Eamonn Neylon
@eneylon.bsky.social
Owns more books than he will ever read but keeps acquiring more - that is illogical, captain
Often wake in the early hours and watch some YouTube channels. Robert Murray-Smith was one of the best. Saddened today that he chose to leave us to be with his wife. RIP 1963-2025.
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Often wake in the early hours and watch some YouTube channels. Robert Murray-Smith was one of the best. Saddened today that he chose to leave us to be with his wife. RIP 1963-2025.
UTF-8 for the curious m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSk...
UTF-8, Explained Simply
YouTube video by Nic Barker
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October 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
UTF-8 for the curious m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSk...
Ozzy already has me laughing out loud: “I don’t think we’re fucking normal”
October 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ozzy already has me laughing out loud: “I don’t think we’re fucking normal”
Newsflash: Country which occupied land now recognises the land it occupied was in fact the occupied territory of a sovereign nation.
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Newsflash: Country which occupied land now recognises the land it occupied was in fact the occupied territory of a sovereign nation.
Forbidden Books in the National Library of the Netherlands
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Forbidden Books in the National Library of the Netherlands
May have just watched the best game of rugby ever. How does this game keep getting better? Roll on the second NZvSA match of the day.
September 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
May have just watched the best game of rugby ever. How does this game keep getting better? Roll on the second NZvSA match of the day.
Nostalgia for markup geeks www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZIz...
The quiet innovator: the building blocks of structured documents with James Clark
YouTube video by Propylon
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September 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nostalgia for markup geeks www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZIz...
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Many years ago I started a quite literal port of TeX to Python but gave up after a few months because of the “level” mismatch. I think this illustrates the issue well…
This is actually a good article, if devoid of useful citations to read the original Knuth and McIlroy. leancrew.com/all-this/201...
(Knuth and McIlroy can be read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...)
(Knuth and McIlroy can be read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...)
August 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Many years ago I started a quite literal port of TeX to Python but gave up after a few months because of the “level” mismatch. I think this illustrates the issue well…
My Swiss train is departing nine minutes late - can I get rich claiming compensation?
July 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My Swiss train is departing nine minutes late - can I get rich claiming compensation?
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This is a great article by @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social on @dev-journal.bsky.social about color choice in #DataViz, thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali..., also check out his super useful #DataViz tools at huygens.science.uva.nl 🧪🧬💻
June 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is a great article by @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social on @dev-journal.bsky.social about color choice in #DataViz, thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali..., also check out his super useful #DataViz tools at huygens.science.uva.nl 🧪🧬💻
Just seen that CERN is four tram stops away from where I am staying. And have some free time tomorrow. Did not expect to have that on the plan ...
July 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just seen that CERN is four tram stops away from where I am staying. And have some free time tomorrow. Did not expect to have that on the plan ...
When they come for the artists www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kneecap member charged with terror offence
Liam Ó hAnnaidh, 27, has been charged after allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, the Met Police says.
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When they come for the artists www.bbc.com/news/article...
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📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save
France, even without DuPont, looking at Ireland in the rear view mirror
March 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
France, even without DuPont, looking at Ireland in the rear view mirror
Marianne Faithful youtu.be/zbbPAuAtSAA?...
Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
YouTube video by Christian Davies
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January 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Marianne Faithful youtu.be/zbbPAuAtSAA?...
My cookie settings are always the same - deny as much as possible, especially 'legitimate interest' options. So why do I have to set this manually for so many sites?
January 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My cookie settings are always the same - deny as much as possible, especially 'legitimate interest' options. So why do I have to set this manually for so many sites?
Instead of sculpting a bear I played with type
January 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Instead of sculpting a bear I played with type
This was one of my dad's staples - he had a very good signing voice, but this one is all about the emotional impact www.youtube.com/watch?v=TThj...
The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
YouTube video by TheLightningMan
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January 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This was one of my dad's staples - he had a very good signing voice, but this one is all about the emotional impact www.youtube.com/watch?v=TThj...
Hidden, in the following link is an interesting take on carbon capture. Many carbon capture schemas are 'ridiculous' but the enhanced rock weathering approach has merit. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is taking leadership on the issue of carbon capture snake oil. More at www.raspberrypi.com/news/
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Hidden, in the following link is an interesting take on carbon capture. Many carbon capture schemas are 'ridiculous' but the enhanced rock weathering approach has merit. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is taking leadership on the issue of carbon capture snake oil. More at www.raspberrypi.com/news/
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And... If you're interested in the history of the PDF - and how it was almost cancelled in development - see Eve, Martin Paul. "New Leaves: Riffling the History of Digital Pagination." Book History, vol. 25 no. 2, 2022, p. 479-502. Project MUSE, dx.doi.org/10.1353/bh.2...
Project MUSE - New Leaves: Riffling the History of Digital Pagination
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January 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And... If you're interested in the history of the PDF - and how it was almost cancelled in development - see Eve, Martin Paul. "New Leaves: Riffling the History of Digital Pagination." Book History, vol. 25 no. 2, 2022, p. 479-502. Project MUSE, dx.doi.org/10.1353/bh.2...
Schedule for FOSDEM is up at fosdem.org/2025/schedule/ as has become customary will be attending remotely and multiplexing with six nations rugby - a highlight of the winter months
FOSDEM 2025 - Schedule
fosdem.org
December 28, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Schedule for FOSDEM is up at fosdem.org/2025/schedule/ as has become customary will be attending remotely and multiplexing with six nations rugby - a highlight of the winter months
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The Irish government has opened a fairly wide ranging consultation on .ie domain names www.internetnews.me/2024/12/18/... #domains #irish #ireland
December 18, 2024 at 12:42 PM
The Irish government has opened a fairly wide ranging consultation on .ie domain names www.internetnews.me/2024/12/18/... #domains #irish #ireland
"maths is the art of avoiding calculation" - nice quote during Conrad Wolfram's Christmas Lecture (streaming from Oxford, thanks BCS) giving consideration to where we are with using computers in evolutionary terms
December 4, 2024 at 8:26 PM
"maths is the art of avoiding calculation" - nice quote during Conrad Wolfram's Christmas Lecture (streaming from Oxford, thanks BCS) giving consideration to where we are with using computers in evolutionary terms