Linker3000
@linker3000.com
My career began in electronics & now it's in IT. I talk nonsense here about my hobby stuff: Electronics, STEM, IoT, Meshtastic, Vintage 8-bit computers. My dog is called Holly & she's much cuter than me | West Sussex, UK | Views are my own humble opinions.
I just got an email from Stack Overflow. Seems I've not logged in since April 2023.
Boy I must be a REALLY l33t coder!
Boy I must be a REALLY l33t coder!
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just got an email from Stack Overflow. Seems I've not logged in since April 2023.
Boy I must be a REALLY l33t coder!
Boy I must be a REALLY l33t coder!
A delivery van was hijacked today and a consignment of stationery items stolen, including a significant number of boxes of protractors.
Police are considering all angles.
Police are considering all angles.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A delivery van was hijacked today and a consignment of stationery items stolen, including a significant number of boxes of protractors.
Police are considering all angles.
Police are considering all angles.
Today I have to cost up a hosting platform for a few different Web sites (mostly Joomla-based). I see a little Hetzner in my life.
Any other suggestions?
Any other suggestions?
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today I have to cost up a hosting platform for a few different Web sites (mostly Joomla-based). I see a little Hetzner in my life.
Any other suggestions?
Any other suggestions?
So while we're busy stuffing "AI" (or tech incorrectly labelled as such) into everything because it helps with productivity and allegedly means fewer workers (who pay taxes into the economy)...
Reuters: "UK faces bigger than expected cut to productivity forecast, sources say".
/Confuzzed
Reuters: "UK faces bigger than expected cut to productivity forecast, sources say".
/Confuzzed
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So while we're busy stuffing "AI" (or tech incorrectly labelled as such) into everything because it helps with productivity and allegedly means fewer workers (who pay taxes into the economy)...
Reuters: "UK faces bigger than expected cut to productivity forecast, sources say".
/Confuzzed
Reuters: "UK faces bigger than expected cut to productivity forecast, sources say".
/Confuzzed
Our office broadband comes into the building through here.
Don't breathe too hard.
Don't breathe too hard.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our office broadband comes into the building through here.
Don't breathe too hard.
Don't breathe too hard.
Can anyone explain to me why, apart from sheer laziness and a total disregard for information security best practice, I would install a password manager on my computer AND have it auto fill TOTP passcodes? Did the designers not cop on to the proper definition of 'multi factor'? 🙃
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Can anyone explain to me why, apart from sheer laziness and a total disregard for information security best practice, I would install a password manager on my computer AND have it auto fill TOTP passcodes? Did the designers not cop on to the proper definition of 'multi factor'? 🙃
It's dawned on me: I get more emails from computer systems & things (Logwatch, system reports, backups, monitoring, washing machine, front door, central heating...) than real people.
This means something.
Maybe I just need an AI to email me every now & then to say "Hey, I got this..go get a life."
This means something.
Maybe I just need an AI to email me every now & then to say "Hey, I got this..go get a life."
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It's dawned on me: I get more emails from computer systems & things (Logwatch, system reports, backups, monitoring, washing machine, front door, central heating...) than real people.
This means something.
Maybe I just need an AI to email me every now & then to say "Hey, I got this..go get a life."
This means something.
Maybe I just need an AI to email me every now & then to say "Hey, I got this..go get a life."
Stop the closure of this essential Cardiology service at St Richards Hospital (Chichester)
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Petition · Stop the closure of this essential Cardiology service at St Richards Hospital (Chichester) - United Kingdom · Change.org
Stop the closure of this essential Cardiology service at St Richards Hospital (Chichester)
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October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Stop the closure of this essential Cardiology service at St Richards Hospital (Chichester)
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www.change.org/p/stop-the-c...
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If you like books, 2nd-hand / antique / random books & are visiting the Lake District or Cumbria I strongly suggest adding in a detour to Michael Moon's Bookshop in Whitehaven - as it has over a mile of shelves with books on & piles of books AND is run by lovely people!
Reposts Appreciated!
Reposts Appreciated!
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you like books, 2nd-hand / antique / random books & are visiting the Lake District or Cumbria I strongly suggest adding in a detour to Michael Moon's Bookshop in Whitehaven - as it has over a mile of shelves with books on & piles of books AND is run by lovely people!
Reposts Appreciated!
Reposts Appreciated!
Azure and AWS having the wobbles, I hear.
Someone elsewhere referred to 'Outage as a Service'.
I'm going to borrow that.
Someone elsewhere referred to 'Outage as a Service'.
I'm going to borrow that.
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Azure and AWS having the wobbles, I hear.
Someone elsewhere referred to 'Outage as a Service'.
I'm going to borrow that.
Someone elsewhere referred to 'Outage as a Service'.
I'm going to borrow that.
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just checking that the MeshBop #Meshtastic messaging app coped with the UK time change. Yes, I must put the prototype node into the case I have for it.
