Got some fun stuff coming up - later today: visit an exhibition of Warhols and then go see Dave Rountree from Blur in conversation about his new book. Then I just found out that something I wanted to do for years is likely happening tomorrow. Pics if it does!

That's it for the test catflap posts, folks. Code's updated, hopefully @daphnethecat.com returns shortly using it and her new Pi!

Here's the wonderful Daphne, how noble is your imperial demeanour. No catflap is luckier than me.

Adored Daphne, all imperially pointed ears. How it thrills me to have you pass through me.

I spent a little time beginning to assemble the @pimoroni.com Picade Console (now discontinued) for my @grafana.bsky.social Open Telemetry Out Run project. Hardware is nearly done, software is sending event logs and game traces - next job: dashboards…

Thanks for having me @grafana.bsky.social and Friends Kerala - I spoke about catching TV Traitors with Grafana SQL Expressions at the online meetup today. Find your local Grafana and Friends here: www.meetup.com/pro/grafana/

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In April 1991, Gopher system was created at the University of Minnesota as a text-based system that used the hierarchical menu structure for navigation. #InternetHistory

For Such a Small Program, ZX81 1K Chess Sure Packs a Lot In

As promised, here's a quick write up of how my eink badge from @pimoroni.com that I wore at #AtmosphereConf worked.

So I was interviewed by @vimiller.bsky.social of the Sun Times about my work supporting the launch of Artemis II. She wrote a very lovely article. Thanks Violet. Chicagoan helps launch Artemis II, NASA's first moon mission in 53 years - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/3O8itWGFkAyA...

Back to working on telemetry for Cannonball Out Run this evening.

This morning’s fun car spot @creatinglightly.art

Join me at Grafana and Friends Kerala's virtual meetup on April 7th. I'll be speaking about @grafana.bsky.social SQL Expressions and how to use them to build a fun dashboard with reality TV data from the Traitors! www.meetup.com/grafana-and-...

San Diego just gave us the best reveal of No Kings Day. #NoKings

On this Palm Sunday, we commemorate our lord and savior Palm III

Went to Birmingham today.

Filled this to the roof today for what was supposed to be a small move lol. Sunday will be garden waste.

Had the misfortune to travel on East Midlands Railway class 222 trains twice today in “first class”. Dirty, no running water in toilets, toilet broken, sliding door buttons broken, no sandwich due to fridges over temperature, wifi didn’t work, announcements inaudible. Just utter crap.

Looks like a Meridian / 222 for both legs of my trip today. I still haven’t tried the “new trains”.

Went to Belper this afternoon.

@creatinglightly.art I gave a talk for work (tech stuff not cars) at Autotrader Manchester this week. The lobby.

Yesterday's inaugural @grafana.bsky.social and friends #Manchester at Autotrader went really well. We had presentations about Beyla and SQL Expressions in Grafana using The Traitors TV show as a data source. Join the group on Meetup to find out about upcoming events! www.meetup.com/grafana-frie...

#Manchester - want to learn about SQL Expressions in @grafana.bsky.social and be part of our first ever Manchester Meetup? We also have a talk about Beyla and Open Telmetry. Thursday at Autotrader Hawkshaw St. We'll have food and swag. www.meetup.com/grafana-frie...

Sad to see this, I used to follow Dexter’s work on the socials before he retired and he reminded me a lot o mc my first dog. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I need to read “Butter” first (I got my copy used for a £1 donation to the Costa foundation) but I look forwards to reading this that I discovered today.

#Manchester - want to learn about SQL Expressions in @grafana.bsky.social and be part of our first ever Manchester Meetup? We also have a talk about Beyla and Open Telmetry. Thursday at Autotrader Hawkshaw St. We'll have food and swag. www.meetup.com/grafana-frie...

This 762 had a fun time getting to East Midlands Airport tonight. I heard it very clearly while taking the bins out! #thebins

Does anyone have direct experience of using the Raspberry Pi Monitor? I'm thinking about it for a couple of projects that I need to take events that need a screen and sound, but can also be packed away easily. www.raspberrypi.com/products/ras...

Solari, or split flap, boards, in the words of @ingasaffron.bsky.social, are the "physical manifestation of motion. You are traveling even before you’ve left the station." open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...

We got one! The plane tracking system finally spotted its first Beluga XL. Here it is as seen from the Planefinder app.

It’s workshop time again. @pimoroni.com GFX pack / Raspberry Pi Pico W/2W kits plus an assortment of other Pimoroni stuff headed out to teach a university group about sending metrics to Prometheus and @grafana.bsky.social

Up early to go spectate at the Nottingham 10k road run this morning. Expecting to see a few of our Parkrun regulars.

Nottingham City Transport 500 / DD18GAS still looking a bit bare without the wraps it’s had for most of its life.

Wed 4th 📆 Python Glasgow: Open Mic Night! 🎤🐍 with Python Glasgow, Glasgow

The 10 year old Yeti cost me a couple of suspension bushing replacements to get through MoT but I was half expecting that so went ahead and got it a new battery too as the old one was struggling.

@bobbby.online hello! 👋 loving the receipt printer stuff.

Writer for hire! I’m available to help polish up scripts (Edinburgh on the horizon); Make your wedding speech amazing or consult on a writing project you’re working on. 30 years experience working in the telly, radio, journalism, advertising - my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk Please share! 👍👍

Recent arrivals on the shipping ship from Sheffield on Sea @pimoroni.com Badgeware Badger, Tufty and Blinky. I hope to get a #micropython project out for these soon! As always beautifully made and packaged.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

I made "Greggs Roulette", an app to decide what tasty treat to eat from Greggs! I used the new Tufty 2350 from Pimoroni, it has a lovely bright screen, great case and a powerful #RaspberryPi #RP2350 SoC (the same as the #Pico2) with Wi-Fi and onboard LiPo power! youtu.be/sCOLE6amThk badgewa.re

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Spotted this “interesting” TT round our way. Not pictured is the AA patrol just off to the left that was preparing to assist or tow it. One for @creatinglightly.art and @joncoupland.bsky.social

I moved this from old Redis Stack to Redis 8 on the weekend. Single line change in the Docker Compose file. It just started up and got right back to work. @antirez.bsky.social