Mark Allan
@markxa.com
Learn, Do, Teach, Repeat | Belfast but with Manchester roots | Tech is how I live, art is why I live | Masked scoundrel | Evolving | Microsoft MVP alumnus | NIDC founder | Non-militant cyclist | He/him | markxa.com
Took me ages to work it out, but selecting "Following" here gives you a plain chronological feed
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Took me ages to work it out, but selecting "Following" here gives you a plain chronological feed
It is 2 days until I go to Tokyo and I am in no way prepared. Nor will my head let me work out exactly what it is I need to do in order to become prepared, it just knows I'm not.
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It is 2 days until I go to Tokyo and I am in no way prepared. Nor will my head let me work out exactly what it is I need to do in order to become prepared, it just knows I'm not.
Made these down the pub this afternoon (painting TBD once dry)
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Made these down the pub this afternoon (painting TBD once dry)
Today I'm at BSides Belfast with my security hat on.
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today I'm at BSides Belfast with my security hat on.
Achievement unlocked: driving Route 66. (Also, mariachi frogs)
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Achievement unlocked: driving Route 66. (Also, mariachi frogs)
Really captures Marilyn's enigmatic beauty I think.
September 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really captures Marilyn's enigmatic beauty I think.
The pub I'm in has a pool table in the beer garden. I'm pretty sure I've never seen that before.
August 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The pub I'm in has a pool table in the beer garden. I'm pretty sure I've never seen that before.
Things the world does not need.
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Things the world does not need.
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
Street's first paramilitary flag has gone up. Yay.
July 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Street's first paramilitary flag has gone up. Yay.
Alanis was excellent and only slightly damp. Also I need that guitar.
June 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Alanis was excellent and only slightly damp. Also I need that guitar.
Am I the only person in Ireland who didn't know that Pusheen is a transliteration of the Irish word puisín (meaning kitten)?
June 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Am I the only person in Ireland who didn't know that Pusheen is a transliteration of the Irish word puisín (meaning kitten)?
Got a bit of Lego done but my brain has been mush all day so that's as much I can manage, time for bed 😪
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Got a bit of Lego done but my brain has been mush all day so that's as much I can manage, time for bed 😪
Somebody showing off that they can afford a bin in Cambridge.
June 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Somebody showing off that they can afford a bin in Cambridge.
Got home, thought I might pop out the back door for a kebab tonight. But no, there's some sort of birthday offer on so no kebab for me (well not before I starve anyway!)
May 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got home, thought I might pop out the back door for a kebab tonight. But no, there's some sort of birthday offer on so no kebab for me (well not before I starve anyway!)
Oh look, they wrote my biography.
May 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh look, they wrote my biography.
Lovely day for a trans rights march.
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Lovely day for a trans rights march.
I have shit to do, but this is approximately how I feel right now.
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have shit to do, but this is approximately how I feel right now.
Today I will be mostly in the National Museum.
March 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today I will be mostly in the National Museum.
For the first time since late January, I'm not going out any of the evenings this week. Which given how wiped I am already is probably a good thing.
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For the first time since late January, I'm not going out any of the evenings this week. Which given how wiped I am already is probably a good thing.
Repost the first album you bought with your own money
February 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Repost the first album you bought with your own money
My eyes feel like they're twice their usual size and trying to escape. Might be time for decongestant.
February 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My eyes feel like they're twice their usual size and trying to escape. Might be time for decongestant.
Nice wee arrangement on the platform at Penrith station 🐑
February 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Nice wee arrangement on the platform at Penrith station 🐑