Rico Monkeon
@monkeon.co.uk
Quirkafleeg Expert
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Skip The Ads ⏭️
We all skip adverts the second the button pops up, but how quick on the click are you?
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NEW REACTION TEST
Skip The Ads
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"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
Skip The Ads
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"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
If anyone shares my interest in celebrities who code, I just discovered from this that Lloyd Cole built his own site in Flash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ49...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ49...
The Limmy Advent Calendar - Day 23
YouTube video by LimmyTwitchClipsPlus
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December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If anyone shares my interest in celebrities who code, I just discovered from this that Lloyd Cole built his own site in Flash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ49...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ49...
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Southern Fried Science social media traffic, 2025:
Bluesky is the clear winner, with 12,000 visitors.
Facebook: 9300
LinkedIn: 3100
Pinterest: 1600
Instagram: 900
Reddit: 700
Twitter: 600
Is 2020, with roughly the same traffic, Twitter drove 6,000 visitors.
Bluesky is the clear winner, with 12,000 visitors.
Facebook: 9300
LinkedIn: 3100
Pinterest: 1600
Instagram: 900
Reddit: 700
Twitter: 600
Is 2020, with roughly the same traffic, Twitter drove 6,000 visitors.
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Southern Fried Science social media traffic, 2025:
Bluesky is the clear winner, with 12,000 visitors.
Facebook: 9300
LinkedIn: 3100
Pinterest: 1600
Instagram: 900
Reddit: 700
Twitter: 600
Is 2020, with roughly the same traffic, Twitter drove 6,000 visitors.
Bluesky is the clear winner, with 12,000 visitors.
Facebook: 9300
LinkedIn: 3100
Pinterest: 1600
Instagram: 900
Reddit: 700
Twitter: 600
Is 2020, with roughly the same traffic, Twitter drove 6,000 visitors.
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I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
One for b3ta's Rob Reiner challenge
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December 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
One for b3ta's Rob Reiner challenge
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Have you seen this?
It's the literary map of London.
I think it's Fabulous!!
It's the literary map of London.
I think it's Fabulous!!
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Have you seen this?
It's the literary map of London.
I think it's Fabulous!!
It's the literary map of London.
I think it's Fabulous!!
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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theonion.com/cia-realizes...
Fixed any broken videos on my 90s Festival Generator.
All 972 bands now work (Must have had quite a bit of spare time to populate it in summer 2020 for some reason).
www.monkeon.co.uk/90sfestivalg...
All 972 bands now work (Must have had quite a bit of spare time to populate it in summer 2020 for some reason).
www.monkeon.co.uk/90sfestivalg...
90s Festival Generator
A randomly generated line-up of bands who played a UK festival in the 1990s.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fixed any broken videos on my 90s Festival Generator.
All 972 bands now work (Must have had quite a bit of spare time to populate it in summer 2020 for some reason).
www.monkeon.co.uk/90sfestivalg...
All 972 bands now work (Must have had quite a bit of spare time to populate it in summer 2020 for some reason).
www.monkeon.co.uk/90sfestivalg...
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I'm bored so here once again is the greatest Christmas title sequence in TV history
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm bored so here once again is the greatest Christmas title sequence in TV history
Fixed another broken old game.
Can you guess what year the newspaper was published?
www.monkeon.co.uk/guessthepress/
Looking back, I probably have split this into two games and reskinned it for the music press one. Different audience.
Can you guess what year the newspaper was published?
www.monkeon.co.uk/guessthepress/
Looking back, I probably have split this into two games and reskinned it for the music press one. Different audience.
Guess The Press
Can you guess the year from the front pages of old newspapers or copies of the UK music press?
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December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Fixed another broken old game.
Can you guess what year the newspaper was published?
www.monkeon.co.uk/guessthepress/
Looking back, I probably have split this into two games and reskinned it for the music press one. Different audience.
Can you guess what year the newspaper was published?
www.monkeon.co.uk/guessthepress/
Looking back, I probably have split this into two games and reskinned it for the music press one. Different audience.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Given John Peel Roulette a polish
www.monkeon.co.uk/johnpeelroul...
Removed any broken shows (when you make anything with a database of YouTube videos, you notice quite what a transient site it is) and added a load of ones that had been uploaded since I made it.
www.monkeon.co.uk/johnpeelroul...
Removed any broken shows (when you make anything with a database of YouTube videos, you notice quite what a transient site it is) and added a load of ones that had been uploaded since I made it.
John Peel Roulette
Listen to a random moment from a random John Peel show. What musical delights will you discover?
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December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Given John Peel Roulette a polish
www.monkeon.co.uk/johnpeelroul...
Removed any broken shows (when you make anything with a database of YouTube videos, you notice quite what a transient site it is) and added a load of ones that had been uploaded since I made it.
www.monkeon.co.uk/johnpeelroul...
Removed any broken shows (when you make anything with a database of YouTube videos, you notice quite what a transient site it is) and added a load of ones that had been uploaded since I made it.
