Bill Hulley
@billhulley.bsky.social
Deckchair rearrangement engineer, onetime audax rider. Bit broken at the moment, being rebuilt by the NHS.
It'll probably entail loitering with intent until they turn up, which is not ideal on a cold winter day, especially if they don't turn up.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It'll probably entail loitering with intent until they turn up, which is not ideal on a cold winter day, especially if they don't turn up.
If you have a helpful ISP they could put some instructions in their order to Openreach. Most likely it'll be down to getting in contact with the OR enginer on the ground at the day of install and having a conversation with them before they start work. Most are helpful and want to do a good job.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you have a helpful ISP they could put some instructions in their order to Openreach. Most likely it'll be down to getting in contact with the OR enginer on the ground at the day of install and having a conversation with them before they start work. Most are helpful and want to do a good job.
What was the question?
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What was the question?
It’s not science, it’s marketing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s not science, it’s marketing.
Smol wheels but not Brompton
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Smol wheels but not Brompton
They don’t care about the weather, they’re hot 🌶️
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
They don’t care about the weather, they’re hot 🌶️
Was in the Brompton shop, picked up a new T Line electric with the battery. Way lighter than my M6R but six grand 😬
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Was in the Brompton shop, picked up a new T Line electric with the battery. Way lighter than my M6R but six grand 😬
Pull an overnight 200 before the interview so your eyes match the beard then nobody will notice (waves hand magically)
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Pull an overnight 200 before the interview so your eyes match the beard then nobody will notice (waves hand magically)
With a panic button inside just in case the occupant isn’t quite dead.
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
With a panic button inside just in case the occupant isn’t quite dead.
Maybe they need to use the targeting software from Helsing SE, one of Daniel Ek's other interests alongside Spotify.
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Maybe they need to use the targeting software from Helsing SE, one of Daniel Ek's other interests alongside Spotify.
The message about wearing a mask when you yourself are infectious never appeared to cut through the selfish message about wearing a mask as protection from others. Says a lot about our society 😬
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The message about wearing a mask when you yourself are infectious never appeared to cut through the selfish message about wearing a mask as protection from others. Says a lot about our society 😬
I guess they designate as grey belt as near two motorways and a huge junction and the next application says grey belt as next to an existing data centre campus, and so on... 😬
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I guess they designate as grey belt as near two motorways and a huge junction and the next application says grey belt as next to an existing data centre campus, and so on... 😬
According to CPRE this looks very much Green Belt
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
According to CPRE this looks very much Green Belt
You could crawl back into bed and not go to work.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
You could crawl back into bed and not go to work.
There is that George Bernard Shaw quote -
"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."
Maybe the LibDems and Greens could be absent too.
"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."
Maybe the LibDems and Greens could be absent too.
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There is that George Bernard Shaw quote -
"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."
Maybe the LibDems and Greens could be absent too.
"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it."
Maybe the LibDems and Greens could be absent too.
Telcos are driven by simple economics, they want to place a drop pole where they'll be able to serve the most connections but those Code Powers come with a Code of Practice Telcos must follow -
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ab22e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ab22e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Telcos are driven by simple economics, they want to place a drop pole where they'll be able to serve the most connections but those Code Powers come with a Code of Practice Telcos must follow -
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ab22e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ab22e...
I bet Biff Bean and the few complaining constituents already have a good broadband service and aren't impacted by this in the slightest.
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I bet Biff Bean and the few complaining constituents already have a good broadband service and aren't impacted by this in the slightest.
They can object all they like, then rescind any rights to complain about lack of broadband services.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
They can object all they like, then rescind any rights to complain about lack of broadband services.
Make room for the mushrooms!
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Make room for the mushrooms!
Well if you will if you will keep on using Perl to unpack streams of ASN.1/BER encoded data 🙃
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Well if you will if you will keep on using Perl to unpack streams of ASN.1/BER encoded data 🙃