Repairing my vintage Tannoy Monitor Golds
I decided to have a go at repairing the HF tweeters unit in my vintage Tannoy Monitor Golds. It was a tricky old job. More pictures to follow.
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A cyber café for thirty quid? Farcical or feasible?
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My shiny new 20 TB Ultrastar hard disk
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Summer in Pécs, Hungary
Summer in Pécs, Hungary. Trip to Tetye to meet Charles Barca, the guy behind Black Panther Linux.
Is AliExpress any good?
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Escape to Hong Kong II – Macau with my friends
Caught the catamaran to visit the former Portuguese colony Macau today, accompanied by my friends and hosts.
