Unfortunately not just a lesson in gift cards, but an even bigger one on trusting all your life data to cloud services. Stuff like this is why I always encourage at least one device keeps all your files/photos (optimise/cloud is great for a secondary device, not primary), and there’s backups too

You Can Run jonbradbury.com/2025/12/you-... #photography #canon

Under New Management

Re-listed the #Canon 70-400mm F4L over on my Bramley site. It hadn't sold earlier in the year and I pulled it as I don't want to part with it, but the reality is except to double check it's all OK it hasn't been used for two years - £225 inc post bramley-computers.co.uk/product/cano...

Fresh on the Bramley store - #Apple MacBook Air M1 8GB/256GB in Gold, boxed VGC £495 inc GB post & Bramley Computers 60 day warranty bramley-computers.co.uk/product/appl...

QOTD: What car did you own for the shortest period of time? Mk5 Escort Si. Awful thing. Bought as a stop gap as the Mk2 Golf was getting too many niggles, couldn’t find a good Audi 80. 4 weeks later found a good Audi 80, managed to palm the Escort off to someone who needed a car for what I paid

Anyone need any P2 Volvo 16" steel wheels? Sumitomo BC100 tyres with loads of tread left. Took off my old V70 2.5T - so will fit P2 Volvo's upto a 305mm brake size. Might be a good basis for a winter set. FREE but would need collecting (Derbyshire).

QOTD: What car have you owned the longest? I'm a serial long term car owner, hence why in the 'name 5' the other day, I've actually only owned 8 in 30 years. E36 323i - 8 years E88 125i - 6.5 years (& counting) mk2 Golf GTI - 6 years

Introduce yourself with five cars you’ve owned: To be fair in 30 years I’ve only owned 8 but 84 Ford Capri 1.6 Laser 87 mk2 VW Golf GTi 8v 3dr 95 Audi 80 2.8 Cabriolet 98 BMW e36 323i convertible ‘08 BMW E88 125i convertible

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only

So, if anyone in the #Saab community knows who owns the car that's got C8 GOV on it, my DMs are open 😉

Post your warning label

Mighty Wings - jonbradbury.com/2025/11/migh... #photography #canon #nature

Movies that take place where you're from. Strangely never filmed there though...

Catching up again on some photography - Memories in a Sea of Forgetfulness #photography #canon #canonr6 #seascape jonbradbury.com/2025/11/memo...

Fresh on the Bramley store & just in time to treat yourself for November - used #Apple MacBook Air M2 8GB / 256GB in Midnight - good condition throughout, boxed, Tahoe, £575 inc GB postage & Bramley 60 day warranty - bramley-computers.co.uk/product/appl...

Thankfully I’ve a twin card camera nowadays and one never leaves the camera, but ever since the day I went wandering with the 5D cardless there’s always been a spare card in my Mrs bag, and since SD card days one in my wallet too

Flashbacks: I had one of these back in the early 90s, with the 1mb PCMIA card too, which was a whopping £100 on its own.

Right blaming this one fully on @benjacksontp.bsky.social she's had a long overdue bath this afternoon, and a quick run up to the edge of the peaks in the afternoon light #bmw

An #Apple Silicon Mac in for an upgrade. Whilst for too long much of the internals of macs has been soldered, on these M4 Mini the SSD is replaceable! Now someone offers a 3rd party SSD, so we can actually upgrade the M4 Mini! Even once we’ve factored in labour this 2TB works out at over half price

Bought a new cat climbing tree to entertain the cat... Built it, introduced the cat to the new climbing tree. Less than 5 minutes later…

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

Severn Trent hold message - “we can help you understand your bill” Had a water meter fitted but they were still charging us as unmetered, phoned them up, you’ve not switched us over, ok that’s fixed now here’s a new bill. You’ve overcharged me. No we haven’t that’s why your in credit. Hangs up 1/2

More & more trying to get the companies I support behind things like this. We all need to be much more on a security first as an ethos (personally as well as business), rather than just reactive when things go wrong.

