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Gareth

@gawuffy.co.uk

Senior creative within rail. Design nerd. Posts about trains a lot. Harmless with it though. Often sad. This is my personal account. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

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Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 6h ago

Getting big Menlancholia vibes about the SpaceX rocket thing tbh, where we believe it's crashed into the moon but then learn it's come right back around and will crash into earth and obliterate Elon or something and well that wouldn't be so bad would it x

Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 4d ago

Arguably Richard Osman's greatest felony against literature isn't spawning the cosy crime genre - everyone has their own thing and that's fine - but it's that the window displays of bookshops are now about 80% full of them and their offshoots and they all have near-identical looking cover artwork 🤨

Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 4d ago

Cheeky win on the Euromillions last night. Celebrated by ordering the Lego X-Files set. I wasn't going to let that £2.80 change me.

Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 2w ago

Still longing for a movie version of War of the Worlds that's entirely faithful to the soundtrack and artwork of the Jeff Wayne album. IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

Cover artwork of the 1978 album "War of the Worlds". A painting of a large metal robot with green eyes and orange beams shooting from its legs attacking a ship in the ocean. The sky is dark with clouds and orange light. Another ship is in the background.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 2w ago

I'm sorry, but I'm still struggling to comprehend just how good the 8x zoom on the iPhone 17 Pro is. Judging by previous models zooming in this far should render shots like they're being displayed on Teletext. HOW is it doing this?

An aerial photograph of a marina with several boats docked. The marina is surrounded by a rocky breakwater and there are buildings and roads nearby. The water is a deep blue colour. There is a parking lot with several cars parked in it. An airplane wingtip with a yellow, grey and white design. The yellow section has the word "vueling" written on it in grey letters. The background is a clear blue sky.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 2w ago

Now, I'm not pretending to be a huge football fan, but I am INTRIGUED by the BBC's weird PlayStation 2 rendering of some of the World Cup matches. Like, it's no doubt technically impressive to do this stuff in near-real time, but... why? 🧐 www.3d-bbc.co.uk

A digital illustration of a football match between Spain and Argentina in the FIFA World Cup. The scoreboard shows a tie of 0-0 with 84 minutes played. Players in white and light blue jerseys are positioned across the field, while players in red jerseys are near the goal. The BBC Sport logo is visible in the top corners. The scene is set on a green football pitch with a clear view of the goal area.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 2w ago

Some photos from another week working in London, around Liverpool Street and The City. Instagram didn't love them so you can have the heavily filtered edits on here instead.

One skyscraper reflected in the glass of another. Ornate stone towers reflected in the glass of a modern building. Ornate stone buildings viewed through modern curved and glass structures. Looking upwards towards a large ornate glass roof, filtered black and white.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

I'm sure that someone posted similar yesterday, but before I can see The Odyssey I need to go back in on the Coen brothers' 'sort of based on' version. Released to mixed reviews maybe, but to me at least it's an absolute delight of a film.

Actors George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson in character as escaped convicts in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

Aw, it's five years already since I went to Glasgow to see them filming Indy 5 and ended up finding a horse's arse in some pretend-1950s New York street, not realising at the time that it would arguably be one of the best bits of that utter mess of a film.

A selfie against an ornate Glasgow street, decorated with props to appear as a New York street from the 1950s. I'm wearing a face mask covering my nose and mouth. A white horse is stood in the street.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

I'm sorry but I can't accept the way that BBC News report Andy Burnham as becoming Prime Minister "next Monday". It's just Monday. Next Monday would be the week after. Happy to have cleared that up x

Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

Found my first MP3 player at the weekend - the Sony NW-MS7 from 1999 - up to 12 songs on a Memory Stick, encoded in Sony's proprietary format. Ditched it for the iPod in 2002, but seeing them together made me realise just how fun tech used to look before everything became a rounded rectangle 🙃

Two portable music players - a Sony Network Walkman and Apple iPod.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

Railway icons meet at York this afternoon, as London-bound @LNER.co.uk Azuma "Gresley 150" - celebrating 150 years since the birth of LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Nigel Gresley - passes east coast mainline stalwart British Rail Class 91 91107 "Skyfall" on its way north to Newcastle.

Two trains at a station platform under a curved glass roof. The train on the left is white with a red stripe and the text "LNER" on its side. The train on the right is silver with red and yellow accents and the text "AZUMA" on its front. The platform has a yellow tactile strip along the edge. Overhead, there are electrical wires and structural beams supporting the roof. Trees and a clear blue sky are visible in the background.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 3w ago

Turned on the PlayStation to play a game from a disc like an absolute rebel. Controller battery is flat from lack of use. Put the controller to charge and turned off the PlayStation. Will likely repeat in another 3-6 months.

Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 4w ago

Time for a film, and one I have no problems returning to for repeat viewings while my watchlist continues to grow. Exquisite in every way, and the best in the franchise by a mile.

Movie poster for Mission: Impossible Fallout.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · 4w ago

I think we can take a moment to admire the United States Postal Service's commemorative stamps celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, by illustrator Juan Carlos Pagan. The '1776' in both designs is smart, though where the feathers are elegant that stylised flag is 👌

Two postage stamps with illustrations of the American flag and a quill pen. The left stamp features a stylized flag with red and white stripes and a blue circle with white stars. The right stamp shows a red, white, and blue quill pen on a dark blue background. Both stamps have the text "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" printed vertically on the side. In the background, there is a painting of historical figures in a formal setting.Two postage stamps with red, white, and blue feathers on a white and dark blue background. The text "Declaration of Independence" is written vertically on the dark blue stamp, and "1776 forever USA" is written vertically on the white stamp. The stamps have a serrated edge.A close-up photo of a white envelope with a red, white, and blue airmail border. A navy blue stamp with a stylised United States flag forming the numbers '1776' is applied. The stamp reads "1776 forever USA" and "celebration of Independence." The envelope is placed on a red, white, and blue striped surface.Two large banners hang on a stone building with classical columns. The left banner features a stylized eagle in red, white, and blue, with the text "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" vertically on the side. The right banner displays abstract red and white stripes forming a ribbon-like shape, with a blue circle containing white stars, also accompanied by "1776 forever USA" and "Declaration of Independence" vertically. The building's facade is ornate, with detailed stonework above the columns.
Gareth@gawuffy.co.uk · last mo.

Gleefully using my MasterCard to tap in and out of the obnoxiously Visa-branded London Underground gatelines like an absolute vandal 🤘