RE: https://masto.hackers.town/@siege/116044775248606478

This. There’s always been a profound disconnect between the people who want everyone to be using the hot new open source decentralised shit and the people who are expected to use it, and the former group frequently wants to make zero […]

There’s a Mein Schiff ship across the harbour from us and there’s a German guy singing Uptown Funk

He’s not Bruno Mars. Good god is he trying, bless him, but he’s not Bruno Mars.

Marella review so far: the food is mediocre but the ship and cabin is nice, if obviously old, and the crew are friendly. They’ve done a good job refitting an old Celebrity ship into this. One of those things where you feel you are mostly getting what you pay for. #cruise

Bluesky people - literally just follow @ap.brid.gy it lets you talk to people on Mastodon without actually having to use Mastodon

The first night of this cruise is I think the last night of a country music themed cruise before it becomes “normal” and good golly there really isn’t much variety in country music is there

Standing in the non-EU citizen passport line and gradually transforming into Steve Bray with every additional minute I wait. By the front of the queue I’ll have started a new centrist party and then closed it down and joined the Lib Dems

I’m so tired of people coughing without at least covering their mouths in public spaces. Did you not live through the same pandemic I did you filthy bastards

Got to our hotel at Gatwick and naturally, the Digital Key thing will only fail to work for no reason when I am absolutely busting for a piss

My newsletter is somehow five years old today. So, here’s the first post, from way back in 2021.

My options for getting to Gatwick today were either a 2.5hr drive for £12 in petrol, a 6.5hr coach journey via Heathrow or a 4hr train for £60 each that would involve lugging suitcases on the Tube. Three guesses as to which one I chose

Been using my Mac Mini rather than my main desktop PC for the past few days and it's eerie not hearing fan noise

Anyway I’m going away on holiday tomorrow. Will try and upload photos to Pixelfed while away https://gram.social/j0ebaldw1n

McDonalds are apparently doing knock-off Funko Pops with some of their meals now, which are functionally Happy Meals for adults, based around Friends. Two issues:

1. "Happy Meals for adults", fuck off
2. "Knock-off Funko Pops", fuck off

Welp, I tried to use Vivaldi browser, and given that it completely fucking failed to sync anything, and also the sign-up flow to get an account doesn't work in the browser itself, I think I'm more than happy to stick with Firefox, which has no such issues.

Bridgy Fed is actually great, it has the ability of talking to and following the many cool people who are on Bluesky and would never consider Mastodon (for extremely valid reasons) while also being able to never even come into contact with most of the dullards on Bluesky

Off work for a week now. Boat in two days. Airport tomorrow. Finally. FINALLY.

Thank fuck, my waiting period on the new account for Bridgy Fed is finally up so I can actually talk to Bluesky peeps again

Stupid re-#introduction post now that I've moved to mastodonapp.uk:

Hello I am Joe. I am an admin gonk from #norwich in the #uk. #linux user but not weird about it. #80s synthpop idiot. Semi-talented #iosdev (developed Budgie Diet, a free #diet app). Gamer that doesn't like being called that […]