Made my own take on the Bindicator project I've seen shared elsewhere. It's based on a Pi (of course), and scrapes the council's bin website.

It refreshes automatically once a day, or manually with the button, and on the night I need to take the bins out, it flashes and flaps the relevant bin.

Been a while since I posted here. Not car related I'm afraid. I played live music as part of a band today for the first time in five or six years. Went well, I've missed making nice sounds with other people. Now pondering the purchase of a MicroKorg...

So, MGF now has new rear discs and pads, nearside hub replaced, but unfortunately it still isn't driving right. I lack the time and talent to fix this car.

Before I weigh it in, does anybody want it? Would happily take scrap value (under £150)for it. MOT until May, I think. @mattfd.bsky.social?

It feels like a wasted opportunity that Paul Daniels' partner worked under the name Debbie McGee when she could so easily have gone by AbracaDeborah.

A friend a few years younger than me is visiting the Museum of Computing History today and sent me this picture. I think it might be a demarcation line between elder and younger millennial nerds that he chose the Windows 98 box to send rather than the fully operational BBC Domesday setup next to it!

Meanwhile, in Dumfries:

#stormeowyn #wetwetwet #dumfries #scotland

First post on Bluesky! How handsome is this Duple 425? I'm by no means a qualified bus/coach nerd, but Duple bodies were always so distinguished looking.

This one lives at the fabulous Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust. @gvvtbridgeton.bsky.social #weirdcarbluesky #coach #bus #glasgow