OH: it’s not a data centre. It’s at best a Server Allotment

I've never understood the numbering of platforms in French railway stations (letters, numbers, sometimes not in order) And now I have watched a video about it... and I understand even less https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxq2Vgg8vD0 Other than - typical SNCF - NONE of this is designed with […]

For those of you keeping, um, track, I've taken on something I've decided to call the #iceagechallenge - take all the ICE trains in order of when they were put into service, ending with the first ICE-L trip from Köln-Berlin on the 14th of December I'm also publicly documenting my attempts to […]

My life is full of struggles. In fact, a little under 10 struggles per second ...per second This is very unfair.

“Patch notes: optimized the user experience” optimized? so using your app will be the most transcendental, spiritually profound moment of my life? if you can do that then why didn’t you just ship it that way

little known fact actually

But overall, GOOD LUCK to European Sleeper here SNCF’s attitude to this route: oh, it is all too complex, without subsidy it will not work - and their cooperation with ÖBB ended European Sleeper: we’ll have a try That has to be applauded! /ends

Today in unexpected public transport issues: on RRReis busses, you need to press the stop button for two seconds before it will register. We learned this by ending up a 90 min walk away from where we wanted to be

Take that, SNCF! 🤣 European Sleeper to run Paris-Berlin night train from the spring of next year https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/11/12/le-train-de-nuit-paris-berlin-abandonne-par-la-sncf-va-etre-relance-par-une-cooperative-belgo-neerlandaise_6653091_3234.html There are hurdles - […]

Los pansexuales somos personas a los que el género no es un factor determinante de lo que nos atrae. Esto es porque nuestro icono, por el que se nos ha nombrado, trasciende de género. El pan, pero la hogaza. El mollete, pero la chapata. El bollo, pero la baguette. Ven a la pansexualidad, que […]

[Comical torture] I hope that whoever decided that it should be fashionable for beds to have footboards that poke above the mattress was doomed to some form of mediaeval torture whereby they were put in a human-sized box with a bottom on a screw which was slowly and inexorably turned in order […]

two icons Nikon D5300 + AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G #photography #trainspotting #berlin #trains

New @DB Bordbistro menu - so long, Chicken Tikka Masala, you were great whilst you lasted. I shall have to see if the Szeged Goulash is a suitable replacement. We've also got the return of the Baumkuchen, which is very welcome.

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973 Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum #retrocomputing

On the rails again… Today I’m on a VIRM to Utrecht, and then to Apeldoorn to stay with one of my partners and a friend for a few days. As we discovered this weekend, the Dutch railway system almost counts as a somewhat extended metro system, and is […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

[Selfie, ec] Any guesses as to where I am? Hint: it’s not Liverpool, not Rome, and definitely not home

Morning all. My back and legs still ache, and I have slept the longest rest of the week, and I am still somewhat tired. It’s almost like I’m a bit… Jet Lagged #jetlagthegame

“I dare you to find a town in England without a Wetherspoons” “You should talk to @ebel”

@redjives @moof "Ces dispositions ne s'appliquent pas aux effets ou menus objets que le voyageur conserve à sa disposition immédiate." No need to put any tags on anything that you keep near you.

There are two major ways that people do large expensive projects: private sector or the government. The number of public companies has been shrinking. New companies with promising futures are quickly bought out. Gold is up, real estate is up, there is too much money that wants to be invested […]

Hello! And welcome to the third and final day of Jet Lag: The Game - Hide + Seek: Netherlands edition! It’s 10:30am, @quixoticgeek and, having discounted the War Games option (the only winning move is not to play), we are so back in the delightful town of […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

This is the view from our bus stop this morning. We are sat in a bus shelter, gently talking to each other and enjoying the trees and the twittering of birds. It’s things like this that make a travel game so worth doing…

Hello! And welcome to Day 2 of Jet Lag: The Game - Hide + Seek: Netherlands edition! It’s a foggy 9:30am, @darkphoenix, Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG and I are so back in Fearnwâlden, and it’s time for us to Go! Go! Go! Today it’s @quixoticgeek’s turn to hide, and […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

“You can tell our stimulants have kicked in, by the conversation and toots…” “Yeah, but I want a Monster now…”

“We’re getting off at Hoofdstation” “Does that mean Head Station?” “Yes” “…The ultimate Dutch glory hole…”

[Lionel Ritchie playing in the background] 🎶 “Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?” “No, it’s @quixoticgeek we’re looking for today, wake up and get with the plan” #jetlaghideandseek

Self-OH: Maria, from West Side Story, really is a Disney Princess. Change my mind.

