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Andrew F.
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Hacker, geek, #CTO, misanthrope.

#StarTrek #DoctorWho #Linux #Java #Python #HomeAutomation #RaspberryPi #SmartHome #SelfBuild #HomeAssistant #OpenHAB […]

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A great couple of days in #liverpool coinciding with #liverpoolpride

Despite growing up in the North West, I've never gone out there before.

🌈 #pride
A man, with more than a passing resemblance to Jack Black, performs on a guitar in front of the iconic wall at The Cavern Club The lighting and wall decoration combine to give a rainbow effect, fitting for Pride.
July 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Today I had cause to get out my old #acorn #riscos 3 Style Guide to demonstrate that the fundamentals of good #ux can date back well over 30 years - same with the #apple #hig.

I need to find a modern equivalent that clearly shows the basics for an "intro […]

[Original post on social.linux.pizza]
Centre pages of a 1993 developer guide for producing WIMP apps on Acorn's ARM-based desktops. Topics covered include: - When to group radio blocks - How to name buttons in dialogue boxes - Using human meaningful terms - Good error messages
June 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Beautiful fields of #bluebells still out in Wappenbury Wood.

#warwickshire
A low down shot of bluebells in a wood. Light dapples across the mid-ground, suggesting it's a beautiful day for a bank holiday walk.
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Is it me or does he look like the Auton version of Mickey from the first episode of new #doctorwho in 2005?
February 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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#fifthgenerationcomputers will have "a trillion bits of memory". For those who can't do the maths, that's 125GB.

The future of #retrocomputing given this was broadcast in 1984?
A slide shown by a professor, titled "Fifth Generation Computers". Three circles are interlocked: "human problem" connects to "intelligent software" which connects to "machine hardware".
February 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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#bbc Four looks great tonight from 7pm, with #totp, "new" #doctorwho and retro telly.
Screenshot of BBC iPlayer app showing tonight's schedule on BBC Four. At 7pm, it's Top of the Pops from Christmas 1998. At 8pm we have Christmas episodes of The Good Life and To the Manor Born, before the newly colourised and edited version of the Second Doctor regeneration story, The War Games. Tonight on BBC Four: yule be a fool to miss it!
December 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM