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Sean Bean's Christmas dinner this year.
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sean Bean's Christmas dinner this year.
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I for one will definitely be ignoring pesky health professionals & turning instead to newspaper columnists who backed Brexit, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & Liz Truss for all my expert health advice during this very serious flu outbreak.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I for one will definitely be ignoring pesky health professionals & turning instead to newspaper columnists who backed Brexit, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & Liz Truss for all my expert health advice during this very serious flu outbreak.
Can there please, please, please some kind of consensus or standard for forms that can contain carriage returns, regarding when which way round 'Enter' and 'Ctrl-Enter' are the commands for 'new line' and 'submit'!!
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Can there please, please, please some kind of consensus or standard for forms that can contain carriage returns, regarding when which way round 'Enter' and 'Ctrl-Enter' are the commands for 'new line' and 'submit'!!
If you've ever thought about some of the complexity of securing #AI at the #edge, then my latest article for Tech Monitor may have some interesting insights.
www.techmonitor.ai/digital-econ...
www.techmonitor.ai/digital-econ...
Edge AI is advancing. So are the ways in which it's being protected
As intelligence moves from data centres to devices, edge AI promises speed, autonomy and privacy, but exposes a web of security challenges.
www.techmonitor.ai
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you've ever thought about some of the complexity of securing #AI at the #edge, then my latest article for Tech Monitor may have some interesting insights.
www.techmonitor.ai/digital-econ...
www.techmonitor.ai/digital-econ...
I can't be the only one who is constantly frustrated by how desktop OSes suck at touch, but trying to do anything more complicated than copy and paste between apps on a mobile device feels like playing 4D chess!
My rant the desktop/mobile OS divide is here:
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
My rant the desktop/mobile OS divide is here:
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
Why touch OSes still can’t do real work — and PCs still suck at touch
More than twenty years after the rise of the touchscreen, it’s remarkable how little progress we’ve made in merging touch-first computing…
medium.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I can't be the only one who is constantly frustrated by how desktop OSes suck at touch, but trying to do anything more complicated than copy and paste between apps on a mobile device feels like playing 4D chess!
My rant the desktop/mobile OS divide is here:
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
My rant the desktop/mobile OS divide is here:
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
I've been trying to work on my #streetphotograhy - these are from #Lisbon
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I've been trying to work on my #streetphotograhy - these are from #Lisbon
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When in Lisbon...
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When in Lisbon...
I keep having 'Thoughts' about 'Things' - so I've decided to create a Medium account to think out loud (aka rant).
TL,DR: Remember when Unified Communications was meant to simplify everything?
Two decades later, we have more platforms, more silos and less clarity. WTAF.
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
TL,DR: Remember when Unified Communications was meant to simplify everything?
Two decades later, we have more platforms, more silos and less clarity. WTAF.
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
Whatever happened to the promise of Unified Communications?
My laptop dings. Which app was it this time? Slack? Teams? WhatsApp? Google Chat? Wasn’t this supposed to be easier by now?
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I keep having 'Thoughts' about 'Things' - so I've decided to create a Medium account to think out loud (aka rant).
TL,DR: Remember when Unified Communications was meant to simplify everything?
Two decades later, we have more platforms, more silos and less clarity. WTAF.
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
TL,DR: Remember when Unified Communications was meant to simplify everything?
Two decades later, we have more platforms, more silos and less clarity. WTAF.
medium.com/@ianw1804/wh...
We were going to take a break from our walk and rest on this vench6, but there wasn't... mushroom! 🥁
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We were going to take a break from our walk and rest on this vench6, but there wasn't... mushroom! 🥁
Inspired by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social today's magical portal is brought to you by a damp stroll around Betchworth
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Inspired by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social today's magical portal is brought to you by a damp stroll around Betchworth
@bobchipman.bsky.social Please, please, please do some kind of review of The Velocipastor!
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@bobchipman.bsky.social Please, please, please do some kind of review of The Velocipastor!
Particularly happy with my headline on this, my first review for Machine, the Clevetura CLVX S keyboard ⌨️.
It rather smartly integrates a touchpad over the keyboard keys, making for a compact and intuitive input device for when reaching for a mouse is impractical.
www.machine.news/clevetura-cl...
It rather smartly integrates a touchpad over the keyboard keys, making for a compact and intuitive input device for when reaching for a mouse is impractical.
www.machine.news/clevetura-cl...
Clevetura CLVX S review: Where we’re going, we don’t need a mouse
"By merging keyboard and trackpad into one coherent surface, the CLVX S reduces cognitive and physical friction between typing and pointing."
www.machine.news
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Particularly happy with my headline on this, my first review for Machine, the Clevetura CLVX S keyboard ⌨️.
