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@mark-nicol.bsky.social
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Working on being a calmer chameleon - but it comes and goes.

East Lothian dad and software engineer - working at the UK ATC
(Likes dad jokes, old computers and space. Would like to write better docs but never seem to have the time)
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That is one of my favourite all time Bloom County jokes.

Have you heard about the Corduroy Pillows?
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They are making headlines
May 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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What if we containerised the teams rather than the software?

New portacabin arrives on site.
Yellow portacabin on the back of a lorry being carefully moved into place behind the lodge at the ROE.
May 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Work goals for today
Sign on the side of a skip that says "Level Load and then on a separate line "No Fires"
May 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Thanks coffee, I couldn't have summed up my work mood any better.
Cappuccino with two dark patches that look a bit like cursed or haunted eye sockets.
May 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Fresh breakfast muffins made by my lovely wife - loves x
What a lovely way to start the weekend.
May 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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This run of nice weather really is lovely. Hope it lasts through the weekend.

Whatever you are doing today as George says "it is going to take patience and time to do it right" 😀
Blue sky seen through an archway the inscription on the arch reads: "THIS ARCH IS ERECTED 12th SEPTEMBER 1888 TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK & CHARACTER.OF GEORGE HARRISON Kt. MP. LLD WHOSE LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO THE PUBLIC GOOD BORN 1812 : DIED I885" Never realised the beatles were that long ago.
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Sure is a mighty fine place to be ...
Screenshot from merlin app showing western house-martin as the spotted bird
May 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Doing our best on weak cheesy puffs and pistachios in the shadow of Hailes castle
Some disappointingly mild cheese crisps in an orange packet and a plastic tupperware of pistachios
May 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Morning. Good skies on the way to the office. Almost makes up for the climb.
Picture of the dome of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. Most of the photo is a blue sky with mackerel clouds.
May 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Happy Astronomy Day to those that observe.
May 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Evidently, Friday starts here. Have a good weekend folks.
A glass of what is surprisingly a non alcohol pims substitute. After all it is work time for another hour.
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Good morning Sardinia. Here at the lovely Lazzeretto di Cagliari for the ATLAST2 Telescope kick off meeting.
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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After the wind and the rain East Lothian looking lovely in the sunshine this morning.
Tynigham beach looking out across stone and rock pools with a blue sky above.
March 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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One of those showers where you appreciate the sun coming out again.

Even if part of you feels pranked by being drenched all the way through your commute, only for it to stop once you reach the office.
Sunshine and clouds looking over a hillside with East Lothian in the distance shot through a gap between a wall and a building.
March 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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There were some lovely reflections on site in the sunshine yesterday.
Two large stone buildings reflected in a window. Part of the Crawford library and the Bruick building reflected in a stairwell window of the Higgs building.
March 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Morning blue sky peeps. This is a good omen for the day - right?
Hillside in the sunshine. In the blue sky above the hill two plane trails are making a faint white cross.
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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High quality lunar eclipse photo. Nothing to see here folks but clouds.
Picture of a dark blue sky with slightly lighter clouds and some buildings. It is raining heavily which can be seen in the puddles and reflections of the streetlights on the road surface.
March 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Possibly some mice may have done.
January 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Nice walk near Haddington today. A wee bit crunchy and squelchy underfoot. Lovely winter light and we saw a heron.
Field of leeks with icy frost in the front and trees in the background Golden sunshine on the calm surface of a small weir photographed through trees A fuzzy heron looking cold Reflection of trees in a river bend. Low winter light gives the photo a slightly golden glow
January 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Tonight you will be visited by three goats
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Cover from the ladybird edition of the The Three Billy-goats Gruff showing a picture of three goats
December 24, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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St Giles looking almost festive with the light catching the windows and the wee tree outside.
Picture of a big church. St Giles Cathedral Early morning cloudy sunrise sky and wet cobbles
December 12, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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Scott Monument channeling classic novel in cheap reprint energy this morning.
December 3, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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Nice dramatic skies this morning over Haddington. Some solace for an early morning appointment with my dentist.
Photo of sunrise over buildings taken from a bridge in the middle of Haddington
November 26, 2024 at 7:56 AM
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No snow yet. The office is however looking good on this crisp and frosty morning.
November 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Something I found personally helpful this morning in my stoic notes: Constructive action is a more effective form of self help than rage as it stops an evil situation overwhelming us.
"We need a long-breathed struggle against permanent and prolific evils; not, indeed to quell them, but merely to prevent their overpowering us." Quote from Seneca 'On Anger' translated by Aubrey Stewart.
November 19, 2024 at 7:32 AM