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Colin Jones
United Kingdom
Приєднався 2 сер 2006
Random videos of whatever I feel like posting.
Regular cycling videos, occasional drone videos, cats, etc.
Regular cycling videos, occasional drone videos, cats, etc.
Ponder's Vlog #72
Watch out! It's vlog eat vlog!
Gouldfish On Games...
UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@GouldFishOnGames
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/gouldfishongames
Gouldfish On Games...
UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@GouldFishOnGames
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/gouldfishongames
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Ponder's Vlog #71
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Remember to stay hydrated folks! GameMistress on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/gamemistress
Ponder's Vlog #70
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More bollocks from an ageing retro fan. WhatHoSnorkers on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/whathosnorkers
Cycle "Adventures" Volume 185
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More clips from my regular cycle commutes in Cardiff. Music: "Sommarfågel" with end clip "Tornado" by Wintergatan These tracks can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net Free License to use these tracks in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net
Ponder's Vlog #69
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It's a vlog. Watch and listen! ZombiWorkshop: www.twitch.tv/zombiworkshop
Ponder's Vlog #68
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It's vlog time with some kitty interruptions! Shoutout to Down The Rabbit Hole: www.youtube.com/@UCNDtzaR6ujHuGymNPlT2a1A Arcade Club Walkaround: ua-cam.com/video/uJrUaaUE-JA/v-deo.html
Ponder's Vlog #67
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Shoutout Link - Sane Swifto: www.youtube.com/@SillyOs/videos
Cycle "Adventures" Volume #184
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Well there's a bit more cursing in this one even than usual but I'm sure you'll see why as the clips unfold. Out of 28 clips, 8 of them are cars jumping red lights so it's not just cycles that ignore these vital safety indicators! Music: "Sommarfågel" with end clip "Tornado" by Wintergatan These tracks can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net Free License to use these tracks in your vi...
Ponder's Vlog #66
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It's a Vlog. Just watch it! :D Pinge's Twitch Channel: www.twitch.tv/pinge_hjo
Ponder's Vlog #65
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More nonsense from a blathering, self confessed idiot. CharlieFar's Twitch Channel: www.twitch.tv/charliefar
Cycle "Adventures" Volume 183
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Latest in an ongoing though less frequent series of interesting clips from my regular commute. Music: "Sommarfågel" with end clip "Tornado" by Wintergatan These tracks can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.net Free License to use these tracks in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net
Ponder's Vlog #64
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My 64th Vlog! Robert's Retro-Gaming: www.youtube.com/@UCW8gvNUZPKPz2_MXMBe5aQA SID Jukebox: ua-cam.com/video/zcmpUhzkuFA/v-deo.html
Ponder's Vlog #63
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Apologies about the small piece of tissue on my shoulder, I only noticed when I was watching back and there was no way I was going to redo the lot for that little thing 😂 GamingSinceThe70's channel: www.youtube.com/@GamingSinceThe70s-pq9st
2023 - A Brief Review
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Not much else to say really ;) Clip Source: ua-cam.com/video/Zlmswo0S0e0/v-deo.html
Christmas Traffic Chaos 2023
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Filmed on my commute to work, double speed approaching Cardiff city centre on the 9th of December 2023 just before 16:00, with a comical retro soundtrack. Alternative Title: Why I'm Glad I Cycle To Work 😂
Oscilloscope Music On Portable Digital Model
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Oscilloscope Music On Portable Digital Model
Cycle Commute With Commentary - 09/09/2023
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Cycle Commute With Commentary - 09/09/2023
Day Trip to Weston-super-Mare 06/07/2023
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Day Trip to Weston-super-Mare 06/07/2023
Yes. Just as we should all, as individuals, do our part to help in the effort to recycle, companies can also make some subtle changes to do the same, & make the recycling process easier. I know where you’re coming from with the perforated easy-peel plastic cover. Chobani Greek Yogurt has that, so you can easily peel away the label from the recyclable hard plastic container. Makes life a little easier. Congratulations on cleaning the garden (coincidentally, I’m doing some weeding in my backyard garden as I’m listening to the vlog). Glad to see that you seemed to have recovered well from your illness. 🙂. 🇺🇦 ✊
Indeed! It may not make that much difference to "be greener" but there's certainly no hard in doing so. I don't want anything complex in the garden when I get it redone next year. Paving for the pool area and a path leading to it, concrete under the shed and the rest just lawn. We have these 2 great manhole covers in the garden which makes things less than perfect but we'll manage 😉 Still tiring quicker than I like following Covid but not bad on the whole 😁
love how my comment has no likes from 7 years ago
@@anthony342 I wasn't as attentive back then. Hell I probably didn't even get a notification! Noticed this one though 😉
@@ColinJonesPonder ok mate .
