Liz Crew
@lillput.bsky.social
Digital-Inclusion-preoccupied pensioner for @techresort.bsky.social . Loves excellent beer. From Bristol but mostly living in coastal Sussex. Martello Tower-botherer. Occasionally codes for fun. Owns more cameras & boardgames than is reasonable.
Oh yeah, those are the words I really want to see on my PC that 'just needed a little Win11' update: 'Your keyboard is disabled whist we update your firmware...'
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Oh yeah, those are the words I really want to see on my PC that 'just needed a little Win11' update: 'Your keyboard is disabled whist we update your firmware...'
Help! Pub conversation: is the Mos Eisley Cantina Theme in Star Wars IV a Charleston? It had never occurred to my OH. I've only ever heard it as a Charleston... please advise
October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Help! Pub conversation: is the Mos Eisley Cantina Theme in Star Wars IV a Charleston? It had never occurred to my OH. I've only ever heard it as a Charleston... please advise
Holiday. Best pub in town.
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Holiday. Best pub in town.
This, in the York Tap, on York station. Around the other side of the circular bar was a full complement of Timmy Taylor beers. Allowed myself a smirk
October 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This, in the York Tap, on York station. Around the other side of the circular bar was a full complement of Timmy Taylor beers. Allowed myself a smirk
Hey, Toto, we're not in Kansas any more...
October 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hey, Toto, we're not in Kansas any more...
So, you can tell it's autumn. We've just made a large batch of hot and sour green tomato curry paste. Most has gone into the freezer for winter meals.
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So, you can tell it's autumn. We've just made a large batch of hot and sour green tomato curry paste. Most has gone into the freezer for winter meals.
Another day, another interminable call queue at HMRC. At least I haven't been put through their IVR system, and an extra bonus of the hold music swapping between two tunes - at least that's a novelty.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Another day, another interminable call queue at HMRC. At least I haven't been put through their IVR system, and an extra bonus of the hold music swapping between two tunes - at least that's a novelty.
More adult gardening today. Where adult = remembering to do jobs at the right time. Spring me will congratulate autumn me for spending time planting narcissus bulbs
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
More adult gardening today. Where adult = remembering to do jobs at the right time. Spring me will congratulate autumn me for spending time planting narcissus bulbs
The glamour of being the COO of a tiny, underfunded CIC. Saturday- QAing old laptops to be donated to clients and fixing door locks with a pair of pliers.
Yesterday sewing replacement seat backs for our loved, but tatty chairs for clients.
Today was all about writing funding bids.Beer O'clock?
Yesterday sewing replacement seat backs for our loved, but tatty chairs for clients.
Today was all about writing funding bids.Beer O'clock?
September 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The glamour of being the COO of a tiny, underfunded CIC. Saturday- QAing old laptops to be donated to clients and fixing door locks with a pair of pliers.
Yesterday sewing replacement seat backs for our loved, but tatty chairs for clients.
Today was all about writing funding bids.Beer O'clock?
Yesterday sewing replacement seat backs for our loved, but tatty chairs for clients.
Today was all about writing funding bids.Beer O'clock?
In which we learn that fabric cutting wheels are
A) Chiral
B) Really sharp
C) Much harder to use (safely) than Sewing Bee makes it look
and, in not unrelated news:
finger tips bleed A LOT.
A) Chiral
B) Really sharp
C) Much harder to use (safely) than Sewing Bee makes it look
and, in not unrelated news:
finger tips bleed A LOT.
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In which we learn that fabric cutting wheels are
A) Chiral
B) Really sharp
C) Much harder to use (safely) than Sewing Bee makes it look
and, in not unrelated news:
finger tips bleed A LOT.
A) Chiral
B) Really sharp
C) Much harder to use (safely) than Sewing Bee makes it look
and, in not unrelated news:
finger tips bleed A LOT.
First time cider-making since we revamped the kitchen room.
Humongous sink was a very good choice. Fully opening bifold doors enabled us to set up the press in shelter but with plenty of circulation space. Gigantic decorating sheets left by our builder were awesome for covering the whole floor /1
Humongous sink was a very good choice. Fully opening bifold doors enabled us to set up the press in shelter but with plenty of circulation space. Gigantic decorating sheets left by our builder were awesome for covering the whole floor /1
August 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
First time cider-making since we revamped the kitchen room.
Humongous sink was a very good choice. Fully opening bifold doors enabled us to set up the press in shelter but with plenty of circulation space. Gigantic decorating sheets left by our builder were awesome for covering the whole floor /1
Humongous sink was a very good choice. Fully opening bifold doors enabled us to set up the press in shelter but with plenty of circulation space. Gigantic decorating sheets left by our builder were awesome for covering the whole floor /1
Reposted by Liz Crew
Brilliant to welcome 119 visitors on another scorching hot open afternoon!
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Brilliant to welcome 119 visitors on another scorching hot open afternoon!
One of the best reasons to live where I live is that, at night, I can hear tawny owls hooting away, but it's still only a 10 minute walk to a really good pub and a Waitrose.
August 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
One of the best reasons to live where I live is that, at night, I can hear tawny owls hooting away, but it's still only a 10 minute walk to a really good pub and a Waitrose.
