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@melpotter.bsky.social

Slightly nerdy posts from a retired Council Comms person. Comments, thoughts and random ramblings found here are mine alone (except those stolen from others!). Into EV's, Gaming (mostly Switch), tech in general, Photography, Reading, Writing.

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Blackpool Illuminations 2025

20.11.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have a new phone, a #OpenPlus Open. The camera is quite spectacular. I took this last night.

11.04.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately they don't come with a charger included in the UK. However I'm now rather tempted by the OnePlus Open ๐Ÿ˜

21.03.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@techspurtvideo.bsky.social Hey man, just watched your OnePlus 13 review, seriously considering updating from my OnePlus 9 pro but I'm confused about the new charging speed options. The 13 doesn't seem to come with a charger. Will it charge on a Qi pad? What speed will a standard charger give?

21.03.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Our new van with the door slid open, putting the "O" from Octopus in front of the "rgy" of Energy. Oops.

Our new van with the door slid open, putting the "O" from Octopus in front of the "rgy" of Energy. Oops.

Hello Bluesky ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹

A lot of customers have asked us to swim our way over here, so we're dipping our tentacles in.

Give us a follow, we'll be floating around to chat all things green & geeky, make energy fairer, and own up to van printing disasters:

04.12.2024 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 600    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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My thought for this Tuesday โ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธ

03.12.2024 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26942    ๐Ÿ” 4001    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 497    ๐Ÿ“Œ 252
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Now they're ganging up on me, even the Working Joe's !! ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿค–

30.11.2024 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've read Snow Crash, read and absolutely loved The Diamond Age. Lots of catching up to do. Currently trying an Agatha Christie for a change ๐Ÿ˜

24.11.2024 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's certainly *a lot* going on in Some Desperate Glory. The reviews were very mixed but I'm glad I read it. Repeated exposure to Marvel helped with the Multiverse content ๐Ÿ˜

23.11.2024 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.

22.11.2024 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23504    ๐Ÿ” 2033    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 747    ๐Ÿ“Œ 243
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I've been playing Alien Isolation on #Switch for a few weeks, it's a great game but it's good to finally have some defence against the ๐Ÿ‘ฝ

21.11.2024 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huge fan of Philip K Dick, Bruce Sterling and William Gibson but recently read Some Desperate Glory and really enjoyed it. I guess I need to find more modern authors. Any suggestions?

21.11.2024 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good to see you here

21.11.2024 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just used it and bought the guy a coffee. Great tool very easy to use.

20.11.2024 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sign me up โœ…

19.11.2024 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a skill knowing exactly where not to stand ๐Ÿ˜

19.11.2024 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My wife's an artist based in St Ives, Cornwall. UK. At the age of 14 she left school to become an apprentice 'paintress' (this was before equal ops was a thing, the men were called painters) at world renowned Royal Doulton. At this time of year she revisits her origins and paints festive baubles.

19.11.2024 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I like the ability to add alt text to images.

19.11.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sunny landscape photograph, showing a hilly country scene with a wooden 'five bar' gate in the foreground and another at a slightly odd angle a little further away. In the distance can be seen a white house.

A sunny landscape photograph, showing a hilly country scene with a wooden 'five bar' gate in the foreground and another at a slightly odd angle a little further away. In the distance can be seen a white house.

I took this photo years ago, in fact it was decades! 2005 to be exact. I used a real camera, y'know a device which just records images, didn't do anything else, connect to the internet GPS nothing. A Pentax Optio S. f5.3, 1/250 if you're interested.

I still think it's rather good.

19.11.2024 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, still trying to find out way around.

19.11.2024 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunset on North Cliffs, Cornwall. UK

15.11.2024 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@bsky.app Just joined, as has my wife, she wanted to post a video but kept getting an error I managed a different file. It seems #Bluesky only supports 1:1 format video is this correct?

14.11.2024 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of 2023, Kia EV6 in Yacht Blue

Photo of 2023, Kia EV6 in Yacht Blue

Yay! was just starting to worry there wasn't going to be any good EV chat over here on Bluesky. Also EV3 does look nice but prefer my EV6

12.11.2024 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you have the AUDACITY to play video games on "easy" or "story" mode...

I want you to know that I think that's a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy a video game that you paid for because you're supposed to enjoy your favorite pastime any way you like.

Real life's hard enough. Enjoy your hobby.๐Ÿ‘

11.11.2024 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15417    ๐Ÿ” 2177    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 547    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194

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