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Mark Cantrill

@AstroDesignsLtd

Multi-purpose engineer from the dawn of the 70's. Enjoys creating problems & solving them. B.Eng, C.Eng, MIET, Imaging Electronics Engineer @SurreySat

 SN8 3QW, Marlborough, UK
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Joined November 2012
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David Pride@davejavupride21 Nov 2022
Replying to @Raspberry_Pi
@Raspberry_Pi All my friends are leaving and this makes me sad. So I made Bye-Bye Bird. Connected to the Twitter API, it sheds a single tear when someone uses the #RIPTwitter hashtag.
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Credit & thanks to @davejavupride for this one... Built from an empty Graupner Hydrospeed hull that I was given back in '89ish which has sat on the shelf in need of an outboard engine mechanism... (cont'd...)
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I already had the fully assembled version with the engine but this one lacked a means to make it go. Then came Dave's 'Swampy' and the answer to the missing engine. I now have two working boats. It's not as nippy but I'm rather happy with the way it works 😀 thanks Dave!
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Week two of our holiday up north took us to the wonderful Lake District where we took an opportunity to book the family into #GoApe #Grizedale for the Treetop Challenge! Fab place, serious fun, smiles all round and ... (Cont'd...) @GoApeTribe @VisitGrizedale
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... and the always smiling courteous staff were particularly helpful in retrieving the cap of some wally who dropped it from 25m up (me...). If you're up that way and in need of an all-weather addreneline boost, I thoroughly recommend it!
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After a day of achieving far too little, I decided to do something positive by clearing out the workshop... I mean do I really need mice with balls and 9-pin serial connectors, 5 DVD drives with 40 pins, 18 3.5" HDDs, some also with 40 pins... recycling center here I come 😟...
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As cute as this looks and feels as it's tiny claws grip my finger, I do wish these tiny creatures would stop flying into our windows leaving them dazed and confused and leaving me to save them from the local puddy-tat! Today a young #BlueTit, yesterday it was a young GreatTit
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David Pride@davejavupride10 Mar 2022
Hi @shell @totalenergies @exxonmobil @bp_plc @chevron, look I know you guys have a party going on over there, so you may not have noticed that the world is burning atm. Could you could turn down the profits a *wee* bit so everyone can get some respite?🙏Thx loads, Everyone else🌍
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Just saying... think twice about buying a @Citroen C3 Picasso. (1/3) We have a 66 plate motor < 40k miles... Used to be my mums after she bought it new. We inherited it after she sadly lost her battle with cancer. After just 35k miles, the urea & Engine came on...
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(3/4) Urea & Engine light comes on again. Citroen garage looks at it, replaces NOX sensor. £450 please... Runs for < 10 miles...
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(4/4) Urea & Engine light comes on again. Citroen garage says will need to replace the urea tank / pump assembly. £1200... Not sure what to do now 😢 Bad design, poor diagnostics, this car's like new, worth £8k, spent > £3k in 3 months never going near @Citroen again ☹️Rant over
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David Pride@davejavupride9 Dec 2021
Replying to @Raspberry_Pi
@Raspberry_Pi @TheMagPi The weather outside is frightful 🥶 But the code inside is sprite-ful 🕹 You love LEDs, we know... 😍 So let ‘em glow, let ‘em glow, let ‘em glow. 🤩🎄🤩🎄 Giant #RaspberryPi powered LED ping pong ball matrix. (Based on code by Andrew O. @CotswoldJam)
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We're hiring! Our current vacancies include Imager Electronics Hardware Designer, Mechanisms Engineer, Propulsion Engineer, AOCS Engineer, Optical Design Engineer. Apply via sstl.co.uk/careers
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Last chance before it goes in the recycling skip😢 Surely someone could turn this into something useful? It makes a great door stop if nothing else... ebay.co.uk/itm/203683430020
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Wondering if anyone in my Twitterverse would be interested in this DVA184C Digital Video Analyser. Not working, for spares / repair... Free to a good home if you collect ebay.co.uk/itm/203563132369 #WorkshopClearout
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So @sainsburys , substituting ground ginger in our shopping with chopped garlic makes sense does it? Would you like me to send you some of my Ginger, oops no sorry Garlic Cookies? 😆😉
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Continuing the #WorkshopClearout, after much thought and dismay, I'm releasing my library of TheMagPi #RaspberryPi magazine☹️51 magazines (some missing issues) from Iss 40 to 97... ebay.co.uk/itm/203585822927
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The #WorkshopClearout continues... This time it's a JVC CRT monitor with SDI conversion. Old-school tech but still quite sort-after in some circles. ebay.co.uk/itm/203585794623
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Pi Wars@PiWarsRobotics28 Aug 2021
#PiWars will return in 2022. Read the full announcement on our website! piwars.org/2022-competition/
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Wondering if anyone in my Twitterverse would be interested in this DVA184C Digital Video Analyser. Not working, for spares / repair... Free to a good home if you collect ebay.co.uk/itm/203563132369 #WorkshopClearout
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