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Ian Robinson
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Belfast-based writer, walker, atheist, cinema lover, hobby musician, science junkie, perpetual maths student, cricket fan, chess patzer. I post about new music a […]

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Some photos of sunny Dundonald, Belfast from earlier today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tree 🌳
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Brrrr. It’s cold out. 🥶
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Properly toasted toast.

#toast #gratuitousfoodpost
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And for contrast, here’s just after sunset at Dundonald, Belfast today.

#sunset https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115558918349141839
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sunrise this morning. Between 08:15 and 08:40 in Dundonald, Belfast.

#sunrise
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cleaned my kitchen worktops.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Missy: “What about that guy?”

Brilliant 🤣

#comedy #youngsheldon
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Autumn sun filtered through trees in Stormont Grounds in Dundonald, Belfast.

#autumn #stormont
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The second back cricket pitches at Stormont is also in its winter livery.

#cricket #cricketireland #stormont
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The main cricket pitch at Stormont has been downgraded to two rugby pitches for the winter.

If the development plans get funded and go ahead I think the rugby pitches are moving to a place behind me as I took this photo. And there will be permanent cricket […]

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November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fame is a Gun by Addison Rae just came up on shuffle. Jebus, I love that song 🥰

Seek it out on your music platform of choice.

#music #addisonrea
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The October Apple Music Replay stats are out. Mine are:

Minutes listened: 3,564
Top Artist: Fionn
Top Song: The Little People Work - John Williams
Top Album: Scum. - Fionn

#music #applemusicreplay
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I walked 143 kilometres during October. It should be close to 200.

#walking #hearthealth
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Autumn 🍂
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Is there a website where you can report vehicles parked on the footpath?

See pic. Number plate redacted. It won’t be if I can report it.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
There’s a new game based on Foundation novels and TV show in the App Store.

#mobilegames #foundation https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/foundation-galactic-frontier/id6737595599
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In Omniplex Dundonald to see #newfilmrelease One Battle After Another for #onefilmperweek

#film #onebattleafteranother
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Here's what Apple Music looks like in macOS 26 with Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast turned on. It puts lines around UI elements. I like it.

#macos26 https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115360840243027606
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My new BlueBook* MacBook Air sofa computer.

* Name inspired by the black plastic MacBook from back in the day. Which we all colloquially called “the BlackBook”.
October 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I’ve recreated the subject matter podcast lists I use in Downcast in Apple Podcasts. See pic.

I’m turning into a stock app person across the board. Some examples of changes I’ve made:

Downcast -> Apple Podcasts
Spark & HEY -> Apple Mail
OmniFocus -> Apple […]

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October 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
From my Twitter archive, when a work colleague said I was like Sheldon Cooper, and this inspired me to start watching The Big Bang Theory in 2012 ☺️

Rewatching it all at present. Still love it. And reading the book about the making of it. It's fab.

See pics.

#thebigbangtheory
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I walked 115 kn during September. Way less than I should have. But my sore Achilles tendon is cramping my style.

#walking
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM