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David B
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A mix of interests across tech, IT ops, railway ops, and the great outdoors. Previously 🐦 @daveba

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Generational wealth (grandfathered into a cheap unlimited mobile data plan)
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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A question I’ve had for a while is: why can I not update my driving license details online in the evening. I should have guessed it had one key reason, legacy systems.
Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night
Every few months or so, somebody asks on social media why a particular DVLA digital service is turned off over night. Rather than answering it every time, I’ve decided to write this post, so I can poi...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Always fun to see the Christmas messages left on railway track diagrams by signallers across the country. Found this at Clapham Junction from the London Victoria signallers. #railway #uktrains
A screenshot of a railway track diagram, showing lines and boxes that represent blocks and sections on the track. Instead of 4-character train head codes being shown, signallers have entered a set of messages such as ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ and ‘BAH HUMBUG’.
December 25, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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Looking forward to my Excel wrapped
A picture of a screen showing the “Your year in Asana” page. Asana is a task management tool.
December 7, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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When you’ve spent a few hours in Intune and the settings just become a mash of words, it’s fair to say your brain decides it’s had enough.
A screenshot of a configuration policy within Intune, listing a number of account auditing activity settings, with the setting “Account Logon Logoff Audit Logon” highlighted.
December 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM