Paul Oldham
@tallpaul.org
Semi-retired Internet geek living with my wife and dog in Nairn, Scotland. I'm also the #SNP councillor for #Nairn & #Cawdor but I generally post about that as @paul.nairn.scot More here https://about.me/TallPaul
Split and merge PDF files with #PDFsam fast, free and open source! Works a treat for me. @pdfsam.org pdfsam.org #PDFmerge #PDFsplit
PDF Split And Merge
A free and open source software to merge, split, rotate and extract pages from PDF files
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As of lunchtime today this EDM has now been signed by 89 MPs, including my own @grahamleadbitter.bsky.social so thank you for him for doing that. But we've still got another five hundred plus to get on board so contact your MP today.
Heather Paterson@heatherpaterson.co.uk · 4mo agoEmail your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240 equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240 equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240
equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk
Very excited to hear today that my #Pebble Time 2 is finally on its way to me. The Time 2 has a bigger screen, better battery life, heart rate monitor, two microphones, speaker, compass, and a touch screen but still has those four buttons we all loved. Order yourself one here repebble.com
The Finest In Wearable Gadgets
Get a new Pebble smartwatch or ring right here
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I've been writing about #books again, this time about Manderley Press and also a little about @tomgauld.bsky.social aboutabook.uk/about-2/
About Manderley Press
As I've remarked before one of the things I like about reading is the part serendipity plays and, like Persephone Books, my discovery of Manderley Press came about that way too. In this case it was be...
aboutabook.uk
I've been blethering on about books again. The #FolioSociety this time. aboutabook.uk/about-the-fo... #books #blog
About the Folio Society
I've been interested in the Folio Society since back in the day when I subscribed to the now long dead Punch magazine and it carried adverts for the society, which was then a book club. Book clubs se...
aboutabook.uk
After a long pause (council work has kept me very busy) my book blog is back. This time talking about two books in 'About some dams'. aboutabook.uk/about-some-d... #books #NOSHEB
About some dams
I've recently finished Emma Wood's book "The Hydro Boys: Pioneers of Renewable Energy". It's her examination of the Scottish hydro-electric power schemes and reading it provided an interesting contras...
aboutabook.uk
Locally I would add to this: • Mikeysline - oursupport.mikeysline.co.uk • James Support Group - jamessupportgroup.com Remember: it's OK not to be OK.
In their response to the 2.75m people who have already signed the petition "Do not introduce Digital ID cards" the government has said: 'For clarity, it will not be a criminal offence to not hold a digital ID and police will not be able to demand to see a digital ID as part of a “stop and search.”'
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards. Now approaching 1,000,000 signatures. Have you signed it yet? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
Blog: About a childhood of reading I've just finished reading 'Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading' by Lucy Mangan. In it she details her life in books from the earliest days of being read to, then learning to read, and her progress through ... aboutabook.uk/about-a-chil... #books #blog
About a childhood of reading
I've just finished reading Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan. In it she details her life in books from the earliest days of being read to, then learning to read, and her progress ...
aboutabook.uk
Blog: About a bookmark How do you keep track of where you are in a book? If your answer is that you fold down the corner of the page you are wrong and you will burn in hell. The correct answer, of course, is that you use a bookmark ... aboutabook.uk/about-a-book... #books #blog
About a bookmark
Let’s start with some religion: which is how do you keep track of where you are in a book? If your answer is that you fold down the corner of the page you are wrong and you will burn in hell. The corr...
aboutabook.uk
Blog: About some deaths In my reading recently I've come across some deaths which have affected me. aboutabook.uk/about-some-d... #books #blog
About some deaths
[I'll start this post with a trigger warning, both for death, and also for horse lovers, plus a spoiler alert for readers of Ann Cleeves' Shetland novels.] In my reading recently I've come across som...
aboutabook.uk
Blog: About Persephone Books One of the things I like about reading is the part serendipity plays and my discovery of Persephone Books came about that way ... aboutabook.uk/about-persep... #books #blog
About Persephone Books
One of the things I like about reading is the part serendipity plays and my discovery of Persephone Books came about that way. I was listening to a podcast completely unrelated to books and someone me...
aboutabook.uk
Blog: About how I got here My mother taught me to read and by the time I arrived at infant school I was already a voracious reader ... aboutabook.uk/about-how-i-... #books #blog
About how I got here?
My mother taught me to read and by the time I arrived at infant school I was already a voracious reader. In those days books were expensive so the library was my friend. When I first visited it in th...
aboutabook.uk
Blog: About a book I want to tell you a story about a book ... or three. aboutabook.uk/about-a-book/ #books #blog
About a book
I want to tell you a story about a book ... or three. In December I bought a copy of “The Folio Book of Days” by Roger Hudson. It’s extracts from diaries, letters, and other dated sources written by ...
aboutabook.uk
I've finally found a use for the Raspberry Pi 4 which I've had lurking on a shelf for a while. It's now running Ghost ghost.org so I can start yet another blog and also experiment with that as an alternative to Substack. #blogging #books #raspberrypi
#qotd '[Farage is] just another Liz Truss but in a cravat and mustard trousers.'
You know I said I was contacting Spoons to find out how they were going to deal with the toilet issue? Well... Get rekt transphobes. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Want an example of "brave" then here it is. Paul O'Dwyer survived the plunge over the weir and made it to safety but died after going back into the water to try to save the others. #RIP www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New release of #WayMaps now live at waymaps.the-hug.net and www.walklakes.co.uk/maps featuring latest updates from @openstreetmap.bsky.social but with lots of work behind the scenes to simplify rendering of paths, tracks, in 'busy' areas. Note roads in Fishertown and also the cemetery bottom right.
Just over 17 hours before I find out about the new #Pebble watch. I'm SO excited: I've been waiting a long time and many less good smart watches for this day. store.repebble.com/countdown #RePebble
It's the final countdown
It's the final countdown
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I don't normally sign 38Degrees petitions but I've made an exception for this one. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead. This is the...
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This is our response to the #OnlineSafetyAct 2023. It is now linked to from all our forum pages. I'm not wasting any more time on this. If #Ofcom come after us wanting more we'll just take the forum down. www.walklakes.co.uk/osa.html #OSA
Online Safety Act 2023
Online Safety Act 2023. Responsible Person
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Oh my goodness, someone's thinking that a mail server comes under #OSA. That hadn't even occurred to me. We run one, for a grand total of three people, all related. Are we really going to have to do a risk assessment?! FFS, this gets more and more ridiculous. onlinesafetyact.co.uk/ra_my_busine...
Illegal content risk assessment for my business's email server - OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk
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My letter is in 'The Northern Times' today responding to a Lib Dem councillor who thinks we should treat our loans to fund the Highland Investment Plan like a repayment mortgage. That isn't how local government finance works ... #HighlandCouncil #SNP
I confess that when we had boiler problems the other day it never occurred to me that this might be the cause ... #LLM #enshitification
