Kieran
@kieran.firecresthorizon.uk
GNSS RAIM, ADS-B, and Space Weather (SWx) Prediction to the airline industry, dabbles with Swift and iOS development, work-at-home dad, 3x Rhodesian Ridgeback & 1x Lagotto Romagnolo owner.
Lincolnshire, UK.
Lincolnshire, UK.
#Autumn #Leaves
Leaves on the lawn cleared in an hour.
The beech trees that border my garden will keep shedding leaves for another few weeks yet!
#WeeklyToil
Leaves on the lawn cleared in an hour.
The beech trees that border my garden will keep shedding leaves for another few weeks yet!
#WeeklyToil
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#Autumn #Leaves
Leaves on the lawn cleared in an hour.
The beech trees that border my garden will keep shedding leaves for another few weeks yet!
#WeeklyToil
Leaves on the lawn cleared in an hour.
The beech trees that border my garden will keep shedding leaves for another few weeks yet!
#WeeklyToil
I mowed my lawn yesterday, garden covered in leaves this morning.
Autumn was watching me and started overnight!
Autumn was watching me and started overnight!
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I mowed my lawn yesterday, garden covered in leaves this morning.
Autumn was watching me and started overnight!
Autumn was watching me and started overnight!
Everyone out (at school, work, or walking dogs) and all electrical devices are “off”; house still using 80W power - is about as low as it gets in my house.
All the devices on standby, WiFi router, oven clock etc.
I may have to calculate how much this residual power usage actually costs per year.
All the devices on standby, WiFi router, oven clock etc.
I may have to calculate how much this residual power usage actually costs per year.
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Everyone out (at school, work, or walking dogs) and all electrical devices are “off”; house still using 80W power - is about as low as it gets in my house.
All the devices on standby, WiFi router, oven clock etc.
I may have to calculate how much this residual power usage actually costs per year.
All the devices on standby, WiFi router, oven clock etc.
I may have to calculate how much this residual power usage actually costs per year.
Evening klaxoners, or this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Super…:
1. Superposition
2. Superconductor
3. Supernova
Bonus: Superstring Theory
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Superposition
2. Superconductor
3. Supernova
Bonus: Superstring Theory
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
October 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Evening klaxoners, or this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Super…:
1. Superposition
2. Superconductor
3. Supernova
Bonus: Superstring Theory
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Superposition
2. Superconductor
3. Supernova
Bonus: Superstring Theory
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
This week is shall mostly be resisting attempts by my wife and kids to turn on the heating and/or cranking up the thermostat.
Aside from the wind and rain, storm Any did bring some warmer than usual weather - so that’s nice.🙂
Aside from the wind and rain, storm Any did bring some warmer than usual weather - so that’s nice.🙂
October 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week is shall mostly be resisting attempts by my wife and kids to turn on the heating and/or cranking up the thermostat.
Aside from the wind and rain, storm Any did bring some warmer than usual weather - so that’s nice.🙂
Aside from the wind and rain, storm Any did bring some warmer than usual weather - so that’s nice.🙂
Another attempt at latte art; this might even look like a flower?
October 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Another attempt at latte art; this might even look like a flower?
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dictators vs their armies:
1. Night of the Long Knives (Germany, 1934)
2. Franco's coup (Spain, July 1936)
3. Stalin’s Great Purge of Red Army (1937–38)
Bonus: Aventine Secession crisis (Italy, 1924–25)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Night of the Long Knives (Germany, 1934)
2. Franco's coup (Spain, July 1936)
3. Stalin’s Great Purge of Red Army (1937–38)
Bonus: Aventine Secession crisis (Italy, 1924–25)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dictators vs their armies:
1. Night of the Long Knives (Germany, 1934)
2. Franco's coup (Spain, July 1936)
3. Stalin’s Great Purge of Red Army (1937–38)
Bonus: Aventine Secession crisis (Italy, 1924–25)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Night of the Long Knives (Germany, 1934)
2. Franco's coup (Spain, July 1936)
3. Stalin’s Great Purge of Red Army (1937–38)
Bonus: Aventine Secession crisis (Italy, 1924–25)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
My wife and grown-up children are planning for Christmas, subject of Christmas-day dinner being discussed along with suggestions about what I can cook on the BBQ (kamado oven).
I thought I'd get in there early with my preferences and what I think cooks on the BBQ.
Anyone else not like turkey?
I thought I'd get in there early with my preferences and what I think cooks on the BBQ.
Anyone else not like turkey?
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My wife and grown-up children are planning for Christmas, subject of Christmas-day dinner being discussed along with suggestions about what I can cook on the BBQ (kamado oven).
I thought I'd get in there early with my preferences and what I think cooks on the BBQ.
Anyone else not like turkey?
I thought I'd get in there early with my preferences and what I think cooks on the BBQ.
Anyone else not like turkey?
Hang on!
Does this count as a notification?
Are the notifications always with us?
Does this count as a notification?
Are the notifications always with us?
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Hang on!
Does this count as a notification?
Are the notifications always with us?
Does this count as a notification?
Are the notifications always with us?
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Cities Larger than their Capitals:
1. Casablanca
2. Zürich
3. Karachi
Bonus: Lagos
I decided to steer away from some of the more obvious answers :)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Casablanca
2. Zürich
3. Karachi
Bonus: Lagos
I decided to steer away from some of the more obvious answers :)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Cities Larger than their Capitals:
1. Casablanca
2. Zürich
3. Karachi
Bonus: Lagos
I decided to steer away from some of the more obvious answers :)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Casablanca
2. Zürich
3. Karachi
Bonus: Lagos
I decided to steer away from some of the more obvious answers :)
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is prize-winning debut novels:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The God of Small Things
3. The White Tiger
Bonus: Yann Martel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The God of Small Things
3. The White Tiger
Bonus: Yann Martel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
September 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is prize-winning debut novels:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The God of Small Things
3. The White Tiger
Bonus: Yann Martel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The God of Small Things
3. The White Tiger
Bonus: Yann Martel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
Reposted by Kieran
Looks like I have a new cat roaming around close to my house.
It is very pretty and not scared of my car.
So, dear cat lovers, is this a Ragdoll or a Birman? Or maybe another breed?
#catsofbsky #ragdoll #birman
It is very pretty and not scared of my car.
So, dear cat lovers, is this a Ragdoll or a Birman? Or maybe another breed?
#catsofbsky #ragdoll #birman
August 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Looks like I have a new cat roaming around close to my house.
It is very pretty and not scared of my car.
So, dear cat lovers, is this a Ragdoll or a Birman? Or maybe another breed?
#catsofbsky #ragdoll #birman
It is very pretty and not scared of my car.
So, dear cat lovers, is this a Ragdoll or a Birman? Or maybe another breed?
#catsofbsky #ragdoll #birman
I wear my smart watch for sleep tracking; didn’t expect to be ‘told off’ by my app this morning for a health vitals outlier data point due to having too much sleep at 8h26m!
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I wear my smart watch for sleep tracking; didn’t expect to be ‘told off’ by my app this morning for a health vitals outlier data point due to having too much sleep at 8h26m!
Evening Klaxoners!
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Betrayal. As depicted by Shakespeare:
1. Julius Caesar
2. Othello
3. Macbeth
Bonus: Goneril
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Betrayal. As depicted by Shakespeare:
1. Julius Caesar
2. Othello
3. Macbeth
Bonus: Goneril
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
August 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Evening Klaxoners!
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Betrayal. As depicted by Shakespeare:
1. Julius Caesar
2. Othello
3. Macbeth
Bonus: Goneril
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Betrayal. As depicted by Shakespeare:
1. Julius Caesar
2. Othello
3. Macbeth
Bonus: Goneril
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
Marnie, relaxing on this Sunday afternoon.
August 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Marnie, relaxing on this Sunday afternoon.
Evening dear Klaxonites.
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dystopia:
1. 1984
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Brave New World
Bonus: Darkness at Noon
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dystopia:
1. 1984
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Brave New World
Bonus: Darkness at Noon
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
July 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Evening dear Klaxonites.
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dystopia:
1. 1984
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Brave New World
Bonus: Darkness at Noon
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is dystopia:
1. 1984
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Brave New World
Bonus: Darkness at Noon
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Famous First Engines:
1. Trevithick’s Puffing Devil
2. Gustave Trouvé’s tricycle
3. Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Bonus: Rotary Wankel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Trevithick’s Puffing Devil
2. Gustave Trouvé’s tricycle
3. Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Bonus: Rotary Wankel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
July 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
For this week’s #UniversityChallengeKlaxon, my theme is Famous First Engines:
1. Trevithick’s Puffing Devil
2. Gustave Trouvé’s tricycle
3. Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Bonus: Rotary Wankel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
1. Trevithick’s Puffing Devil
2. Gustave Trouvé’s tricycle
3. Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Bonus: Rotary Wankel
#UniversityChallenge #QuizzyMonday
OMG! I forgot that University Challenge has restarted.
I’ll set a reminder next week so I can do my #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
#QuizzyMonday
I’ll set a reminder next week so I can do my #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
#QuizzyMonday
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
OMG! I forgot that University Challenge has restarted.
I’ll set a reminder next week so I can do my #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
#QuizzyMonday
I’ll set a reminder next week so I can do my #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
#QuizzyMonday
Haven’t had to run a defrag for about 20 years!
But it is compulsory to watch this until it’s complete!
But it is compulsory to watch this until it’s complete!
July 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Haven’t had to run a defrag for about 20 years!
But it is compulsory to watch this until it’s complete!
But it is compulsory to watch this until it’s complete!
Helping my parents have a bit of a clear out this weekend, they want me to dispose of / recycle an old PC - Dell XPS T450 w Pentium III and 9GB HDD.
I think I’ll have a tinker first for old times sake and give a bit of TLC with a disk scan and defrag.
@happychoice.bsky.social
I think I’ll have a tinker first for old times sake and give a bit of TLC with a disk scan and defrag.
@happychoice.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Helping my parents have a bit of a clear out this weekend, they want me to dispose of / recycle an old PC - Dell XPS T450 w Pentium III and 9GB HDD.
I think I’ll have a tinker first for old times sake and give a bit of TLC with a disk scan and defrag.
@happychoice.bsky.social
I think I’ll have a tinker first for old times sake and give a bit of TLC with a disk scan and defrag.
@happychoice.bsky.social
Weather forecast predicts a high of 26°C today; right now it’s 30.8°C in the shade and 29°C in my little log cabin office.
☀️🥵
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June 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Weather forecast predicts a high of 26°C today; right now it’s 30.8°C in the shade and 29°C in my little log cabin office.
☀️🥵
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