Simon Hardwick

Signal is down possibly because AWS is down. Dunno why, but i thought it was server agnostic and worked on peer to peer. Guess not!

Now it's been on the telly i'm allowed to talk about my crazy day at work yesterday when taylor swift came round, but the harsh reality is I was far more interested in whether lewis capaldi's hilarious c-bomb would make it through the edit unscathed. And it did 😝🎉👍

I understand the demand for something like duck duck go, but who is funding their uk tv ad campaign, and why? Genuine question - helps me understand the direction a service might go in the future.

Spectrum Analyser with CPU board on hinges for easy repair

I do appreciate kit that has been designed with repair in mind... flappy sections that open up for easy access without complete disassembly! Re-capping a noisy power supply board on this vintage Avcom Spectrum Analyser.

As I trundled down Uxbridge Road (W12) I spotted a man in a Rod Stewart mask, wearing a Rod Stewart T-shirt, and holding a Rod Stewart poster out in front of him? I desperately need to know what that poster said. Was he promoting Rod? Or protesting Rod? If you can enlighten me, please do!

I get the benefits but I just fear this is portraying cell-broadcast emergency alerts to be an infallible method, when it isn't, and should be used alongside more traditional methods of dissemination. After all this may end up being a life or death situation!

The government claim that "tens of millions of phones successfully sounded" in the news...Except cell broadcast doesn’t actually report back who got the message and who didn’t. So if it did, or didn't come through on your phone, there’s no way for them to tell!

I'm not at work today, but colleagues are sharing videos on our whatsapp group, the studios are unaffected, this is in the hotel/restaurant end. hope everyone is safe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62qr5ldppqo

Just my name hidden in the credits of a tv show

Getting a credit is rare for my TV job, but for the second time in my career it has happened... and it's on Netflix in 4k 😛 #LoveIsBlind #Reunion

A cartoon mastodon that's eaten too much!

Brief mastodon self hosting outage because of a full ssd drive. Eaten too much of your media!

If you spell your name backwards and put an umlaut over the first vowel, that's your IKEA furniture name.nömis

Yeh yeh vibe coding is a thing, but have you ever tried vibe plumbing? (in all seriousness I'm aware of my limits - enough to be able to diagnose which bit is stopping our hot water - but not enough to apply wrenches to pipes and flood the place! will leave that side of it to a professional!)

Not sure this quote from the ofcom chief exec on porn verification was appropriate for breakfast radio!

Following the 40th anniversary replay of Live Aid last Friday, I kept getting asked the same question. So I found out! Warning: extreme geekiness! 🤓

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LED Matrix message board displaying the message "HI MASTODON" in red.

Youngest napping, eldest is playing some puzzle. Me? I'm attempting to make a retro 90s style LED message board work with a pi zero. But what could I use it for?

It's the hottest day of the year. Everyone is exhausted. The two year old has just learnt how to get Alexa to play Baby Shark.#SendHelp

Why isn't there a version of windows without all this BS? Years ago such popups would have meant a virus on your computer, how come microsoft have normalised it?

On the bench today, legendary Neve compressor used in Light Entertainment TV shows to tame the audience applause and laughter peaks!

Hello, what you up to later?

#macbookrepair suspicious character right here... should be a regulator taking 12v down to 5v... it isn't! but there's a more interesting backstory also brewing featuring laptop repair shops and misleading customers... more details to follow!

Macbook repair time.

ADJ InnoPocket Spot Twins - LED Moving Lights in Excellent Condition

I'm selling these LED moving lights - I've got two of them! Ask me any questions, or make me an offer for both units! Feel free to message me with questions or offers.

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Sure the apple fanbois will bleat on about charging current/safety/blah blah but my ipad charger will trickle charge my macbook through the official cable so they are perfectly capable of offering such a facility.

Well thanks apple, the macbook supplied usbc cable has failed and it turns out that none of my many hoarded usb c cables or chargers will even trickle charge my macbook 😡

Seriously? I used this because it stored an encrypted vault locally. i don't want to register sign in to anything #1password #enshitification

@CenturyAvocado new account?

Been up since 5am, so let's play a game of doing 2 hours of live radio across the south. Quick, choose some dance anthems to keep me awake - 03302 23 23 43 on the whatsapp and tune in on Passion Radio (dab/online/smart speaker/hold a shell up to your ear)

Passion Radio studio

Nearly 7pm, and you know what that means? Clubber's Breakfast time - let's get some massive dance floorfillers on the radio together till 9, whatsapp or voice note me on 03302 23 23 43 with your choice and tune in on Passion Radio www.passionradio.co.uk or on DAB Digital Radio across the South

there'll be more items added later today too!

I'm selling various bits and bobs, broadcast and geek related... please take a look and ask me any questions if there's an item of interest! https://www.broadcastbargains.com/