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Programmer; Swiftie (Paris N1); the other one from @crickether.com.
Probably somewhere to your left.
Probably somewhere to your left.
But what about the house next door? It is superficially very similar, and was almost certainly built to the same original plan, but… is it worth £2m? Maybe it is in terrible condition? Maybe it has much less garden at the back? The point is, you can't tell without doing a significant investigation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
But what about the house next door? It is superficially very similar, and was almost certainly built to the same original plan, but… is it worth £2m? Maybe it is in terrible condition? Maybe it has much less garden at the back? The point is, you can't tell without doing a significant investigation.
Is it a "funny story" though? Or is it spiking/ assault?
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Is it a "funny story" though? Or is it spiking/ assault?
Finally got around to framing one of the prints from the Eras VIP stash. (Yes - this has taken me 2 years!!)
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Finally got around to framing one of the prints from the Eras VIP stash. (Yes - this has taken me 2 years!!)
We had our loft boarded, so we can finally put our boxes up there and turn the office into an office rather than a room full of boxes!!
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We had our loft boarded, so we can finally put our boxes up there and turn the office into an office rather than a room full of boxes!!
Here you go…
The rest went in a clearout when my parents downsized, but I kept one - the first record I ever bought - that's now my vinyl "collection"!!
The rest went in a clearout when my parents downsized, but I kept one - the first record I ever bought - that's now my vinyl "collection"!!
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here you go…
The rest went in a clearout when my parents downsized, but I kept one - the first record I ever bought - that's now my vinyl "collection"!!
The rest went in a clearout when my parents downsized, but I kept one - the first record I ever bought - that's now my vinyl "collection"!!
Santa's mutant bird-dog is a particular highlight.
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Santa's mutant bird-dog is a particular highlight.
Went to see *that* AI Christmas mural in Kingston for myself.
Honestly surprised they haven't torn it down in embarrassment!
Anyways… no photo can really do justice to quite how bonkers it actually is, but… here's one all the same!
Honestly surprised they haven't torn it down in embarrassment!
Anyways… no photo can really do justice to quite how bonkers it actually is, but… here's one all the same!
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Went to see *that* AI Christmas mural in Kingston for myself.
Honestly surprised they haven't torn it down in embarrassment!
Anyways… no photo can really do justice to quite how bonkers it actually is, but… here's one all the same!
Honestly surprised they haven't torn it down in embarrassment!
Anyways… no photo can really do justice to quite how bonkers it actually is, but… here's one all the same!
The song is one of her best lyrics - I once quoted it in an article about a cricket match!!
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The song is one of her best lyrics - I once quoted it in an article about a cricket match!!
Starbucks: 1% of our coffee is unethically sourced.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Starbucks: 1% of our coffee is unethically sourced.
An absolute classic of the genre. 10/10. No notes.
"Don't overthink it" = "Don't think about how poorer people would be able to manage this".
"Don't overthink it" = "Don't think about how poorer people would be able to manage this".
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
An absolute classic of the genre. 10/10. No notes.
"Don't overthink it" = "Don't think about how poorer people would be able to manage this".
"Don't overthink it" = "Don't think about how poorer people would be able to manage this".
Papped a parakeet on our run in Hampton this morning! (There is a flock which escaped from captivity in south west London possibly as long as 100 years ago.)
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Papped a parakeet on our run in Hampton this morning! (There is a flock which escaped from captivity in south west London possibly as long as 100 years ago.)
This feels like a massive red flag - banking is *supposed* to be boring.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/l...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/l...
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This feels like a massive red flag - banking is *supposed* to be boring.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/l...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/l...
Received this today.
Very: "We're not threatening you, but it would be a shame if… etc."
cc @jamesomalley.co.uk - may be of interest.
Very: "We're not threatening you, but it would be a shame if… etc."
cc @jamesomalley.co.uk - may be of interest.
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Received this today.
Very: "We're not threatening you, but it would be a shame if… etc."
cc @jamesomalley.co.uk - may be of interest.
Very: "We're not threatening you, but it would be a shame if… etc."
cc @jamesomalley.co.uk - may be of interest.
Feel like this is stretching the definition of "laud" to breaking-point and beyond.
October 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Feel like this is stretching the definition of "laud" to breaking-point and beyond.
Apple Music Auto-Mix (which I accidentally turned on) is the perfect “feature” for our age - both technically impressive and deeply unsettling and annoying. (Yes… actually I *do* want to listen to the outro!)
October 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Apple Music Auto-Mix (which I accidentally turned on) is the perfect “feature” for our age - both technically impressive and deeply unsettling and annoying. (Yes… actually I *do* want to listen to the outro!)
Enjoyed reprising the role of unreconstructed football coach “Dave Bracknell” at a mock press conference for the sports journalism students at Bournemouth Uni today.
Pictured: Dave and Syd… or is it Syd and Dave?
Pictured: Dave and Syd… or is it Syd and Dave?
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Enjoyed reprising the role of unreconstructed football coach “Dave Bracknell” at a mock press conference for the sports journalism students at Bournemouth Uni today.
Pictured: Dave and Syd… or is it Syd and Dave?
Pictured: Dave and Syd… or is it Syd and Dave?
Wildflower mini-meadow at Bournemouth Uni today.
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wildflower mini-meadow at Bournemouth Uni today.
So Long Wokingham.
Saying farewell this weekend to the town I’ve lived for 20 years, before we move back to London next week.
Saying farewell this weekend to the town I’ve lived for 20 years, before we move back to London next week.
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So Long Wokingham.
Saying farewell this weekend to the town I’ve lived for 20 years, before we move back to London next week.
Saying farewell this weekend to the town I’ve lived for 20 years, before we move back to London next week.
Just taken over a new system at work, and… this is going to haunt me forever! (And it isn’t realistically fixable.)
![A database column screenshot, with the header "date_recieved" [sic!].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2dhzxe6qc2bunsojhqletkq/bafkreiaorrw2kmucqqmvecnxe24avpsq5vsixv4gwpzhavrf3scfqktwma@jpeg)
September 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just taken over a new system at work, and… this is going to haunt me forever! (And it isn’t realistically fixable.)
I am on an iPhone and there is no button to add a video - only gif and photo - but if I select the photo button I can then select a video from my phone and upload it. (I think… assuming this works?)
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I am on an iPhone and there is no button to add a video - only gif and photo - but if I select the photo button I can then select a video from my phone and upload it. (I think… assuming this works?)
It runs on your phone/ laptop, so it is pretty easy to fake.
A glitch in the script that runs it could also cause it to look full even if you didn't fake it.
A glitch in the script that runs it could also cause it to look full even if you didn't fake it.
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It runs on your phone/ laptop, so it is pretty easy to fake.
A glitch in the script that runs it could also cause it to look full even if you didn't fake it.
A glitch in the script that runs it could also cause it to look full even if you didn't fake it.
You’d have thought wheelie bins were a solved problem, wouldn’t you?
But no!
Somehow Wokingham Borough Council have managed to buy bins which not only collect rainwater in a gully in the lid, but then also empty that rainwater on your feet when you tip the bin back to wheel it!
But no!
Somehow Wokingham Borough Council have managed to buy bins which not only collect rainwater in a gully in the lid, but then also empty that rainwater on your feet when you tip the bin back to wheel it!
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You’d have thought wheelie bins were a solved problem, wouldn’t you?
But no!
Somehow Wokingham Borough Council have managed to buy bins which not only collect rainwater in a gully in the lid, but then also empty that rainwater on your feet when you tip the bin back to wheel it!
But no!
Somehow Wokingham Borough Council have managed to buy bins which not only collect rainwater in a gully in the lid, but then also empty that rainwater on your feet when you tip the bin back to wheel it!
This (the older man) is my great-great-grandfather c. 1910.
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This (the older man) is my great-great-grandfather c. 1910.
This is my great-great-great-grandfather in c. 1880.
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is my great-great-great-grandfather in c. 1880.
