Andrew Holmes
@evenpickier.bsky.social
Military history, wargaming, science&technology.
Some Sci-fi, food and especially chocolate.
Some Sci-fi, food and especially chocolate.
Is it me or are the recent episodes of Pointless wildly out of sequence?
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Is it me or are the recent episodes of Pointless wildly out of sequence?
We saw The Penguin Lessons tonight. I must say the more I see if Steve Coogan's work, the more impressed I am.
Except Alan Partridge.
Except Alan Partridge.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We saw The Penguin Lessons tonight. I must say the more I see if Steve Coogan's work, the more impressed I am.
Except Alan Partridge.
Except Alan Partridge.
The speed of this is insane.
15mm scale, 3H25M expected.
15mm scale, 3H25M expected.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The speed of this is insane.
15mm scale, 3H25M expected.
15mm scale, 3H25M expected.
Backup? Why do that?
(IT department.)
(IT department.)
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Backup? Why do that?
(IT department.)
(IT department.)
Down means on, surely?
(Circuit breakers.)
(Circuit breakers.)
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Down means on, surely?
(Circuit breakers.)
(Circuit breakers.)
@soozuk.bsky.social I'll stick with drinktober.
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
@soozuk.bsky.social I'll stick with drinktober.
Nominations closed on 31st January 2025.
The fact that Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize to a full-on Trump supporter but she happens to be a Venezuelan woman is extra-funny coz it means the panel just disliked HIM personally as a guy.
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nominations closed on 31st January 2025.
Is that really so?
Current estimates put it more on a par with a Google search. Google hasn't published their energy stats since 2009. They now use AI in their searches too.
Water usage may be more nuanced.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Current estimates put it more on a par with a Google search. Google hasn't published their energy stats since 2009. They now use AI in their searches too.
Water usage may be more nuanced.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
October 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Is that really so?
Current estimates put it more on a par with a Google search. Google hasn't published their energy stats since 2009. They now use AI in their searches too.
Water usage may be more nuanced.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Current estimates put it more on a par with a Google search. Google hasn't published their energy stats since 2009. They now use AI in their searches too.
Water usage may be more nuanced.
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
I see what you did there.
not a fan at all!
October 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I see what you did there.
@octopus.energy thank you to Rachael in my Support Team who managed to hit the virtual TV in the right spot and got my export tariff working. I hope I spelled your name correctly.
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@octopus.energy thank you to Rachael in my Support Team who managed to hit the virtual TV in the right spot and got my export tariff working. I hope I spelled your name correctly.
Seen on the promenade at Burnham on Sea today. These two plaques commemorate the 50 old destroyers gifted to Britain by President Roosevelt in 1940. They materially helped us defend the ships bringing essential supplies across the Atlantic. Each one was renamed, including one as HMS Burnham.
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Seen on the promenade at Burnham on Sea today. These two plaques commemorate the 50 old destroyers gifted to Britain by President Roosevelt in 1940. They materially helped us defend the ships bringing essential supplies across the Atlantic. Each one was renamed, including one as HMS Burnham.
There's so much I'd not appreciated from my first watching of The Expanse.
Like the Razorback ship was Julie Mao's.
Like the Razorback ship was Julie Mao's.
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There's so much I'd not appreciated from my first watching of The Expanse.
Like the Razorback ship was Julie Mao's.
Like the Razorback ship was Julie Mao's.
Still watching The Expanse a second time.
A quote from Naomi stuck me in series two.
"Every shitty thing we do makes the next one a bit easier. "
A quote from Naomi stuck me in series two.
"Every shitty thing we do makes the next one a bit easier. "
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Still watching The Expanse a second time.
A quote from Naomi stuck me in series two.
"Every shitty thing we do makes the next one a bit easier. "
A quote from Naomi stuck me in series two.
"Every shitty thing we do makes the next one a bit easier. "
Karawansay's latest email has this pithy comment about the TV series King and Conqueror.
"The series is fun... if you are willing to completely turn your brain off."
"The series is fun... if you are willing to completely turn your brain off."
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Karawansay's latest email has this pithy comment about the TV series King and Conqueror.
"The series is fun... if you are willing to completely turn your brain off."
"The series is fun... if you are willing to completely turn your brain off."
The washing didn't dry yesterday as I'm too tight to use the tumble dryer.
Hence today's socks feature a cartoon mouse on skis.
Hence today's socks feature a cartoon mouse on skis.
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The washing didn't dry yesterday as I'm too tight to use the tumble dryer.
Hence today's socks feature a cartoon mouse on skis.
Hence today's socks feature a cartoon mouse on skis.
I just realised it's only 500 years until the start of the Zager and Evans song.
September 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I just realised it's only 500 years until the start of the Zager and Evans song.
For no immediate reason I've started watching The Expanse again.
I was immediately reminded what a great series this is. The details are myriad. Like the way bodies behave in zero G and under artificial gravity.
I'm also struck by how much I'd either forgotten or failed to notice the first time.
I was immediately reminded what a great series this is. The details are myriad. Like the way bodies behave in zero G and under artificial gravity.
I'm also struck by how much I'd either forgotten or failed to notice the first time.
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
For no immediate reason I've started watching The Expanse again.
I was immediately reminded what a great series this is. The details are myriad. Like the way bodies behave in zero G and under artificial gravity.
I'm also struck by how much I'd either forgotten or failed to notice the first time.
I was immediately reminded what a great series this is. The details are myriad. Like the way bodies behave in zero G and under artificial gravity.
I'm also struck by how much I'd either forgotten or failed to notice the first time.
A young #DamienLewis as a reporter in an episode of #TheDarlingBudsOfMay
August 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A young #DamienLewis as a reporter in an episode of #TheDarlingBudsOfMay
#Human on BBC2 is a really good watch. Now we find that homo sapiens are the Borg of humans. We have assimilated both Neanderthals and Denisovans.
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#Human on BBC2 is a really good watch. Now we find that homo sapiens are the Borg of humans. We have assimilated both Neanderthals and Denisovans.
I asked an AI called the Lyric Machine on Poe to compose a poem.
The subject is the assault of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 by DD swimming tanks from 13th/18th Royal Hussars.
Here is the end product after 1 iterations which gradually polished the composition.
The subject is the assault of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 by DD swimming tanks from 13th/18th Royal Hussars.
Here is the end product after 1 iterations which gradually polished the composition.
July 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I asked an AI called the Lyric Machine on Poe to compose a poem.
The subject is the assault of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 by DD swimming tanks from 13th/18th Royal Hussars.
Here is the end product after 1 iterations which gradually polished the composition.
The subject is the assault of Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 by DD swimming tanks from 13th/18th Royal Hussars.
Here is the end product after 1 iterations which gradually polished the composition.
Hooray it's raining.
July 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hooray it's raining.
Where is Neil Young's Glastonbury set on iPlayer? I can't see it.
June 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Where is Neil Young's Glastonbury set on iPlayer? I can't see it.
Just in time for D-Day, this arrived yesterday. My game mat for Eisenhower covering the entire Normandy invasion area up to about 20 miles inland. Its enormous at almost 15 feet wide by 5 deep.
June 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just in time for D-Day, this arrived yesterday. My game mat for Eisenhower covering the entire Normandy invasion area up to about 20 miles inland. Its enormous at almost 15 feet wide by 5 deep.