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Adrian Milliner
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London based retired software dev. Mostly Java at banks.

Here it’s about pics of birds (feathered), books, retrocomputing, and happy, positive stuff.

I generally don’t DM.
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A Pelican showing off for the crowd.
#BirdsUK 🪶 #Slimbridge

Celebrating texture, pattern, and structure of feathers. #Feathers&Form #BirdOfTheDay
A large pelican is perched on a horizontal branch with its wings fully outstretched, almost forming a straight line. The bird is the clear focal point, standing in the centre of an outdoor amphitheatre-style setting with tiered wooden seating behind it. In the background, a crowd of people in winter clothing watch from the benches under a canopy structure, while reeds and water are visible below the perch in the foreground.
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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I discovered that the icon for the #TheUnarchiver on #macOS has a QR code for the project website. I like this.
This macOS icon depicts a stylized cardboard shipping box labeled ARCHIVE across the bottom in large white letters. The box texture is rendered with horizontal lines and subtle shading to suggest corrugated cardboard, with a darker horizontal band implying the box lid seam. In the upper-right area there is a downward arrow inside a rounded square, symbolizing downloading or unpacking contents. In the upper-left, a white shipping-label graphic includes tiny text, a QR-style code, and lines suggesting address details, reinforcing the idea of a packaged file or compressed archive. The QR code goes to theunarchiver dot com.
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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The Bayeux Tapestry will be returning to England for the first time in nearly a millennia. The British Museum will display the tapestry from September 2026 to July 2027 while the Bayeux Museum is undergoing renovations.
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Beautiful Venezuela 🇻🇪 #AngelFalls in Conaima National Park. Circa 1996.
The image shows Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, cascading down the sheer cliff face of Auyán-tepui mountain in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park. Two people stand in the foreground on a rocky riverbank near lush green jungle vegetation, emphasizing the immense scale of the 979-meter (3,212-foot) drop.
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #speckles&spots birds. Not sure if this counts but there’s an Old Speckled Hen here somewhere 🤣 #BirdsUK 🪶
The image shows three 500ml glass bottles of ale from the Old Speckled Hen family by Greene King / Morland Brewery, arranged side by side on a surface. These are premium British ales with distinct flavors and colors: a deep red-brown classic, a lighter golden variant, and a darker oak-aged strong ale. Left: “Old Speckled Hen” Fine Ale (5.0% ABV) – Dark ruby-red liquid with a cream-colored label featuring a hen; known for malty caramel, toffee, and fruity ester notes from crystal malt and specific yeast. Middle: “Old Golden Hen” (4.1% ABV) – Pale golden beer with a beige label; a refreshing golden ale using pale malts and Galaxy hops for tropical fruit hints like grapefruit and mango. Right: “Old Crafty Hen” Oak Aged Vintage (6.5% ABV) – Rich reddish-brown brew in a black-trimmed label bottle; blends oak-aged 5X strong ale for raisin, toffee, and dried fruit complexity.
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Pleased to see #RopemakersField in #Limehouse flying this flag today. It is indeed a very nice, if small, green space.

