Barry R
@geospacedman.bsky.social
@geospacedman@mastodon.social is my preferred work-related social media, this here is mostly personal and cultural stuff. Don't follow expecting maps.
Tidying up, found loads of old band stuff from 30 years ago. Poster must 1996 given the day of the week.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tidying up, found loads of old band stuff from 30 years ago. Poster must 1996 given the day of the week.
The Music Room had a series of animations showing the passing of the seasons projected on it.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Music Room had a series of animations showing the passing of the seasons projected on it.
Selection of Light Up Lancaster pictures. First two are projections onto a water spray over the canal, second two are colour-changing LED mycelium and mushrooms round the base of a tree.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Selection of Light Up Lancaster pictures. First two are projections onto a water spray over the canal, second two are colour-changing LED mycelium and mushrooms round the base of a tree.
This is an internal quadrangle, no vehicle access, yet people need to be told how to walk in a straight line? I suspect this is "H&S gone mad" because of the slight gully on left, maybe someone twisted their ankle in it, or walked into a column on the right or down the steps onto the grass...
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is an internal quadrangle, no vehicle access, yet people need to be told how to walk in a straight line? I suspect this is "H&S gone mad" because of the slight gully on left, maybe someone twisted their ankle in it, or walked into a column on the right or down the steps onto the grass...
Uh oh, the Dalek invasion has started. I'll be hiding behind the sofa.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Uh oh, the Dalek invasion has started. I'll be hiding behind the sofa.
I spotted this rare surviving Access sign in Birmingham. Just hanging on (may have fallen since Google Maps pic taken or knocked down by flaggers)
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I spotted this rare surviving Access sign in Birmingham. Just hanging on (may have fallen since Google Maps pic taken or knocked down by flaggers)
1971... I don't know if we ever got the full set...
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1971... I don't know if we ever got the full set...
I might as well get these guys down from the loft and flick a table tennis ball around...
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I might as well get these guys down from the loft and flick a table tennis ball around...
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media. (Looking backwards)
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media. (Looking backwards)
Wonderful things...
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wonderful things...
Found some ancient artefacts, long abandoned in a storeroom, I feel like Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings
October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Found some ancient artefacts, long abandoned in a storeroom, I feel like Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings
I heard a rumour that a Starlink satellite re-entered and crashed into an Amazon Data Centre.
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I heard a rumour that a Starlink satellite re-entered and crashed into an Amazon Data Centre.
Caught one! I try and catch one every year.
October 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Caught one! I try and catch one every year.
Everything paved with gold today.
October 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Everything paved with gold today.
Its not just the insides. Two years ago, the house on the left looked like the one on the right, which is like every other house on the street. They've now got grey roof tiles, grey windows, grey garden gate, grey drive, grey half of the chimney stack.
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Its not just the insides. Two years ago, the house on the left looked like the one on the right, which is like every other house on the street. They've now got grey roof tiles, grey windows, grey garden gate, grey drive, grey half of the chimney stack.
The baker in the Lancaster market yesterday was selling Penguin biscuit brownies. It had Penguins baked into it, with a Penguin on top. A chocolate-coated chocolate biscuit with a chocolate filling chocolate brownie. I'm not sure how many of my colleagues have survived yesterday's coffee break.
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The baker in the Lancaster market yesterday was selling Penguin biscuit brownies. It had Penguins baked into it, with a Penguin on top. A chocolate-coated chocolate biscuit with a chocolate filling chocolate brownie. I'm not sure how many of my colleagues have survived yesterday's coffee break.
Pay?! Google were on our campus during fresher's week GIVING AWAY a year of Google Gemini Pro.
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Pay?! Google were on our campus during fresher's week GIVING AWAY a year of Google Gemini Pro.
I've no idea why the image for this archaeology programme is Annie Lennox (but I have nothing but total respect for her).
October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've no idea why the image for this archaeology programme is Annie Lennox (but I have nothing but total respect for her).
New Beastie Boys album just dropped.
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New Beastie Boys album just dropped.
Was tempted to press this button but...
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Was tempted to press this button but...
Sometimes the Guardian's vertical spacing puts the subheading nearer the picture above and creates...interesting juxtapositions.
October 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sometimes the Guardian's vertical spacing puts the subheading nearer the picture above and creates...interesting juxtapositions.
pbd, as they say, but anyway...
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
pbd, as they say, but anyway...
Found where they keep some of those block rocking beats.
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Found where they keep some of those block rocking beats.