Childhood nostalgia session complete. I just finished reading these fun books! Its been 30-odd years and I still miss Knightmare

For anyone interested, episode 3 of my podcast, Tech Film Noir (about tech films, good & awful) releases tomorrow & this time we're covering an obscure Al Pacino "comedy" about Gen-AI called S1m0ne: youtube.com/shorts/Xc1Yr...

Everyone Thought This Actress Was Real... She Was #AI | Al Pacino's Simone (2002) #podcast #film

YouTube video by Tech Film Noir - A Technology and Film Podcast

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Busy bank holiday weekend, mostly spending time with the kids. Last night I finished by catching up with the latest @hdtgm.bsky.social film - Mind Hunters. Have to say, this one was pretty bad

There's something very wrong with the UK. How is it you can get a multipack of pickled onion monster munch, but not the spicy ones!!!

Ok, I'm almost certainly going to regret this, but I've added Japanese to the list of languages I'm learning. What could _possibly_ go wrong. It's only one of the most complex languages in the world....

Thank Dog. Doctor Who is coming back Christmas 2026. I was worried we were looking at another cancellation. Nice to know it isn't the end

My oldest is off school ill today, so we're watching The Truman Show together. Great film, but it feels like there was a version of this that could have been super dark. All of Truman's friends & family are just paid actors. That's a pretty grim thought.

If anyone ever wanted confirmation that I'm an utter nerd - I just did my morning run, while listening to a BBC radio 4 program about statistics!!

I'm watching the new series of #DoctorWho with my daughters. We've reached The Smowmen. I love the matt smith Christmas specials. That's the doctor written 100% as a "magic time wizard". My youngest made this fan art:

Anyone know much about embroidery? I've got a kit I'm planning to do, but it's pretty complicated looking. I'm not sure what order to do the colours in!

Just scored a couple of art books in a charity shop! Result!

Anyone going to @bsidesncl.bsky.social know if there's a social happening tonight?

I'm off up to my family's ancestral home in Geordieland today for @bsidesncl.bsky.social . It's going to be an amazing event, but it won't be complete for me without pease pudding and stottie cake!

It's new computer game time. I finish finished Disco Elysium, which was absolutely incredible. Now I'm going for @inkle.co studio's Heaven's Vault, which - as a language nerd- looks like it's going to be right up my street!

For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow

Mike Irving@mikeirvingweb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tomorrow Night is @dotnetnorth.bsky.social, with a talk from @simonpainter.bsky.social From 6pm at Bright HR Tickets still available, it's FREE, and there is pizza 🍕 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/... #Manchester #DotNet #CSharp

🎉 Speaker Announcement — Simon Painter 🎉 We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'. Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!

This week's #DoctorWho was awfully good!

Me, about 1/3 through the latest Doctor Who:

Tonight's film - the 1994 Wynona Ryder version of Little Women. Watched it with my oldest daughter. Was very good, but we both prefer the recent Greta Gerwig version.

I'be been a fan of the Divine Comedy since the late 90s, and this new video from them is really pretty good!!. youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...

The Divine Comedy - Achilles

YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)

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Anyone else remember the computer game Pandora's Box from the late 90s? I'm a little sad it's not available anywhere at all any more.

I'm off on a journey down to London to give my first ever workshop on Functional c# at @sddconf.bsky.social Sadly the British trains are being true to form & I'm not currently sure if or when I'll arrive!

Don't you ever get fed up with code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo! ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr... ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...

Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | NDC Oslo 2025

Don't you ever get fed up of code failures in production? The infamous Null Reference Exception alone must be responsible for a large percentage of production issues.

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Apparently it's international Jazz day. So, here's my personal favourite modern jazz track if anyone wants to hear something amazing ^ a bit different: youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand

YouTube video by Hampshire & Foat - Topic

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Just caught up with s2 of #DoctorWho. Quality of writing seems to have gone up rhus series. I especially liked Lux. I'm just hoping the finale isn't a let down, though

for anyone interested, I will not only be speaking at @techorama.bsky.social next month, but I'll also be giving a workshop on how you can stop unhandled exceptions from ever occurring in production! I'd be grateful if anyone would be kind enough to repost this. Thanks! techorama.be/workshops/wr...

My talk at #NdcSecurity last year about what we can learn about InfoSec from movies (including a slide or two about mitigating _literal_ dinosaur attacks) is now available as a video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...

Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec - Simon Painter - NDC Security 2025

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Im trying to get back into drawing again. This is a mosque in saw in Antalya while I was on holiday last week.

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money

Ian Russell@ijrussell.bsky.social · last yr.

Repost the first album you bought with your own money

Don't you ever get fed up of #code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo. #Earlybird offer ends Friday, February 14. ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...

Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | NDC Oslo 2025

Don't you ever get fed up of code failures in production? The infamous Null Reference Exception alone must be responsible for a large percentage of production issues.

ndcoslo.com