Matt Farrow
@mattfatmarrow.bsky.social
UE5 game dev (game mode design & code / UI coding / c++ / lua / BPs / mods / &c). 'Solo' game dev (unannounced project). UK & EP patent attorney. Pro photographer once (weddings, festivals). Writes bad sci fi. Give ☕ pls.
That's me signed up nice and early for Develop 2026.
People say you should usually book direct with the hotel, and they are of course correct, but would I be receiving this offer if I did?
I don't have a dog, so does it know something about Develop 2026 that I don't?
People say you should usually book direct with the hotel, and they are of course correct, but would I be receiving this offer if I did?
I don't have a dog, so does it know something about Develop 2026 that I don't?
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
That's me signed up nice and early for Develop 2026.
People say you should usually book direct with the hotel, and they are of course correct, but would I be receiving this offer if I did?
I don't have a dog, so does it know something about Develop 2026 that I don't?
People say you should usually book direct with the hotel, and they are of course correct, but would I be receiving this offer if I did?
I don't have a dog, so does it know something about Develop 2026 that I don't?
Things keeping me awake at 3.30am: still decompressing after 7 hour drive; weird neighbour repeatedly running washing machine spin cycles (yes, at 3.30am); gouging out part of my mouth while eating a monster munch crisp earlier.
Stay tuned for more nighttime habits of highly successful people.
Stay tuned for more nighttime habits of highly successful people.
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Things keeping me awake at 3.30am: still decompressing after 7 hour drive; weird neighbour repeatedly running washing machine spin cycles (yes, at 3.30am); gouging out part of my mouth while eating a monster munch crisp earlier.
Stay tuned for more nighttime habits of highly successful people.
Stay tuned for more nighttime habits of highly successful people.
Oh, the Yahoo mailbox size is going from 1 Tb to 15 Gb is it?
I can't wait to be sold something
I can't wait to be sold something
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Oh, the Yahoo mailbox size is going from 1 Tb to 15 Gb is it?
I can't wait to be sold something
I can't wait to be sold something
Today some "Internet research" led me here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_c...
I hope you are, as ever, prepared for disappointment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_c...
I hope you are, as ever, prepared for disappointment.
Colon classification - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Today some "Internet research" led me here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_c...
I hope you are, as ever, prepared for disappointment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_c...
I hope you are, as ever, prepared for disappointment.
In today's entry for "Household Product or Sex Toy", I present...
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
In today's entry for "Household Product or Sex Toy", I present...
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Patents is my side line at the moment, but I haven't lost any of my sharpness. Otherwise why would I be joining a new client Teams call a good three days early? You just don't get that kind of commitment from ordinary Joes.
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Patents is my side line at the moment, but I haven't lost any of my sharpness. Otherwise why would I be joining a new client Teams call a good three days early? You just don't get that kind of commitment from ordinary Joes.
How about don't break my software with a dumb update I don't want and didn't ask for
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How about don't break my software with a dumb update I don't want and didn't ask for
World Eeeekonomic Forum
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
World Eeeekonomic Forum
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This is fucking delightful: two of my comedy favs hamming it up.
And Stoufer the Cat.
And Stoufer the Cat.
The Harry Hill Show - Stewart Lee
YouTube video by HARRY HILL
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is fucking delightful: two of my comedy favs hamming it up.
And Stoufer the Cat.
And Stoufer the Cat.
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I feel like we don't talk enough about how Steam's "laissez-faire" moderation approach (with no real interest in policing itself) coupled with aggressive monetization and gamification of most of its features really make it one of the shittiest spaces to be on, practically by design.
Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"
#Steam #Valve #Gaming
#Steam #Valve #Gaming
Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"
Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.
www.gamingonlinux.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I feel like we don't talk enough about how Steam's "laissez-faire" moderation approach (with no real interest in policing itself) coupled with aggressive monetization and gamification of most of its features really make it one of the shittiest spaces to be on, practically by design.
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Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover.
Trump continues to be Putin's best investment, and Farage continues to be Putin and Trump's eager tool, a treasonous conduit for foreign interference in British politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump continues to be Putin's best investment, and Farage continues to be Putin and Trump's eager tool, a treasonous conduit for foreign interference in British politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover as US lawmakers visit Denmark to ease tensions
The president made the threat while a bipartisan group of US lawmakers were visiting Denmark in the hope of easing tensions over the territory.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Trump threatens new tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover.
Trump continues to be Putin's best investment, and Farage continues to be Putin and Trump's eager tool, a treasonous conduit for foreign interference in British politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump continues to be Putin's best investment, and Farage continues to be Putin and Trump's eager tool, a treasonous conduit for foreign interference in British politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Go to Jo's profile and search for his Palantir posts.
And then, as you read, spend a few minutes wondering what kind of government might want to connect the dots between eg immigration, police & surveillance, the military, and your health records.