///poster.entire.pets
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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I gather #serenity is the theme of the day. The #pigeon at the front looks especially serene.
#BirdsUK #PigeonSky 🪶
A small group of pigeons is resting on a sunlit pavement in front of a low brick wall. The birds are fluffed up, with several standing on one leg and one lying down, suggesting they are relaxed and keeping warm. The scene has strong low-angle sunlight, casting clear shadows and bringing out iridescent greens and purples on their neck feathers.
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I know I’m a bit late but saw a #Robin in a Holly bush yesterday. It turned away as I took it but I still like it. Belated Happy Christmas :-)
#BirdsUK 🪶 🎄
A small bird with a bright orange-red breast and face is perched among dense, glossy green holly leaves with sharp spines. Its back and wings are brownish-grey, and it has a pale underside, giving a soft contrast against the dark foliage. The bird sits calmly on a twig, partially hidden by the surrounding leaves, creating a natural, wintery woodland feel.
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Also this nice Swan 🦢 during the #BoxingDayWalk. Apparently they’re not keen on Brussels sprouts. Proper swan food 👍. #BirdsUK 🪶 #MilwallDock
A white swan glides on dark, gently rippled water, its body forming a smooth, rounded curve while its wings arch upward in soft layers of feathers. The light catches the swan’s plumage, giving it a warm, creamy glow against the cool blue-grey surface beneath. The bird’s head is bowed slightly, with its orange bill and black facial markings adding a small but striking splash of color amid the otherwise tranquil, monochrome scene.
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#BoxingDayWalk around #MilwallDock and found this rather splendid cormorant. #BirdsUK 🪶
This is a large, dark waterbird standing on a concrete or stone edge beside rippling blue water. Its body is sleek and slightly hunched, with long, narrow wings that show a pattern of layered, scale‑like feathers in dark brown and black tones. The bird has a long, hooked bill that is pale at the tip with a yellow patch of bare skin at the base, and its eye shows a greenish sheen. The tail is long and wedge‑shaped, and the legs are sturdy and black, giving it a somewhat reptilian, prehistoric look.
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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A rather nondescript #Limehouse this Christmas so here’s Fat Percy (№2) the Pigeon from Christmas Day 2022 wishing you all the season’s greetings. Or was probably just after more seeds.
🪶 #PigeonSky #BirdsUK
A plump grey pigeon is perched on a wooden rail, facing the camera with its body fluffed up and feet close together. Its head and neck are a bluish-grey, with a small pale beak and a hint of white on the neck, while the chest is a soft pinkish-grey blending into a lighter belly. Behind the bird, there is a modern, pale metal roof with diagonal lines and a bright yellow structural beam that adds a bold splash of colour to the otherwise muted urban background.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Aberfeldy Street in Poplar, East London.

I saw this YT video about how these colourful houses are being knocked down 😢 near me so went for a walk to see them for myself before they’re gone.

#EastLondon #AberfeldySt #Bangladesh #CityEd #StreetArt

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Row of three‑storey mid‑century shopfronts and flats on Aberfeldy Street in Poplar, London, completely covered in bright mural art. The ground floor has small shops including “Umar Grocers” and a community mosque, with parked cars along the street. Upper floors and shop fascias are painted in vivid blues, pinks, greens and reds with floral, paisley and geometric textile‑style patterns, while leafless trees rise in front of the colourful buildings under an overcast sky.
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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The No.1 highest grossing movie worldwide when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

A New Hope

I’ll take that.
The image is a painted “Star Wars” movie poster in a classic pulp‑sci‑fi style. The composition is dominated by a huge, blue‑tinted helmeted villain’s head in the star‑filled sky, with a grey spherical battle station to the left and squadrons of small starfighters streaking upward on orange engine trails. In the foreground, a man in white robes stands dramatically on a rocky outcrop, legs apart, holding a glowing sword of light raised above his head while a woman in a flowing white dress poses below him with a blaster in hand and her dress billowing. To the right stand two droids in metallic gold and white, while futuristic buildings and antennas occupy the distant landscape, and the bold “STAR WARS” title fills the bottom third of the poster in large white‑outlined letters.
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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I accidentally added “Pigs In Blankets” to the Fruit & Veg section of my shopping list. My bad. But #AppleIntelligence thinking I should add it to the list ”Baby Care” section is disturbing!
🎄 🛒 🐖 👶 🤦
A screenshot of an Apple Reminders Shopping List with “Pigs in blankets” in the Fruit & Veg section with an Apple Intelligence suggestion to move it to the “Baby Care “ section. Also on the list is sprouts, boiling potatoes, avocado and caesar salad kit. Ho ho ho.
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Two Canada 🇨🇦 Geese, a cormorant and a gull are playing “hide and seek” but I don’t think the gull knows the rules.
🪶 #BirdsUK #MillwallDock
A small group of waterbirds is resting on the edge of a wooden dock beside rippled grey water. Birds • On the left are two Canada geese, standing on the dock and bending their necks down to preen their feathers. • Just behind them stands a pale grey-and-white gull, facing slightly toward the water. • At the far right is a darker bird, likely a cormorant, hunched and perched on a bollard at the dock corner, also with its head tucked down. Setting • The dock surface is weathered wood with scattered debris and patches of green moss along the side. • A bright red buoy hangs in the water at the dock’s corner, adding a strong splash of colour against the otherwise muted tones of the scene.
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Swan 🦢. Disappointed I had no snacks. 🚫🌽
🪶 #BirdsUK #Wapping #HermitageBasin
A close-up portrait of a swan’s head and neck, with fine feather detail and water droplets visible on its white plumage against a smooth, grey water background. The swan’s orange beak and black facial markings stand out sharply, giving the image a calm but striking, almost sculptural feel. Looks a bit peckish and disappointed.
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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These floating #bbq / #fondue boat thingies in #CanaryWharf always appealed. Now in a #geodesic dome to keep the cold out. Must try.
A small circular pleasure boat is floating on calm water, enclosed in a clear geodesic dome that looks like a transparent igloo. Inside, several people sit around a central table set for food or drinks, surrounded by miniature Christmas trees, decorative candles, and warm lighting, giving the scene a cosy, festive atmosphere despite being outdoors on the water.
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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“What was the first code editor you ever used?”

