Ian Burns
ianxburns.bsky.social
Ian Burns
@ianxburns.bsky.social
Tech. Books. LFC. Ale. Trip Hop. Hard left. Cycling. Old engineering. Digital art. Travel. Chester.
Going to have a huge canvas print of this gorgeous Nico Peeters painting made to fill our sitting room wall.
Have I checked with my wife? Well, no, not yet, but she's cool.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Probably fifty years since I've been in a situation where I've been expected to join in the national anthem. Time we dropped this mindless paean to a bunch of grifters.
August 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Asked ChatGPT how Stanley Matthews would get on in today's game. The answer depressed me.

"Maybe at lower professional levels (League Two or semi-pro), his raw talent and control might still stand out, but in the Premier League or even the Championship? Likely not."
July 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Backasswards! Struggled.

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July 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Always turned my nose up at tribute band gigs until Saturday. Saw Nearly Dan at the Live Rooms. Loved it. Now I just have to find out if there's any Tom Waits or Chinese Man tribute bands.
June 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just moved over from a lifetime of Windows to a Mac Mini M1 (2020). Weird that Apple gives more bang for your buck. £230 well spent.
June 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Probably safe to throw out the dictionaries and make some space on the bookshelf. Spellcheckers aren't going away. Hmm, but Scrabble...
April 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
So I wrote a book!
It's quite long and rather expensive (sorry). It's about a round the world bike ride I did in 1993/4 in the context of that time being the beginning of the digital world we now know and love.
www.amazon.co.uk/Ride-Through...
A Ride Through Near and Distant Lands: The Last Analogue Adventure: Amazon.co.uk: Burns, Ian: 9798333952882: Books
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September 25, 2024 at 1:46 PM