Because that's the government we've got.
And then, as you read, spend a few minutes wondering what kind of government might want to connect the dots between eg immigration, police & surveillance, the military, and your health records.
Because that's the government we've got.
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Go to Jo's profile and search for his Palantir posts.
And then, as you read, spend a few minutes wondering what kind of government might want to connect the dots between eg immigration, police & surveillance, the military, and your health records.
Because that's the government we've got.
And then, as you read, spend a few minutes wondering what kind of government might want to connect the dots between eg immigration, police & surveillance, the military, and your health records.
Because that's the government we've got.
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I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
I picked up a 3 kg bag of spaghetti from the wrong end, and now I'm playing the world's largest game of Pick Up Sticks
January 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I picked up a 3 kg bag of spaghetti from the wrong end, and now I'm playing the world's largest game of Pick Up Sticks
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Here’s my writeup. Short’s early work is a testament to what totally solo development can produce. www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle...
Counterfeit Monkey is so magnificent a text adventure that I'm convinced the puzzle genre went wrong when it added graphics
The power of the written word can quite literally change nations in this sci-fi masterpiece.
www.pcgamer.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Here’s my writeup. Short’s early work is a testament to what totally solo development can produce. www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle...
One in an occasional series of 'I don't expect much from coffee machines, and boy, do I not get it'.
And don't get me started on the Costa Coffee machines in every garage in the UK. A cafe experience so premium that it can be recreated with a touchscreen, some pumps and a bag of coffee extract.
And don't get me started on the Costa Coffee machines in every garage in the UK. A cafe experience so premium that it can be recreated with a touchscreen, some pumps and a bag of coffee extract.
![A visual menu for coffee displayed on a coffee machine. A first option is for an 'Americano'. A second option is for a 'cappacuino' [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:44onez5kzjgq4bmbwakcqybd/bafkreid6vv374pleqkkfva7acew275kifvmrtuilugi4unvjtzfkhtewom@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 12:29 PM
One in an occasional series of 'I don't expect much from coffee machines, and boy, do I not get it'.
And don't get me started on the Costa Coffee machines in every garage in the UK. A cafe experience so premium that it can be recreated with a touchscreen, some pumps and a bag of coffee extract.
And don't get me started on the Costa Coffee machines in every garage in the UK. A cafe experience so premium that it can be recreated with a touchscreen, some pumps and a bag of coffee extract.
Is it just me, or has the old Creme Egg catchphrase been subtly repurposed for the new political landscape?
Admit how you eat yours, citizen, or we will find out, one way or another.
Admit how you eat yours, citizen, or we will find out, one way or another.
January 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Is it just me, or has the old Creme Egg catchphrase been subtly repurposed for the new political landscape?
Admit how you eat yours, citizen, or we will find out, one way or another.
Admit how you eat yours, citizen, or we will find out, one way or another.
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I don't like the woke nonsense that the new Pope is saying. We should respect the old ways, like the Pope being infallible and never questioning anything he says.
(c) galaxy brain Catholic commentators who are certainly not in some kind of intellectual bind
(c) galaxy brain Catholic commentators who are certainly not in some kind of intellectual bind
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I don't like the woke nonsense that the new Pope is saying. We should respect the old ways, like the Pope being infallible and never questioning anything he says.
(c) galaxy brain Catholic commentators who are certainly not in some kind of intellectual bind
(c) galaxy brain Catholic commentators who are certainly not in some kind of intellectual bind
Is there a scare-mongering right wing opinion writer in your family? Are they afraid to visit London because of the muslimist rayguns? Are they worried about immigrants stealing their precious essence? Is wokeness trying to steal their brain?
Show them you care this Christmas, with our special ...
Show them you care this Christmas, with our special ...
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is there a scare-mongering right wing opinion writer in your family? Are they afraid to visit London because of the muslimist rayguns? Are they worried about immigrants stealing their precious essence? Is wokeness trying to steal their brain?
Show them you care this Christmas, with our special ...
Show them you care this Christmas, with our special ...
This is a bit niche, but Gordon J Key, who wrote a load of classic games for the BBC Micro and Acorn Archimedes, claimed not to play any computer games - not even his own. "I have never really looked at other programmers work unless asked to do so by my publishers" he once said.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is a bit niche, but Gordon J Key, who wrote a load of classic games for the BBC Micro and Acorn Archimedes, claimed not to play any computer games - not even his own. "I have never really looked at other programmers work unless asked to do so by my publishers" he once said.
Really scenic views from this Avanti train today.
The power socket is providing power and the temperature is close to Room, so I probably shouldn't complain.
The power socket is providing power and the temperature is close to Room, so I probably shouldn't complain.
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Really scenic views from this Avanti train today.
The power socket is providing power and the temperature is close to Room, so I probably shouldn't complain.
The power socket is providing power and the temperature is close to Room, so I probably shouldn't complain.