I know I say this regularly, but my lovely young team @techresort.bsky.social are utterly amazing. When they ask me a simple question, I rarely give them a simple answer - I tend to give them information so they can work it our for themselves. I appreciate how irritating this can be...
August 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I know I say this regularly, but my lovely young team @techresort.bsky.social are utterly amazing. When they ask me a simple question, I rarely give them a simple answer - I tend to give them information so they can work it our for themselves. I appreciate how irritating this can be...
Huh! interestingly useful digital took from HMRC. A complaint I made is overdue (from the usual SLA) so had resigned myself to getting grumpy on the phone.
Logged into GG to get numbers etc and on the front page was a "when can I expect an answer" tracker. Actually quite useful!
Logged into GG to get numbers etc and on the front page was a "when can I expect an answer" tracker. Actually quite useful!
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Huh! interestingly useful digital took from HMRC. A complaint I made is overdue (from the usual SLA) so had resigned myself to getting grumpy on the phone.
Logged into GG to get numbers etc and on the front page was a "when can I expect an answer" tracker. Actually quite useful!
Logged into GG to get numbers etc and on the front page was a "when can I expect an answer" tracker. Actually quite useful!
Today has elicited initial excitement, followed by a weary sigh of resignation.
August 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today has elicited initial excitement, followed by a weary sigh of resignation.
So, having taken photos, developed and scanned them, I'm now obsessing about the names of my albums on Flickr. That's going to be my day now. #nerdsGonnaNerd
August 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So, having taken photos, developed and scanned them, I'm now obsessing about the names of my albums on Flickr. That's going to be my day now. #nerdsGonnaNerd
Supposed to be writing a funding bid whilst listening to TMS. Nothing is getting written. It's too tense.
August 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Supposed to be writing a funding bid whilst listening to TMS. Nothing is getting written. It's too tense.
Ok, I know this is niche...but Michael Vaughan = Dave Podmore. No?
August 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ok, I know this is niche...but Michael Vaughan = Dave Podmore. No?
My pizza dough is making a break for it
July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My pizza dough is making a break for it
In other news (well, not really "other") I'm filling out stupid paper pension forms on the day that gov say too few people of the generation below mine are saving sufficiently for pensions. I dunno, what about making the whole thing simpler to understand, eh? (I've had to fill out 7 sides of A4)
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In other news (well, not really "other") I'm filling out stupid paper pension forms on the day that gov say too few people of the generation below mine are saving sufficiently for pensions. I dunno, what about making the whole thing simpler to understand, eh? (I've had to fill out 7 sides of A4)
Today's infuriating digital crapness. I'm completing paperwork for my occupational pension. I want to do it digitally. According to the paperwork I can do this via the website. Can't sign in - accepting the fact that maybe I wrote the password down wrong I do an account recovery first by phone /1
July 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today's infuriating digital crapness. I'm completing paperwork for my occupational pension. I want to do it digitally. According to the paperwork I can do this via the website. Can't sign in - accepting the fact that maybe I wrote the password down wrong I do an account recovery first by phone /1
Great illustration of how repurposing local gov kit helps for longer than you might think...
Yeah, yeah the naming thing was so we could see them on the network and give old geeks with too much time on their hands and this is what they do
Yeah, yeah the naming thing was so we could see them on the network and give old geeks with too much time on their hands and this is what they do
We'd like to share the story of one donated laptop - she is called MORWEN (well, we are the TechResort elves)
techresort.org/the-story-of...
techresort.org/the-story-of...
The Story of MORWEN the Laptop - TechResort
Want to hear a story about one repurposed laptop? Read on...
techresort.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Great illustration of how repurposing local gov kit helps for longer than you might think...
Yeah, yeah the naming thing was so we could see them on the network and give old geeks with too much time on their hands and this is what they do
Yeah, yeah the naming thing was so we could see them on the network and give old geeks with too much time on their hands and this is what they do
Reposted by Liz Crew
Big shout-out to @sussexcommfound.bsky.social and The Southern Water Goodwill Fund. We now have a grant in place to work with partners in Hastings/St Leonards for digital inclusion, kids' sessions and some work experience!
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Big shout-out to @sussexcommfound.bsky.social and The Southern Water Goodwill Fund. We now have a grant in place to work with partners in Hastings/St Leonards for digital inclusion, kids' sessions and some work experience!
With the right structure and a bit of flexibility a system like could work. @techresort.bsky.social already has 6/11 employees who are in their first job. Financial support for social enterprises like ours could be a real game-changer. /1
Give struggling 16-year-olds state-paid jobs, says key adviser
www.thetimes.com/article/e0b0...
Important to read and crucial to critique
www.thetimes.com/article/e0b0...
Important to read and crucial to critique
Give struggling 16-year-olds state-paid jobs, says key adviser
Starmer’s workforce tsar says his idea could stop a ‘ticking time bomb’ and spare millions from living on benefits
www.thetimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
With the right structure and a bit of flexibility a system like could work. @techresort.bsky.social already has 6/11 employees who are in their first job. Financial support for social enterprises like ours could be a real game-changer. /1