I wonder how much of my life has been spent waiting for Tim Vine to get a pen behind his ear...
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engineer • lover of audio, coffee, 80s music, technology • UK based, but in the global village
A way to joy: 1. Join your local library (if you're not already a member) 2. Download Libby or Borrowbox 3. Find an audiobook and listen to it. For free. Brilliant. I really don't read enough, but for someone who spends far too much time vaguely wandering from room to room, this is perfect for me.
A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
@embroideredyeti.bsky.social Hello! Just caught up with the fun of The Missing Viscount on the Miskatonic Playhouse, so wanted to give you a follow - thoroughly enjoyed your performance!
it's a rare confluence of delights to watch @johncooperclarke.bsky.social and the brilliant @flygirlnhm.bsky.social together on the Harry Hill Podscarf.. it's cultural and educational youtu.be/LC-xIryYhd0
The Harry Hill Show - John Cooper Clarke
YouTube video by HARRY HILL
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Quite aside from them being £2.49 for a packet, I'm fairly sure Lidl doesn't realise that when they cover bourbon creams in chocolate, they're effectively selling Penguins at a huge mark-up and without a joke..
Lovely bit of business by @culturehustle.bsky.social culturehustle.com/products/fre...
FRELLIPLE
FRELLIPLE was developed by an advanced imaging research group working in next‑generation display and perception science. It sits outside the standard gamuts modern imaging relies on. So when you try t...
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I remember when there was a campaign for mobile web pages that minimised the amount of data.. this has just got ridiculous...
Technology Brobdingnagian@dfeldman.org · 5mo agoThe NYT front page is 49 megabytes, larger than the original install disk size for Windows 95 thatshubham.com/blog/news-au...
For the past couple of years I've been harvesting batteries from discarded vapes, and have accrued quite a collection. The worst bit is getting rid of the rest of the vape. I keep getting a waft of vape juice from somewhere in my study.. quite distracting! Better empty the bin (again?)
I am all for The Pro-Human AI Declaration. Isn't it great when people actually think about things and their long term effects. Here's a helpful video to explain it: youtu.be/t2NMNf7SSSw
How To Make AI Good For Humanity
YouTube video by Siliconversations
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Here’s the skinny … Thursday 12 March at 7pm UK time and for one week afterwards. #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #DoctorWho I’m putting this in my calendar! youtu.be/0-ywzANRSqU?...
Take Your Seats | Announcement | National Theatre at Home
YouTube video by National Theatre
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Ros@hurricaneros.bsky.social · 6mo agoDelighted to learn that NT is putting this production out on YouTube FOR FREE in March. Been dying to see it based on this clip alone. youtu.be/fid5dBaFgMY?...
A quick and easy way to set up Sticky Keys on both Mac and Windows is to eat chocolate biscuits while working. I want to make a "Turn on Carrot Browsing" joke as well but it doesn't [a] work well written down and [b] actually be funny.
If there was an English equivalent of the Louvre art gallery, would it be called "The Air Vent"..?
I've finally got round to repairing two WiFi smart switches that have been misbehaving (not actually switching) for months.. this video by the estimable @bigclivedotcom.bsky.social identifies the faulty component, and it was a quick and easy replacement.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cR9...
Fixing a faulty LSPA7 smart plug (XiangHeWang)
YouTube video by bigclivedotcom
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Seems like almost all my Google Mail messages are going into spam at the moment, so I'm having to fish them out one by one... feels like I'm making lunch while standing in a wheelie bin.
Spinoff programme idea: Doctor Who Do You Think You Are, where a celebrity goes into the TARDIS to find out how appalling their ancestors were (Daleks?)
I wrote a blog post about my electrical car and public chargers... www.zx85.me/arnold-clark... #ev #electriccar #mg4 #carcharging
Arnold Clark's EV charging gamechanger 🚗⚡
I've been driving an electric car for the past year and a bit, and it's brilliant, especially for pootling around East Anglia, which is pretty much what we do most of the time. However, there's curren...
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@feap.bsky.social I thoroughly enjoyed your piece about Ray Of Light on the Monocle daily .. I'm a huge fan of William Orbit so it was great to hear some other inspired songs 🎶🎵 To that end: please do create a Spotify playlist!
I am now at an age where I keep having to delete screenshots I inadvertently take because I'm clearly holding my phone wrong...
There remains something delightfully old fashioned about catching a train for leisure purposes. This is very much what I'm doing now.
In other news, Retford is one of the strangest stations I've ever been to. It's got a bonus level (with a daft little train)
This is an absolute Godsend on a day like today. There's a lot wrong with the world of corporate cost-cutting, so it feels right to celebrate things being better. Thanks @lner.co.uk (and @greateranglia.bsky.social too)
Every time I think that Life on Mars by David Bowie couldn't be any more iconic, another layer of its breathtaking story is revealed.. www.musicradar.com/artists/no-o...
“No one ever knew the number, so it never rang”: The intriguing mystery of the ringing phone captured at the end of David Bowie’s Life on Mars
The ringing phone that closes out Bowie’s Hunky Dory epic was captured by accident - and nobody quite knows who was on the other end
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I'm still a little baffled about scammers on Words With Friends... it's a game that celebrates language - when a message comes through from someone who clearly hasn't a clue about syntax nor punctuation, surely it's a red flag?
Wrote this as a thunderstorm threatened overhead.. But it's still extremely silly! Happy Sunday, lovely people. thedeniseperson.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/p...
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There might be witches on the train Are they like doctors on a plane?I wonder if there’s one around Are they so easy to be found?They could be hiding in plain sightWith a gaze like grey twilight Dr…
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