Mary Branscombe
@marypcbuk.bsky.social
Omnivorous technology journalist. girl with the USB earring; author of the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. Like my writing? Buy me a ☕ https://ko-fi.com/marybranscombe. she/her. Warning: contains opinions. signal marypcbuk.44
this isn't mine, just one from a web search, but looks very like (I too used a coat hanger so I could hang it up, but I didn't do legs!
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
this isn't mine, just one from a web search, but looks very like (I too used a coat hanger so I could hang it up, but I didn't do legs!
does it make a difference if you have done the thing that I can't remember how to do where you set what you want your emoji colour and default to be? if it's just that emoji of women are the default, then I have to say: YAY Microsoft I love it ;)
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
does it make a difference if you have done the thing that I can't remember how to do where you set what you want your emoji colour and default to be? if it's just that emoji of women are the default, then I have to say: YAY Microsoft I love it ;)
if you like cable porn, the network cabling in the Azure Fairwater data centres is *chef's kiss*
the things that look like hoses at a gas station bring the closed loop direct water cooling to the GPUs. some of the chips have these *etched channels* for cooling hotspots with microfluidics
the things that look like hoses at a gas station bring the closed loop direct water cooling to the GPUs. some of the chips have these *etched channels* for cooling hotspots with microfluidics
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
if you like cable porn, the network cabling in the Azure Fairwater data centres is *chef's kiss*
the things that look like hoses at a gas station bring the closed loop direct water cooling to the GPUs. some of the chips have these *etched channels* for cooling hotspots with microfluidics
the things that look like hoses at a gas station bring the closed loop direct water cooling to the GPUs. some of the chips have these *etched channels* for cooling hotspots with microfluidics
finally needed to turn the heating on and also harvested tomatoes for maybe the last time this year but they are still putting out flowers and setting fruit so who knows (but I'd rather try and either ripen these or cook them green than have them freeze or split outside)
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
finally needed to turn the heating on and also harvested tomatoes for maybe the last time this year but they are still putting out flowers and setting fruit so who knows (but I'd rather try and either ripen these or cook them green than have them freeze or split outside)
crochet people are always telling me crochet is faster than knitting! (I once spent over 2 decades knitting a really complex piece 3 colours per row changing every 1-20 rows with a pattern I made up as I went along so speed is relative)
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
crochet people are always telling me crochet is faster than knitting! (I once spent over 2 decades knitting a really complex piece 3 colours per row changing every 1-20 rows with a pattern I made up as I went along so speed is relative)
and the 'how much will it cost if I do this as VMs and run it myself versus PaaS and you run it versus what do you mean the Broadcom licenses to have hosted VMware make it 10x the price' is what everyone has always wanted clouds to tell them in advance, so lots of low hanging fruit
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
and the 'how much will it cost if I do this as VMs and run it myself versus PaaS and you run it versus what do you mean the Broadcom licenses to have hosted VMware make it 10x the price' is what everyone has always wanted clouds to tell them in advance, so lots of low hanging fruit
Also found this fabulous picture of my grandfather’s sister (my great aunt?) Dorothy; he labelled other pictures of her “Good Old Dor”
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Also found this fabulous picture of my grandfather’s sister (my great aunt?) Dorothy; he labelled other pictures of her “Good Old Dor”
Lyra and Phryne stay chill despite their game
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Lyra and Phryne stay chill despite their game
All fixed and hardly the worse for wear
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All fixed and hardly the worse for wear
Looking at the unnamed advertising on the tube and asking do normal people compare fonts (because many different advert names the service)
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Looking at the unnamed advertising on the tube and asking do normal people compare fonts (because many different advert names the service)
Aurora is a bit purple and green over London but I did get Castor, Pollux and Jupiter
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Aurora is a bit purple and green over London but I did get Castor, Pollux and Jupiter
I can't find a good photo but the shells are really thick and tough
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I can't find a good photo but the shells are really thick and tough
First time we’ve been to Cecil Sharp House; did a dash from bumping into @benlefoe.bsky.social at the @bryan-talbot.bsky.social and @eyedotter.bsky.social launch after far too long and got here for ?Gabrielle Say? opening for @tomrobinson.com - been looking forward to a night out and it’s a double!
