eBay My World: blackmurgatroyd( 90)

Hi all, this is just a placeholder for now. Im basicly a geek / bricoleur who's into embedded systems and interfacing. I write MikroBASIC and asm for PICs. I've just migrated to the DsPIC and am hitting the slope of a fairly steep learning curve }:->

Microchip, PICs, High voltage capacitors, old semiconductors, OC71, PAL, microprocessor, SCSI card, records, books

Interesting electromechanical, components, job lot, strange machinery, anything that can be hacked to make it do something it wasnt designed to do.

English, German

Anything with wires, machines that move in clever ways, homemade technology, physics, optics, brain hacks, illusions, freaking people out, mechanical art, robotic (self) destruction, loud noises ie sound systems, the game known as 'Break Things & Hurt People', dismantling things, mechanical makeovers, startling old people with good 'manners', exploring old buildings, doing things myself, learning about everything I see (bit obsessive)

JG Ballard, Iain Banks, Peter F Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, Nevil Shute, Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan, Elmore Leonard, loads of others - not all sci-fi either; Im just on a sci-fi tip at the moment. I have thousands of books (no exaggeration)

Loads, mainly offbeat stuff. Cohen Brothers are about as Hollywood as I get.

Psychobilly, rock n roll, punk (original not pop), ska, dub, baroque classical, JS Bach, jungle, drum and bass, Big Band stuff, oi, 1920s to 1960s, Edith Piaf, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Back to the Planet, Conflict, Crass, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dr Octagon, Souxie and the Banshees, April March, Natasha Atlas, Technical Itch, Joy Division, Calexico, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Amon Tobin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, The Pogues, B-Key, The Specials, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Desmond Dekker, Ruth Wallis, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, The Smiths, Patsy Cline, Reverend Horton Heat, Depeche Mode (older stuff), The Meteors, The Cramps, Leonard Cohen, Moimir Papalescu & The Nihilists, many many more.

Dont watch much TV, I like Dexter tho, Monty Python

Roadie / 'inventor'

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Everything goes First Class unless the buyer wishes to save money and asks for Second Class. All international orders are sent Air Mail unless requested otherwise.

Anything that is genuinely faulty can be returned for repair or replacement (my choice). Items Sold As Seen are not returnable, the listing will make clear the condition of the item(s). Having said which I've sold many second hand items as Sold As Seen and /all/ have worked, so Im just making it clear in case of any confusion.