Duncan Casey
@duncancasey.bsky.social
Designer of gadgets, start-up builder, geek. Quite bad at quite a lot of things. Science, tech, festivals, rock music, and rugby in no particular order of priority.
What's the best way to reach you? It's probably more than 300 characters...
I've done quantum photonics, fluid dynamics, and solid-state electronics for kids at music festivals, and did satellite communication networks at Glasto this year through the medium of a water pistol shooting gallery 🛰️🛰️🛰️
I've done quantum photonics, fluid dynamics, and solid-state electronics for kids at music festivals, and did satellite communication networks at Glasto this year through the medium of a water pistol shooting gallery 🛰️🛰️🛰️
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What's the best way to reach you? It's probably more than 300 characters...
I've done quantum photonics, fluid dynamics, and solid-state electronics for kids at music festivals, and did satellite communication networks at Glasto this year through the medium of a water pistol shooting gallery 🛰️🛰️🛰️
I've done quantum photonics, fluid dynamics, and solid-state electronics for kids at music festivals, and did satellite communication networks at Glasto this year through the medium of a water pistol shooting gallery 🛰️🛰️🛰️
I've done a bunch, including at some big arts and music festivals. If you need some designs and/or recipes, I can supply them. How much lead time do you have?
Rule 1: make it something you want to play with. If it feels like a lesson, it's wrong.
Rule 1: make it something you want to play with. If it feels like a lesson, it's wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I've done a bunch, including at some big arts and music festivals. If you need some designs and/or recipes, I can supply them. How much lead time do you have?
Rule 1: make it something you want to play with. If it feels like a lesson, it's wrong.
Rule 1: make it something you want to play with. If it feels like a lesson, it's wrong.
I take my glasses to the disco nowadays.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I take my glasses to the disco nowadays.
I'm flying to Germany on Monday with a replica space laser telescope system in my bag. Wish me luck...
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm flying to Germany on Monday with a replica space laser telescope system in my bag. Wish me luck...
You can always start with "Have you ever wondered why..?" It's a cliché, but it's a cliché because it works. You can be a bit clickbait-y - it's one sentence to get people to pay attention to the next bit, that's all.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You can always start with "Have you ever wondered why..?" It's a cliché, but it's a cliché because it works. You can be a bit clickbait-y - it's one sentence to get people to pay attention to the next bit, that's all.
Who is the audience? Why should they care about the outcome of your studies? Start from the headline and work backwards.
Structure: here's a thing that affects you; here's what causes it; this is why I'm studying [x]; "and did you know that..."; snappy finish to hold it in the audience's memory.
Structure: here's a thing that affects you; here's what causes it; this is why I'm studying [x]; "and did you know that..."; snappy finish to hold it in the audience's memory.
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Who is the audience? Why should they care about the outcome of your studies? Start from the headline and work backwards.
Structure: here's a thing that affects you; here's what causes it; this is why I'm studying [x]; "and did you know that..."; snappy finish to hold it in the audience's memory.
Structure: here's a thing that affects you; here's what causes it; this is why I'm studying [x]; "and did you know that..."; snappy finish to hold it in the audience's memory.
I'll take your word for it: it was handed down to me as group folklore.
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'll take your word for it: it was handed down to me as group folklore.
Likewise, anyone who can be left alone in a room with a tea cosy without immediately putting in on their head.
I once worked in a research team where this was part of the interview process.
I once worked in a research team where this was part of the interview process.
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Likewise, anyone who can be left alone in a room with a tea cosy without immediately putting in on their head.
I once worked in a research team where this was part of the interview process.
I once worked in a research team where this was part of the interview process.
I bought my 8 year old son s pretty decent digital microscope - and then had to borrow it to calibrate some kit at work (I make space stuff). He's *delighted* - and getting paid rental in Haribo.
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I bought my 8 year old son s pretty decent digital microscope - and then had to borrow it to calibrate some kit at work (I make space stuff). He's *delighted* - and getting paid rental in Haribo.
It's *fantastic* in there - I found it entirely by accident on a work trip a couple of months ago. It also has one of the strangest toilets I've ever encountered on a restaurant. The disco lights were... unexpected.
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's *fantastic* in there - I found it entirely by accident on a work trip a couple of months ago. It also has one of the strangest toilets I've ever encountered on a restaurant. The disco lights were... unexpected.
She seems to be Jeremy Corbyn in a dress.
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
She seems to be Jeremy Corbyn in a dress.
Thiols (-SH chemical groups that make onions smelly) stick to metals very strongly. It works even better with gold, but it's a bit impractical.
September 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thiols (-SH chemical groups that make onions smelly) stick to metals very strongly. It works even better with gold, but it's a bit impractical.
It's not plastic enough to be realistic.
September 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's not plastic enough to be realistic.
Is that you, @standupmaths.bsky.social?
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Is that you, @standupmaths.bsky.social?
*T-shirt made in Vietnam; bought from Temu.
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
*T-shirt made in Vietnam; bought from Temu.
Incidentally, the madness of a box of frogs is temperature dependent. I did the experiment. Long story...
September 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Incidentally, the madness of a box of frogs is temperature dependent. I did the experiment. Long story...
Pissed themselves.
September 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Pissed themselves.
"I have a drinking problem..."
My son does this joke now. He's 8. I'm so proud...
My son does this joke now. He's 8. I'm so proud...
a man in a trench coat and a green shirt is standing in front of a tree .
Alt: A scene from Airplane in which a man in a tan jacket and a green shirt is standing in front of a tree, tipping a glass of water over his face.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"I have a drinking problem..."
My son does this joke now. He's 8. I'm so proud...
My son does this joke now. He's 8. I'm so proud...
It's more of a sandblaster, I reckon. You've *never* felt so clean.
September 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's more of a sandblaster, I reckon. You've *never* felt so clean.
It's like the Strava leak all over again. Only this time, fictitious.
September 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's like the Strava leak all over again. Only this time, fictitious.