Can I trust a Welsh man to say things correctly lol. Excelsior my friend :-)
You can trust one who regularly goes out of his way to check correct pronunciation for sure 😂
Hi Colin. Good vlog thanks. Sorry to hear about your dehydration incident but glad you are on the mend. I think me and you might be opposites because I hate the hot weather and my tendency is to drink lots of water. About 5 years ago I (very belatedly) discovered the hard way that it's possible to drink too much water. Can't remember the exact explanation but i think i'd diluted myself too much and it messed up my salt levels. Felt like a right idiot. Totally agree with you about EV misinformation. More generally i'm just amazed that so many people seemed to be proud climate-change skeptics. I think it's quite arrogant of folk to assume they know more than the scientists who've spent their adult lives studying climate change, just because they've watched some clickbait drivel on UA-cam. The mind boggles. Take care and all the best sir.
Sheep on the line - great story lol
Oh I remember that well, Mr. Shepherd! 😂
Boy Driver Lol
Oh I think I've proven my worth by now 😂
Definitely
Enjoyable watch, my friend! May you rant for many years to come. ;-)
The older I get the lower my tolerance for ineptitude and bullshit becomes 😂
Tune
Hi Colin. Sorry to hear about what happened at your work. Sounds both scary & stressful. I know it's a totally different thing but for some reason it brought to mind that Denzel Washington film Unstoppable about the out of control train! Glad things turned out ok for you anyhow. Thanks for the vlog and looking forward to watching your Powkiddy video next as I've been tempted by those.
The Marchioness of Bute, the Greyhound, the Taff Vale ( the only pub on Queen Street ) the Salutation, all long gone , along with many others, but we still have our vibrant city, which has kept up with the 21st century . Unfortunately, for both Newport and Swansea, Cardiff has enjoyed much better development and investment and is the premier city in Wales by a long way
Enjoyed listening along Colin and it was great to meet you at Arcade Club. All the best for the week left and weekend ahead. Cheers
It was fantastic and I'm already looking forward to next time!
That was naughty of them not telling you that you were cleared with the signal!
It was down to my own manager being on leave himself.
@@ColinJonesPonder Ahhh, yeah, that can happen. I missed out on a cruise because of that!
@@WhatHoSnorkers Ouch!
@@ColinJonesPonder I was on standby for a cruise, and was told that I couldn't go as it was full. Then at 3pm of the day of departure they asked my wife "Why hasn't your husband embarked?". Turned out that they had uncancelled me, and sent an email to my wife's manager... who had disembarked and gone home!
@@WhatHoSnorkers As far as I'm concerned there is absolutely no excuse for poor communications these days. Laziness doesn't count.
Still good to see your videos Colin, which also means you've survived some very wreckless driving out there. Definitely getting worse!
The only positive thing is I'm taking longer to gather the clips, but I am discarding a lot I used to keep. Just putting up the worst now.
Great Vlog Colin, omg facebook is down LOL. sorry to hear about your cousin.
Lovely to hear sir!
Thank you 🙂
Many happy memories of spending time watching them.
