AnneJohn
@annejohn.bsky.social
Systems architect, Library supporter, cyclist, map enthusiast ..
More pictures of the ships and components for the Inch Cape wind farm wp.cunningsystems.com/2026/01/04/b...
Building a windfarm
There’s not been much public blogging lately because I’ve been posting the quantum notes in private, for the project which I’m supporting to spinout from Heriot Watt university. T…
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January 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
More pictures of the ships and components for the Inch Cape wind farm wp.cunningsystems.com/2026/01/04/b...
Really long post on this topic by @berthubert.bsky.social is worth inserting in this thread and reading berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Keynote opening Digital Commons EDIC: Moving beyond the Digital Uncommons - Bert Hubert
Last Thursday, 11th of December, saw the launch of the new Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. In attendance were delegations from the launching member states (and the observer...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Really long post on this topic by @berthubert.bsky.social is worth inserting in this thread and reading berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Kameron references this, but it needs to be explicitly called out - @terrypratchett.bsky.social SirPTerry's Vimes Boots theory terrypratchett.com/explore-disc... about how it costs more to not be able to afford to buy better quality - applies to food as well as clothes and furniture
Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness | Terry Pratchett
Perhaps one of the most popular quotes from the Discworld series is Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in Men at Arms: The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes rea...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Kameron references this, but it needs to be explicitly called out - @terrypratchett.bsky.social SirPTerry's Vimes Boots theory terrypratchett.com/explore-disc... about how it costs more to not be able to afford to buy better quality - applies to food as well as clothes and furniture
Need to find a way to reflect the costs in safety and road wear of vehicles which are heavier than they need to be for their function (micromobility); also giantism in SUVs ..
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Need to find a way to reflect the costs in safety and road wear of vehicles which are heavier than they need to be for their function (micromobility); also giantism in SUVs ..
Making friends in Scotland takes time and patience .. three years back here, and there are some people who more than acquaintances .. btw, happy to get together if you want to improve on our having met once, at Stanford, just before you moved to the city ..
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Making friends in Scotland takes time and patience .. three years back here, and there are some people who more than acquaintances .. btw, happy to get together if you want to improve on our having met once, at Stanford, just before you moved to the city ..
This needs another line for cycling costs ...
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This needs another line for cycling costs ...
The transportation system needs re-design to optimize energy use in transport of people and things (not necessarily together) for higher utility of transport and less weight in vehicles. Cars (whether ICE or EV impelled) are no longer the right choice for this, unless they are a shared service.
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The transportation system needs re-design to optimize energy use in transport of people and things (not necessarily together) for higher utility of transport and less weight in vehicles. Cars (whether ICE or EV impelled) are no longer the right choice for this, unless they are a shared service.
There's a 'Feast of Ingathering' .. biblical reference. Usually applied to fruit, or sheep ..
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
There's a 'Feast of Ingathering' .. biblical reference. Usually applied to fruit, or sheep ..
Here's the source for the story about the Inch Cape wind farm www.inchcapewind.com/inch-capes-f... #leith
Inch Cape’s first XXL monopiles land in Port of Leith - Inch Cape Offshore
The first shipment of XXL monopile foundations for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has arrived in the Port of Leith marking the start of a new phase of offshore construction for the project and a new era...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Here's the source for the story about the Inch Cape wind farm www.inchcapewind.com/inch-capes-f... #leith
Bedroom doors exist ...
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bedroom doors exist ...
Thanks for the reminder; I had a lot of her books in paperback at one point. Time to look to see what's available for download.
August 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thanks for the reminder; I had a lot of her books in paperback at one point. Time to look to see what's available for download.
Signed up for your event on the 13th - free is possible, but the Book Festival site is very pressuring about donations. Is the Spiegeltent location the one (planning permission contested) in St Andrews Square ? Book Festival site has no clues ..
August 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Signed up for your event on the 13th - free is possible, but the Book Festival site is very pressuring about donations. Is the Spiegeltent location the one (planning permission contested) in St Andrews Square ? Book Festival site has no clues ..
Nicely done - a dramatic improvement.
August 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nicely done - a dramatic improvement.
Reposted by AnneJohn
we should eat way more deer, too many of them around causing huge damage to woodland. They're a disaster without top level predation (the Epping Forest visitors centre has a freezer selling it from their herd, incredibly ethical meat, yet people keep complaining because Bambi or something)
July 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
we should eat way more deer, too many of them around causing huge damage to woodland. They're a disaster without top level predation (the Epping Forest visitors centre has a freezer selling it from their herd, incredibly ethical meat, yet people keep complaining because Bambi or something)
For a radical cost reduction, and micro-mobility, most of the vehicles could be electric bicycles ..
July 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
For a radical cost reduction, and micro-mobility, most of the vehicles could be electric bicycles ..
One of those .. am re-reading Ancestral Night, prior to Machine, before I get to the Folded Sky ..
June 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One of those .. am re-reading Ancestral Night, prior to Machine, before I get to the Folded Sky ..
Minor style upgrade .. match the blankets to the cat colors ..
June 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Minor style upgrade .. match the blankets to the cat colors ..
Not Napier, but Heriot Watt. ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Paxton article. 7pp The bridge is hollow.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not Napier, but Heriot Watt. ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Paxton article. 7pp The bridge is hollow.
That bridge is hollow - late Telford design. The design drawings are online - at Napier, from memory ..
June 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That bridge is hollow - late Telford design. The design drawings are online - at Napier, from memory ..
The CEO is a former colleague at Cisco Systems, Steve Gordon. He overhauled it radically.
June 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The CEO is a former colleague at Cisco Systems, Steve Gordon. He overhauled it radically.