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Freelance software grandad - software created, extended or repaired [bridged from https://mastodon.me.uk/@jezhiggins on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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The #6music news just said "Britain consumes 117 million tons of cocaine every year" How are you getting through your two tons?

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

@andybalaam Thinking about rewriting (well, reimplementing) something in Rust 🙄

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

@mattgodbolt Wasn't able to stay to see it in person, but have just watched your ACCU closing keynote. Terrific stuff, really enjoyed it.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Ahoy @kevlin

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Can't get comfortable. Feels likes someone's been in an adjusted my chair ever so slightly, and everything's a bit off 😟

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I'm about 3 months behind reading @gdinwiddie's newsletter, because I know it's going to give me something to think about, and I just haven't had the energy for it. I appreciate it may not read like it, but this is a recommendation.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not sure Mr Walsh will still be around to claim this

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I'm in bed and quite drunk, so forgive me, but I gave a conference talk today in which I very gently kicked the ankle of Big AI, and several industry famous people came and I nearly shat myself with nerves. I think it will be a high point in retrospect, but blimey.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Bristol Parkway - spent 20 minutes waiting at Britain's most soulless station for train to do the last few miles to Temple Meads, or bail out and walk even though it'll take an hour longer?

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I done blogged again. "Plastic Jesuses: The Original #OneSongOnePlaylist Resurrected" Recreating the first ever #OneSongOnePlaylist in a less problematic (I fucking hope) streaming service. https://theaardvark.co.uk/plastic-jesuses-the-original-onesongoneplaylist-resurrected.html

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last by @beasts are the best.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I love Claudia Roden - she's an absolute titan https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/23/claudia-roden-there-hadnt-been-cookbooks-in-egypt-everything-was-just-handed-down

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

It's past time to put Linux on my ten year old Macbook, isn't it?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I'm entirely fine with you not listening to a podcast biography of Kemi Badenoch, but if you do listen to one, make it this one https://pca.st/episode/816b8f20-a365-4e8b-8689-6e558fbce154

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

In a change to our regular walk we're up on the mountain

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I done blogged! Continuing the break-neck cadence of around 1 post per month through 2025, I have written an all-new blog post. For this chapter, I'm breaking into the world of food and recipe blogging with "The Fish Finger and Scampi Nik Naks Sandwich" […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Sofa dog is watching you

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Just met one of the neighbours out and about

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Mowed the lawn, lads

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Tell me you have a detailed knowledge of Nazi behaviour without telling me you have a detailed knowledge of Maxi behaviour https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/03/tories-compare-nigel-farage-to-jeremy-corbyn-over-ukraine-war

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

It's Thursday evening, and I'm still thinking about the fried breakfast I made for brunch on Sunday.

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submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment