Adam Banks
@adambanks.bsky.social
Designer of User Labs, former @uxpauk, former UX Researcher @Google, Former @ux_study, Fellow @theRSAorg
Nick Cave.
Never meet your heroes.
Never meet your heroes.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nick Cave.
Never meet your heroes.
Never meet your heroes.
Reposted by Adam Banks
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
If you've not been... Stone Mini Market in Leytonstone is also very good.
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you've not been... Stone Mini Market in Leytonstone is also very good.
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Mainly a can and bottle shop, but they usually have 4-6 beers on tap (often Beak and Pretty Decent Beer)
Ahh! I didn't realise the smaller one had closed.
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Ahh! I didn't realise the smaller one had closed.
Just down from there, back near to Gravity Well, you could go to Libertalia Brewery.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just down from there, back near to Gravity Well, you could go to Libertalia Brewery.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
They also have a bigger place nearby back in Leytonstone.
Maybe slight overkill for what you're after, but OpenShot is:
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
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- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
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December 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Maybe slight overkill for what you're after, but OpenShot is:
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
- good
- simple
- free
... and has absolutely no AI junk
www.openshot.org
My old house explicitly restricted parking a caravan.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My old house explicitly restricted parking a caravan.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
It did not have a driveway, and was built in the 80s.
Ours has "no alcohol sales".
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ours has "no alcohol sales".
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Built in the 1800s by a building company apparently owned by Mormons.
Today I learned something
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today I learned something
I've had times when, via chargeback, I've had back more than the initial insured sum (e.g. where the "new item" cost is higher) ... but I'd be surprised to see it 25* the value
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I've had times when, via chargeback, I've had back more than the initial insured sum (e.g. where the "new item" cost is higher) ... but I'd be surprised to see it 25* the value
But they can presumably reclaim those costs from the seller, if it's worthwhile to them.
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
But they can presumably reclaim those costs from the seller, if it's worthwhile to them.
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
Isn't the point of the policy to shift some liability from the buyer to the credit company, hopefully ultimately reminding everyone that they can't get away with providing poor value?
You need to walk all the way to The Cask in Pimlico before you get to anything resembling a real pub.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You need to walk all the way to The Cask in Pimlico before you get to anything resembling a real pub.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
Worth the walk, but not with 40mins to kill.
I tried exactly the same there the other night... and was also thinking of @pickardje.bsky.social as I did.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I tried exactly the same there the other night... and was also thinking of @pickardje.bsky.social as I did.
But is Barb Wire (1996) a remake or a sequel?
Will we ever know the truth?
Will we ever know the truth?
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
But is Barb Wire (1996) a remake or a sequel?
Will we ever know the truth?
Will we ever know the truth?
It's a commitment once you go in... but Revolutions by @mikeduncan.bsky.social is an amazing overview of the French revolutions and associated history...
open.spotify.com/episode/6ICv...
open.spotify.com/episode/6ICv...
0.0- Introduction
open.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's a commitment once you go in... but Revolutions by @mikeduncan.bsky.social is an amazing overview of the French revolutions and associated history...
open.spotify.com/episode/6ICv...
open.spotify.com/episode/6ICv...
One of the funniest things I ever saw was a train manager rushing to get all the cards out as passengers were boarding at Euston.
Small child followed him, removed every card for at least a couple of carriages, then presented them back to him in a neat pile with a really proud look of "I'm helping".
Small child followed him, removed every card for at least a couple of carriages, then presented them back to him in a neat pile with a really proud look of "I'm helping".
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One of the funniest things I ever saw was a train manager rushing to get all the cards out as passengers were boarding at Euston.
Small child followed him, removed every card for at least a couple of carriages, then presented them back to him in a neat pile with a really proud look of "I'm helping".
Small child followed him, removed every card for at least a couple of carriages, then presented them back to him in a neat pile with a really proud look of "I'm helping".
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Pretty sure I was also drinking in that pirate ship that night.
It was my 21st Birthday. Someone bout me a Mogwai shirt. I still have it.
Absolutely lovely day and a great weekend.
It was my 21st Birthday. Someone bout me a Mogwai shirt. I still have it.
Absolutely lovely day and a great weekend.
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pretty sure I was also drinking in that pirate ship that night.
It was my 21st Birthday. Someone bout me a Mogwai shirt. I still have it.
Absolutely lovely day and a great weekend.
It was my 21st Birthday. Someone bout me a Mogwai shirt. I still have it.
Absolutely lovely day and a great weekend.
They completely fail to think even a little about the reality: amongst the many salient points is that there is a car park ON THE ROAD, less than 100yds away, on the same side.
But, no... bad council. Bad parking rules. Bad bad bad.
But, no... bad council. Bad parking rules. Bad bad bad.
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
They completely fail to think even a little about the reality: amongst the many salient points is that there is a car park ON THE ROAD, less than 100yds away, on the same side.
But, no... bad council. Bad parking rules. Bad bad bad.
But, no... bad council. Bad parking rules. Bad bad bad.
...anyone who knew the shop and knew him was well aware why it really closed: it wasn't because of parking restrictions.
Yet that's the story he told, and that's the story that stuck.
Even now people occasionally mention it, and talk about the evil council and the awful parking restrictions.
Yet that's the story he told, and that's the story that stuck.
Even now people occasionally mention it, and talk about the evil council and the awful parking restrictions.
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
...anyone who knew the shop and knew him was well aware why it really closed: it wasn't because of parking restrictions.
Yet that's the story he told, and that's the story that stuck.
Even now people occasionally mention it, and talk about the evil council and the awful parking restrictions.
Yet that's the story he told, and that's the story that stuck.
Even now people occasionally mention it, and talk about the evil council and the awful parking restrictions.
Gary Arber who ran it was a nice old fella, if a little grumpy at times.
He had let his business slowly fade away... hadn't kept up with the times, and hadn't even kept the once lovely shop looking nice.
It wasn't surprising that it closed... but...
He had let his business slowly fade away... hadn't kept up with the times, and hadn't even kept the once lovely shop looking nice.
It wasn't surprising that it closed... but...
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Gary Arber who ran it was a nice old fella, if a little grumpy at times.
He had let his business slowly fade away... hadn't kept up with the times, and hadn't even kept the once lovely shop looking nice.
It wasn't surprising that it closed... but...
He had let his business slowly fade away... hadn't kept up with the times, and hadn't even kept the once lovely shop looking nice.
It wasn't surprising that it closed... but...
At the time, I lived around the corner and would walk past the shop most days.
It was a complete mess, and had been for years. You couldn't even tell if it was still trading, nor most of the time whether it was open that day.
It was a complete mess, and had been for years. You couldn't even tell if it was still trading, nor most of the time whether it was open that day.
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
At the time, I lived around the corner and would walk past the shop most days.
It was a complete mess, and had been for years. You couldn't even tell if it was still trading, nor most of the time whether it was open that day.
It was a complete mess, and had been for years. You couldn't even tell if it was still trading, nor most of the time whether it was open that day.
This was the first of that classic genre I remember seeing... all the way back in 2014...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
'Parking rules killed my business' says East End printer whose firm
www.standard.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This was the first of that classic genre I remember seeing... all the way back in 2014...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...