Rob Vaughan
@coffee-cat.bsky.social
An engineer in Bristol, UK. I like cats and coffee
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Profile pic really is me
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That's plenty enough info for a search engine
Profile pic really is me
insta/threads=@coffeecat_photo
@coffeecatdotorg@mastodonapp.uk
Signal: TLMJLQDYBN.72
(X=@coffeecatdotorg) - out of use, obv...
Our cat, helping with some test marking, circa 2017
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our cat, helping with some test marking, circa 2017
I haven't posted on here for several weeks. So here's a pic I took in Naantali back in the summer
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I haven't posted on here for several weeks. So here's a pic I took in Naantali back in the summer
Took the afternoon off yesterday and we walked up on Black Down in the Mendips. There was no-one else there apart from horses. Bliss.
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Took the afternoon off yesterday and we walked up on Black Down in the Mendips. There was no-one else there apart from horses. Bliss.
Macclesfield last weekend.
September 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Macclesfield last weekend.
Linköping was brilliant. Tiny, only about 3 flights per day. Efficient. Friendly staff. Perfect.
August 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Linköping was brilliant. Tiny, only about 3 flights per day. Efficient. Friendly staff. Perfect.
Social media is getting depressing today. Here's some pictures of birds I took recently
August 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Social media is getting depressing today. Here's some pictures of birds I took recently
Feels surprising that it's almost a month since I took this, on my "Summer" holiday 😎
August 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Feels surprising that it's almost a month since I took this, on my "Summer" holiday 😎
Saw this mystery aircraft last month in Cornwall. Seems to be a civil registered Canadair Challenger but with a ventral radar fairing. I was on a beach so no long lens, and no phone signal to check ADSB. Internet searches have proved fruitless. Think it was on finals to Newquay 23/Jul. Intriguing!
August 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Saw this mystery aircraft last month in Cornwall. Seems to be a civil registered Canadair Challenger but with a ventral radar fairing. I was on a beach so no long lens, and no phone signal to check ADSB. Internet searches have proved fruitless. Think it was on finals to Newquay 23/Jul. Intriguing!
Interesting! I spotted this UFO drone on ADSB a few nights ago, and wondered what it was. Now I'm fairly confident I know what it was 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Interesting! I spotted this UFO drone on ADSB a few nights ago, and wondered what it was. Now I'm fairly confident I know what it was 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've ditched the crazy costly "lifetime guaranteed" non-stick frying pan that never lasts (mentioning no names). Trying a proper made-in-France commercial-kitchen carbon steel pan, massively cheaper and genuinely will last for decades. Now to see if I can manage to season it well enough to use it 🤣
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've ditched the crazy costly "lifetime guaranteed" non-stick frying pan that never lasts (mentioning no names). Trying a proper made-in-France commercial-kitchen carbon steel pan, massively cheaper and genuinely will last for decades. Now to see if I can manage to season it well enough to use it 🤣
I see your Silver Spur at a Taco Bell and raise you a Ghost at a tea shack!
July 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I see your Silver Spur at a Taco Bell and raise you a Ghost at a tea shack!
Daughter bought a hat this week, which had this great label: "trust us we to be fluent in the language of fashion"
June 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Daughter bought a hat this week, which had this great label: "trust us we to be fluent in the language of fashion"
No-mow-May has gone quite well, but as it's now mid-June I suppose I'd better get the mower out this weekend
June 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
No-mow-May has gone quite well, but as it's now mid-June I suppose I'd better get the mower out this weekend
This is such an "Oxford" sign
May 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is such an "Oxford" sign
I wonder if the cat has been following too much US current affairs, as has taken offence at enforced annual vacc jabs today, and is now in hiding behind a sofa
May 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I wonder if the cat has been following too much US current affairs, as has taken offence at enforced annual vacc jabs today, and is now in hiding behind a sofa
It's that time of year again
April 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's that time of year again
Went to Frome yesterday. Delighted to discover that Pulteney Bridge is not the only UK river bridge remaining that still has houses right across it.
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Went to Frome yesterday. Delighted to discover that Pulteney Bridge is not the only UK river bridge remaining that still has houses right across it.
This neatly sums up the state of LLMs IMO. I asked Meta AI how to turn itself off and it hallucinated a non-existent app setting 🤪
April 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This neatly sums up the state of LLMs IMO. I asked Meta AI how to turn itself off and it hallucinated a non-existent app setting 🤪
Shot the eclipse. Stacked ND8 & ND 1000 filters, ISO 100, f/8, 1/6400 sec, on a tripod. Olympus 75-300mm zoom at 300mm. Got a sunspot as well, quite pleased with it.
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Shot the eclipse. Stacked ND8 & ND 1000 filters, ISO 100, f/8, 1/6400 sec, on a tripod. Olympus 75-300mm zoom at 300mm. Got a sunspot as well, quite pleased with it.
Happy Friday
Seen one big house, seen them all.
Seen one big house, seen them all.
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Friday
Seen one big house, seen them all.
Seen one big house, seen them all.
Know how you feel mate
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Know how you feel mate
What perfect albums came out when you were 16?
There's not much left if I ignore stuff I bought then that I would not listen to now, and stuff I like now that I didn't like then...
There's not much left if I ignore stuff I bought then that I would not listen to now, and stuff I like now that I didn't like then...
March 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What perfect albums came out when you were 16?
There's not much left if I ignore stuff I bought then that I would not listen to now, and stuff I like now that I didn't like then...
There's not much left if I ignore stuff I bought then that I would not listen to now, and stuff I like now that I didn't like then...
Found it: the book is "Car Wars" by Jonathan Mantle (1995)
March 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Found it: the book is "Car Wars" by Jonathan Mantle (1995)