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Happy Burns Night!
Vegan haggis, neeps, tatties, veg, and the Ode To A Haggis.
January 25, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Risking the wrath of the BlueSky Mafia @ukgovcamp.bsky.social by pitching this 😸
Mastodon. What? Why? How?
January 20, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Proud to announce that openideas.ltd.uk is sponsoring sweets at @ukgovcamp.bsky.social

Come find me for more!
A big tub of branded fuzzy saucers.
January 20, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Not a bad spot for a meeting!
At the House of Commons with OpenUk to talk about #OpenSource and the UK technology sector.
A sumptuous committee room.
January 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Statistics from 14 years of blogging.
Graph showing which months had the most views. I peak in 2020, apparently, with over a million views in the year.
January 15, 2024 at 10:39 AM
I'm doing my part!
Headline from the Daily Mail. "How the rise of childless women could change the face of Britain: Rampant infidelity. A struggling economy. Meltdown for the NHS. And shorter life expectancies"
January 14, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Based on various screen captures, it appears to say:

"FAST ACCESS (50 BIT) DRUM STORE TYPE RM 15"

But that doesn't bring up anything useful. So I'm guessing a constructed prop rather than a real bit of kit?
Screen capture of the prop. Screen capture of the prop.
January 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
In the 1973 Doctor Who story "The Green Death" - the BOSS computer is made from bits of the SHADO HQ from UFO.

I'm trying to find out if it is a real bit of an computer, or just a model.

Any ideas?

UFO from catacombs.space1999.net/plus/dt/cen2...
(More details in the thread.)
A red spinning drum with knobs on it. A futuristic set. Well, futuristic for the 1970s.
January 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I think there are when you click onto each job.
Job advert showing salary.
January 9, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Shoutout to the one person who is following my blog using RDF.
Even I don't know where that is on my site!
Screenshot showing 61k requests to RSS, 21K requests to Atom. And one to RDF.
January 5, 2024 at 10:21 AM
This is a bit "we've gone on holiday by mistake" - but we have somehow ended up seeng the London Lions vs Newcastle Eagles.

HASHTAG SPORTS!
two gormless idiots taking a selfie in front of a sporting arena. Men in the background play basketball.
January 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Tickled that the Government of Thailand's domain is .go.th!

And they're running a campaign for "boi.go.th"

Wonder if they'd let me register trashbat.goth?
Poster featuring a QR code.
December 29, 2023 at 7:42 AM
It is a pity the BSky website isn't open source - because I would *love* to report some bugs!
Screenshot showing multiple overlapping menus.
December 28, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Thanks Google Alerts!
A Google news alert for "Terence Eden". The headline is "Reasons to Masturbate: An Expert Shares Why It's Healthy". with a link to an unrelated post from my blog.
December 27, 2023 at 11:15 AM
We decided to do the Xmas Puppy thing!

Everyone, meet Archie!

Playfull little scamp. Hope he doesn't grow too much bigger.
A very cute a fluffy polar bear cub on a leash.
December 24, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Holy shit!
Most of tomorrow is going to be NEGATIVE pricing for electricity.
Literally being paid to soak up extra electrons. Might cook Xmas dinner a day early 😂
Graph showing half hourly electricity prices.
December 23, 2023 at 9:31 PM
Ocado have *ruined* Xmas!
Missing item is some chilli Marmite.
December 22, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Apparently I didn't properly code my eink screen for *negative* pricing 😅
On the plus side, right now electricity is costing me zero pounds, zero shillings, and zero pence.
Might roast some potatoes just for the hell of it 😉
(We both get £50 if you join Octopus share.octopus.energy/metal-dove-988)
Eink screen on a wood frame. It shows a graph of electricity prices. Earlier this morning it overflowed the negative Y-axis.
December 21, 2023 at 10:03 PM
I built an eink display to show today's dynamic electricity prices.

As you can see, prices spiking starting around 1600.

Hopefully my solar panels are charging the battery right now.

(Join Octopus and we both get £50 share.octopus.energy/metal-dove-988 )
Eink screen housed in a wooden frame. A monochrome graph shows a large spike at 1700.
November 29, 2023 at 11:28 AM
Popping round to the House of Lords for a quick bite of supper 😄

Thanks OpenUK for running such a brilliant event.
Me with a glass of champagne looking dashing and handsome stood on the terrace of Parliament with the London Eye in the background.
November 20, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I am *desperate* to know what secrets this website is hiding!

www.potatoes.com
The website just says "403: Access Forbidden Your location (GB) has been disallowed."
November 13, 2023 at 9:32 PM
www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comm...
From a Korean friend: The British are almost exactly the same as the Japanese. Clumped together on a little island they evolved a labyrinthine class system of arcane social codes and shibboleths to create private space. They're fatalistic, act polite to the point of cold insincerity, work too much, and are borderline alcoholic. They like cats because they reflect their antisocial mesopredatory nature's, and every now and again will flock together and invade another country so they can stretch their legs, whereupon the open space makes them go mad and they massacre everything. Then they go home and write excellent poetry about it.
November 13, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Poster advertising a meet up for people called Ryan. No Bryans allowed.
June 22, 2023 at 2:03 PM