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Stephen Borrill
@sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
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My interests begin with B: #Bass (#bassguitar), Beats (drums), Bearings (#orienteering), Bytes (IT and #BSD), Babes (family), Bikes (motor), Beer (#realale) […] 🌉 bridged from https://justfollow.me.uk/@sborrill on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 6h
@hannah I can't help thinking the white things at the front left are old cigarette butts. Wow, he's a heavy smoker!
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@timbray As a #bassist I NEED one of these. 3.5m tall!
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@clare_hooley We're running (no pun intended) a double-header at Hertford and St Albans in 3 weeks if you fancy giving #orienteering a go
https://www.waoc.org.uk/events/hertford-urban-2025-10-25
Hertford Urban
Info about Event on Sat 25th October, near Hertford - This is the first day of the Hertfordshire Urban Weekend with Hertford being a new area for orienteering.  Hertford is a charming market town and is at the confluence of four rivers, so providing a proliferation of bridges and underpasses to keep you entertained! Happy Herts will be running day 2 on Sunday 26th October in historic St Albans, well known for its Roman remains and having an excellent museum and cathedral. Details of day 2 can be found on the HH website. This event is part of the East Anglian Urban League (EAUL) and UK Urban Orienteering League (UKOL). Preliminary details here as a PDF.
www.waoc.org.uk
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@stefano @gyptazy Pizza with Croatian sausage at Zagreb airport on the way back from EuroBSDcon
A pizza with a lot of mushroom and dark sausage on top
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Just when I think things can't get any worse in #cambridge (Full disclosure, I was actually an Oasis/Omar's on Green Street guy)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn954dqdl33o
Cambridge kebab shop beloved by students shuts after 76 years
A takeaway, loved by Stephen Fry and Michael Portillo, closes for good, says the college landlord.
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Howard Goodall on keys! #totp
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d
The Birdie Song just when I tell the band to put on BBC4 for song inspiration. Grrr. #totp
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d
I hope you like a good head on your beer, sir!

#realale #donvalleybrewery
A mini barrel of Trench Town Rock, a fruity IPA with a glass next to it that is full of foam
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5d
I win allergen bingo!
A tray with a sticker containing a list of allergens. Every single line is ticked
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 6d
I have uploaded the slides for my #eurobsdcon2025 #ebc25 talk about creating products with #netbsd (and why I chose NetBSD in the first place)

https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/sborrill/eurobsdcon2025/NetManager.pdf

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/SMSYQE/
NetManager - Building products with NetBSD round 2 EuroBSDCon 2025
NetManager is an extensible general-purpose server product based on NetBSD with a particular focus on web-filtering and storage. Dating back to 1996 on NetBSD/acorn32, it progressed to NetBSD/cats and then to NetBSD/i386. Now it mainly targets NetBSD/amd64 on both virtual and physical hardware. This talk will discuss how the product evolved including how it is built, upgraded and maintained as well as typical use cases.
events.eurobsdcon.org
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 7d
@adamshostack Maybe it thinks you should say "pacifically"...
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 8d
This is terrible news for the provision of end-of-life care in #cambridge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8w4gl42k5o
Cambridge hospice boss 'devastated' by £800k NHS cuts
The cuts mean there will be fewer inpatient beds for people in need of end-of-life care, says boss.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11d
We're good to go! #ebc25
Two screens showing a slide that says Building Products with NetBSD part 2: NetManager
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d
🆕 blog! “Drunk CSS”

A decade ago, I was writing about how you should test your user interface on drunk people. It was a semi-serious idea. Some of your users will be drunk when using your app or website. If it is easy for them to use, then it should be easy for sober people to use.

Of course […]
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12d
Ending-Man. "The world's most popular computer video game system"

Really? Please back this up with stats

#ebc25 #retrogaming
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 12d
👍#EBC25 social 19:00 - 04:00 with open bar
👎 My talk is the first one the morning after
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13d
@stefano Pity it clashes with the @NetBSD devsummit. I'll try to find time to stick my head in. You'd also be welcome to drop into the devsummit and say hello
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13d
While my @NetBSD colleagues were doing the important job of debating the best way to take advantage of a buffet, I prepared for #eurobsdcon2025 by going for a trail run through the beautiful woodlands at Maksimir Park armed only with a low-res GIF of an #orienteering map
A man with an orange top on is smiling at the camera. Behind him is thick woodland with a narrow path to a hill just visible A straight path through the woods with leafy trees on both sides
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15d
Going to #eurobsdcon2025 and as a big #Beatles fan I'm pleased to say, "Move over once, move over twice. C'mon baby don't be cold as ice. I'm travelling on the ..."
A train departure board. There is a train to London Kings Cross at 09:09. The one after 09:09 is going to Stansted Airport at 09:11
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15d
Thanks to all who replied. Still don't get why the brand name is used so widely for a generic drug even in government announcements. Also in a clear infringement of free speech (!), in the UK at a regular shop till we can only buy 2 packs of 16 analgesics and we need to show ID too. The idea of […]
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15d
With all this talk of paracetamol and #tylenol I'm curious about how a branded version is so pervasive in the US for what is a cheap generic drug in the UK and what that means for healthcare costs.

How much is a pack of 16x 500mg tablets of Tylenol in the US? In the UK, we pay less than 40p in […]
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 15d
Yay, #trains. 27th September 2025 marks 200 years since Locomotion Number 1 ran on the Stockton and Darlington railway. If you can get this, see why 4ft 8½ inches is used across the world […]
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16d
@losttourist You sound very confident of Nick being Left Behind
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 16d
If you are UK resident and care about #caskale, sign the petition to get a Parliament debate asking the UK Government to give cask beer UNESCO status, under the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716686
Petition: Recognise the production and serving of cask ale as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Following the UK’s ratification of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we call on the Government to recognise production and serving of traditional British cask ale as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Stephen Borrill @sborrill.justfollow.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 17d
@jonn_blanchard I worked at Xemplar, the joint venture between the education arms of Apple UK and Acorn Computers, when we launched the eMate in the UK. I remember it being a hard sell accompanied by a lot of demoing its strength by throwing it on the floor.

On my side of the Acorn/Apple divide […]
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