I'm very excited to be speaking at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park on Sunday on using LLMs for software archaeology. Doubly excited to be bracketing lunch with Professor Steve Furber, inventor of the ARM microprocessor architecture.

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

UK govt say the need for dual nationals to enter with a UK passport was publicised since 2024, but last year I checked extensively to see if the UK required British citizens to use British passports and they did not. The web page they cite refers to ETA’s and only includes this info since Nov 25.

Log fires make happy cats

@theresthistory.bsky.social have you done the first (?) English civil war, Stephen and Matilda?

Just finished @marcmorris.bsky.social book on the Anglo-Saxons and I am so glad that, amongst other things, the Normans brought more names…

In his world, he is sleeping in the bag.

So I think I have this right. They do a bad job writing their software and then deploy it, for its pilot run, at a time that will impact the maximum number of people if it goes wrong. 🤔🤦‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Results of rapid iteration coffee bean grinding solution. Primary result: coffee, secondary result: mess

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

A little disturbed to find the Economist chat has adopted Severence-style naming for the assisting staff. @tomstandage.bsky.social, is that really the look you want 😂

Fascinating and beautifully written. Buy it if you see it.

Czech marketing for the Apple store gets to the essential pitch.

Do not put your child in your suitcase?

@austin-bingham.bsky.social 2-day #workshop "Python Properly" is designed for developers who already know the fundamentals of Python, at #NDCOslo! #Earlybird offer ends Friday, February 14. ndcoslo.com/workshops/py...

I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

I would really like to thank Ben Macintyre for having his new book printed in a normal size font readable by people who can remember the events in the book.

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The whole course will be free, and the first 45 minute module has just been published here! [2/3] tubetrain.io/course/cours...

Curious about advanced functional programming techniques? We at @sixtynorth.com have just published a free course on @tubetrain.io, ‘Understanding Transducers Through Python’, which explains a super-interesting technique from the Clojure language by implementing it from scratch, in Python. [1/3]

It is snowing a lot, but not that much

Neat article in the The Economist on the sadly overlooked Triassic and the results bias towards all those flashy, evolved periods like the Jurassic, but the time scale is upside down… 😩

First time since having kids we have got the Cafetière Hellem out.

So, as our teens clearly don’t believe in Santa anymore, I proposed that we could put presents under the tree before Xmas Eve night… But emphatically no! They may no longer believe in Santa but they are clearly fully committed to the illusion of Santa… 😂

@sixtynorth.com has a new course out! We've just published "Building web applications with Starlette in Python" on @tubetrain.io. We're really happy with how it's turned out, and we hope people out there find it helpful :)

For those making images of typical geologists, I don’t usually use a spade, (geographer) or a theodolite, (surveyor), have never found a skeleton (archeologist) and do not rob tombs (criminal). Also, I may use lab equipment, but not, in general, whilst wearing a rucksack and hiking boots. Thank you.

Got a call from Klarna this morning about an order made yesterday. This is a scam. Klarna never call you. ‘Tis the season to be careful. 🎄🎅🏻🎄

@robsmallshire.bsky.social and I were talking a few days ago about the need for a FailCon where all anybody does is present failures and the wisdom gained from them. I think this could easily be 2-3x more valuable and interesting than most other cons.

Does anyone have any advice on how I might further spread the word of my new Sonic Pi course? Marketing isn’t something I have much knowledge or experience of so I’d really appreciate some advice. sonic-pi-studio.teachable.com/p/sonic-pi-i...

The pleasure of watching the delight of my husband doing high school science on our heating system.