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
First time we’ve been to Cecil Sharp House; did a dash from bumping into @benlefoe.bsky.social at the @bryan-talbot.bsky.social and @eyedotter.bsky.social launch after far too long and got here for ?Gabrielle Say? opening for @tomrobinson.com - been looking forward to a night out and it’s a double!
I'm seeing bluesky as an option in surveys a lot more, which is one place I look for what's mainstream
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm seeing bluesky as an option in surveys a lot more, which is one place I look for what's mainstream
found a delightful graphcrime in my spacetech research that I think @albertocairo.com needs to see: the 'positioning in graphic does not indicate landing location' footer is absolutely SENDING me
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
found a delightful graphcrime in my spacetech research that I think @albertocairo.com needs to see: the 'positioning in graphic does not indicate landing location' footer is absolutely SENDING me
it *used* to run in the start menu but they nerfed that years ago; it's still in the Bing toolbox and works in the UK but it's a badged version of Ookla speedtest and it gets different theming depending on if you search with or without the space!
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
it *used* to run in the start menu but they nerfed that years ago; it's still in the Bing toolbox and works in the UK but it's a badged version of Ookla speedtest and it gets different theming depending on if you search with or without the space!
let me do a quick diagram! so I'd build S1, S2, S3 and then want to make them subpages of S, and build T1, T2 and so on and want to make them subpages of T, and I'd want to have tags on those pages (each colour hash here would be a different tag).
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
let me do a quick diagram! so I'd build S1, S2, S3 and then want to make them subpages of S, and build T1, T2 and so on and want to make them subpages of T, and I'd want to have tags on those pages (each colour hash here would be a different tag).
which reminds me to post this wonderful sign I saw in Amsterdam last week, to go with the Brussels graffiti I spotted from the train
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
which reminds me to post this wonderful sign I saw in Amsterdam last week, to go with the Brussels graffiti I spotted from the train
hey, nice to see you here more! also, from sunday in Amsterdam
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
hey, nice to see you here more! also, from sunday in Amsterdam
probably a variant of the HTC Tytan from 2006 or Tytan II from 2007 running Windows Mobile 5 and 6, which looked like this - there were a couple of other similar models
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
probably a variant of the HTC Tytan from 2006 or Tytan II from 2007 running Windows Mobile 5 and 6, which looked like this - there were a couple of other similar models
I never made it to a Grace Hopper, alas; I have USB type A earrings with actual files on (very thin cut-down ones that used to come stuck to press releases or fold out from credit card sized marketing things)
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I never made it to a Grace Hopper, alas; I have USB type A earrings with actual files on (very thin cut-down ones that used to come stuck to press releases or fold out from credit card sized marketing things)
wikipedia reports a somewhat ironic retreat to 'live quietly in a country cottage' (and apparently it was *wives* of students which I'm sure is much better)
![In his retirement, he retreated to live quietly in a country cottage in Langton Matravers in Dorset with his third wife. He was twice divorced and had numerous affairs, many of them with wives of his students, colleagues and friends, and even with his son Simon's girlfriend.[10] He also had a son out of wedlock, whom he abandoned together with the mother when the child was two, and whom he did not meet again for nearly twenty years. Oakeshott's most famous lover was Iris Murdoch.[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nejscld5zlavytijxz27qhvj/bafkreihvqv5ixa7assw4mwbhx6agrqgicm5c6ixzcopsspe4qsiwruo7gy@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
wikipedia reports a somewhat ironic retreat to 'live quietly in a country cottage' (and apparently it was *wives* of students which I'm sure is much better)
I loved the doorway that had a letterbox on one side and a prank on the other
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I loved the doorway that had a letterbox on one side and a prank on the other
I have a bazillion photos of the plaques on houses around Amsterdam but the leopard who looks like Loudon Wainwright or Jimmy Buffet is my favourite
October 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a bazillion photos of the plaques on houses around Amsterdam but the leopard who looks like Loudon Wainwright or Jimmy Buffet is my favourite