Allie Nickell

You could try asking round for CCTV and Ring footage and then put it on your website.

Sydney Morton Newman in his radio shed, early 1920’s - shed was at his home, in Balwyn, Melbourne

Reumah, Mont Albert Rd, Balwyn Melbourne- early 1920’s radio tower in front yard. Note the ladder to climb to the top

My grandfather was an early radio pioneer. Here’s the run sheet from a broadcast in 1922 from his radio shed at home. He had an aerial in the garden. Instead of a water feature in the sweeping curved driveway- there was an aerial 🤣

Fascinating!

A grey sign with white writing stands in front of an old tree. The sign reads: I am very old and need to rest. Please don't sit on me

Just another relatable National Trust sign

I'd spend the whole time peering into my glass.

Like with most 'get rich quick' schemes, the authors have overlooked the obvious flaw - pigs don't have any money.

It's soooo frustrating.

I have been resolute so far.

That makes sense. I sometimes wish we could experience things from the past in the way people of the time would have experienced them, and swap our preconceptions and contextual knowledge for more historically accurate ones!

Internet Archive went down just when I was in the middle of something. It is obviously part of a global conspiracy to make me do some housework, but I'm on to them.

Researching some 1920s and 30s radio broadcasts, and after a lifetime of pre-recorded programmes, repeats, home taping, and now listen-on-demand, it's hard to get my head round quite how ephemeral they were. Much more like going to a play or a concert (and even some of them are recorded now).

Done!

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: skeel n2

It's a wash tub dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sk...

What an article. I take my hat off to you, Maxim Kelly! Factual and brilliant! #speirgorm

It’s mostly a synthetic version these days, but I still think of it as kapok, and hopefully some other crafters do too…

I kept finding little bits on the carpet today, and have no idea where they came from. I keep a bag of the synthetic stuff for craft projects.

You can sign me up for this one (hopefully I'll be available on the day), and I'm happy to help out if people get stuck.

I was literally going to post something about kapok earlier today, but wasn't sure many people would know what I meant 😂

Get well soon!

I've played it live 😎

Was wondering what was on at the Proms tonight, looked it up and the programme with Dvorak's 'New World Symphony' was just starting. Love that piece (especially the last movement, which has runs to die for), so a nice bit of serendipity there 😊

These three are clearly up to shenanigans. I can tell. I know what to look for.

A Chrome browser error page displays the familiar “Aw, Snap!” message, indicating that something went wrong while loading a webpage. A pixelated frowning file icon with Xs for eyes appears at the top left. Below, the error code reads “Out of Memory,” suggesting the browser ran out of system resources. The page includes a “Reload” button in blue on the bottom right

behold the "HTML bomb"

It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to

when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper

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Beige jumper on a white background, the front panel shows harold holding a spear under an archway (scenes from bayeux tapestry)

Beige jumper on a white background, the focus is a sleeve with an image of a tower and halleys comet overhead in blue, gold and red

Beige jumper on a white background, a tree motif on a sleeve in blue, gold and red

🧶 bayeux tapestry jumper is finished, blocked and sewn up! Please don’t ask me about weaving in ends I don’t want to talk about that right now. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted ever #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

I'd love to have a poke around Netherleigh some time. It was built by William Robertson, who was the business partner of Henry Hawkins of Kin Edar, and is very similar in style and scale to what Kin Edar would have been (though it dates to around 10 years later). #OnePlaceStudiesPlus

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Happy birthday!

A sandcastle about to be inundated. The gull is unconcerned.

Vexed debate on Cromer beach with the five-year-old in which the words ‘One of us has a PhD in medieval military history, and the other has been demanding ice cream rather than building this castle, which one are you?’, were uttered.

The Normans never had this trouble.

This is a great question, and it has me stumped! On the basis of 1000s of newspaper reports, *something* post-probate is regularly being published *somewhere*, and whatever it is is more detailed than the published annual will calendars. Hope you find the answer.

Reading about an impressive salary (c.1903) that "runs well into three figures".