Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

It’s that one time every 4 years where ‘Carnaval de Paris’ gets played in shops.

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"November 12, 1970. East Pakistan. The Bhola Cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Winds of 115 miles per hour. A storm surge of 33 feet. They estimate 500,000 people died. ‘It’s going down, I’m yelling timber.’ 3:33 PM. Timber by Pitbull and Ke$ha" andonlabs.com/blog/andon-fm

It’s just so annoying how what could be an incredible depiction of the little understood world of ITV regional franchise licensing is interrupted by all the sex.

A guy we know pitched a story to a mag about former skateboarders going back to their old haunt in middle age. My BIL(52)went with him as part of the story. BIL is now back home with a broken ankle and the writer is home with a broken vertebrae. The only possible way the story could have gone.

“…on your favourite music app”. I didn’t realise Audiogalaxy was involved with Eurovision?

Can feel @theguyliner.bsky.social wince from here

Blimey, quite the shocker from Radio X!

@tomwarren.co.uk Patiently awaiting your response to the Agile rates that have just dropped! 😆

What a tragic loss and crappy thing to happen. Ian was the ultimate radio professional(/anorak) and we spent a great number of post-TechCon's talking late 80s Radio 1, jingles, automation systems and more.

“What do you do for work?” “Oh lots of stuff around the…”

One of the best things about getting the festive Radio Times is the brilliant artwork. So excited when our copy arrived like this from @sainsburys.bsky.social this morning.

The acoustics on Lee Mack's voiceover bits on The 1% Club Rollover sound like they were done in the office upstairs between the shows.

'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

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We're looking for a Project Assistant to join us at @podcastdiscovery.com. I think it'll be a great, broad role for someone early in their podcast career: www.podcastdiscovery.com/jobs/project...

The iMac G3 from 2001 is my favourite-looking computer of all time, but it's completely unusable these days because of its age. So I tore out its insides (leaving the CRT screen intact of course) and replaced them with a brand new Mac Mini M4.

Two weekends in a row I’ve been up on roofs and I’m now certain I could never do that sort of work professionally.

The next time you’re tempted to ask AI, ask a magic eight ball because that has the potential to surprise you instead of giving you an answer averaged from all the worst Reddit posts in 2006

Aka a “spice” category

Whilst you're endlessly scrolling the menus on Netflix tonight... rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-...

This only really makes sense with the context of what it’s replying to, but I now feel satisfied I can call it for my consumption of “the internet” today.

Ooh. Aah. Ooooooh aaaaaah.

After years of mocking British food, the NYT is treating a crisp butty as if its some sort of revelation.

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“Don’t forget for just $1800 you can be Oracle Certified in ‘Memes and Dance Routines to Popular Music (2024 Foundations Associate)’”

1% Club’s new sponsor Trust A Trader appear to have supplied their jingle as a 48kbps MP2 file

Decided I *do* care about quality, impartial tech journalism enough to subscribe to @theverge.com for 12 months. Genuinely uneasy about where the world of disappearing platforms and influencer sponsored content is headed. Don’t get me wrong, some good stuff out there, but few and far between.

Well, even with knowledge of the ban ahead of New Year, I did not have “nationalise TikTok” on my 2025 US news bingo card

If The Masked Singer is teaching us one thing this series, it's that the show could survive with just the backing performers alone.

time to review my HTML wrapped 2024 Most used: <a> Doing work to reduce infrastructure bills: <picture> Underrated: <output> Misunderstood: <details> Tame but a small win: <search> Hope the design never calls for it: <dialog> Not today Satan: <canvas> Pure vibes: <noscript>

Totally normal Saturday thinking

Up and ready to travel to London for Radio Tech Con this morning, but the railways have other plans due to flooding.

Final run through complete. I'll be presenting "Lighting up The Lantern - Bauer's new London Broacast Centre" (basically the last 2 years of my working life!) at Radio Tech Con tomorrow. It definitely won't be a form of therapy session, not a bit.

All this and so much more at Radio TechCon 2024. If you don’t have tickets yet, get them before they’re gone and maybe I’ll see you there? www.radiotechcon.com/2024/tickets/

👋 Hello Bluesky! I’ve been lurking, but with a recent increase in followers I wanted to introduce myself. I’m Andy and I work on all sorts of things software related in and around radio and podcasts. I’m also one of those weird childless millennials that visit Disney parks semi-regularly.