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Matt Edgar
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#Digital director in the #NHS, #SocialHousing non-exec, and history botherer in my spare time. I quit newspapers for new media in 1997. "You can always come back," […]

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Lads

If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.

It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Find out about abdominal aortic aneurysm, what the symptoms are, how it’s treated, how to lower your risk of getting one and what the causes are.
www.nhs.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Google Photos reminding me it's a year since I first reported fly tipping in our street. Good times!
The logo of Google photos above a picture of black plastic bin bags against a stone wall. Caption reads "Best of October 2024"
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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has heating in the new house!
A thermal camera image where dark and purple colours represent cooler temperatures and bright yellow are warmer. There is a yellow radiator shaped rectangle against a dark purple wall. A temperature measurement shows a reading of 46.4C at the top of the radiator
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Writing about a year in the new house: the romance of maintenance https://blog.mattedgar.com/2025/10/12/a-year-in-the-new-house-the-romance-of-maintenance/ #history #maintenance
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Just spotted a UFO descend rapidly over my garden and land in the street beyond. If anyone in the north #leeds area is missing Peppa Pig and a deflated unicorn I can point you in the right direction
A cluster of pink and blue balloons high in a grey sky The same balloons closer up with a large but crumpled and deflated balloon hanging from the cluster of blue, pink and yellow ones A cluster of blue and pink balloons behind a yellow leafed tree The cluster of balloons now on a tarmac road by a brick wall. The deflated balloon appears to be a pink and white unicorn design, while an inflated Peppa Pig branded balloon is also among the pink, blue, yellow and purple balloon cluster
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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"Tony Harrison (30 April 1937 – 26 September 2025) was an English poet, translator and playwright. He was born in Beeston, Leeds and he received his education in Classics from Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University."
R.I.P.
September 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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The Intelligence is in the User

https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-intelligence-is-in-the-user

Today's newsletter, on ways we underestimate how much user skill goes into getting good results from AI models

#genai #cogsci #llms #chatgpt
The intelligence is in the user Continuing my series on hooks for thinking about the new AI
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Heritage Open Days peak inside one of #leeds' rarely seen but most spectacular interiors
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375329?section=official-list-entry
A complex and delicate Art Nouveau style stained glass window in the colours of a peacock: pale greens, mauves, blues, and browns. Circular glass of varying sizes is mixed in with flowing patterns in the leadwork Close-up of a pair of richly decorated wooden cupboard doors. Each door has a different flower in blue and green on a gold background. Intricate metal brackets and handles wrap round the edges of each door Close-up of curved cupboard doors glazed with intricate clear glass leaded lights. Above and to the right of the doors are a series of carved shelves in a medium brown wood, each shelf suitable for displaying a ceramic plate, jug or figurine A close-up of a door handle on a wooden door. The handle is made of metal, almost organic in form and the pierced metal surround spreads into the middle rail and lock stile of the door. The wood panels of the door have a pronounced and swirling grain.
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Drying in front of the stove after a rain-soaked day out in North Yorkshire
September 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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OMG these consultants are so old school that their deck is in 4:3 aspect ratio
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Lovely bank holiday out at Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire
Centre: A red brick three storey Jacobean mansion. To the left a wing of the house is shrouded in scaffolding and white covers. Either side, tall mature trees. In front a wide expanse of grass hedges and a wrought iron gate. The sky behind is blue with white fluffy clouds View across a large walled garden. From foreground: a bed with yellow flowers, a mainly green bed with some red flowers, a strip with pink or purple, a row of stakes for sweet peas, a line of apple trees trained along horizontal wires, a brick wall, mature trees behind
August 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Pondering as a I listen to clinicians' hopes for how AI could transform their practice. What I hear is deep frustration with the terrible tools inflicted on them in previous waves of digitalisation, and a nostalgic yearning for the simplicity symbolised by a conversational interface
August 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Weeknote: 14 to 18 July 2025

Enjoying the peace and quiet in our local woods on a very hot weekend What did I enjoy? Seeing the publication of the Public Design Evidence Review, which explores the role and value of design in the public sector. It includes a section on public design for […]
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July 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Yes, exam board, this is definitely the top thing your users are seeking when they search on your website for "proof of qualifications"
Screenshot of a webpage titled "AQA Questions matter" A search box with the search query "proof of qualifications" "Showing 74 results for proof of qualifications" Top result: "Making a squirrel proof bird feeder out of metal"
July 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Back to work note: 7 to 11 July 2025