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I often think of this absolutely *perfect* description by @rockingbob.bsky.social: "Noddy Holder had a voice like John Lennon screaming down the chimney of the QE2."
I'd never thought of Noddy being a Lennon imitator, but now he's said it…
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I often think of this absolutely *perfect* description by @rockingbob.bsky.social: "Noddy Holder had a voice like John Lennon screaming down the chimney of the QE2."
NEW REACTION TEST
Skip The Ads
www.monkeon.co.uk/skip-the-ads/
"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
Skip The Ads
www.monkeon.co.uk/skip-the-ads/
"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
Skip The Ads ⏭️
We all skip adverts the second the button pops up, but how quick on the click are you?
www.monkeon.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
NEW REACTION TEST
Skip The Ads
www.monkeon.co.uk/skip-the-ads/
"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
Skip The Ads
www.monkeon.co.uk/skip-the-ads/
"I lived on leaves when there weren't any shops / but I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops"
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🧵 It's almost a joke. Entshittification by
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🧵 It's almost a joke. Entshittification by
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't...
Doing a bit of maintenance, so my Shuttleworth or Chiles quiz now has:
* No links to Twitter or Facebook
* 12 new Adrian Chiles questions
My big discovery on making this one was the early Shuttleworth tapes, which are worth your time tracking down.
www.monkeon.co.uk/shuttleworth...
* No links to Twitter or Facebook
* 12 new Adrian Chiles questions
My big discovery on making this one was the early Shuttleworth tapes, which are worth your time tracking down.
www.monkeon.co.uk/shuttleworth...
Shuttleworth or Chiles?
With his bi-weekly ponderings on the minutiae of middle-aged domesticity, Adrian Chiles' Guardian columns often end up reading like things John Shuttleworth would say. But can you tell the difference?...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Doing a bit of maintenance, so my Shuttleworth or Chiles quiz now has:
* No links to Twitter or Facebook
* 12 new Adrian Chiles questions
My big discovery on making this one was the early Shuttleworth tapes, which are worth your time tracking down.
www.monkeon.co.uk/shuttleworth...
* No links to Twitter or Facebook
* 12 new Adrian Chiles questions
My big discovery on making this one was the early Shuttleworth tapes, which are worth your time tracking down.
www.monkeon.co.uk/shuttleworth...
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It’s our Office Christmas Party today, so it’s #XmasJumper time!
Design your own unique Yuletide Wooly Pully from the comfort of your ZX Spectrum!
💾 robertmorrison.me/public/files...
Design your own unique Yuletide Wooly Pully from the comfort of your ZX Spectrum!
💾 robertmorrison.me/public/files...
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s our Office Christmas Party today, so it’s #XmasJumper time!
Design your own unique Yuletide Wooly Pully from the comfort of your ZX Spectrum!
💾 robertmorrison.me/public/files...
Design your own unique Yuletide Wooly Pully from the comfort of your ZX Spectrum!
💾 robertmorrison.me/public/files...
Got this broken old game working again and removed the Twitter share whilst I was at it.
Weird playing your old games and realising how tough they are to fresh eyes. Should have made more of the Hangman element or made it multi-choice, I reckon.
www.monkeon.co.uk/wikiinthemid...
Weird playing your old games and realising how tough they are to fresh eyes. Should have made more of the Hangman element or made it multi-choice, I reckon.
www.monkeon.co.uk/wikiinthemid...
Wiki in the Middle
Can you name the band/musician from the Wikipedia articles they appear on?
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December 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Got this broken old game working again and removed the Twitter share whilst I was at it.
Weird playing your old games and realising how tough they are to fresh eyes. Should have made more of the Hangman element or made it multi-choice, I reckon.
www.monkeon.co.uk/wikiinthemid...
Weird playing your old games and realising how tough they are to fresh eyes. Should have made more of the Hangman element or made it multi-choice, I reckon.
www.monkeon.co.uk/wikiinthemid...
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We have launched a new Play Online Centre.
Not just the Dizzy games, but a lot of the classic Codemasters games to play online too.
🥚 thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/playonline/
Not just the Dizzy games, but a lot of the classic Codemasters games to play online too.
🥚 thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/playonline/
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We have launched a new Play Online Centre.
Not just the Dizzy games, but a lot of the classic Codemasters games to play online too.
🥚 thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/playonline/
Not just the Dizzy games, but a lot of the classic Codemasters games to play online too.
🥚 thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/playonline/
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Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11423387
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11423387
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11423387
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling
Artist: monkeon https://b3ta.com/board/11423387
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling
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Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
You presumably have to like their music (which I do), but I found this far more captivating than I was expecting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3j...
Lush: A Far from Home Movie
YouTube video by 4AD
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November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You presumably have to like their music (which I do), but I found this far more captivating than I was expecting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow3j...
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A few for the b3ta Fruit and Veg Replacements challenge.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A few for the b3ta Fruit and Veg Replacements challenge.
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