Hello! And welcome to Day 1 of Jet Lag: The Game - Hide and Seek Netherlands edition. It’s 9:00am, and I’m at Amsterdam Schipol train station, and it’s time for Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG and I to Go! Go! Go! Today, Wendy and I are hiding somewhere in The […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

OH: Wait, are you seriously going to leave 'Tallest Mountain Visible from Station' as one of the possible questions in this game? We're playing in the Netherlands #jetlagthegame #jetlaghideandseek

On the rails again… #Interrail #CrossBorderRail Today I’m on an unexpectedly early Renfe S100 to Lyon Part Dieu. Unexpectedly early because I was expecting to take the 09:28 TGV InOui to Paris today, but I decided that it was better to get on an earlier […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

"Okay so what certifications do you want for these coaches?" MÁV-START: yes.

We have received an extreme weather warning in the emergency alert system. I’ve got a train to Paris and then Amsterdam tomorrow, leaving at 09:28. I’ve decided to book myself onto the 08:19 train to Lyon instead, with a sensible connection that gets me there at roughly the same time as the […]

Getting this season’s custom cards into my custom deck, ready for a Large #jetlaghideandseek game that is starting on Friday.

ጷ (in case you're unaware, this is https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1337 )

German train geeks: I can find the first ICE-L trip from Berlin to Köln on 14th december as ICE 1458. I can't seem to find the return journey. Supposedly it's ICE 1055, according to a DB FAQ I saw, but I can't seem to find that number, nor 1459, nor a low-floor ICE for Köln-Berlin on DBNav. Can […]

Apparently, as of 2026, the power supply for high speed trains is going to be from 100% renewable sources. And Adif AV will also be allowed to generate its own power using e.g. solar panels on stations, and sell that on to either the TOCs or back to the grid. (Via @trenvista) […]

[Weight (pos)] One thing I love about this belt is that it has an adjustable buckle, that can be removed and re-seated back onto the end of the belt’s leather. This is done so the belt can be adjusted for the wearer when it’s being sold, and it even includes handy markings on the leather for […]

Thinking about documentation today, and lamenting the fact that I don’t seem to have any photos of what was probably the best documented bit of equipment that any of my employers have ever produced. It was a ramp for getting our robots in and out of […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

On the rails again… Today I am joined by @thiscatis, @vicky5124, @amrtf, @aroma, @[email protected] and Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG on a geeky outing aboard the Tren Granota. The Tren Granota, more formally the class 400, entered into service on the standard […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Last night I got massively nerdsniped by @quixoticgeek and stayed up til 5am trying to work out how to plot a route in which I travel one of each type of currently active ICE (1, 2, T, 3, 3MS, 4, 3Neo) in order of entry into service in the run up to taking one of the first ICE-Ls. The naïve way […]

Para mis compañeros políglotas frikis: ¿Se diría que me han frikifrancotirado, frikifrancotiroteado, o simplemente frikitirado? No se porque, pero decir que me han nerdesnipeado no me suena bien en castellano.

[Food, lewd implied] Subverting the entire point of No Nut November

A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com

For those wondering why Dutch trains are so substantially built, this is why. Yesterday, a lorry got stuck on a level crossing, and the train (a VIRM) went right through it like it was made of butter. Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...

If regicide is the killing of a king, is imperaticide the killing of an emperor?

Gah, Ticket Gates. Really a product of a deranged mind

On the rails again… Today it’s a day trip to Lleida, and this morning it’s aboard of an unusually delayed Alvia, a mixed-gauge long distance service. This train consists of two coupled Series 130 “mini-duck” trains, the principal variant of the Talgo 250 […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Tea grown in Scotland. I would never have believed that the plant can even grow in this climate, let alone develop leaves that can commercially be turned into something that can be drunk. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#tomellison gives brilliant voice to #wikipedia zinging #academics. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-its-me-wikipedia-and-i-am-ready-for-your-apology "Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology…global academic, scientific, and pro-fact community. I suppose you’ve come to say […]