A visit to one of London's livery companies with my son What did I enjoy? Getting back to work at the London and Leeds offices in the gorgeous sunshine. I worked at Waterloo on Monday, Canary Wharf on Tuesday, back home in Leeds on Wednesday, and the Leeds […]
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July 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Breaknote: 21 June to 6 July 2025

I took a whole fortnight off. First proper holiday since the house move. Week 1 floating in the Ionian sea, lying on stoney beaches, scrambling up and down rocky paths, and some inept hire boatmanship. I always go on holiday with an e-reader full of good […]
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July 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Back from a lovely week of floating in the Ionian sea, lying on stoney beaches, scrambling up and down rocky paths, and some inept hire boatmanship
A small single storey classical building at the front of a stone harbour, with water in front and a tree-lined hillside behind View across water from the helm of a small motorboat. In the distance a hillside with bare rocks and trees, and a larger boat Craggy rocks, spiky green tree branches and blue sky View out to sea at sunset from an old curved stone wall
June 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Consumer networking devices come in two varieties: Altar to a Dark God and Aromatherapy Machine.
A set of white cylindrical TP-link mesh wireless devices A TP-link router that looks like a black slab bristling with sharp angular towers on three sides.
June 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Move slowly and fix things!
This wall had been repeatedly plastered over by the previous owners without addressing the damp that was making it fail.
We've had the gutters replaced, let it all dry out, and now the wall can be redone with breathable lime plaster #theromanceofmaintenance
An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. The wallpaper is peeling and lower down completely missing. A bare patch if plaster bulges out from the wall. At the corner the plaster is cracked and some has completely fallen off An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. A large portion of the wall has been stripped of plaster to reveal the brick An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. Smooth, grey plaster covers the surface where previously it was failing
May 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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A few minutes to spend in the Merrion Centre so I visited the wonderful Emett machines on the upper level
https://merrioncentre.co.uk/promotions-events/emett-machine-exhibition
Close up of a "machine" made of everyday objects including lampshades, a musical horn and upholstery A row of three "machines" made of everyday objects including bicycle wheels and parasols
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Rainy day reminder: check your gutters, people!
Top image is the wall of our house when we moved in last September
Below, the same wall this month, with no other intervention than replacing the gutters and clearing some weeds
Next job: cut back the concrete hard […]

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Two images of the same portion of stone built wall, with a white painted six pane window. Top image: the wall is streaked with bright green stains and the path in front is covered in leaves Below image: the same wall has only light green marks and the path is clear
May 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Every rule tells a story
Screenshot of text: "The candles in the living space are LED and MUST NKT try to be lit with a match or lighter as this will ruin them."
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Enjoyed a visit to the Landmark Trust's newly renovated Calverley Old Hall. Amazingly preserved wall paintings and holiday accommodation for up to 10 people
Exterior view of an old stone building comprising three blocks, from left to right: a chapel with a gothic style window of three vertical openings glazed with leaded lights, a smaller two storey block set back from the chapel but connected to it, a longer two storey range including a door and 6 windows at various levels. In front of the building, a green lawn with a gravel path across it to the door Old black and white wall paintings in vertical strips between brown wooden beams. The designs include stylised mythical creatures, vases and a rose
May 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Microsoft: Leaving New Outlook... What made you switch back?

Me: At the end of a Teams call, the other person clicked "Leave" a split second before me. The "New Outlook" toggle in the window below is in exactly the same place as the "Leave" button was when I went to click it. Confused? Me too!
Screenshot of top right corner of a Windows desktop screen. A sliding toggle control labelled "New Outlook". Overlapping below, a separate window with controls labelled "Share" and "Leave"
May 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Fortnightnote: 28 April to 9 May 2025

Bluebells in the garden What did I enjoy? The highlight for me was an event hosted by Leeds City Council and the Cabinet Office's 'Test, Learn and Grow' team to explore a collaborative approach to neighbourhood health. It was a rare chance to catch up with […]
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May 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM