Simon Frost

I believe that every time I go (knocking on 80 donations) there's some subtle change to the experience to spot. Last time, heat pads under the arm, lovely

A bunch of wine friends is trying to stop the February duty hike. To join the protest send a capsule or screwcap to Rachel Reeves c/o HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ. Please urge the government to #capthewinetax. Our petition goes live soon. We’re aiming for 10,000 signatures.

The late, much-missed, Ross Anderson had agreed with his publisher to make his security engineering book freely available in full after publication, and it's now available on his website. I can’t recommend it highly enough for those (particularly lawyers) who need to understand tech regulation.

Allegedly, the best way to prepare a conker for battle is to pass it through a pig.

YouTube video by BMG Italy Ditonellapiaga e Rettore - Chimica (Official Video) [Sanremo 2022]

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Butter beans in Romesco sauce on toast. Recipe from John Whaite's 'Comfort' Which has lots of other yum-ness that would probably match your spec.

Have a lie down ChatGPT, you're drunk

Ah wait, specific gestures, sorry can't help there.

Why You Keep Triggering Fireworks During Video Calls (and How to Fix It) Yes, those are balloons shooting up from your screen. You aren't imagining it.

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My mum failed to recognise The Goodies and pushed between them in the cafe at Biba. Young me did recognise them and was mortified

When MS introduced the ribbon UI, they said that a big justification for the change was responses to a user survey asking for feature requests. The majority of the requested features were already in the product but were hard to find!

RIP Ross Anderson, security researcher: www.lightbluetouchpaper.org