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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yes, these are properly cinematic ASMR videos. I discovered the channel in middle the pandemic when I was 'locked down'.

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 6d

My 70’s era BBC 2 ident clock from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social is even better than I’d hoped for!

A walk click in the style of the 1970’s orange and white BBC 2 clock ident

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 13d

Ooh, a new Raspberry Pi machine!
Exciting
youtu.be/_LYU-I1LzcI?...

Raspberry Pi 500+

YouTube video by ExplainingComputers

youtu.be

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 19d

Way hey!
We've just had the #DoctorWho theme (season 2, Nu Who version?) make an appearance on Classic FM's Friday night at the Movies program

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 19d

And the horror tag here is for the quality of the story?
I've got this on vinyl and can confirm it is truly awful. I suspect done of the back of the success of the Genesis of the Daleks, which is brilliant!

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 21d

How hard can it be?
When it comes to getting a video off an iPhone and editing it, apparently very!
Okay, I've never really tried video editing before, but it feels like I might have jumped in at the deep end.

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 23d

The Mince Pie season is underway!
This is the one aspect of the Christian Mid Winter festival I don’t mind starting early.

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 26d

Just caught my first bus for what must be 2 years or more. I love the fact that the recorded stop announcements are in a local Bristol accent!

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · 27d

Everyone is a critic!
My 10 year old Sony DVD player, just died. It popped it's clogs, quite literally while playing the infamous Delaware version of the #DoctorWho theme.
Do you think its trying to say something?

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Sep 7

Something has annoyed Thor! Time to visit www.lightningmaps.org

Real Time Lightning Map

See lightning strikes in real time across the planet. Free access to maps of former thunderstorms. By Blitzortung.org and contributors.

www.lightningmaps.org

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finally, after years (and I do mean years) I’ve got my HP micro server set up in my very ramshackle “home lab” cupboard.

An HP gen 2 micro server in a cupboard next to a wall mounted ASUS wi-fi router and a Raspberry Pi in a DIN rail box

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Sep 2

A put down from a particle physicist, ‘If they where any thicker, Neutrinos wouldn’t pass through them!’

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yay! Got my tickets for 10cc’s Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour stop at the #BristolBeacon March next year

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 25

Am I going to watch the 10th test flight of Starship tonight?
Nope!
I still find this very exciting, but just not quite exciting enough to say up till at least midnight. Comfort out weighs excitement for me now!

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just ordered my BBC 2 clock. Definitely the coolest clock you can buy!

Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social · Jul 23

Last few September pre-orders left of the recent restocks...👀 Be quick.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · Jul 22

My BBC2 clock from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social is on its way to me - can’t wait! 👏🏻😀

In the meantime, there’s another opportunity to grab yourself a BBC1 clock, a BBC2 clock, or a Radiophonic Studios A & B sign, along with other great items!

hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

As always - better be quick!👇🏻

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘You can’t count, count!’

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 21

Huh, just had to ‘unfollow’ someone on BlueSky.
I know everyone has their own opinion, but expressing glee at someone’s, natural death, is not okay. The dead person might have been a throughly unpleasant person (I have no idea), but that sort of response is not right.

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 21

The view from the top of Troopers Hill in Bristol UK.
This shows how dry it’s been this summer

The view from the top of a very brown and dry Troopers Hill over the city of Bristol in the UK

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 21

Was very surprised to almost walk in to a deer on my morning walk up Troopers Hill this morning. I think it was to, we spent a 10 seconds looking at each other before I reached for my camera. I missed the perfect shot of it looking back at me, but here it is.

The backend of a Deer snapped on Troopers Hill disappearing in to the undergrowth

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yesterday my boss, in a private meeting, told me to take some holiday…now!
It’s been 3 1/2 months since I last took any time off and one of those months was July, which felt like a month in hell thanks to the chaotic products system launch.
So making the bank holiday weekend a very long one!

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wow, notepad now supports markdown!?
youtu.be/U9CovtVCuoQ?...
This is big news, I’m Developer and text editors are important to us…me. I used to collect text editors, back in my Atari ST days.

Microsoft Notepad Now Supports Markdown: Learn How to Use It!

YouTube video by Gary Explains

youtu.be

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 9

Well it’s the 9th actually, I can show the 10th (taken at work) but it sort of fits

A poster advertising the Bic Crystal in Bristol city centre

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 9

And it's done!
My first completed Blender model, a Dalek from the cover of the 1964 Dalek Book.
I know it's still not quite right, but I'm still learning this and it's really difficult to get proper proportions from the artwork in the book.

A rendered image of my Dalek book style Dalek, against the standard grey Blender background

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Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 7

Way-hey! I have just put in the final 400 words to my current story. I'm already working on an idea for the next!

Cool Aardvark @cool-aardvark.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here’s a challenge for an advertising agency, how do you create a campaign for the single most produced manufactured item in history?
(LEGO bricks don’t count, they aren’t a finished item)

A poster advertising the BIC crystal pen