Enjoyed that fella, I do watch these usually on my TV and can't comment. Looks like you were attacked by a fly a few minutes from the end. 😂
I was barely hanging on at the end 😂 Thank you buddy 😁
Great blog buddy. Wifi is awful for me also and I have a blink setup with subscription. I use an old router and converted it to be a repeater and that works well. I also am fortunate to have server hot swappable drives as my case supports them so a hd swap is minutes. Hope things improve, my friend, and as for royal mail....sod em...I opened an account and permanently altered my preferences to never leave a parcel and did not define a safe place.. .just thought it best after all the thefts reported on an itv program a month ago. Excelsior.
I used to go the repeater route but thought the no extra cost Powerline route would be better, which is was until it wasn't 😉 I already have "Do no leave, I have no safe place" on my account but I doubt the agency workers they employ around December care about this, even if they're aware.
Brilliant
Couldn't agree more! haha
ooohh... all those drivers stuck watching a cyclist whizz past must be so mad :D :D
I feel so, so sorry for them 😂
enjoyed the tour with the Retro music.
Owen Robins' favourite singer and song
Wow haven't heard this in years. Me and my mate loved this when he had it on cassette haha
More Grumpy Eh
Oh hell yes!
So enjoyable. Keep up the good work and.....excelsior
Noice! nice fast sampling rate on that digi scope!
the legend himself
Grange Albion!
Thanks for the mention Colin.😊
Both worthy causes and such an excellent stream!
cool!
Whats the device called?
It's a Hanmatek HO52 Handheld Oscilloscope connected to a laptop's audio out.
Reeyyy (For the PSP). I've got two at the moment, and neither of them will turn on at all - they may be a bit bricked. :/
No life when plugged in?
@@ColinJonesPonder If I remember, the light goes on for a bit... then shuts off.. screen doesn't even seem to light up. :/
Damn, that doesn't sound good 🙁
Hi Ponder. Interesting vlog thanks. Hadn't considered the environmental impact of the 20mph law but that makes sense. Maybe if it does improve the flow of traffic (a big if) then there will be fewer cars idling at traffic lights etc but who knows. Agree that it's a shame that this will end up swaying people's votes because, like you say, it's such a minor thing compared to other issues like the collapse of the NHS, schools, prisons, councils, youth services, etc, etc. Sadly though, when a lot of people "do their research" about who to vote for it involves going online and looking at dodgy hateful conspiracy theories, or even just picking up one of several mainstream "newspapers" that are little more than right wing propaganda. It's very depressing! On a lighter note sorry, i hope you have a fantastic time at Blackpool. Haven't seen who the panel guests and interviewer are but hopefully they'll be as good as last year. Can't imagine they'll find a better guy to help with the microphones etc though as you did sterling work on that. Have a good un and hope you enjoy your blower in the meantime.
Something I did forget to say on the vlog regarding "own research" is don't limit yourself to sources that have an agenda... on either side. Take a good look around many sources and draw your own conclusions. Oh I could do so much better than last time with my own audio equipment, it'd just need a 3.5mm - 6.5mm adaptor. Wireless throat mics are great! I guess you're not going this year? Shame, it'd be great to see you again.
@@ColinJonesPonder Not going this year sadly. Have been having a few health issues which make overnight stays tricky. Maybe next year though! All the best mate.
Fingers crossed it doesn't bother you for too much longer and you can get on with the tings you enjoy!
Great Vlog Colin, I have a little hoover for my PC as well very handy and it does save money on those cans. good you got a Vic 20, nice machine. maybe you should program a game on it.
It's a possibility. I could use the same development method as for the C64. All I need is an idea and time!
I approve of the new EV charging location! :) Some stupid drivers out there.
I was wondering if that would get used but we passed on Saturday on the bus and there were 4 cars in there!
The last guy directly in front of you at the end at least had the decency to stop at the red light, but those two that followed though...smh
There are a lot of arseholes out there sadly, and too many of them own cars!