For me it would have been the full screen “editor” on a PET 4032. It appeared majestically in a maths lesson in (I think) 1980 and I was utterly hooked.

The ZX81 followed later when I got one at home.
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“What was the first code editor you ever used?”
The ZX80 BASIC prompt
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A rock dove chillin’ by the sea in La Caleta in Tenerife. 🪶 #PigeonSky 🇪🇸
A dark grey pigeon is resting on a sunlit concrete ledge beside water, framed between two rusty metal rails. Its body is fluffed up, wings folded neatly along its sides, and its bright orange eye looks directly toward the camera, giving the bird a slightly wary, watchful expression. The background is softly blurred, with sparkling reflections on the stones and water hinting at a shoreline setting.
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I think this is a snoozing Muscovy Duck. At the #Palmetum in #Tenerife 🇪🇸 a couple of moorhens too.
🪶 #Birds
A large duck with mostly white feathers and dark brown patches is standing on a small rock in a green, reflective pond, resting with its head tucked back into its plumage. The duck’s reflection is clearly visible in the rippling water, which is dotted with floating leaves and tiny bits of pond vegetation, while tall, grass-like plants and two other darker water birds appear in the background.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Another shot of an inquisitive Laughing Dove, Tenerife Spain 🇪🇸
🪶 #PigeonSky
This is an image of a dove standing on what appears to be a paved surface. The bird displays a light brown plumage with darker feathering on its wings and a subtle pattern of black spots or stripes on its neck area. Its beak is short and dark. The overall body shape and coloring suggest it is a laughing dove, which is a small species commonly found in urban and garden environments across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. The gentle posture and coloring also contribute to its distinctive, soft appearance.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I’m in #Tenerife so I think these are Laughing Doves. Very cute.
🪶 #BirdsEspaña 🇪🇸
Two small doves are perched on a low cream‑coloured wall next to a garden bed filled with lush green foliage and large yellow trumpet‑shaped flowers. The birds have soft brown plumage with bluish‑grey tones on their wings and subtle speckling on their necks, giving them a very gentle appearance. To the left, a modern black garden lantern stands among dry leaves and stones, contrasting with the vivid greenery and bright blossoms in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This poor #swan landed on the walkway next to the #MillwallDock and of course cannot take off or hop over the fence to get back in the water. The railings go as far in the other direction so it’s quite confused. At least me and other walkers gave it some room.
Hope it finds its way out. 🪶 #UkBirds
This image shows a single swan standing on a paved walkway beside a body of water, likely part of a canal or dock. The swan is facing left, with its neck curved downward. The walkway is lined with black metal railings and tall, modern-style lamp posts, creating a rhythmic perspective that draws the eye into the distance. In the background, there are some trees and residential buildings, giving the scene an urban waterside atmosphere.
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I learned today that #BBUK is still a thing. Wow. Yea it was fascinating in the Netherlands in 1999 and the first series in UK a year later, but … well maybe not as shocking that broadcast TV is still a thing :-)
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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I found an old (maps circa 2016) Garmin #satnav in a box. Uses a USB-B connector. Fairly #retro #gps. I wonder if it still works. Does anyone use these things any more?
The image shows a Garmin GPS navigation device on a desk. Its display is on the main menu screen, presenting two primary options: “Where To?”—indicated by a magnifying glass icon, and “View Map”—represented by a map with a pin icon. The top bar shows it is 23:45, battery is charging, and there is a signal indicator. The device also has volume and settings icons at the bottom of the screen. Visible in the background are paperwork, a tissue box, some cables, and part of a laptop, suggesting a workspace or home environment. The Garmin device is front and center, clearly capturing its function as a navigation aid.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM