Tim Foster
@timfoster.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I write build tooling these days and still enjoy making developer's lives easier. I spent 21 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc, working on and around Solaris […]
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Ah, living in Northern Ireland.
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Ah, living in Northern Ireland.
Do not eat yellow rain. Managed to avoid doing that, but did get utterly drenched by it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Do not eat yellow rain. Managed to avoid doing that, but did get utterly drenched by it.
Awesome start to the morning, digging channels in the ditches to alleviate local flooding. These are the hands of a software engineer!
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Awesome start to the morning, digging channels in the ditches to alleviate local flooding. These are the hands of a software engineer!
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Much heavyweight gardening today. Shredding remainder of fallen tree, with a bit of chainsawing for good measure, with excellent assistance from Bob.
We are both now composed of 90% grime.
We are both now composed of 90% grime.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Much heavyweight gardening today. Shredding remainder of fallen tree, with a bit of chainsawing for good measure, with excellent assistance from Bob.
We are both now composed of 90% grime.
We are both now composed of 90% grime.
Yikes. I got this notification in the post today. I wonder how complex replacing f a starter motor is?
BMW Recalls 196,000 Cars in U.S. Over Fire Risk — Starter Motor Defect
https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/09/26/bmw-recall-starter-motor-fire-risk-2025/
BMW Recalls 196,000 Cars in U.S. Over Fire Risk — Starter Motor Defect
https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/09/26/bmw-recall-starter-motor-fire-risk-2025/
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Yikes. I got this notification in the post today. I wonder how complex replacing f a starter motor is?
BMW Recalls 196,000 Cars in U.S. Over Fire Risk — Starter Motor Defect
https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/09/26/bmw-recall-starter-motor-fire-risk-2025/
BMW Recalls 196,000 Cars in U.S. Over Fire Risk — Starter Motor Defect
https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/09/26/bmw-recall-starter-motor-fire-risk-2025/
I had a cracking time at https://www.supercarexperienceireland.com today.
Highlights for me were the manual 997 Carrera and the 458 Italia. Along with time behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Vantage, a Mercedes AMG GT-R and a 991 GT3 RS, it was the perfect […]
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Highlights for me were the manual 997 Carrera and the 458 Italia. Along with time behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Vantage, a Mercedes AMG GT-R and a 991 GT3 RS, it was the perfect […]
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November 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I had a cracking time at https://www.supercarexperienceireland.com today.
Highlights for me were the manual 997 Carrera and the 458 Italia. Along with time behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Vantage, a Mercedes AMG GT-R and a 991 GT3 RS, it was the perfect […]
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Highlights for me were the manual 997 Carrera and the 458 Italia. Along with time behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Vantage, a Mercedes AMG GT-R and a 991 GT3 RS, it was the perfect […]
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I picked up new glasses today, the first time I've ever needed them (though have probably been in denial for the last few years)
On the plus side, I was able to turn off the a11y "large text" option on the desktop and I can now fit *and see* a zillion terminal windows.
On the plus side, I was able to turn off the a11y "large text" option on the desktop and I can now fit *and see* a zillion terminal windows.
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I picked up new glasses today, the first time I've ever needed them (though have probably been in denial for the last few years)
On the plus side, I was able to turn off the a11y "large text" option on the desktop and I can now fit *and see* a zillion terminal windows.
On the plus side, I was able to turn off the a11y "large text" option on the desktop and I can now fit *and see* a zillion terminal windows.
Axing old log store contents to make room for wood that's going to start drying for next year.
#lifeisaseriesofcycles
#lifeisaseriesofcycles
October 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Axing old log store contents to make room for wood that's going to start drying for next year.
#lifeisaseriesofcycles
#lifeisaseriesofcycles
More chainsaw devastation here today. Still at least I get to kick back tonight and... be on Dad-taxi duty till the wee small hours. 😑
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
More chainsaw devastation here today. Still at least I get to kick back tonight and... be on Dad-taxi duty till the wee small hours. 😑
Boxster back from painters, and now tucked up for a few months at Rex Detail while the fresh paint cures in advance of ppf reinstall.
October 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Boxster back from painters, and now tucked up for a few months at Rex Detail while the fresh paint cures in advance of ppf reinstall.
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok^W actually pretty exhausted.
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok^W actually pretty exhausted.
Er, I think you'll find...
October 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Er, I think you'll find...
Lost broadband, 4g access is spotty, lots of trees down on the roads, and it's a matter of time before the electricity goes too, but our house had a near miss!
#beingthankful
#beingthankful
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lost broadband, 4g access is spotty, lots of trees down on the roads, and it's a matter of time before the electricity goes too, but our house had a near miss!
#beingthankful
#beingthankful
The irony of google sending me a popup notification about focusing on wellbeing and being good to myself.
Look, not distracting me with your bullshit, google, would be a *great* start.
Look, not distracting me with your bullshit, google, would be a *great* start.
October 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The irony of google sending me a popup notification about focusing on wellbeing and being good to myself.
Look, not distracting me with your bullshit, google, would be a *great* start.
Look, not distracting me with your bullshit, google, would be a *great* start.
Action shots of the Boxster being prepared for a front-end respray.
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Action shots of the Boxster being prepared for a front-end respray.
When I went to reheat my tea this morning, the microwave said "9:11" which I of course interpreted to be an exciting, but financially ruinous omen.
Fast forward to the weekly Lidl shop, and this showed up, so all ends well.
Fast forward to the weekly Lidl shop, and this showed up, so all ends well.
September 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
When I went to reheat my tea this morning, the microwave said "9:11" which I of course interpreted to be an exciting, but financially ruinous omen.
Fast forward to the weekly Lidl shop, and this showed up, so all ends well.
Fast forward to the weekly Lidl shop, and this showed up, so all ends well.
From daughter at uni: "Im having to do a load of health and safety training and I think they think its my first day on earth..."
And so it begins!
And so it begins!
September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From daughter at uni: "Im having to do a load of health and safety training and I think they think its my first day on earth..."
And so it begins!
And so it begins!
I dropped the Boxster in today to get the calipers repainted, along with a bumper and bonnet respray, in a kind of "while you're there, you might as well" moment of weakness...
(We spotted a manufacturing defect in the ppf film on the bonnet, which they'll […]
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(We spotted a manufacturing defect in the ppf film on the bonnet, which they'll […]
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September 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I dropped the Boxster in today to get the calipers repainted, along with a bumper and bonnet respray, in a kind of "while you're there, you might as well" moment of weakness...
(We spotted a manufacturing defect in the ppf film on the bonnet, which they'll […]
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(We spotted a manufacturing defect in the ppf film on the bonnet, which they'll […]
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An impromptu, very small, car meet with my neighbour this evening: two seater sports cars, then and now(ish)
#porsche #mg #weirdcarmastodon
#porsche #mg #weirdcarmastodon
September 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
An impromptu, very small, car meet with my neighbour this evening: two seater sports cars, then and now(ish)
#porsche #mg #weirdcarmastodon
#porsche #mg #weirdcarmastodon