Bloody Time Lords!
03.12.2025 21:37 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@andysc.bsky.social
IBM Distinguished Engineer. Keen Maker and long distance runner. Co-inventor of MQTT
Bloody Time Lords!
03.12.2025 21:37 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My new favourite t-shirt!
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The perfect Christmas gift for that edgy dev you know!
"This update adds a new tinted option for Liquid Glass" - how have I survived this long without this? Perhaps our compliment of small, lemon-soaked paper napkins will be loaded, also?
15.11.2025 13:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think soβ¦ I went to a conference there about 3 years ago
03.10.2025 19:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We canβt see the βtomorrow β clock
03.10.2025 18:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pretty much!
Was that the Winchester Science Centre?
Didnβt we all look young!!!
03.10.2025 16:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Itβs the display ribbon cables and hinges every timeβ¦ got any pointers to how I can fix them?
12.09.2025 22:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A final sad farewell to my last three broken Psion 3aβs.
Psionara, one might say!
Yes, I agree :)
26.08.2025 12:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not yet!
26.08.2025 12:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not exactly a *glanceable* display any more!
26.08.2025 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0From the centreβ¦
Temperature
Wind speed
Wind direction
βWeatherβ (cloud/sun/rain)
Clock (red hours, green mins, blue sec)
With nothing better to do on a holiday Monday, I finally got round to breathing life into the Antikythera of Weather!
26.08.2025 12:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0What strange alchemy is this? Water, from the sky?!
11.08.2025 18:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This just arrived by email in reply to an email I sent to a hotel.
I have *SO* many questions!
[though mainly related to SMTP routing, admittedly!]
Hi Andy,
May we have your email address please?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Warmest Regards,
Customer Relations
It was a brave question to ask!
06.08.2025 13:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Words fail me...
06.08.2025 12:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Careful what you wish for!
31.07.2025 19:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Youβve successfully verified that you are an adult." - Bluesky Social Team
Phew - that was a close call, ROFL!
And yet, they got it right numerous times. Weird
19.07.2025 10:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Four, count them, four grocersβ apostropheβs ! I can hardly bear to sit here!
19.07.2025 10:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks - so does Monty :)
19.07.2025 10:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0:D
19.07.2025 06:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0yes, I'll get up early tomorrow and film him emerging!
18.07.2025 10:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My pet goose grew too fat to squeeze through his #Omlet chicken house door. So I hacked two of them together and NTP-synched the time clocks (and added a 3D printed rain guard) :)
18.07.2025 09:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I guess you're all too young to remember CdB and what song he was famous for :/
10.07.2025 08:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It has emerged that Chris de Burgh was due to play this year's Isle of Wight festival, but he apparently cancelled following a contractual dispute with Red Funnel Ferries :/
07.07.2025 16:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0and where was this? (so we can all make a point of going there next time we're in your fine city)
06.07.2025 07:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Move poster for the film "Thirst", with the tag line "In Search of Freshwater"
We've all been there... (if you live on the Isle of Wight, anyway)
Can't help thinking there should be a space.