It rather smartly integrates a touchpad over the keyboard keys, making for a compact and intuitive input device for when reaching for a mouse is impractical.
www.machine.news/clevetura-cl...
It rather smartly integrates a touchpad over the keyboard keys, making for a compact and intuitive input device for when reaching for a mouse is impractical.
www.machine.news/clevetura-cl...
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No idea why but the algo seemed to BURY this weeks review ☹️ any shares would be appreciated (longer videos for other series take longer 🤷♂️)
youtu.be/IeN3dS7e8bo?...
youtu.be/IeN3dS7e8bo?...
Review - FREAKIER FRIDAY (2025)
YouTube video by moviebob
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
No idea why but the algo seemed to BURY this weeks review ☹️ any shares would be appreciated (longer videos for other series take longer 🤷♂️)
youtu.be/IeN3dS7e8bo?...
youtu.be/IeN3dS7e8bo?...
Male footlballer paid £1m+ a week who gets brushed gently: I'm dying, my career is over, my body is broken!
Female footballer on a fraction of thatwith a broken tibia: Guess I'll just keep playing and scoring goals...
Female footballer on a fraction of thatwith a broken tibia: Guess I'll just keep playing and scoring goals...
July 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Male footlballer paid £1m+ a week who gets brushed gently: I'm dying, my career is over, my body is broken!
Female footballer on a fraction of thatwith a broken tibia: Guess I'll just keep playing and scoring goals...
Female footballer on a fraction of thatwith a broken tibia: Guess I'll just keep playing and scoring goals...
My first article for Machine is live. Really happy with this one - so if you're interested in running your own LLM, give it a read (and stay tuned for next week's article which goes into detail on tweaking and optimising)!
July 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My first article for Machine is live. Really happy with this one - so if you're interested in running your own LLM, give it a read (and stay tuned for next week's article which goes into detail on tweaking and optimising)!
Doing the cryptic crossword, with a glass of wine and listening to the first night of the proms... I'd ask 'what's happened to me?!' but I'm happy and I think I've always aspired to this
July 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Doing the cryptic crossword, with a glass of wine and listening to the first night of the proms... I'd ask 'what's happened to me?!' but I'm happy and I think I've always aspired to this
The greatest lie the dryer ever told was that there was one minute remaining.
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The greatest lie the dryer ever told was that there was one minute remaining.
I think we should rename parenting as Cassadring. Forever cursed to foretell the future, warn your kids, never to be believed, and then watch in dismay as things happen precisely as predicted.
July 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I think we should rename parenting as Cassadring. Forever cursed to foretell the future, warn your kids, never to be believed, and then watch in dismay as things happen precisely as predicted.
@bobchipman.bsky.social So, ummm, this is a movie that exists (Ithink?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Xq...
Please, please explain this to us!
Please, please explain this to us!
COMMANDO NINJA 2: Invasion America - Official Redband Trailer
YouTube video by Commando Ninja
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
@bobchipman.bsky.social So, ummm, this is a movie that exists (Ithink?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Xq...
Please, please explain this to us!
Please, please explain this to us!
Tonight's gaming session.
DM: How sneaky are you being?
Player: I'm a duck, wearing plate armour with a chicken strapped to my shield... so I'd say pretty bloody sneaky!
DM: How sneaky are you being?
Player: I'm a duck, wearing plate armour with a chicken strapped to my shield... so I'd say pretty bloody sneaky!
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tonight's gaming session.
DM: How sneaky are you being?
Player: I'm a duck, wearing plate armour with a chicken strapped to my shield... so I'd say pretty bloody sneaky!
DM: How sneaky are you being?
Player: I'm a duck, wearing plate armour with a chicken strapped to my shield... so I'd say pretty bloody sneaky!
As part of my foray into the world of freelance, my first review for Absolute Gadget is live!
The honour (such as it is) goes the IFLYTEK AINote Air 2
Let me know what you think :)
#review #gadget #journalism
The honour (such as it is) goes the IFLYTEK AINote Air 2
Let me know what you think :)
#review #gadget #journalism
iFLYTEK AINote Air 2 review: A Smart Notepad for the AI Era – Absolute Gadget
The AINote Air 2 combines e-ink, smart transcription, and AI-driven summaries in a device that’s more notebook than tablet – and all the better for it
absolutegadget.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As part of my foray into the world of freelance, my first review for Absolute Gadget is live!
The honour (such as it is) goes the IFLYTEK AINote Air 2
Let me know what you think :)
#review #gadget #journalism
The honour (such as it is) goes the IFLYTEK AINote Air 2
Let me know what you think :)
#review #gadget #journalism
Fantastic day for a walk in the Chilterns #photography
June 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Fantastic day for a walk in the Chilterns #photography