Neil Young
@elderpegasus.bsky.social
Games coder, input in particular. Have opinions on UX and hype bubbles. (Also politics, planes, parenting, accessibility, musical theatre from all aspects. Several of those overlap!)
10/10 picture editing on been news app
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
10/10 picture editing on been news app
Free The Herstmonceux One
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Free The Herstmonceux One
SCIENCE.
(Linear motor demo)
(Linear motor demo)
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
SCIENCE.
(Linear motor demo)
(Linear motor demo)
Loving the old electronic darts scoreboard in the venue for tonight's pub quiz
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Loving the old electronic darts scoreboard in the venue for tonight's pub quiz
Unsolicited Slick pic
October 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Unsolicited Slick pic
Bird feeders have suddenly got popular again, including this seasonal specimen.
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bird feeders have suddenly got popular again, including this seasonal specimen.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
I'm a cynical bar steward, so my expectation for Starmer's "digital" ID card announcement is essentially this:
September 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm a cynical bar steward, so my expectation for Starmer's "digital" ID card announcement is essentially this:
Looks like quite a nice burger shop ("smoke and pepper" in The New Bit in central MK), but this is waaaaay too hipster.
Seriously, that's an awful way to put sauces out, going to be difficult to use, messy, and wasteful, and just to show that the proprietor probably buys beard oil.
Seriously, that's an awful way to put sauces out, going to be difficult to use, messy, and wasteful, and just to show that the proprietor probably buys beard oil.
September 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Looks like quite a nice burger shop ("smoke and pepper" in The New Bit in central MK), but this is waaaaay too hipster.
Seriously, that's an awful way to put sauces out, going to be difficult to use, messy, and wasteful, and just to show that the proprietor probably buys beard oil.
Seriously, that's an awful way to put sauces out, going to be difficult to use, messy, and wasteful, and just to show that the proprietor probably buys beard oil.
Bit far inland for the RNLI? Shannon class RNLB John Metters, part of the relief fleet, so I suspect on its way home to HQ in Poole for maintenance before its next posting having been loaned out somewhere.
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Bit far inland for the RNLI? Shannon class RNLB John Metters, part of the relief fleet, so I suspect on its way home to HQ in Poole for maintenance before its next posting having been loaned out somewhere.
Very much depends on the set...
September 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Very much depends on the set...
A wasp buzzing over the back garden is ok when it's made by Westland.
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A wasp buzzing over the back garden is ok when it's made by Westland.
Just found out about this brilliant setting in bluesky.
August 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just found out about this brilliant setting in bluesky.
They don't realise it, but this is literally every western politician posing with Trump or signing "trade deals" for him to ignore when he next gets bored:
August 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
They don't realise it, but this is literally every western politician posing with Trump or signing "trade deals" for him to ignore when he next gets bored:
Local council have done an active travel consultation and clearly messed up publicising it, getting only 29 responses.
They've published "findings" anyway, quoting detailed breakdown and percentages of the 29 people as if the study shows anything more than "we messed up the study".
They've published "findings" anyway, quoting detailed breakdown and percentages of the 29 people as if the study shows anything more than "we messed up the study".
July 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Local council have done an active travel consultation and clearly messed up publicising it, getting only 29 responses.
They've published "findings" anyway, quoting detailed breakdown and percentages of the 29 people as if the study shows anything more than "we messed up the study".
They've published "findings" anyway, quoting detailed breakdown and percentages of the 29 people as if the study shows anything more than "we messed up the study".
There was a better way, people...
July 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There was a better way, people...
What video game ignited your passion for gaming?
One of the games that came with the second hand OG speccy mum and dad got hold of for us. Absolute nails, but looked amazing for its day.
One of the games that came with the second hand OG speccy mum and dad got hold of for us. Absolute nails, but looked amazing for its day.
July 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What video game ignited your passion for gaming?
One of the games that came with the second hand OG speccy mum and dad got hold of for us. Absolute nails, but looked amazing for its day.
One of the games that came with the second hand OG speccy mum and dad got hold of for us. Absolute nails, but looked amazing for its day.
The Westminster lobby is just utterl broken.
Labour still has a thumping majority, so of course they're not "out". What a load a pointless drivel from the Beeb here.
Labour still has a thumping majority, so of course they're not "out". What a load a pointless drivel from the Beeb here.
July 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Westminster lobby is just utterl broken.
Labour still has a thumping majority, so of course they're not "out". What a load a pointless drivel from the Beeb here.
Labour still has a thumping majority, so of course they're not "out". What a load a pointless drivel from the Beeb here.
Current reading on front garden (IE, sunny side) thermometer.
That's unacceptably hot...
That's unacceptably hot...
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Current reading on front garden (IE, sunny side) thermometer.
That's unacceptably hot...
That's unacceptably hot...
This nonsense in the wild. Marks and sparks selling unfortified breakfast cereal as if that's a good thing.
Imagine Charles Darwin quoting Francis Urquhart....
Imagine Charles Darwin quoting Francis Urquhart....
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This nonsense in the wild. Marks and sparks selling unfortified breakfast cereal as if that's a good thing.
Imagine Charles Darwin quoting Francis Urquhart....
Imagine Charles Darwin quoting Francis Urquhart....
Christ, imagine poor Dave to endure that while pulling the plug.
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Christ, imagine poor Dave to endure that while pulling the plug.
You're a hotel chain, premier inn. Staycations are when you stay at home.
*Headdesk*
*Headdesk*
June 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You're a hotel chain, premier inn. Staycations are when you stay at home.
*Headdesk*
*Headdesk*
Gooseberry jam first!
June 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Gooseberry jam first!
Ok, this is *really* good - not very sweet, tons of gooseberry flavour. Picked up from Søstrene Grenes if you're lucky enough to have one of those near you...
June 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ok, this is *really* good - not very sweet, tons of gooseberry flavour. Picked up from Søstrene Grenes if you're lucky enough to have one of those near you...