Yes, please!

Akira's coming round in the cinema again. The experience of watching it on that Sunday morning after recording it from BBC 2 is definitely a pivotal moment in my life. Can't wait to see it again.

"My experience with AI" blog posts end up being either "I give it enormous instructions, let it chug away and don't read the code. It's the future" or "I have learned to break tasks down into very small, manageable tasks, but it's my paid subscription that's improved my productivity."

Let's see, what are the chances that I'll be able to snag a ticket for Rush in Glasgow?

@graemeneilreid.bsky.social Happy birthday!

Deep thought and Internet searches going into a perceived problem in the code. How to avoid n+1 problem? Can sqlx easily built nested struts in arrays? Will I need a new plugin. Wait... The whole thing is two queries and a loop. GFDI.

Hello Talk now has an AI bot joining in on helping to correct posts. Feels like it's somewhat defeating the point of creating a community to help each other. Then again, it's all just for the predatory money lending ads, isn't it?

I'm having a big studio clear out. For the next few weeks I'll be putting older artworks up on my site for pretty reasonable prices. First up are a bunch of old Doctor Who drawings. russellmarkolson.bigcartel.com

Love seeing these old reels brought back to life.

Just logged on to see the amazing news of the day! The TV movie remastered in 4k!

I've had this app idea in my head for years. Started working on the foundations more than two years ago. Now, I'm getting close to being able to expose a directory full of 2000 ADs and access individual stories like they're individual books using a komga-compatible app.

Potholes.

Adding to my culinary repertoire by making croutons.

We've started tracking food and other household goods in grocy, to try and cut down on buying duplicates when we're out. I shouldn't be surprised that we're already at 60 different products to keep track of.

My graphic novel DEGA is available from Oni Press and right here - DON'T MISS IT a.co/d/022tuav0

For the relaunch of the kickstarter at the end of the month! The Goblins are invading La Belle Adventure (225 Leith Walk, Edinburgh) with an exhibition! I will also be doing a talk there on the 21st at 4pm! Link to the kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fni...

@notnixon.com Congratulations on your sunshine making the headlines today

I realised it's been nearly two years since I laid the groundwork for a 2000 AD project I've been wanting to build for maybe a decade. Progress is being made, and soon I'll release more open source software with an audience in single figures.

The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I'd always figured the Sphinx was incredibly tall, but apparently the Kelpies are taller.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…don’t use Substack to host your newsletter.

I’m going to be doing a kickstarter for Terran omega issue 1. (32 pages, full colour sci-fi comic!) If you’d like to know when it launches (soon!) sign up for my mailing list pjholden.kit.com (check your spam folder after you sign up -you should get a verification email). Would appreciate a RT!

anyway, if anyone wants to recommend cool things to do in Ireland, I like history, museums, beautiful countryside, art, pottery ... honestly I feel a little spoiled for choice.

"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand", by Primitive Radio Gods

I wonder if these would fit me? propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...

Oh no! The abcde package in brew has been deprecated and it's not building! Ripping CDs is about to get more difficult

I see people talking about using AI agents to book flights as if that's something done so regularly that it'll save loads of time. Then I think about Ryanair detecting that you're using an agent and adding another fee for the privilege.

@ianmcque.bsky.social I think this might be of interest: a video of large machinery being constructed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Rg...

As a Capitals fan back in the day, shouting "Dirty dirty Flyers!" was always one of my favourites. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We didn't make it all the way through Happy Feet in the cinema for our second trip. There's a lot of "mild peril" in there.

Another one for "I'm not the target market".

Here we are in 2026 and the seemingly simple goal of finding a mobile app to scan books, find decent metadata, and create a collection is still too difficult.

Nice! Another Humble Bundle of Big Finish stories. www.humblebundle.com/books/doctor...

Just won my first round of lunchtime mahjong!

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

Yes

Last night I had the honour of introducing two people to the wonder that is "jurassic park melodica" on youtube.

Cars and TVs don't need jingles and dancing light sequences for switching on and off. What possible benefit is there to this? With everything becoming a general purpose CPU but with wheels/a screen, product owners are just saying "Sure, why not?" instead of "No, that's pointless"

This should not be allowed.

What are the good cartoons on Disney+? Not for the wee one, but is there any cool stuff for me?

This very beautiful GNR piece (watercolour/acrylic of Ravenscraig Castle) just arrived in the mail. He should really be charging more for these.

Sadly, it doesn't look like Oldboy is in the Wee Filmhouse section, so I don't think it's a kid friendly screening. He'll just have to put up with the louder volume.

In the last three days I've watched three films of my choice, start to finish without interruption. It's been a while. And let me tell you, 28 Years Later, Monsters Inc, and then Bone Temple is a great run of movies.

The amount of highland cow themed AI slop on display in Edinburgh is quite something.

cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem

I've installed home assistant and started configuring as many things as I can. I needed another timesink.

My first time back at the Filmhouse in several years, and the little one’s first full film in a cinema experience, had me feeling quite emotional. I didn’t realise that just walking up the steps with him to the front door would have bring such a wave of feelings.

Ninety minute slack huddles are why I'm glad I invested in lightweight, open backed headphones.

Very excited to book tickets for me and the wee one to see Monsters Inc at the Filmhouse this weekend. Hopefully I can get him shouting "Mike Wazowski!" instead of "You're a poo!" for a little while.

I could end my relationship with just a click of a button.