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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah - I think getting it running might be harder than playing it sadly. There’s a bunch of things from that era slowly being lost. Hopefully the internet archives emulator project will pick this stuff up

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1h

And guess how you measured the speed of a ship …

(And also set out right angles, but we’ll ignore that super clever use of knotted string)

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1h

Oh my. So glad I never encountered that one. Still remember trying to work out the photocopy scale ratio to get some 22 chains to the inch plans into something sensible

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1h

Have you played “The dark eye”? 90s CD Rom based on 3 Poe poems. It’s super creepy and really well done for the time.

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 23h

I love the Union Chapel as a place. Been to comedy, rock gigs, choir competitions, school performances and a funeral there and all were elevated by and felt right in that space. That’s not easy for architecture to do.

Seems to have supported stupid poo jokes quite well too.

Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 1d

We did it! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Union Chapel gig today (and watched at home!). We premiered our cartoon, got Bunny + Monkey on stage to draw each other, and thanks to audience suggestions we drew a comic about bums + toilet bushes.I also got to hang with Max, who dressed as me!

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1d

Oooooh. Need to see this

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 2d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve ended up with a spare ticket to tomorrow’s recording of @tomscott.com’s @lateralcast.com - at the Clapham Grand tomorrow, doors at 12. Anyone I know want to come who isn’t already?

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome. It’s such good venue

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 1d

My local shop are not mucking around cheese wise

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J. Schuberth (they/them) @jmschuberth.bsky.social · 1d

Get your box of tissues, b/c all your holes are going to leak when you hear this tale of woe.
Thank you @alicefraser.bsky.social & @podchris.bsky.social for making art and trying to share it. Love the book, sorry about capitalism, can’t wait for your next adventure
shows.acast.com/6786518e3cee...

We made a hit book, and saw none of the money! Chris and Alice Unleashed!!! B'Ankruptcy Edition | Realms Unknown

With Alice Fraser and Chris Skinner

shows.acast.com

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve ended up with a spare ticket to tomorrow’s recording of @tomscott.com’s @lateralcast.com - at the Clapham Grand tomorrow, doors at 12. Anyone I know want to come who isn’t already?

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1d

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

www.londoncentric.media

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight’s beer is the finest green worm excreta.

A can of Turbo Slurm “Kicks like a Buggalo, Tastes like a Slurm”

The beer itself. A fetching shade of bright green

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh I love those eyes. Fun to watch from the bus

Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Good question. I remember Apple making a bit of a fuss about it because of the tracking, but I think I’ve got it the wrong way around - it was/is available to apps and people were turning off the battery status reporting to them rather than the other way around. MDN agrees with you - Safari=never

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James Graham @semajmaharg.bsky.social · 2d

By complete coincidence, this is precisely how Nick Clegg built his political career. Wild.

Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 2d

ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Climbing the corporate greasy pole, ChatGPT style: the Stephen Collins cartoon

If I tell you what you want to hear then you’ll think I’m a god!

www.theguardian.com

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 2d

Italian version of Taskmaster looks shit

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Italy ready to defend 'golden powers' against EU moves, economy minister says reut.rs/4h3GS09

Italy ready to defend 'golden powers' against EU moves, economy minister says

The Italian government will defend its golden powers aimed at shielding strategic assets, its economy minister said on Friday, as Brussels prepares to challenge the legislation.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 2d

We're ruining (or improving) Bond posters on @b3ta.com this week

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Apple turned it off because it was being used to track

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Just makes it more exclusive

Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2d

Yes HP. Using a font that doesn’t have any difference between a lowercase i and an uppercase I and a lowercase L is a really good idea for email and password entry fields.

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 3d

"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became the chief designer. #WineHistory`

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Lacci @lacci.bsky.social · 3d

This is a really good discussion by a couple of people who dealt with releasing a book through Unbound as it collapsed. @alicefraser.bsky.social and @chrisskinner.bsky.social are great, Alice's book is fantastic, and it's really unfair this happened to so many great people. youtu.be/8l73x6t27U4?...

We made a hit book, and saw none of the money! Chris and Alice Unleashed!!! B'Ankruptcy Edition

YouTube video by The Bugle

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 4d

Very much enjoyed being a part of Slow Horses!

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 3d

I think this is my favourite error on Azure. That they designed and coded this page to go onto a web server to send you when you don’t have an internet connection is just awesome.

Gregor Reimling #AzureBonn @gregorreimling.bsky.social · 3d

Today, other todos feel more productive than using #Azure. The portal is playing hide and seek again.

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