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#Technology, #RightToRepair, #CircularEconomy, #Sustainability writer and podcaster for PC Pro magazine, Techfinitive.com & bigtechquestion.com 
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Feel good messaging with grade A pig puns 🐷 Definitely improved my day. The future is very bright for this one… 🙌

🎙️ It's PC Pro #podcast day 🥳 Join us to discuss this week’s #technology stories. Expert analysis, insider insights & lively debate await 🔴 Tune in at 1pm: 
Discord: pcpro.link/discord 
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@pcpro/streams Can’t watch live? Catch the edited episode in our feed later. #PCPro

If you’ve purposefully stowed files behind the enhanced security of Dropbox Vault, you need to act. 👇👇👇

“We’re probably the only company that announce a product that looks the same 4 years in a row & get cheers every time” Framework's new laptops & desktop follows their ethos of longevity and ownership. Do you buy for business? You need to look at @frame.work New, by me, for TechFinitive.com

Clearly the AI is getting smarter...

New for 2025: Office 2010 Starter Edition, in association with <<This Space For Rent>>... 🙄

A key component of repair is trust. Trust in the quality of the repair & the fixers skill. TL;DR: My daughter's ear piercing became infected & swelled quickly. Her flat back studs wouldn't unlock. I propsed a solution. Thank you to my daughter for being brave & trusting her fixer. #RightToRepair

James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

I spent time this morning fixing this kite for my daughter and we managed to keep it airborne for almost 5 seconds before it was blown into a #RightToRepair nightmare. Can any passing cheeky chimney sweeps with dodgy cockney accents give me a moment for composure before approaching. 🪁

Your wait is over. PC Pro #podcast 730 is here: The Quantum Chip. Tim, Rois, Jon & Barry discuss Microsoft’s quantum chip, government IT overspends and the iPhone 16e. Hot Hardware is the UniFi UNAS Pro Apologies for the slight delay - leaves on the line apparently. 😬

Whilst you await for the audio version of the PC Pro #podcast to magically arrive in your feeds, don’t forget that you can watch - just like oil paintings that can move - what happened during yesterday’s recording: www.youtube.com/live/N06r9r1...

Off on an adventure to the Isle of White! Overseas! 😆@iwstoryfestival doing a Hotel Flamingo event at the Anthony Minghella theatre, Quay Arts in Newport tomorrow. Starts at 3.30pm, if anyone fancies a bit of Disco Flamingo! #hotelflamingo

The opening clause promised much: "eliminate all climate change activities..." But dangerous batsh*ttery followed: "...and the use of climate change terminology in DHS policies and programs, to the maximum extent permitted by the law". I will now refer to 🌳🌲 as 'BBQ fuel' to avoid prosecution. 😬

A Star is Dead, book two in the Aldhill Mystery series by KJ Lyttleton is available for pre-order now! mybook.to/A-Star-Is-Dead

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbSd... In era when it seems a lot of people want the world under Their heels... #HappyValentinesDay

PC Pro #podcast 729 has landed: Return of the Snooper’s Charter @bazzacollins.bsky.social, @dariengs.bsky.social, @jonhoneyball.bsky.social & @tnargeel.com discuss breaking Apple's encryption, Adobe's new AI & mining for Bitcoin in a landfill site...sort of. Hot Hardware is the AirCard Pro #PCPro

This week I've worked on a handful of W11 machines using the enforced 'New' Outlook (Outlook for Windows) to access IMAP email. In each case, 'New' Outlook has ground to a halt - refuses to send or receive - and the usual tricks don't fix it. The solution is @thunderbird.net - It. Works. 👍

Want to laugh? Come to Bristol this Friday! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1295...

And for those of you that do want to sleep tonight, look away now…. 🕺

❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #PeoplePower #Recycling #Plastics

Promising news about health benefits of the #Bradford Clean Air Plan. 💚 "Our findings suggests that the Bradford CAP may be linked with improved pollution levels, & cardiovascular & respiratory health within the first two years of implementation". Hope there is funding to continue the study. 🚭

PC Pro #podcast 728 is here: If you don't like it, have an AI check your contract Tim Danton, Olivia Cockroft, @dariengs.bsky.social & @tnargeel.com discuss Adobe's legal helper, Intel's AI void & a Doom fuelled Apple Lightning connector. Hot Hardware is the Netgear RS200 Wi-Fi 7 router #PCPro

It's Thursday, so that means PC Pro #podcast day. Join in & be part of the chaos at 1pm via Discord: pcpro.link/discord or watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@pcpro/streams Alternatively, download it later from your podcast player of choice: tinyurl.com/probluesky #PCPro #PCPropodcast

Apologies about the rude word... ...talking about repair fires a passion... 🪛🛠️❤️‍🔥 #RightToRepair #SorryAboutTheSwear

PC Pro #podcast 727 is here: Some AI engines are free; others come at a hefty price (whether you want them or not) @jonhoneyball.bsky.social, @bazzacollins.bsky.social, @dariengs.bsky.social & @tnargeel.com talk DeepSeek & Amazon drones. Hot Hardware is the Toybox 3D printer for children. #PCPro

First repair of the week wasn't a laptop or PC. It was a sheep. 🐏 Listening to The Archers has finally paid off. 🚜 Spotted a 'cast' ram whilst walking to the shop. It had rolled onto its back & due to a heavy wet fleece, couldn't right itself. Here's the pro-guide. #RightToRepair #IWillFixEwe

FFS... 💢 #RightToRepair

It's PC Pro #podcast day. Join in & be part of the chaos at 1pm via Discord: pcpro.link/discord or watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@pcpro/streams Alternatively, download it later from your podcast player of choice: tinyurl.com/probluesky #PCPro #PCPropodcast

One thing history has shown is that when you try to silence the 🏳️‍🌈 community, they get a lot louder. If they were hoping for gay people to disappear, they are in for a world of hurt feefees.

Definition: Tipping Point "The point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change." #climatecrisis #CO2

Aside from the environmental importance of #repair, the practice also brings societal benefits. Yesterday I repaired the staff-room coffee machine from a local school. Unarguably the most vital bit of tech in the building. (🪛 Fault was a blown thermal fuse 💥) #RightToRepair #Coffee #Teachers

"For those of you watching this edition of 'guess the stain' in black and white, the mystery splodges are just below the cobwebs". #Repair #😷

Whenever I think about Tony Slattery, this sketch from WLIIA? pops into my brain. A fabulous example of ‘Yes, and…’ improv masterfully delivered by Tony, Ryan Stiles & Colin Mochrie.

Tell me your music teacher bumped you from the school orchestra, without telling me that your....well, you get the idea....

Great story. Stronger #RighttoRepair legislation is needed to eradicate decades of digital exceptionalism, to make #repair easier, cheaper and more convenient. 👇

Begin the New Year with the latest PC Pro #podcast: Viva Las Vegas! @bazzacollins.bsky.social, @jonhoneyball.bsky.social & Tim Danton discuss the best in show from CES 2025. Also in the spotlight are NVIDIA's latest graphics chips, mini PCs, AR glasses & gaming handhelds. #CES

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