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Long time #Unix (v7, BSD, Solaris), #GNU #Linux, and #Emacs user and developer. Programming mostly in #JuliaLang but also #Octave. Into #cycling 🚲 and dismayed […]

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Bloom County predicted this!
Four pane comic strip showing a computer becoming self-aware and mobile leading it to pull its own plug out of the wall.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Waiting for the bus near Blackfriars Station. Turned out I was in the wrong place but I did appreciate the cityscape while I waited.

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #london #night #streetphoto #londonbus
Night time photo of a large office building on the other side of the street with a London two decker bus on the right. The driver of the bus is lit up.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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My single speed bike and I heading into central London for a meeting. I'm taking this bike because I cannot take a bike inside the building where the meeting is taking place. I'm hoping this bike is less attractive than any of my other bikes to would be […]

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Black bicycle testing against the wall on a train.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Lovely day, albeit a bit wet at times, for a cycle ride in the morning. The autumn colours are lovely this year. This is the Worth Way, part of the National Cycle Network route 21 (London – Eastbourne via Redhill, Crawley, East Grinstead...). This photo was […]

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View of leaf strewn path going into the distance bordered by deciduous trees in full autumn colours.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Rode part of the Anillo Verde Ciclista (Green Cycle Ring), a 64 km loop of Madrid. Excellent segregated cycling paths! I only did about 16 km of it today (total of 32 km, there and back) but looking forward to doing more soon.

#BikeTooter #madrid #España #spain #anilloverde
Screenshot of cycle route, mostly along the Anillo Verde, from the zoo to Arganzuela.
November 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Autumn at Wakehurst Place near Ardingly in West Sussex.

#photography #photograph #autumn #autumncolours #wakehurstplace #kewgardens #sussex
Large trees with colourful leaves with a winding path across the photo.
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Wine casks at the Gaffelière winery in Saint Émilion, near Bordeaux.

#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photography #photograph #SaintÉmilion
Large earthen container with wine casks in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Yesterday was a lovely day for a cycle ride. Went out on the Worth Way and stopped to look at the natives.

#BikeTooter #ukcycling #worthway #crawley #westsussex #photograph #photography #cows #Longhorn
Herd of cattle (longhorn) ruminating in a green field with a house and trees in the distant background.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Google maps believes there is a cliff at the end of the planned cycle ride to Canary Wharf, one which leaves me below sea level, i. e. under the Thames. 🤔

#BikeTooter
Screenshot of the ride profile from Google Maps showing a flat ride until just before the end, at which point the profile has a vertical descent of 190 feet.
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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North France while driving (I'm not the driver 🙂) to Bordeaux from the UK. Misty day with wind turbines everywhere. I love them!

#photograph #photography #windturbine #france
A row of wind turbines across the photograph with segments of forest on both left and right, farm field in the foreground with a single bush, and a cloudy sky with mist on the ground in the far distance.
October 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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The view coming down the hill from the Parador (national chain of hotels in historic buildings in Spain) next to the castle to the centre of Lorca.

#photography #photograph #lorca #murcia #España #CameraPhone
A tower and a lamppost in the foreground with mountains in the background under a intensely blue sky.
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Japanese Anemone in the garden.

#photography #photograph #flower #japaneseanemone #om3 #omsystem
White Japanese Anemone flower with unopened flower buds and an out of focus mostly green background.
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Although the weather was a little grotty this morning, with spitting rain, the ride was lovely. Went to Woodgate in Crawley to get some hills in.

#cycling #BikeTooter #crawley #woodgate #westsussex #ukcycling #forest #path
Gravel path winding through trees in a forest.
August 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Kent v Sussex @ Arundel.

I'm absorbing British culture. 😄

It's quite challenging, given the speed these balls are thrown at, to catch the batter with the ball in the same frame!

#cricket #sussex #kent #arundel #photography #sportsphotography #omsystem #om3
Cricket battery about to hit the ball.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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It was sunny first thing this morning so I went out for a ride on my bicycle. I decided I needed to do some hills. I hate hills (being from the Canadian Prairies 😉) but Sussex is not the flattest part of the UK by any stretch of the imagination. I need to […]

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Screenshot of cycling record showing some statistics and the route on a map.
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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New Box Day!

#Caturday #catsofmastodon
Black and white cat sitting in a box with tissue paper.
July 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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New article published today in the Computers & Chemical Engineering journal: *A multi-agent system for hybrid optimization*. This paper is based on the work presented last year at the European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 34) […]

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Screenshot of title and authors for new article.
July 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The cat is not particularly interested in tennis but is quite happy to have a lap to sleep on. 😴

#Caturday #catsofmastodon #Wimbledon #Tennis
Black and white cat sleeping on a lap with television in the background showing a tennis court.
July 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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New paper just out today: *A dynamic model of a power conversion system with indirect thermal energy storage for a pulsed fusion tokamak for use in design optimisation*.

The DOI doesn't work yet but DM me for a share link from Elsevier if interested […]

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Screenshot of title and authors of the paper.
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The newest housing estate (well, one of three) in Crawley (albeit technically not part of Crawley) is quite nice, with paths all around and through the estate.

#crawley #westsussex #photography
A pond with houses in the background with a lovely blue sky and clouds.
June 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Lovely day for a morning pre-work ride around Tilgate Forest and environs south of Crawley. Some wildlife encountered!

#BikeTooter #ukcycling #crawley #tilgate #westsussex #wildlife
Sheep shading under large tree with views of a field in the background. Geese and goslings next to a pond in a new housing estate.
June 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Late #Caturday submission. Hot day yesterday so planned on sitting out in the garden with drinks and nibbles. Cat figured the table was for her. Of course it was!

#catsofmastodon
Black cat with yellow eyes curled up on small garden table.
June 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Took my (new to me) single speed bike for a 15 km loop around town. Fun! I love the freedom of not worrying about gear changes.

In getting the bike prepped (pumping tyres, adjusting seat height and angle), I found that the rear tyre was too big for the frame […]

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Black bicycle leaning against hedge with a new tyre next to it and a brick house in the background.
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I love it when I am required to attend off-site meetings in London as it gives me an excuse to ride my bike further than normal on commute days (not that I need an excuse, mind you). Today it was a meeting at UCL East out in East London so 9.5km ride (with […]

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Map of central and east London showing route from Blackfriars Station to UCL East Marshgate (near Stratford).
June 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Today was N+1 day!

Charity shop purchase. No choice: I simply had to give this bike a new home (mine!). Good condition single speed (or fixie).

#BikeTooter #ukcycling #horsham
Black bicycle leaning against three flipped up seats in a train carriage.
June 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM