Jonathan Harden
@eviljonny.bsky.social
Library lover, SRE, coder, theatre lover, Retro Gamer and tinkerer, Oscar & BAFTA winner. He/Him #GoBills #BillsMafia
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The special live episode of ER (Abmush s04e01) on Amazon Prime Video has a totally messed up aspect ratio. Spent a total of about 30 minutes discussing with Amazon and they can't do anything, it's up to the content owner apparently.
Pretty frustrating a video service can't fix bad encoding.
Pretty frustrating a video service can't fix bad encoding.
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The special live episode of ER (Abmush s04e01) on Amazon Prime Video has a totally messed up aspect ratio. Spent a total of about 30 minutes discussing with Amazon and they can't do anything, it's up to the content owner apparently.
Pretty frustrating a video service can't fix bad encoding.
Pretty frustrating a video service can't fix bad encoding.
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We're hiring a Lead Technical Writer to join our UCD leadership team on GOV.UK One Login.
Salary £67,972 - £83,027.
Salary £67,972 - £83,027.
Quick Check Needed
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
We're hiring a Lead Technical Writer to join our UCD leadership team on GOV.UK One Login.
Salary £67,972 - £83,027.
Salary £67,972 - £83,027.
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Squiggle looks especially happy today...
September 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Squiggle looks especially happy today...
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Of the many writers to predict AI, only Douglas Adams got the tone right
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Of the many writers to predict AI, only Douglas Adams got the tone right
Once more unto the breach....the ffmpeg breach that is...
...the video capture device arrived, it works perfectly in Ubuntu, and OBS can record from it no problem, of course I don't want to use OBS really, so I scripted getting it recording with ffmpeg...
...the video capture device arrived, it works perfectly in Ubuntu, and OBS can record from it no problem, of course I don't want to use OBS really, so I scripted getting it recording with ffmpeg...
August 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Once more unto the breach....the ffmpeg breach that is...
...the video capture device arrived, it works perfectly in Ubuntu, and OBS can record from it no problem, of course I don't want to use OBS really, so I scripted getting it recording with ffmpeg...
...the video capture device arrived, it works perfectly in Ubuntu, and OBS can record from it no problem, of course I don't want to use OBS really, so I scripted getting it recording with ffmpeg...
Spent ages writing an ansible role to get the TL866IIplus eprom programmer installed (which requires 32 bit wine), ended up dead in the water. Installed it in windows instead (supposed to be a gaming only computer) and programmed the EPROM in about 5 minutes...
August 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Spent ages writing an ansible role to get the TL866IIplus eprom programmer installed (which requires 32 bit wine), ended up dead in the water. Installed it in windows instead (supposed to be a gaming only computer) and programmed the EPROM in about 5 minutes...
I need a USB (a or c) HDMI video capture device for a Linux laptop. I'm capturing output in the unusual (well, unusual these days) resolution of 1280x1024 at 50/60hz, apparently not all capture devices will support this res, so I'm stumped on what to buy to avoid just throwing money down the drain.
August 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I need a USB (a or c) HDMI video capture device for a Linux laptop. I'm capturing output in the unusual (well, unusual these days) resolution of 1280x1024 at 50/60hz, apparently not all capture devices will support this res, so I'm stumped on what to buy to avoid just throwing money down the drain.
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Friends! I’m going to be looking for new clients from 1 October. If you know of any projects or teams that need (outside IR35) contract support with any of the following, please get in touch:
- Content Design
- Content Strategy
- Design systems management
- Design systems strategy
- Documentation
- Content Design
- Content Strategy
- Design systems management
- Design systems strategy
- Documentation
August 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Friends! I’m going to be looking for new clients from 1 October. If you know of any projects or teams that need (outside IR35) contract support with any of the following, please get in touch:
- Content Design
- Content Strategy
- Design systems management
- Design systems strategy
- Documentation
- Content Design
- Content Strategy
- Design systems management
- Design systems strategy
- Documentation
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A brand-new series of 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown starts tonight, starring Bob Mortimer (which is probably all you need to know). Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
9pm on C4.
9pm on C4.
July 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A brand-new series of 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown starts tonight, starring Bob Mortimer (which is probably all you need to know). Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
9pm on C4.
