Alan

@whataskeets.bsky.social

Computer man trying desperately not to be a techbro. Dublin He/Him. Occasional wry commentary on: 🔸 Current world chaos 🔸 Ireland 🔸 Non-awful Tech 🔸 Games 🔸 Not sports

So many people have posted their fantasies about how they'd react if the preacher lady setup on their flight that airlines should just have it as an extra you can order.

Everyone is all a ga-ga over hummingbird hawk-moths until you've to try and encourage one to get out of the 10ft high fixed skylight in your kitchen. Step ladder and a net did the trick!

so there's been this big Clear Channel digital countdown to the world cup billboard in Oakland for the last six months, except the world cup is over, and they haven't found someone new to buy the billboard space, so right now it just says: "-51 days till all eyes are on the Bay Area!"

Adult Wood Pigeon with injured wing in the garden today. Kildare Wildlife Rescue put us in contact with a woman who was able to take him. Exciting times trying to catch it and then get it over. Amazing operation at the womans house, lots of injured fledglings being taken care of incl. a young heron!

One of my default checks for badly coded crap is to see if a leap year birthday is accepted. I always put my birthday in as 29th Feb on a valid leap year. It's been a long long time since I have had it rejected... guess who failed the test today?

Ireland not having a real IMAX when we allegedly go the cinema more than anyone else in Europe is a travesty. That we somehow have the SECOND BEST CINEMA IN THE WORLD, according to Timeout, is lessened when said cinema isn't actually very good at the technical aspect of presenting films.