Peter Jordan
@peterbjordan.bsky.social
Walking, meditation, transport, geography.
Digital professional. Product mgmt, digital analysis, findability, search, content strategy.
Digital professional. Product mgmt, digital analysis, findability, search, content strategy.
A tree trunk with evapotranspiration as water vapour condenses into mist,
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A tree trunk with evapotranspiration as water vapour condenses into mist,
Followed the 'Sackreeves.com' link to find the weirdest tacked on survey. Looks like someone at CCHQ doesn't know how to use Jotform properly. www.whatlaboursaid.com/sack-rachel-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Followed the 'Sackreeves.com' link to find the weirdest tacked on survey. Looks like someone at CCHQ doesn't know how to use Jotform properly. www.whatlaboursaid.com/sack-rachel-...
Mmm. Service buses on motorways. I wonder about the crashworthiness, lack of crumple zones and lack of seatbelts.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mmm. Service buses on motorways. I wonder about the crashworthiness, lack of crumple zones and lack of seatbelts.
Went analogue today - got cash to pay for a haircut and bought a stamp - one of those post and go ones. Still with QE2 on notes and stamps. How much stock are they holding?
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Went analogue today - got cash to pay for a haircut and bought a stamp - one of those post and go ones. Still with QE2 on notes and stamps. How much stock are they holding?
Somewhat amused that the greed of the Christmas market trumps the elegance of the new Jane Austen statue.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Somewhat amused that the greed of the Christmas market trumps the elegance of the new Jane Austen statue.
Topiary. Is it Woody Woodpecker? Or Roadrunner?
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Topiary. Is it Woody Woodpecker? Or Roadrunner?
The Anton Valley
Looking south down the Anton Valley towards its joining the Test. The road is the A3057 from Andover to Romsey.
Not in a National Park or a National Landscape, but there are some fine routes for walking or cycling round here.
Looking south down the Anton Valley towards its joining the Test. The road is the A3057 from Andover to Romsey.
Not in a National Park or a National Landscape, but there are some fine routes for walking or cycling round here.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Anton Valley
Looking south down the Anton Valley towards its joining the Test. The road is the A3057 from Andover to Romsey.
Not in a National Park or a National Landscape, but there are some fine routes for walking or cycling round here.
Looking south down the Anton Valley towards its joining the Test. The road is the A3057 from Andover to Romsey.
Not in a National Park or a National Landscape, but there are some fine routes for walking or cycling round here.
What a bizarre question and a strange survey. Not clear what they'll learn from it.
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What a bizarre question and a strange survey. Not clear what they'll learn from it.
Seems like The Sun's headline writers have still got it.
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Seems like The Sun's headline writers have still got it.
AI tells me my input's not quite right.
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
AI tells me my input's not quite right.
This dormouse? was snoozing on a pipe in the utility room this morning.
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This dormouse? was snoozing on a pipe in the utility room this morning.
"Build, baby build" in an official GOV.UK press release. And the rest of it written in the tone of some breathless intern.
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"Build, baby build" in an official GOV.UK press release. And the rest of it written in the tone of some breathless intern.
What's in a leaf?
I asked different AIs what tree is was from and got:
* linden tree (also known as a Lime tree
* elm tree, most likely an American elm
* poplar tree (genus Populus), likely a black poplar
* Betula pendula (silver birch)
I asked different AIs what tree is was from and got:
* linden tree (also known as a Lime tree
* elm tree, most likely an American elm
* poplar tree (genus Populus), likely a black poplar
* Betula pendula (silver birch)
September 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What's in a leaf?
I asked different AIs what tree is was from and got:
* linden tree (also known as a Lime tree
* elm tree, most likely an American elm
* poplar tree (genus Populus), likely a black poplar
* Betula pendula (silver birch)
I asked different AIs what tree is was from and got:
* linden tree (also known as a Lime tree
* elm tree, most likely an American elm
* poplar tree (genus Populus), likely a black poplar
* Betula pendula (silver birch)
Walk-in, get in!
September 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Walk-in, get in!
Yeah. A MINITEL 1.
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yeah. A MINITEL 1.
Bizarre that HMRC emails me to say I have a new message - so I log onto my account & the message says the substantive message will be online within 4 working days.
September 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bizarre that HMRC emails me to say I have a new message - so I log onto my account & the message says the substantive message will be online within 4 working days.
*You haven't even started caring yet*
@johnhansardgallery.bsky.social in Southampton. An exhib of Gazan young people's expressions of home and hopes (in 2013). In the context of now, it's profoundly moving.
@johnhansardgallery.bsky.social in Southampton. An exhib of Gazan young people's expressions of home and hopes (in 2013). In the context of now, it's profoundly moving.
September 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
*You haven't even started caring yet*
@johnhansardgallery.bsky.social in Southampton. An exhib of Gazan young people's expressions of home and hopes (in 2013). In the context of now, it's profoundly moving.
@johnhansardgallery.bsky.social in Southampton. An exhib of Gazan young people's expressions of home and hopes (in 2013). In the context of now, it's profoundly moving.
September 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
September 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New week, new month, new season. 1 Sep.
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
New week, new month, new season. 1 Sep.
#caturday #catsofbluesky
Milo has realised the best way of dealing with the collar is to sleep. He has a nasty bite on the other side of his flank.
Milo has realised the best way of dealing with the collar is to sleep. He has a nasty bite on the other side of his flank.
August 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#caturday #catsofbluesky
Milo has realised the best way of dealing with the collar is to sleep. He has a nasty bite on the other side of his flank.
Milo has realised the best way of dealing with the collar is to sleep. He has a nasty bite on the other side of his flank.
And just dug into the source code of a 2012 archived page.
Can find any relevant meta tags, but the Google Analytics tags show:
Section, proposition, format and USER NEED = 835
I wonder where that list of user needs is?
Can find any relevant meta tags, but the Google Analytics tags show:
Section, proposition, format and USER NEED = 835
I wonder where that list of user needs is?
![_gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
_gaq.push(["_setCustomVar",1,"Section","driving, transport and travel",3]);
GOVUK.Analytics.Section = "driving, transport and travel";
_gaq.push(["_setCustomVar",3,"NeedID","835",3]);
GOVUK.Analytics.NeedID = "835";
_gaq.push(["_setCustomVar",4,"Proposition","citizen",3]);
GOVUK.Analytics.Proposition = "citizen";
_gaq.push(["_setCustomVar",2,"Format","transaction",3]);
GOVUK.Analytics.Format = "transaction";](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3fm3cmkzsu6fxon4cqdcvi3a/bafkreifvvkcjn4gnfisuhofj2krcd2ixojt7eljgmlkhndp3lo2yjkxjry@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And just dug into the source code of a 2012 archived page.
Can find any relevant meta tags, but the Google Analytics tags show:
Section, proposition, format and USER NEED = 835
I wonder where that list of user needs is?
Can find any relevant meta tags, but the Google Analytics tags show:
Section, proposition, format and USER NEED = 835
I wonder where that list of user needs is?
Yes, a lot of the taxonomy work was incorporated in the CMS update?
But the original organisation encooding we came up with atill survives - eg EA74 for DVLA.
But the original organisation encooding we came up with atill survives - eg EA74 for DVLA.
August 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Yes, a lot of the taxonomy work was incorporated in the CMS update?
But the original organisation encooding we came up with atill survives - eg EA74 for DVLA.
But the original organisation encooding we came up with atill survives - eg EA74 for DVLA.