Grumpy Bob
@bluebobx.bsky.social
Left-leaning security techie and trainee "good guy". Old bloke happy to "have a bleather". Pro 🏴, especially Fife.
Very interested in other people's opinions.
#GTTO #FBPE #FBSI #COYR
Very interested in other people's opinions.
#GTTO #FBPE #FBSI #COYR
FlashForge's "Burnt Titanium" ASA filament produces a nice print, but heck is it a pain to use! 😡
#3DPrint (fence post cap with modelled brim)
#3DPrint (fence post cap with modelled brim)
September 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
FlashForge's "Burnt Titanium" ASA filament produces a nice print, but heck is it a pain to use! 😡
#3DPrint (fence post cap with modelled brim)
#3DPrint (fence post cap with modelled brim)
Damn straight! May she RIP
July 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Damn straight! May she RIP
Hey, someone has decided you can now drink the "worst president in US history". Is it a "bigly brew"? ;)
April 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hey, someone has decided you can now drink the "worst president in US history". Is it a "bigly brew"? ;)
Does this help: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/child-poverty-trends-and-policy-options#:~:text=Over%20the%20period%201997–98,30%25%20in%202022–23.
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just got my delivery of "Thunderstruck" coffee from Unorthodox Roasters in Kinross. Nice to see it's REALLY fresh! (Roasted yesterday)
February 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just got my delivery of "Thunderstruck" coffee from Unorthodox Roasters in Kinross. Nice to see it's REALLY fresh! (Roasted yesterday)
So "Bay Din-Dinock" would be someone pounding water, like King Canute? Or - more appropriately in her case - frantic treading of water (before she gets ditched!)
February 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So "Bay Din-Dinock" would be someone pounding water, like King Canute? Or - more appropriately in her case - frantic treading of water (before she gets ditched!)
I'm thinking that the Starmer/Reeves Brexit "red lines"'are looking increasingly foolish...
https://youtu.be/HJKe_m9CL-0?si=jB2C4WNx4J0gi392
https://youtu.be/HJKe_m9CL-0?si=jB2C4WNx4J0gi392
February 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm thinking that the Starmer/Reeves Brexit "red lines"'are looking increasingly foolish...
https://youtu.be/HJKe_m9CL-0?si=jB2C4WNx4J0gi392
https://youtu.be/HJKe_m9CL-0?si=jB2C4WNx4J0gi392
She'll be after the FT next since (from March this year).
I particularly like the closing sentence...
I particularly like the closing sentence...
January 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
She'll be after the FT next since (from March this year).
I particularly like the closing sentence...
I particularly like the closing sentence...
Apparently referring to peacocks as "disco turkeys" is childish. 🙄
September 20, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Apparently referring to peacocks as "disco turkeys" is childish. 🙄
I'm with this cat, relaxing in the sun
September 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I'm with this cat, relaxing in the sun
Mine (at the moment on vacation)
September 19, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Mine (at the moment on vacation)
Random Corfu cat pic 2
This charmer nuzzled my bag because I was resting it in "their" sunning spot.
Fair play Cat, fair play to you... 😁
This charmer nuzzled my bag because I was resting it in "their" sunning spot.
Fair play Cat, fair play to you... 😁
September 19, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Random Corfu cat pic 2
This charmer nuzzled my bag because I was resting it in "their" sunning spot.
Fair play Cat, fair play to you... 😁
This charmer nuzzled my bag because I was resting it in "their" sunning spot.
Fair play Cat, fair play to you... 😁
Random Corfu cat pic 1
September 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Random Corfu cat pic 1
My Samsung phones camera does strange things in auto mode vs "pro" (pro on left, auto right pic taken at 10pm - 2 1/2 hours after sunset)
September 19, 2024 at 9:39 AM
My Samsung phones camera does strange things in auto mode vs "pro" (pro on left, auto right pic taken at 10pm - 2 1/2 hours after sunset)
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #992,731!
Yay!
Yay!
September 19, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #992,731!
Yay!
Yay!
No particular reason to post this picture of one of Edinburgh Zoo's Red Pandas other that
(a) I like red pandas; and
(b) they always seem to go into hiding when I'm trying to photograph them.
(not camera btw, merely Samsung phone)
(a) I like red pandas; and
(b) they always seem to go into hiding when I'm trying to photograph them.
(not camera btw, merely Samsung phone)
August 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
No particular reason to post this picture of one of Edinburgh Zoo's Red Pandas other that
(a) I like red pandas; and
(b) they always seem to go into hiding when I'm trying to photograph them.
(not camera btw, merely Samsung phone)
(a) I like red pandas; and
(b) they always seem to go into hiding when I'm trying to photograph them.
(not camera btw, merely Samsung phone)
I bought this book recently. Maybe we could start a "unthink tank" to lobby for Labour to do the opposite of all it's recommendations. (Sorry I'm still reading it)
August 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I bought this book recently. Maybe we could start a "unthink tank" to lobby for Labour to do the opposite of all it's recommendations. (Sorry I'm still reading it)
I'm on it and it seems okay (example below). Certainly better than the hate filled dumpster fire that is Twitter since Musk.
Just wished that - like BlueSky - it had a proper iPad app.
Just wished that - like BlueSky - it had a proper iPad app.
December 12, 2023 at 10:07 AM
I'm on it and it seems okay (example below). Certainly better than the hate filled dumpster fire that is Twitter since Musk.
Just wished that - like BlueSky - it had a proper iPad app.
Just wished that - like BlueSky - it had a proper iPad app.
(Swans in Co Kerry, Ireland)
September 13, 2023 at 9:40 AM
(Swans in Co Kerry, Ireland)
Dysart Harbour #Fife #Kirkcaldy
September 13, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Dysart Harbour #Fife #Kirkcaldy