9pm on C4.
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#GOODNEWS! The Best VIC20 Cartridge Just Got Better!
Penultimate+3dcr 0-280k, Full Sized SD2IEC + TurboLoader & DOS Wedge. And not forgetting a shed load of games 😎
www.tfw8b.com/product/penu...
#Commodore #VIC20 #KoolKidz #MoonOnAStick #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #8bit
Penultimate+3dcr 0-280k, Full Sized SD2IEC + TurboLoader & DOS Wedge. And not forgetting a shed load of games 😎
www.tfw8b.com/product/penu...
#Commodore #VIC20 #KoolKidz #MoonOnAStick #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #8bit
July 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#GOODNEWS! The Best VIC20 Cartridge Just Got Better!
Penultimate+3dcr 0-280k, Full Sized SD2IEC + TurboLoader & DOS Wedge. And not forgetting a shed load of games 😎
www.tfw8b.com/product/penu...
#Commodore #VIC20 #KoolKidz #MoonOnAStick #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #8bit
Penultimate+3dcr 0-280k, Full Sized SD2IEC + TurboLoader & DOS Wedge. And not forgetting a shed load of games 😎
www.tfw8b.com/product/penu...
#Commodore #VIC20 #KoolKidz #MoonOnAStick #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #8bit
Lately, any time I'm reading a book and someone makes tea, especially if they are making it for someone else, I get an overwhelming urge to have a tea
July 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Lately, any time I'm reading a book and someone makes tea, especially if they are making it for someone else, I get an overwhelming urge to have a tea
I've just finished reading a book (More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) which really spoke to me at a deep level.
Somehow it managed to bring the grief of losing my mum back in absolute full force, in a way I haven't felt since the night she died. I felt like grief was back to consume me...
Somehow it managed to bring the grief of losing my mum back in absolute full force, in a way I haven't felt since the night she died. I felt like grief was back to consume me...
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I've just finished reading a book (More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) which really spoke to me at a deep level.
Somehow it managed to bring the grief of losing my mum back in absolute full force, in a way I haven't felt since the night she died. I felt like grief was back to consume me...
Somehow it managed to bring the grief of losing my mum back in absolute full force, in a way I haven't felt since the night she died. I felt like grief was back to consume me...
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It's Monday again and today I'm back to reading Cursed in the Lost City by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
July 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm back to reading Cursed in the Lost City by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What's with the terrible gaudy colour schemes on many of the ai products. I've had MS copilot enabled on me this week, and Google pushed Gemini out to my phone replacing the old assistant, it's all so horrendously gaudy, how about tone the colours down a bit, or are you trying to hypnotoad us
July 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What's with the terrible gaudy colour schemes on many of the ai products. I've had MS copilot enabled on me this week, and Google pushed Gemini out to my phone replacing the old assistant, it's all so horrendously gaudy, how about tone the colours down a bit, or are you trying to hypnotoad us
Sigh, time to pay for the awful DAZN service again means seeing their false advertising that you can watch 2 streams in 1 location. No DAZN, not 1 location if you use IPv6, since they actually mean from a single IP address. Other providers have sane limits for ipv6 (like from a /64 block).
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sigh, time to pay for the awful DAZN service again means seeing their false advertising that you can watch 2 streams in 1 location. No DAZN, not 1 location if you use IPv6, since they actually mean from a single IP address. Other providers have sane limits for ipv6 (like from a /64 block).
Had a regularly scheduled eye test today. Good news, they are still eyes. Bad news, I'm starting to go long sighted as well as short sighted. Good news, the optometrist said as long as I've got enough arm to hold the books far enough away I don't need varifocals 🤣
Love my local opticians! ❤️
Love my local opticians! ❤️
June 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Had a regularly scheduled eye test today. Good news, they are still eyes. Bad news, I'm starting to go long sighted as well as short sighted. Good news, the optometrist said as long as I've got enough arm to hold the books far enough away I don't need varifocals 🤣
Love my local opticians! ❤️
Love my local opticians! ❤️
My final day in my role as Senior SRE and infrastructure tech lead was on Friday, it's an amazing team and I was genuinely emotional leaving. I still remain at GDS, but moving to Senior SRE on the GOV.UK Platform Engineering team...
