Simon Painter

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🎉 Speaker Announcement — Simon Painter 🎉

We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'.

Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!

This week's #DoctorWho was awfully good!

Yep!

Gonna be honest- after a shaky start last series, this one's been pretty solid.

Me, about 1/3 through the latest Doctor Who:

Tonight's film - the 1994 Wynona Ryder version of Little Women. Watched it with my oldest daughter. Was very good, but we both prefer the recent Greta Gerwig version.

YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official) The Divine Comedy - Achilles

I'be been a fan of the Divine Comedy since the late 90s, and this new video from them is really pretty good!!.

youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...

Nice! Thanks! I wonder if it even works on modern computers

Anyone else remember the computer game Pandora's Box from the late 90s? I'm a little sad it's not available anywhere at all any more.

I'm off on a journey down to London to give my first ever workshop on Functional c# at @sddconf.bsky.social Sadly the British trains are being true to form & I'm not currently sure if or when I'll arrive!

Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | NDC Oslo 2025 Don't you ever get fed up of code failures in production? The infamous Null Reference Exception alone must be responsible for a large percentage of production issues.

Don't you ever get fed up with code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo!

ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...

ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...

YouTube video by Hampshire & Foat - Topic Galaxies Like Grains of Sand

Apparently it's international Jazz day. So, here's my personal favourite modern jazz track if anyone wants to hear something amazing ^ a bit different:

youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...

Just caught up with s2 of #DoctorWho. Quality of writing seems to have gone up rhus series. I especially liked Lux. I'm just hoping the finale isn't a let down, though

for anyone interested, I will not only be speaking at @techorama.bsky.social next month, but I'll also be giving a workshop on how you can stop unhandled exceptions from ever occurring in production! I'd be grateful if anyone would be kind enough to repost this. Thanks!

techorama.be/workshops/wr...

YouTube video by NDC Conferences Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec - Simon Painter - NDC Security 2025

My talk at #NdcSecurity last year about what we can learn about InfoSec from movies (including a slide or two about mitigating _literal_ dinosaur attacks) is now available as a video on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...

Im trying to get back into drawing again. This is a mosque in saw in Antalya while I was on holiday last week.

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money

This. But also add in getting kids ready for school 😵

Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | NDC Oslo 2025 Don't you ever get fed up of code failures in production? The infamous Null Reference Exception alone must be responsible for a large percentage of production issues.

Don't you ever get fed up of #code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo. #Earlybird offer ends Friday, February 14.

ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...

Rewatching Disney's Sleeping Beauty with the girls. Some observations:

* amazing animation that's aged very well
* it's really funny!
* when did Malificent stop being green? Turns out she's actually light grey or something

Omg, is that in the guardian?

Today's productivity brought to you by Julianna Barwick's album The Magic Place. It's odd, ethereal & minimalist. Amazing album & perfect for working to

A Developer Goes to the Movies - Simon Painter YouTube video by Dot Net Liverpool

If anyone would care to see it, my talk from #dotnetliverpool on 100 years of movies about computers is online now:

www.youtube.com/live/n9KD--3...

I've been getting them for half an hour. I'm feeling very humble right now....

I have decided to teach myself to knit, but why is casting on so hard!

Thanks. I'll have a shufty once I'm home tonight

You're far too kind, but thanks!

Np. Im sure i could be tempted to other meetups closer to you, if there are any interested...

I'm appearing in liverpool tonight at #DotNetLiverpool to talk all about the last 100 years of film history & how they have portrayed computers and techies in general. Its a fun talk & im quite proud of it. Do come along if you're in the area!

Its a superb track. I was beginning to think I was one of the few people that had heard of terry callier!