Michael Parker
@astarix.bsky.social
ex-journalist, current director of operations for @uk.theconversation.com
I don't actually wear glasses (yet)
I don't actually wear glasses (yet)
You need to ask for Clocks!
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You need to ask for Clocks!
Lovely. Reminds me of what they say in Belfast, 'If you can see the hills, it's going to rain; if you can't see the hills, it's raining'.
In this case, both!
In this case, both!
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Lovely. Reminds me of what they say in Belfast, 'If you can see the hills, it's going to rain; if you can't see the hills, it's raining'.
In this case, both!
In this case, both!
I'm genuinely surprised they record fractions of a dollar that small
April 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm genuinely surprised they record fractions of a dollar that small
London but with croissants
February 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
London but with croissants
Wow, that's impressive close-formation flying
February 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wow, that's impressive close-formation flying
Reposted by Michael Parker
Maybe that applies pretty universally, actually
January 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Maybe that applies pretty universally, actually
What strikes me from Peter's account and others like Cerf's from 1993 is the importance of not so much the technical aspects as that of like-minded people who believed what was possible striving to overcome all the usual blocks of bureaucracy and funding and time
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) How the Internet came to be
PDF | On Jan 1, 1993, V Cerf published How the Internet came to be | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
January 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What strikes me from Peter's account and others like Cerf's from 1993 is the importance of not so much the technical aspects as that of like-minded people who believed what was possible striving to overcome all the usual blocks of bureaucracy and funding and time
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I don't know, most of the commenters calling it deranged drivel. Sometimes it is good to let them hoist themselves by their own petard.
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't know, most of the commenters calling it deranged drivel. Sometimes it is good to let them hoist themselves by their own petard.
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT
December 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT
Soon it will be parents sorting out their children's computer problems at Christmas
November 30, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Soon it will be parents sorting out their children's computer problems at Christmas
The conversation you need is @theconversation.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
The conversation you need is @theconversation.bsky.social