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Just checking that the MeshBop #Meshtastic messaging app coped with the UK time change. Yes, I must put the prototype node into the case I have for it.
I find the whole thing utterly thickening.
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I find the whole thing utterly thickening.
A while ago I cut my finger badly while fixing a connector problem at the back of a TV. It's all healed now, but the SCART issue left me with scar tissue.
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A while ago I cut my finger badly while fixing a connector problem at the back of a TV. It's all healed now, but the SCART issue left me with scar tissue.
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I keep trying to tell people about #FujiNet.
That it is a WiFi adapter for your favorite #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, #Commodore, #Atari2600, #AtariLynx, and #MSDOS machines, with more to come.
But word isn't getting out.
Can u help?
fujinet.online
That it is a WiFi adapter for your favorite #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, #Commodore, #Atari2600, #AtariLynx, and #MSDOS machines, with more to come.
But word isn't getting out.
Can u help?
fujinet.online
FujiNet - The Future of Retro Computing
The Future of Retro Computing
fujinet.online
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I keep trying to tell people about #FujiNet.
That it is a WiFi adapter for your favorite #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, #Commodore, #Atari2600, #AtariLynx, and #MSDOS machines, with more to come.
But word isn't getting out.
Can u help?
fujinet.online
That it is a WiFi adapter for your favorite #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, #Commodore, #Atari2600, #AtariLynx, and #MSDOS machines, with more to come.
But word isn't getting out.
Can u help?
fujinet.online
This cheap USB tester started to read 4.29A all the time. Anyone seen this - is it a known issue - and fixed it? Apart from doing a visual around the current sensing resistor & chip and a PCB clean I've not dived deeper yet because it's likely not worth the time, but am happy to have thoughts. Ta.
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This cheap USB tester started to read 4.29A all the time. Anyone seen this - is it a known issue - and fixed it? Apart from doing a visual around the current sensing resistor & chip and a PCB clean I've not dived deeper yet because it's likely not worth the time, but am happy to have thoughts. Ta.
Just testing some (not yet released) newsyness goodness on MeshBop for #Meshtastic.
github.com/linker3000/M...
github.com/linker3000/M...
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just testing some (not yet released) newsyness goodness on MeshBop for #Meshtastic.
github.com/linker3000/M...
github.com/linker3000/M...
Why do people with a twinkle in their eyes seem to tell the funniest jokes?
Because they're cornea.
Because they're cornea.
October 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why do people with a twinkle in their eyes seem to tell the funniest jokes?
Because they're cornea.
Because they're cornea.
My 'weekend project' visual, extensible message trigger / response app for #Meshtastic, written in Node-RED, has just had a major rewrite.
I've also thrown in a Sea state / tidal report and severe weather warnings.
github.com/linker3000/M...
I've also thrown in a Sea state / tidal report and severe weather warnings.
github.com/linker3000/M...
October 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My 'weekend project' visual, extensible message trigger / response app for #Meshtastic, written in Node-RED, has just had a major rewrite.
I've also thrown in a Sea state / tidal report and severe weather warnings.
github.com/linker3000/M...
I've also thrown in a Sea state / tidal report and severe weather warnings.
github.com/linker3000/M...
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day.
Ada Lovelace Day - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today is Ada Lovelace Day.
Did you hear about the work-from-home microelectronics engineer who had great difficulty getting any of their prototypes to work reliably?
They lived in a static caravan.
They lived in a static caravan.
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Did you hear about the work-from-home microelectronics engineer who had great difficulty getting any of their prototypes to work reliably?
They lived in a static caravan.
They lived in a static caravan.
Meshbop V0.11 Beta for #Meshtastic is coming soon. Lots of code tidying, some new triggers and even easier setup on Node-RED. Here's some lovely screenshots.
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Meshbop V0.11 Beta for #Meshtastic is coming soon. Lots of code tidying, some new triggers and even easier setup on Node-RED. Here's some lovely screenshots.
What's a private audiologist's favourite dessert?
Profit-ear'oles.
/Sorry
Profit-ear'oles.
/Sorry
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What's a private audiologist's favourite dessert?
Profit-ear'oles.
/Sorry
Profit-ear'oles.
/Sorry
It's tiiiiiny. Going to try using it with async out to a Heltec V3 #Meshtastic node as my permanent MeshBop node.
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's tiiiiiny. Going to try using it with async out to a Heltec V3 #Meshtastic node as my permanent MeshBop node.
I know the North of the UK has had it worse, but my MeshBop #Meshtastic app has been broadcasting messages, based on a Met Office feed, every hour, for the South too. Good job little Raspberry Pi. Stay safe everyone.
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I know the North of the UK has had it worse, but my MeshBop #Meshtastic app has been broadcasting messages, based on a Met Office feed, every hour, for the South too. Good job little Raspberry Pi. Stay safe everyone.