June 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My final day in my role as Senior SRE and infrastructure tech lead was on Friday, it's an amazing team and I was genuinely emotional leaving. I still remain at GDS, but moving to Senior SRE on the GOV.UK Platform Engineering team...
Every visit to the local libraries is a delight.
I'm especially overjoyed today that when I walked in the librarian immediately said "Oh we have a reservation for you"
I love that they just knew who I was and they had a reservation for me and grabbed it from some big shelves full of reservations.
I'm especially overjoyed today that when I walked in the librarian immediately said "Oh we have a reservation for you"
I love that they just knew who I was and they had a reservation for me and grabbed it from some big shelves full of reservations.
June 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Every visit to the local libraries is a delight.
I'm especially overjoyed today that when I walked in the librarian immediately said "Oh we have a reservation for you"
I love that they just knew who I was and they had a reservation for me and grabbed it from some big shelves full of reservations.
I'm especially overjoyed today that when I walked in the librarian immediately said "Oh we have a reservation for you"
I love that they just knew who I was and they had a reservation for me and grabbed it from some big shelves full of reservations.
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My occasional reminder that you can configure Bluesky to make you enter alt text when posting an image.
Please bear in mind that without alt text blind users have no idea what's in the photo and this is particularly frustrating when the photo is actually just text that could have been in the post.
Please bear in mind that without alt text blind users have no idea what's in the photo and this is particularly frustrating when the photo is actually just text that could have been in the post.
You can set up Bluesky to make alt-text mandatory when posting a picture:
June 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My occasional reminder that you can configure Bluesky to make you enter alt text when posting an image.
Please bear in mind that without alt text blind users have no idea what's in the photo and this is particularly frustrating when the photo is actually just text that could have been in the post.
Please bear in mind that without alt text blind users have no idea what's in the photo and this is particularly frustrating when the photo is actually just text that could have been in the post.
It hadn't hit me that I change jobs on Monday, but my absolutely lovely colleagues gave me a farewell thing today, so many really lovely messages from some of the best people (which brought tears to my eyes), and it's really suddenly hit......
June 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It hadn't hit me that I change jobs on Monday, but my absolutely lovely colleagues gave me a farewell thing today, so many really lovely messages from some of the best people (which brought tears to my eyes), and it's really suddenly hit......
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My dad was blinded by measles as a baby.
Please get vaccinated if you aren't already.
Please get vaccinated if you aren't already.
Thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for highlighting. Horrendous to hear about babies born with congenital measles which is life threatening and can be life changing if survived. Mums were not vaccinated so please do check and consider vaccinating yourself if pregnant
Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not ...
www.ctvnews.ca
June 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My dad was blinded by measles as a baby.
Please get vaccinated if you aren't already.
Please get vaccinated if you aren't already.
Just watched The Heretic, I thought it was blooming brilliant. Highly recommend it for anyone that likes psychological horror movies.
June 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just watched The Heretic, I thought it was blooming brilliant. Highly recommend it for anyone that likes psychological horror movies.
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I have worked with Polar Filament to get color matched Classic Mac Platinum PLA filament made - only $21.99 per kilogram. WOO HOO!
Order now, order plenty, and let them know you want them to print it forever!
polarfilament.com/pr...
Order now, order plenty, and let them know you want them to print it forever!
polarfilament.com/pr...
Retro Platinum PLA - 1kg 1.75mm
Polar Filament Premium PLA – 1.75mm, 1kg Spool (AMS Classic & AMS-Lite Compatible) Experience unmatched quality and reliability with Polar Filament PLA – the ultimate choice for serious 3D printing professionals and enthusiasts. Why Choose Polar Filament? ✅ Precision Engineered: Manufactured in Troy, MI, every spoo
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June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I have worked with Polar Filament to get color matched Classic Mac Platinum PLA filament made - only $21.99 per kilogram. WOO HOO!
Order now, order plenty, and let them know you want them to print it forever!
polarfilament.com/pr...
Order now, order plenty, and let them know you want them to print it forever!
polarfilament.com/pr...
Deleted (on purpose) around 60k lines of code today. Toodleoo old system
June 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Deleted (on purpose) around 60k lines of code today. Toodleoo old system