New on the Bramley store - Used #Apple Mac Mini M4 24GB / 512GB - boxed in lovely condition - £625 inc GB post & warranty bramley-computers.co.uk/product/appl...

Internet was down earlier so thought I’d pop in for once on X and search my provider and see if anyone else was saying anything. Search “sky” click latest… Err yeah don’t do that! Well unless you want to see a metric fuck ton of porn videos, in which case do do that, but probably not at work

Stage two of the groundwork’s, drive has always been tatty and narrow, so time to get the experts in, and the big toys. Hoping I can now wash the car without standing in the flower bed on the left

Stage one of some groundwork preps, unfortunately this Rowan tree has been attacked by a previous owner trying to chop it down, and the rot has set in, so unfortunately had to chop it down. Getting the tree down 1/2 hour Getting the stump out 2 days…

Massive thanks to the garage this week, cars had an undiagnosed wobble, I jacked couldn’t feel anything, had it to garage, it behaved. Went to a customers Thurs, I’ll take my temp gauge see if can pick anything up. Didn’t need it, wheel temps 45º, back right, 175º. OK now the problems obvious 1/2

From a recent trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park - The Drugs Don't Work jonbradbury.com/2025/10/the-... #photography #wildlife #canon R6 & the RF800mm F11

What’s your sign?

Ad for the Rallye is live, if anyone knows someone who might be interested www.carandclassic.com/l/C1944976

QOTD: Pick a sedan, any sedan.

Apple users! If you've a old or problematic Apple product, or any other IT problems, please strongly consider consulting Bramley Computers, run by @jonbradbury.com, to get excellent advice and service regarding any issue. I have. Twice! bramley-computers.co.uk And here's a Lotus Europa.

Easy to miss Cutthorpe Creamery cafe, you have to drive across a field & it’s a converted caravan hidden in the next one. Usually have a breakfast but on the specials today was a steak & Stilton pie (I’m ignoring the semantics of it being a hotpot) Was everything ok? OK? That pie is FANTASTIC!

With the apple tree producing so many apples this year, now trying to find 1001 recipes to use them. Today, Apple cinnamon oat cookies

Customer asked me to look into printers, I’ll get it delivered to me as we can’t guarantee anyone in the office nowadays, and I’ll bring it in my car. I may have underestimated how big it was! On the plus side still saving £3000 in print costs, and transits have moved on somewhat

Simply added the suggested line to Ghostery, quick n simple fix

No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet (fur baby).

Post something from your camera roll that comes up when you search yellow car: When I owned this car it was in the factory green, but a few years later it ended up with someone doing a banger rally, and went to Monte Carlo

The tomatoes have been feeding us and the neighbours for a few weeks now, the Apple tree and grape vine are about to harvest more fruit than last 5+ years put together, the potatoes on the other hand… that’s the whole crop!

Had the rare privilege of witnessing the mating ritual of the adult Cybertruck as it attempted to ‘pick-up’ a female of the species. Nature is so beautiful.

Slightly diminish a band Blackpool Mac Sketchy Waters Bite / The PCSO Princess

If you see this, quite this post with a title screen that iconic to you. (Yes, I am old. Shut up.)

Few bits come to mind Mk2 GTI one evening after a gliding event. Starving. Pizza place shuts soon, I’m 50mins away. Did it in 35. Man/machine in harmony, yet rarely breaking speed limit karting, nov, typical English weather. A drift fest at 30mph E36/e88 roof down, winter weather on roads I love

In a Yorkshire city for a client If you were of a certain age and speaking the local lingo, you might say I was “int’ t’city 125” #ExtremelyNicheGag

Today's top tech tip, UK user, want to skip the verification features. If you use the Opera browser it has a built in VPN, simply click 'connect' and the chat pages etc become available again. Probably works elsewhere too...

Just verified my age by entering the code 01-811-8055.

Greenhouse is currently producing tomatoes far faster than we can eat them, so chutney batch three on the go…

Forget ale. There should be a campaign for real bacon.