I know there was a perfect storm of weather, street food, snooker and Monday off but the death of Sheffield city centre has been greatly exaggerated.

A tree growing out of an old Chimney on Clay Lane in town is probably the most Sheffield thing I’ve seen for weeks.

Apart from the accuracy and print speed, what I appreciate most about the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social Printers is their amusing dad jokes on the interface.

Had a cracking time watching Idlewild at the Foundry on Thursday night with tracks from 1998 through to 2025.

I’ve been looking for something new to read and only just discovered the writers of Goodnight Sweetheart, Jonathon Creek and The Girl From Tomorrow all have new sequel novels out in the last/next few months!

This week I 3D Printed Lil’ Finder Guy and he went on an adventure.

Listening to the Final Fantasy XVI soundtrack during daily life leads to some unintentional hilarity, like the woman in front of me buying teabags in M&S whilst it sounds like Dante fighting his way through the last circle of hell in the background.

Im not a fan of AI taking work from artists in the slightest but I quite like the Pixel's new AI icon generator. Normal icons packs are always missing something meaning you have to buy 2 more to get some homogeny. Now the phone just does it for you and will never have any gaps. Nice.

I'd made this canvas for Mrs. St J for our 20th Wedding Anniversary. The different lines each represent a person in our family and all the different places we have lived and stayed at over the years.

The house next door to our very first home is up for sale! Now, can I find £400,000 down the back of the sofa....?

You know it's been a good evening when you spent most of it sorting and downloading MP3 from iTunes to your PS Vita

Clive and Jill must have the most believable romance in any of the Final Fantasy games. Despite meeting in adulthood at the lowest points in their lives they are constantly there supporting each other.

Today is a sad day in the history of student night life in Sheffield as (the mistakenly named) 'Vodka' Revolution is closing its doors after what must be over 25 years as a city staple.

Either Sheffield City Council had 500 gallons of Vimto to dispose of or it turns out the Peace Gardens was built on an ancient Druid burial ground.

carlst-james.medium.com/stranger-thi... I had some thoughts on the Stranger Things finale.

Ah, New Years Eve. The only night of the year when the people out partying are jealous of those who chose to spend it under a duvet treating it as any other Wednesday.

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d... You can be the largest entertainment medium on the planet and still get your annual list dumped out at once by the media instead of slowly dragged on (w/discussion) like movies and music.

Thank fuck we are at the end of the Chansiri chapter. No idea what will happen next but great to see the back of him. Rebuild and restore unity UTO ✊️💙

Manning the Technicians stand at New Scientist Live today! No sign of Uni of Sheffield this year meaning I’m representing the north all by myself! #SheffieldHallam

Petition for this to come to Sheffield

@helpsheffield.co.uk I'm looking for someone with a Van to help move some furniture to a new house and wondered if anyone had any recommendations? I'm only going one street over so only really need someone for an hour, at most 2 trips.

Some great views from the roof gardens on the new buildings at work

It warms my heart that Sheffield has a Laurel and Hardy society.

Even taking into account Americanisms it’s weird to see the @nytimes.com crossword get a spelling wrong. According to the company (and society) the plural of Lego is in fact ‘Lego’.

A 1% tax hike on assets worth more than £4m would raise an extra £25bn a year for the treasury. Just a thought.

Good time at Chillcon today. Not very often a wargaming convention comes to my own postcode!

I feel being able to stream Final Fantasy XIV over Xbox Live doesn’t get enough positive press. Having to download constant updates is the bane of any MMO. Here they got rid of the whole need for it.

Lots of emergency services vehicles outside Sheffield City Library this morning. Has the roof finally collapsed? @helpsheffield.bsky.social

Since tackling the Monster sketch I reckon Robert Eggers should work on a Swiss Toni biopic.

@captain2phones.bsky.social Did you have chance to check out the Nokia Design Archive. There are some great insights into their design processes and all sorts of c2000 concepts. nokiadesignarchive.aalto.fi/index.html?n...

www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/virg... I can't be the only one whose phone defaults to 3G in areas of weak signal, surely?

Street artist and Hallam alumni Peachzz is up for a Best Mural of the World award! 🎉 She has been nominated for her biggest mural so far, Reverie, which is inspired by Sheffield's canals. Vote for her here: streetartcities.com/awards/2024 @streetartsheffield.com #StreetArt #Sheffield #Art

@jamiedyer89.bsky.social Good to see you on Bluesky :) I know it's fallen by the wayside now but if you're ever interested in resurrecting the old Renford podcast I'm always up for a chat.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Of Mice and Men shouldn’t be dropped due to cultural reasons. But it should be dropped because it’s been on the syllabus for over 30 years! There are hundreds of other classic novels they could include, from Jules Verne to Ursula Le Guin.

@helpsheffield.bsky.social The afford council school closures website seems to be down. Anyone up early enough to collate? We’ve a message Forge Valley is closed today.

Cosy blanket. Warm house. Cup of tea. Biscuits. Suikoden 2 on the PS Vita. Marvellous.

For anyone who may need these over Xmas…just in case

Thunderbird 3 on standby for NASA’s Sun Probe mission

Sonic 3 was good fun. Quite nice to be in a cinema full of children laughing at all the dad jokes. It’s easy to forget who these movies are aimed at.

Finally! #Balatro

#SheffEvents #230125

Fantastic turnout for the Bradford Tractor Rally/Wadsley Church Carols. Who said social media has killed local communities?

Here's an update on our eviction battle. Thanks for all your continued support, it means the world to us ❤️

The Uni of Sheffield Arts Tower looking dramatic in the fog tonight.

I don’t need a gaming catchup of 2024 to know that all it will do is say ‘Balatro’ on it.

Anyone coming through Waterloo station today - I'm part of a 12hr carol marathon in aid of oasiswaterloo.org/food bank - come say hello!

www.theverge.com/24314821/mic... If the only portal between humans and information is an AI that cannot fact check itself, what guarantees do we even have this the things it says are not manipulated somehow?

I like to think of @theguardian.com as a forward thinking news outlet yet year after year they still treat video games, the most popular entertainment medium on the planet with snobbish derision. @mackeza.bsky.social and co do a brilliant job otherwise and should demand more from their editors.

www.yankodesign.com/2024/12/08/t... 3D Rendering software company releases a white paper stating that 3D rendering will replace product photography?! That doesn’t sound biased at /all/.