growse
@growse.com
Bopping about in Yorkshire. Currently working on:
- developing small humans
- tinkering with big systems design ($dayJob)
- a better sense of empathy
- developer experiences
- helping my noodlehorse enjoy retirement
- AS204946
(he/him)
- developing small humans
- tinkering with big systems design ($dayJob)
- a better sense of empathy
- developer experiences
- helping my noodlehorse enjoy retirement
- AS204946
(he/him)
Do kids ever grow out of the SHOUTING ALL THE TIME phase?
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Do kids ever grow out of the SHOUTING ALL THE TIME phase?
I re-watched A Few Good Men recently (partly because of recent events), and I'd completely forgotten it was a Sorkin script. What a team.
December 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I re-watched A Few Good Men recently (partly because of recent events), and I'd completely forgotten it was a Sorkin script. What a team.
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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THEM: We’re looking for a film that feels more… authored.
ME: it was authored. By me.
ME: it was authored. By me.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
THEM: We’re looking for a film that feels more… authored.
ME: it was authored. By me.
ME: it was authored. By me.
Tonight, I'm pairing my Miniature Heros with a 2015 Vin Santo del Chianti Rufina.
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tonight, I'm pairing my Miniature Heros with a 2015 Vin Santo del Chianti Rufina.
I remember this coming out, and have been looking for an actual scan of the ad for years.
Found it!
https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_left-handed_mars_bar
Found it!
https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_left-handed_mars_bar
The Left-Handed Mars Bar
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
hoaxes.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I remember this coming out, and have been looking for an actual scan of the ad for years.
Found it!
https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_left-handed_mars_bar
Found it!
https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_left-handed_mars_bar
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
"pizza and chips" is simultaneously very wrong, and yet very right.
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"pizza and chips" is simultaneously very wrong, and yet very right.
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me: *googling symptoms*
webmd: you’re being murdered
murderer: see i told you
webmd: you’re being murdered
murderer: see i told you
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
me: *googling symptoms*
webmd: you’re being murdered
murderer: see i told you
webmd: you’re being murdered
murderer: see i told you
This morning we are once again playing "terraform apply from a train flakey WiFi. What could go wrong?!".
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This morning we are once again playing "terraform apply from a train flakey WiFi. What could go wrong?!".
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Dutch parliament reads like the results of a blood test
Netherlands, 9:30 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Dutch parliament reads like the results of a blood test
Very much enjoying the juxtaposition of people arguing for DNSSEC because "NIST recommends it" and the fact that NIST keeps taking their services off the internet due to DNSSEC cockups (the most recent being a few months back https://ianix.com/pub/dnssec-outages/20250722-time.nist.gov/ )
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Very much enjoying the juxtaposition of people arguing for DNSSEC because "NIST recommends it" and the fact that NIST keeps taking their services off the internet due to DNSSEC cockups (the most recent being a few months back https://ianix.com/pub/dnssec-outages/20250722-time.nist.gov/ )
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Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
The purpose of a dog is what it does.
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The purpose of a dog is what it does.
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
There's a fun problem with my work laptop right now.
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
There's a fun problem with my work laptop right now.
I seem to have turned into one of those parents who does bathtime with a glass of Chardonnay
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I seem to have turned into one of those parents who does bathtime with a glass of Chardonnay
With enough altitude, everything can be a hammer.
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
With enough altitude, everything can be a hammer.
This chianti goes weirdly well with Phish Food.
September 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This chianti goes weirdly well with Phish Food.
I'd pay for AI-generated 17 hours of Follie d'Espagne variations.
September 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I'd pay for AI-generated 17 hours of Follie d'Espagne variations.
I'm trying to install patroni postgres on my K8s cluster, and somehow I've yak shaved to....... replacing my cluster's root CA cert???
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm trying to install patroni postgres on my K8s cluster, and somehow I've yak shaved to....... replacing my cluster's root CA cert???
Hmmm. Kilowatt-hours per thousand hours.
I wonder if there's a better way of expressing that?
I wonder if there's a better way of expressing that?
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hmmm. Kilowatt-hours per thousand hours.
I wonder if there's a better way of expressing that?
I wonder if there's a better way of expressing that?
It's only a polycule if it's from the polyculé region of france, otherwise it's just fizzy friendship.
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It's only a polycule if it's from the polyculé region of france, otherwise it's just fizzy friendship.
"Best practice" is synonymous with "cargo cult".
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Best practice" is synonymous with "cargo cult".