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Matt Eason
@matteason.me
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Designer & developer working in digital government

ambiph.one / govukvue.org / matteason.co.uk/scotbeats / stationlifts.org.uk

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This guy knows what's up
Closeup of a winking Lego woodland creature (maybe a squirrel or a chipmunk or something) from the front of a Wicked Lego box
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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There's an Elphaba's Sex Lair Lego set but there's no cardigan and they just enjoy a lovely cup of tea
A Wicked For Good Lego set of Elphaba's retreat. In a wooded hideaway, Elphaba pours Fiyero a cup of tea surrounded by various woodland animals
January 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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CHEESE CRIME HOTLINE
Security sticker on a pack of Co Op cheddar reads "This product is security tagged. Thank you for buying at Southern Co-op. If found for resale elsewhere call 01202 059734 or email info@uk-pac.com"
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Free therapy from the ticket machine
"Change is possible" message on car park ticket machine
December 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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It's also stuck on GOV.UK Frontend 3.3.0, which is 6 years old, two major versions behind, and missing loads of WCAG 2.2 fixes introduced in newer versions (and obviously stuck on the old black GOV.UK brand)

The accessibility statement commits to fixing major accessibility issues by October 2028.
Non‐accessible content The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons. Non‐compliance with the accessibility regulations Multiple questions on some pages may make it harder for users to understand how to fill in the online forms. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.2 (meaningful sequence). This will be fixed by 1 October 2028. Some of the buttons and multiple choice options are difficult to select for users with limited motor skills. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criteria 2.5.1 (pointer gestures) or 2.5.5 (target size). This will be fixed by 1 October 2028. Not all labels and functions have been put in place for keyboard navigation and screen readers, so the information given to users may be incomplete, in the wrong order or unclear. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.3.1 (info and relationships) or 2.4.3 (focus order). This will be fixed by 1 October 2028. Autocomplete functions, for example, autofilling names and addresses, are not always available in the online forms, which could cause issues if users have language and memory related disabilities or motor impairments. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success 1.3.5 (identify input purpose). This will be fixed by 1 October 2028.
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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I felt right at home in Dublin
An Eason bookstore in Dublin, with the shop name on light green against a dark green background in a rounded lowercase font, and three-faced clock with pitched roof extending above a grand doorway
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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To avoid a protracted legal battle in what would surely have been the trial of the century, Rail Clock is now Rail Cock. Please adjust your bookmarks accordingly.

railcock.matteason.co.uk
Two roosters moving in opposite directions on neon green rings surrounding a white digital clock in Comic Sans
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Fun, my first legal threat!

Network Rail have taken offense so my version of the Rail Clock will be coming down later today
OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE-COMMERCIAL OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE-COMMERCIAL It has come to Network Rail's attention that you are using a design ("Infringing Design") which substantially reproduces the Clock Design without Network Rail's permission. The Infringing Design is displayed at https://railclock.matteason.co.uk/ as per the below image: The reproduction of the Clock Design without Network Rail's consent amounts to the infringement of its copyright in the Clock Design pursuant to section 16 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Network Rail appreciates that you may not have been aware of its rights in the Clock Design, but, particularly in light of its importance to Network Rail's branding and history, it does not allow its unauthorised use. By making the source code for the design available, you are assisting others to create their own infringing versions of the Clock Design. This has the potential to cause significant damage to Network Rail and may amount to authorisation of infringing activities by third parties. In order to resolve this matter, Network Rail requests that you remove the Infringing Design and related source code from https://railclock.matteason.co.uk/ (and any other websites where it is displayed) and confirm in writing within 14 days of the date of this letter you have done do, by sending an email to redacted
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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How do I kill this fucking banana
Button in Google Slides reads 'Beautify this slide', with an icon of a banana because Google's image AI is called Nano Banana because they're so quirky and random
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Stacks of Taskmaster keyrings and Christmas tasks going out today!

If you already have the official advent calendar this would be a lovely way to round it off on Christmas day...

