Tim Aidley

@tim.aidley.com

"A distinctively Timmy blob" https://tim.aidley.com/ (He/Him)

I had a fess published a few years ago about how I couldn't connect with my lifelong pals cos all they wanted to do was booze and take coke. I told them how I felt, turned out they thought the same and now we climb Munro's on Sundays. Lads, talk to your pals.

I went to a Cheesecake Factory for the first time today, and I bet it was more fun before they started putting the calories on the menu.

Time to try and fix the TV. Hopefully this will go better than my attempt to replace the battery in my phone. Should be fine. TV manufacturers tend to use screws rather than glue.

I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.

Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name Closeup of the photo from the Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name .

As one pal put it, " a very John Conner look "Closeup of the text for the photo that says 

" Ticket wars

Left: The line of area residents waitinng for advanced ticket sales for the May 19 release of "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" stretched outside the Grand Central Mall's Regal Cinemas onto the sidewalk outside. Above: Inside, Jordan Baker, Joe Peyton, Mat Lyons, Josh Lemley and Steve Roberts passed time by playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit as they awaited the Lucas epic.

Photos by Tony Kemp

One of the turn signals / indicators on our car needed its light changing, so I thought it would be a good idea to answer the old question: "How many Software Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?".

In 1999/2000 I wrote a WWI aerial combat game along with a couple of colleagues, and called 'Hunt for the Red Baron'. I've always had a soft spot for it, and I've finally got a port of it that runs in the browser; have a look here: tim.aidley.com/projects/hun... Best played with mouse and keyboard

Hunt for the Red Baron - Resurrected!

Over a period of around 9 months in 1999/2000, I wrote a WWI aerial combat game. You can now play it live in a browser!

tim.aidley.com

I've been somewhat surprised that there is a specific AI art aesthetic (and I feel sorry for genuine artists who had that aesthetic beforehand) Why did AI illustrations settle on that thick outline, overly orange look?

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Or, and this is a possible stance that I massively disagree with: they just like the aesthetic. In which case, I say fair enough, but own it and don’t be surprised if a section of the audience disagrees, vocally.

GOD Wordpress is so annoying. To do anything but the very simplest page, you need loads of plugins and it's like pulling teeth getting any of them to work together.