Big rig drivers and taxi drivers are the worst to be honest
Taxi drivers are by far the worse, but they don't hold a monopoly. I always go out there with self preservation in mind. It doesn't matter if you're in the right if you're dead!
Wow my friend such a lot to cover 1. So glad your on the mend. I worked in primary and secondry care for many years along with the pct it department and i knew the stress they were in then and your blog is 1 of many i have heard and read about. My concern was you though and i was so happy to hear you were on the mend and your detail of what u went through. Your journey the last 2 months was awful and only better can come i hope. 2. Vic20 so jealous. I consider the machine my first serious machine. Yeah i had zx80 and 81 machines and got an atari 800 4 months into my vic20 ownership but i get goosepimples thinking about my time with the vic. In many ways similar to my memories of pet at school Q. Your opinion on MARS.FPGA ? Been reading a lot recently on it and i touched upon successors to MISTER back when i bought 1 but lets not call it successor as many do. Lets talk opinion on the MARS possibilities. Yeah more cores etc but what about bus speed traces and uses? Is it a leap? Is it a bang for buck good thing for a power next step ? Developers are raving on it. Ooooo look ive written a lot. Time to check comments for me and make mums tea. Excelsior sir
I'm not at all interested in actually buying a MARS FPGA because the MISTer covers everything I have nostalgia for and so much more. Good to see something else in the pipeline but I can't see the MiSTer going away any time soon so that'll do me for the foreseeable future 🙂
@@ColinJonesPonder no problem. I hoped for a bit more opinion really on specs. Speed . Use. Possibilities etc but hey your answers a good one. Cheers buddy. Excelsior
I've only glossed over it so far. I'll do a bit of digging and maybe do a special on the subject on my retro channel 🙂
@@ColinJonesPonder that would be real good. A lot of the community value your opinion. I think you provide good service. I will deffo look forward to it
Is it the Penultimate 2, you are getting?
The latest one, yes.
Calling Elon an idiot is an insult to idiots, to be honest. Some of the stuff he's said lately is head-scratching The fact that he renamed it to X is a joke.
Good point, well made!
December? Wishing the year away!
I said December 🤦♀️
well done getting a vic 20, glad your doing fine from your trouble with the chicken.
Brilliant
we have something in common my dog is called Buster as well. sorry for your loss Colin.
Great and thoughtful blog buddy. I dont use twitter although the account is still there. After the hack i couldnt change emails so its just as dead as it was 5 years ago. Nice to see the garden and sun. I wish you well for the xray. Loosing any member of the family is devastating i was distraught for months when my pet companion died many years back. Rest up mate and speak soon. Excelsior
X-ray was uneventful, just the follow-up in 10 days now. Hope to get at least one more garden vlog done before it all goes bad!
Lovely vlog. It's a real shame about the coast. I know 25 years ago I wanted to take my mate Aj down to Barry Island for the day and my sister said that it was NOT what it was in the 1980s...
Barry is probably the better of the two places at the moment because at least they still actively promote it, but it's mostly a blatant cash grab. Porthcawl (apart from Trecco Bay, I must say I'm impressed with what they've done there) is very neglected.
@@ColinJonesPonder We had some nice holidays in Porthcawl as kids, in a caravan in the rain!
Well the caravan park area (Trecco Bay) is actually decent. Coney Beach however...
Great blog. Always look forward to them Cash..yep a choice and glad its here. My mum has 3 cards 3 pins and gets confused at the age of 83. No deliberation just glad its available. Starchaser.....grrrrrr matey ive had it for years. Just let me know as i can google mail a link Glad you had rest buddy. Love to family
Regarding Starchaser, I just couldn't remember the title! It was only when Techmoan brought it up it all came flooding back 😄
@@ColinJonesPonder yep and i have that disc for jaws 3d and starchaser. No bloody player though lol. They were just on ebay 10 years ago lol
I found £10 pound maybe it blew all the way here to Glasgow LOL. Star chaser is a great movie. good Vlog
Cardiff’s anthem.
Big up the Cornwall Pub