Morning from Sweden where it is a fresh -23 this morning! ❄️ Out producer Nick walked into work and his eyelashes are now frozen. What’s gonna happen out there today? #WRC

Outcome Engineering (via @charity.wtf): o16g.com

@simonwillison.net really enjoying using 'rodney' with claude today. Claude is not only using it to validate changes are what is expected, but I'm getting it to add the screenshots to the PR.

Middle kid has "made it" onto LinkedIn. Like and repost if you could (poke the college to get back to him hopefully 😂)

We have come full circle, people.

Does anyone elses 10 year old message them this way? 😂 (He's got iMessage on his iPad, he doesn't have a phone, before folks judge me, he can only message me)

Love George Horne. So good.

Lads if the broadcaster has posted a camera on your substitute hooker on the bench is that a bad sign?

Glasgow's "all lineout no goalkicks" strategy doesn't work if your lineout is this bad

Well, we're getting the beating from Italy out the way early this year, I see. 🙄

The last 2 months have been incredibly hard. But today, finally, some positive news and something to look forward to. Someone said at the start of December to me: "This too shall pass" And they were right. Keep buggering on folks!

DAMMIT ED, NO Have you TRIED procuring and integrating enterprise software? Because OH BOY are you in for a tragically underestimated and regularly disappointing ride I'm not saying the big apps are all terrible. (They are *mostly* terrible.) But their terribleness isn't even half the problem here

Looks like we've found the cause of this mini-stroke. Got a hole in the heart that can let little blood clots into my brain. At least they found it, and it sounds like a simple procedure to fix it. 🤞

Two contrasting “2 car garages” spotted on a leisurely Sunday dog walk. #WeirdCarBS

Made it into the latest edition of TR Action.

Technology Connections has gone nuclear. Go on that man!

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

My middle kid has finished his 2 weeks work experience at British Motor Museum today. He’s stripped and refurbished this prototype engine, and it’s now on display in the museum! It’s upstairs in the overflow collection of anyone wants to take a look.

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

I'm a big fan of NPR Tiny Desk concerts. This one is currently on repeat. Bass guitar witchcraft.

Might find out what caused this tomorrow. I'm also wondering if it is too soon to joke pretending I'm having a stroke with my family? (I know it is too soon, but I had to share it somewhere otherwise I'd have done it)

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Oliver Solberg is on the brink of being the youngest ever Monte Carlo Rally, one stage to go with almost a minute lead! What a redemption arch after his Hyundai failed attempt a few years back. Seems like a nice kid as well. Like father like son and he’s making me feel old.

For breakfast today I’ve had a CT scan in A&E after rushing me over due to symptoms of a stroke. (Couldn’t talk, and shaving with the wrong side of my razor..) Absolutely fine right now. Everything back to normal. Any fun welcome with pictures of cars or motorsport welcome.

The middle kid started his 2 week work experience in The British Motor Museum workshop yesterday. His project, stripping an old prototype engine, painting it up and making a stand so it can go out in the collection. Any ideas of the motor, the museum isn't sure!

Always check the car park Lidl edition #WeirdCarBS

🚨 BREAKING: A legal bid to halt Oxford’s congestion charge has been turned down. The High Court today refused an application for judicial review by Open Roads For Oxford Ltd, which had raised £60,000 “from private donations, transfers from aligned funds, and our GoFundMe campaign” to bring the case.

I need to hire a web designer who’s familiar with Astro to make a rebuild of the protect.earth website look like the current site or ideally better. I’m sick of Squarespace and I’ve got the implementation done but you need to make it look good. Looking for a fairly prompt turnaround on this one.

Oh hey, I heard you like Group B…

Just back from the Scramble at Bicester and not going to have time to process all the images today, so here's a few straight from the camera.

I really wish WRC was easier to watch. Free to air in the UK would see it boom here again I'm pretty sure. Finished watching their "Drive to Survive" like series for the 2025 season and it's an excellent watch, highly recommend for car folks.

A few highlights from a chilly but brilliant Sunday Scramble. Spent most of the time talking, so only grabbed a few pics…

Village butcher sausages and black pudding on my own homemade baguettes 😋 Winnning Sunday.

“Come and take a picture with me so I can send it to my Mum” I’m currently in the dog house 😂😆

Excellent game of Sainsbury’s substitution lottery today. Today instead of some Mango Shower Gel we have….. 🥁 A set of two Sainsbury’s basics toothbrushes 😆

Nope, and I don't give my kids one either. Want money, work. (Or look cute for your grandparents and hope they drop you a fiver)

Clarion news: We’re leaving Twitter (’X’). We can’t condone the objectionable content it now promotes, which goes against everything we believe and the Clarion tradition. Our live posting is now here on Bluesky, with all this plus much more in our email newsletter twice a week.

I drove down a dead end street to find out that this was indeed what I thought it was from a block away

Globus was a small rotating globe, approximately five inches wide, displaying the spacecraft's current and projected position above Earth. Instead of digital systems, it operated through a complex network of gears, cams, and mechanical differentials that converted orbital data into globe motion.

My 15 year old just shared his code brown event during his sim race on Nürburgring. What a save! I'd have been in the barriers in a smoky crumpled heap.

This is Kylo. He's Dominican, so he learned to dance before he could walk. 12/10 impressive moves (TT: chantyyyy_)

PS from this account's admin. * Fuck Trump and his enablers * Always vote for the most left-wing candidate that has a chance of winning * And please follow @grokofshit.bsky.social

Excellent winter car show today in Banbury. Nice sunny frosty day for it, challenging taking picture conditions, needed more skill or right sun position (probably both)

To the PDC World Darts Final, and the quest for the record: how many different ways can Wayne Mardle pronounce the name of Gian Van Veen?

“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela” “Caracas?” “not according to his doctors”