James Gilbert
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@ricci We used to have to make EPS files containing TIFF images for a 35mm slide printer, to make slides for my group leader in the mid '90s. I think it was OK to use LZW compression. An individual slide was too big to fit on a 1.44 MB floppy, but we had removable Syquest drives we could take to […]
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January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@ricci We used to have to make EPS files containing TIFF images for a 35mm slide printer, to make slides for my group leader in the mid '90s. I think it was OK to use LZW compression. An individual slide was too big to fit on a 1.44 MB floppy, but we had removable Syquest drives we could take to […]
@smashtie I wanted to see where Lambe Creek was. There was only one house on the creek on the OS map and it was labelled "Lambe Creek House", so I searched for it. It's not available to rent. It's for sale for offers around three megapounds!
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
@smashtie I wanted to see where Lambe Creek was. There was only one house on the creek on the OS map and it was labelled "Lambe Creek House", so I searched for it. It's not available to rent. It's for sale for offers around three megapounds!
@smashtie Yes, it was. https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/houses-for-sale-in-cornwall/the-blissful-waterside-home-for-sale-that-hosted-the-iconic-surrealists-in-cornwall-party-where-man-ray-lee-miller-and-henry-moore-let-down-their-hair
The blissful waterside home for sale that hosted the iconic 'Surrealists in Cornwall' party, where Man Ray, Lee Miller and Henry Moore let down their hair
The wonderful Lambe Creek House was the setting for a bohemian gathering of some of the most creative minds of the 1920s and 1930s. Today, it's up for sale; Penny Churchill tells is story.
www.countrylife.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
@smashtie Were they here? Nice place. https://www.jonathancunliffe.co.uk/lambe-creek-house-old-kea
Jonathan Cunliffe Ltd - Lambe Creek House, Old Kea
www.jonathancunliffe.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
@smashtie Were they here? Nice place. https://www.jonathancunliffe.co.uk/lambe-creek-house-old-kea
@elisabethbik.bsky.social The wrong number of lanes! This is from an actual paper, I guess.
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
@elisabethbik.bsky.social The wrong number of lanes! This is from an actual paper, I guess.
@sellathechemist That looks fabulous.
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 PM
@sellathechemist That looks fabulous.
@skinnylatte Which is 15 °C, and is the temperature where I definitely don't need gloves when cycling.
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
@skinnylatte Which is 15 °C, and is the temperature where I definitely don't need gloves when cycling.
@ianRobinson I agree. I desperately miss Science in Action too. I can't believe they cut it. It must have been a really cheap programme to make. Roland Pease is so good at interviewing scientists.
January 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
@ianRobinson I agree. I desperately miss Science in Action too. I can't believe they cut it. It must have been a really cheap programme to make. Roland Pease is so good at interviewing scientists.
@gelliottmorris.com Ask the UK Labour Party how this plan is going for them…
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
@gelliottmorris.com Ask the UK Labour Party how this plan is going for them…
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
@ianRobinson I do like the look, but it needs work.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
@ianRobinson I do like the look, but it needs work.
@ianRobinson Funny how I don't need to ask who you're referring to…
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
@ianRobinson Funny how I don't need to ask who you're referring to…
@futurebird If you were to remove the zero card and add a 120 card, then the order would be unambiguous. The symbols for 2 and 3 are currently interchangeable, leaving two solutions.
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
@futurebird If you were to remove the zero card and add a 120 card, then the order would be unambiguous. The symbols for 2 and 3 are currently interchangeable, leaving two solutions.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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@futurebird
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January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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@skinnylatte The only thing standing in their way would be bureaucracy. They'd need fresh victims whose identity they could steal to present as plausible candidates.
Maybe there's also a secret society of university bureaucrats who fight to keep vampires out of PdD programmes.
Maybe there's also a secret society of university bureaucrats who fight to keep vampires out of PdD programmes.
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 AM
@skinnylatte The only thing standing in their way would be bureaucracy. They'd need fresh victims whose identity they could steal to present as plausible candidates.
Maybe there's also a secret society of university bureaucrats who fight to keep vampires out of PdD programmes.
Maybe there's also a secret society of university bureaucrats who fight to keep vampires out of PdD programmes.
[Animal cruelty and death.]
This took place on the Hovingham Estate. It was the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent, who you may have seen presenting the trophies to the winners at Wimbledon.
This took place on the Hovingham Estate. It was the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent, who you may have seen presenting the trophies to the winners at Wimbledon.
January 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
[Animal cruelty and death.]
This took place on the Hovingham Estate. It was the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent, who you may have seen presenting the trophies to the winners at Wimbledon.
This took place on the Hovingham Estate. It was the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent, who you may have seen presenting the trophies to the winners at Wimbledon.