Tim Aidley
@tim.aidley.com
There are no good operating systems, but I think Windows is one of the most infuriating.
February 15, 2026 at 12:49 AM
There are no good operating systems, but I think Windows is one of the most infuriating.
My favourite type of Friday.
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
My favourite type of Friday.
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Obi Wan Kenobi was a total snob. Mos Eisley wasn't a "hive of scum and villainy", it was just a working class stopover. Even had a decent band on.
February 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Obi Wan Kenobi was a total snob. Mos Eisley wasn't a "hive of scum and villainy", it was just a working class stopover. Even had a decent band on.
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Anyway, many thanks to trans people for telling me about Newsom being a doormat for transphobes, because I never would have gone digging and found out how much he loves platforming white supremacists.
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Anyway, many thanks to trans people for telling me about Newsom being a doormat for transphobes, because I never would have gone digging and found out how much he loves platforming white supremacists.
On my bike ride to work, I ride along the bay trail and underneath one of the Berkeley pedestrian bridges that crosses the 80/580.
There are often people with signs there protesting something - normally the genocide in Gaza or ICE, or something like that. People honk their horns in support.
There are often people with signs there protesting something - normally the genocide in Gaza or ICE, or something like that. People honk their horns in support.
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
On my bike ride to work, I ride along the bay trail and underneath one of the Berkeley pedestrian bridges that crosses the 80/580.
There are often people with signs there protesting something - normally the genocide in Gaza or ICE, or something like that. People honk their horns in support.
There are often people with signs there protesting something - normally the genocide in Gaza or ICE, or something like that. People honk their horns in support.
I'n 2004, William Shatner recited
"Lifetime guarantee?
Who's lifetime? Not mine
I haven't that much time left, let's make it yours
Everybody's got a longer life than me"
- 'I can't get behind that' from his album 'Has Been'
That was 22 years ago and that lifetime guarantee would still be valid.
"Lifetime guarantee?
Who's lifetime? Not mine
I haven't that much time left, let's make it yours
Everybody's got a longer life than me"
- 'I can't get behind that' from his album 'Has Been'
That was 22 years ago and that lifetime guarantee would still be valid.
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I'n 2004, William Shatner recited
"Lifetime guarantee?
Who's lifetime? Not mine
I haven't that much time left, let's make it yours
Everybody's got a longer life than me"
- 'I can't get behind that' from his album 'Has Been'
That was 22 years ago and that lifetime guarantee would still be valid.
"Lifetime guarantee?
Who's lifetime? Not mine
I haven't that much time left, let's make it yours
Everybody's got a longer life than me"
- 'I can't get behind that' from his album 'Has Been'
That was 22 years ago and that lifetime guarantee would still be valid.
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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
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fensartden.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
Sometimes I'm tempted to automatically send mails from all 'noreply' addresses straight to the trash.
If you're not prepared to listen to me, why should I listen to you?
If you're not prepared to listen to me, why should I listen to you?
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Sometimes I'm tempted to automatically send mails from all 'noreply' addresses straight to the trash.
If you're not prepared to listen to me, why should I listen to you?
If you're not prepared to listen to me, why should I listen to you?
That thing where you're testing something in your game and you forget to be bad at it
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
That thing where you're testing something in your game and you forget to be bad at it
Genie is only the future of gaming if you don't mind spending half a million dollars on your next PlayStation and have three phase power hooked up next to your TV.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Genie is only the future of gaming if you don't mind spending half a million dollars on your next PlayStation and have three phase power hooked up next to your TV.
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I need all of my British friends to see this.
February 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I need all of my British friends to see this.
It's weird how out of the words 'wonder' and 'wander', wander is the one with the more definite 'o' sound after the w.
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 AM
It's weird how out of the words 'wonder' and 'wander', wander is the one with the more definite 'o' sound after the w.
I am delighted to inform you that I just checked and Johnny Ball is still alive and kicking.
January 24, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I am delighted to inform you that I just checked and Johnny Ball is still alive and kicking.
I'm having to use Outlook Exchange for email again for the first time in years and holy crap it is garbage. Even worse than it used to be.
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I'm having to use Outlook Exchange for email again for the first time in years and holy crap it is garbage. Even worse than it used to be.
Stuff like this is why I sometimes think I would like go back on TikTok, but it's not healthy for me
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Stuff like this is why I sometimes think I would like go back on TikTok, but it's not healthy for me
I didn't know Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King had lyrics!
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I didn't know Grieg's In The Hall Of The Mountain King had lyrics!
I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and at some point someone shot off my cowboy's hat. Now he's riding around with no hat in the snow in winter and it bothers me that his head will be cold.
January 18, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and at some point someone shot off my cowboy's hat. Now he's riding around with no hat in the snow in winter and it bothers me that his head will be cold.
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
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she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
a) Seems like a weird time to say this, just when X is currently pumping out AI CSAM images
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
John Carmack continues to be a giant disappointment. Romero is King of Doom Johns.
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
a) Seems like a weird time to say this, just when X is currently pumping out AI CSAM images
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
b) Seeing these 'please come back' posts highlights how much damage Musk has done to Twitter.
I think it's funny in America people will refer to an area as 'the twin cities', or 'the tri-state area' and expect you to guess which ones they're talking about like it's some puzzle on the NYT games page.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I think it's funny in America people will refer to an area as 'the twin cities', or 'the tri-state area' and expect you to guess which ones they're talking about like it's some puzzle on the NYT games page.
@xws.bsky.social I enjoyed today's Homer based crossword! I read the Robert Fagles translation years ago and was amazed that jokes conceived 3000 years past could still make me laugh.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
@xws.bsky.social I enjoyed today's Homer based crossword! I read the Robert Fagles translation years ago and was amazed that jokes conceived 3000 years past could still make me laugh.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
Thanks for reminding me about the Emily Wilson translation - I think the time has come for me to read it.
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I approve this message.
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I approve this message.
Time to do the traditional 'give my brother a couple of games off his Steam wishlist for his birthday' thing again
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Time to do the traditional 'give my brother a couple of games off his Steam wishlist for his birthday' thing again