbit hole of NTSC/PAL emulation in the context of PS2 emulation. themaister.net/blog/2026/05...

I've been following the Xbox coverage and think Asha Sharma is doing a wicked job. Really hope Microsoft buy in on restoring the brand. Similarly for the K2 project, if they can make a concerted effort to desloppify the OS it will only help. I still appreciate all things Linux, it all helps the PC.

Funny getting block notifications for mentioning someone's trigger word regardless of context.

Well, the UK's in a prisoners dilemma stopping Reform, the vote is split between Labour and Green who in aggregate would win easily. Note: Reform voters can't speak on anything apart from migration and many voters can't articulate what Keir Starmer has done wrong apart from "nothing's changed".

Fired up an old MacBook running Sonoma and it still had the old UI. Really cements what a mess Tahoe is. I really hope the new CEO reverts the glass mess.