Anyone remember pressing their nose to a CRT television and seeing the RGB grille?

Had a dream I was looking at my cellphone. I eventually scrolled to an image that had sort of a CRT grille effect filter, except...

It looked odd, so I instinctively pressed my nose against the cellphone screen.

Whomever had made the image had hidden extra visual information within the image. It felt like one of those magic eye images but on steroids.

If my insurance agent could see the shit I get up to in my home, I don't think he'd be quite so nice to me.

But hey! Project complete! We got the giant 36" Trinitron in the loft, and with only one new scratch and one smashed finger. Everything is still sort of pulled apart but you can get a general idea of the layout. His and hers PCs and TVs on either end, with the CRT and retro consoles in the center (less strain on the controller cables and makes split screen co-op easier).

Well... Not quite complete. I still have to reattach the tinted panels, rework all the power/AV cables, install all the consoles, disassemble and remove the hoist, put the couch back, and clean.

But this was the hard part!

This screenshot of a powerful message written by Nina Turner is doing the rounds without alt-text, so here it is with alt-text.

And here is another one: Monochrome amber CRT on a Hercules Graphics Card.
#retrocomputing #crt

counterbalancing lean correctly applied

'crt rescue' by pepe salot

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/pepesalot/crt-rescue/

New arrival to the retro corner: a rescue Sony KV-21FX30E, which I'm guessing may be from around 2001.

Never two without three, right? And I was looking for a Trinitron.

It's stereo, has RGB, S-Video, and Composite inputs (two SCART + RCA). Supports PAL as well as proper NTSC.

The downside is that it's not quite portable. 21-inches is not that large, but still it weights some 25 Kg.

The picture looks good, but I may try to tweak it a bit from the service menu.

Inside Out by Purple Motion (Screamtracker S3M, 8 channel)

#DonaldTrump has announced plans to dismantle the Department of Education, aiming to transfer educational control to states and promote “patriotic” curricula. He also intends to defund schools teaching #CRT and #GenderIdeology, increase school choice and the eliminate teacher tenure.

Messing around with CRT TVs again ahead of a video project. Cleaning out battery acid and testing my raspberry pi rf modulator ( from n64 ) still works left hand tv is wired in right hand is picking up leakage. #crt #raspberrypi #cool

I've got the big CRT TV that I'm keeping in my mid--move storage already, now I get to see if I can convince anyone to take a 28" one off my hands in an area that has a weak but growing retro gaming community. I've posted it to the local Facebook gifting group, fingers crossed.

They're so awkward and heavy.

[thread] Russ Vought
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought

* Dir. Office of Management & Budget 2020-2021
* founded Center for Renewing America
* anti-critical race theory
* involved w. Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, seeking to reshape fed. gov.
* Christian nationalist; seeks to infuse U.S. gov./society w. Christianity

#USpol #RussellVought #RussVought #Project2025
#Christofascism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy
#Trump2 #Trumpism #GOP #fascism #racism #CRT

I'm back from my last ever volunteers meeting.

Although our volunteer leader thanked me for what I'd done (and achieved) over the last 12 years or more - neither of the staff managers from CRT spoke to me. I think that pretty much sums up my volunteering experiences over the last few years with the Trust.

#betterByWater? - not really!