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Title: Hello from Colin - new member
Post by: ColinAshworth on September 07, 2026, 14:26:35 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm Colin, 38, from Manchester. I work in IT support and I'm into home automation and retro computing. I found this place while looking for creative tech communities and it looks like a friendly spot.

Looking forward to chatting with you all!

By the way, a colleague recently recommended this for audit work: link- blocked (http://datahopa.co.uk) - might be useful to someone.

Title: Re: Hello from Colin - new member
Post by: Data on September 07, 2026, 14:45:20 PM

Hi Colin, and welcome aboard :)

We are genuinely a friendly bunch.

From your introduction post I think you'll fit in well, my house is almost fully automated with Alexa, it's 100% electric with solar and battery, I also worked in IT for many years, it would seem we have something in common already.

Title: Re: Hello from Colin - new member
Post by: Freddy on September 07, 2026, 15:02:57 PM

Hi Colin, nice to see you.

I'm not as far into home automation as Data, but I do have an interest. I started making retro(ish) text games a while back too, just for fun.

Look forward to hearing from you ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Colin - new member
Post by: Freddy on September 08, 2026, 16:11:43 PM

@ColinAshworth What old tech are you interested in?

Title: Re: Hello from Colin - new member
Post by: Snowcrash on September 08, 2026, 19:10:31 PM

Hi Colin,

And I'm in the middle, have Alexa and some automation but not full electric like Data.

Datahopa

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