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A pile of red wax seal keyrings with various initials on
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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"You wouldn't steal a car" antipiracy meme replaced with "You wouldn't visit a URL"
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I like how the only review quotes they have on the website boil down to "this show exists"
‘This modern classic has been reimagined in west London, where attendees are encouraged to bed in, drink in hand, as if in a pub’ The London Standard ‘Immersive theatre adaptation of Douglas Adams’ timelessly brilliant comedy sci-fi’ Time Out
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Why has Gmail just randomly asked to be able to see devices on my network..?
Chrome dialog reads "mail.google.com wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network". Allow and Block buttons
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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I emailed the DPO email address on Amazon's privacy policy page asking why they were sending spam on WhatsApp and they're saying it's fake (it's definitely not)
Dear Matt, My name is Rebecca from the Executive Customer Relations Department at Amazon.co.uk Your recent correspondence with the customer service teams has been brought to my attention I am sorry to hear you received a text message via WhatsApp advising this was from Amazon. I can confirm that the message you received wasn't from us. We take phishing and spoofing attempts on our customers seriously, and will never call, email or text you to request payment, or your personal information outside of our website. If you receive a suspicious phone call, e-mail or text, you can report it by following the guidelines from our Help page
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Absolutely fuck off Amazon
A WhatsApp message from Amazon advertising "door buster deals" and telling me to reply stop to unsubscribe
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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More for the pile
Instagram as screenshot reads We're really sorry. We upset a lot of people with how quickly our Coffee Pod Advent Calendar sold out last year. So to make up for it, we've made more this year and filled them with even more speciality blends and flavours, like Baileys and Pistachio. We can't promise we won't sell out again, but we're giving you fair warning this time. Official Apology Statement We write with sincere regret. It has come to our attention that James Gin may have been crafted with an unnecessary level of thoughtfulness, precision, and botanical balance. We now understand that by insisting on not slapping our label on any old generic liquid we may have inadvertently raised your expectations for what gin should actually taste like. We apologize for: Making you unable to enjoy Hammond's stuff without noticing all its shortcomings Causing you to bewilder your friends with lectures about taste combinations involving parsnips Making you unable to look at a bottle of Gordon's without sighing Making "just one G&T" turn into a cocktail tasting session Insisting that if something's worth doing, it's worth doing properly We recognise this has caused considerable inconvenience, particularly to your drinks cupboard, now littered with stuff that's just gathering dust. We suggest you just pour it away and move on. Life's too short. Yours The James Gin Team
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Taskmaster Christmas orders are starting to come in thick and fast so I made a keyring designer to speed them up 💌
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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"A beautiful song, some very apt lyrics, talking about people being changed for good - and for many people, Remembrance Day is about learning from history, learning from the lessons of the past, for good, for unity and of course, for peace"

Satire is dead
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Dare I suggest you buy them for your whole family and a Taskmaster trophy of your own head and make them scream how merry they are all Christmas to win your approval and golden face? DARE I??

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November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I've just added these Christmas Taskmaster tasks to my Etsy shop if you'd like to make someone's Christmas significantly more high-pressure

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A Taskmaster-style task on folded card reads 'Have the merriest Christmas. You must exclaim "I'm so very merry!" with increasing enthusiasm every time you feel merry. You have until New Year's Day. Merriest Christmas wins. Your time stars now." A red keyring in the style of a wax seal with the initials GD in a typewriter-esque font, sealing a white folded task card
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Great to have a self hosted option but this bit sucks - you're giving people two months' notice that nuxt.studio is being discontinued? That wasn't part of the original announcement and is going to cause huge problems for people who use Studio with static sites
At the end of year, the hosted platform will be sunset and the module will be the only way to edit your Nuxt Content website.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I'm using (and really liking) lucide.dev icons for a new project and am desperately trying to engineer a scenario which would call for a 'Bean Off' icon
A white outlined icon of a bean, next to the same icon with a diagonal stroke through it with the label "bean-off"
October 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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DPD: We tried to deliver your parcel 😟 but you weren't in 🥺 we have proof! 😢

The proof:
DPD tracking page says "Sorry, we missed you. Your driver Adam won't be back today but we'll be back Wed 22 October with your parcel". Below is the 'proof of delivery' image: a featureless grey/black gradient
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Even you weren't immune to the Mean Girlification of DVD cover typesetting
Cover of Mean Girls DVD, with the title and stars' names in two contrasting weights of Futura (eg Mean in a heavy weight and Girls in light), a style that pervaded movie and DVD logos in the early 2000s
October 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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For the design nerds, here's Network Rail's official design manual for Rail Clock

It incorporates a sonic pigeon deterrent.

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4.9.3 Pigeon Deterrents Sonic deterrents incorporated inside hanging bracket casing to be directed at the top of the clock to prevent pigeons from perching on the clock. No physical deterrents should be deployed.
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM