So it was terrorism. The government committed an act of terrorism.

"You have to remember that you are your own worst critic…." "oh…. great…. Now I'm a terrible critic too!"

It's depressing that the local Lib Dem's spend around 20% of their literature doing a victory lap over the last election… and pushing the conservatives… and can't spell fresh…

AI makers putting human faces on their AIs feels like the same thinking that brought us vergan and synthetic burgers and sausages.

I really despise DPD for their systemic awfulness. Missed a delivery this morning. Within minutes they are telling me that it's dropped off at a local coop and I can pick it up after 9PM on Friday - a 36 hour delay.

Well, Murderbot already makes me want the trailer's action figures. COME ON APPLE!

So here's another blog from me where I dismantle the rack I made in the last blog and start remaking it, better, neater, rackier... https://codepope.dev/post/2025/05/miscmusing/

I'm sending this video to a lot of people I know.

If you're having fun having a go at the Blue Origin flight, please show your reciepts for your similar postings about previous Blue Origin flights, say like Shatner's flight. You know, the all men flights. My memory is terrible and I don't recall a similar reaction.

Well that was pretty amazeballs - Carrying off My Neighbour Totoro on stage through the power of puppetry, choreography and incredible set design. So worth it.

A modest proposal for AI. All AI based services must (by law) charge *at least* the cost of the energy used in producing a result. #AI #Policy

When history can be edited by racists the trick is, America, not to elect racists - wapo.st/4jdXL8m

Them little pcb antennas … Original post: c.im/@robertklep/...

Yet again, Google cancels a good product that worked for hand wavey bollocks reasons. The Nest Protect smoke alarms are excellent, so of course they had to go. https://www.theverge.com/news/638171/google-discontinuing-nest-protect-smoke-alarm-nest-x-yale-smart-lock

It’s a fun day at #monkigras even if we are getting to think about how we leave our digital legacy.

Next HackWimbledon is a week away so sign up now to talks code (and making)

Boom - Blog - https://codepope.dev/post/2025/02/keychainino-cased/ - All about making a case for the #keychainino

It's tomorrow! HackWimbledon/Make - talks on FreeCad and HASP/WLED integration (advanced blinkies) - and folks getting together to work on their projects in the popup hackspace so sign up and come along! lu.ma/l7rhgaop #making #freecad #wimbledon

Just me and my rack attack rack attack mini rack attack on the blog -

Something to look forward to in January? How about the HackWimbledon/Code for February with talks on Python and data science and nailing webhooks into small things. Sunday Feb 9 - https://lu.ma/k83zhbg7 - sign up and see you there!

Just a robin…

Next HackWimbledon is Jan 19 - We'll be talking and making with WLED - dead flashy that - sign up, come along and join in!

It's 2025, let's end the crapness of noreply email addresses and "unattended" sending email addresses. IT'S BEING HANDLED BY A COMPUTER - SEND THE EMAIL ON TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HANDLE IT. (And yeah, you can use AI for *the forwarding* not the replying).

Sitting in Popeyes and up comes a bonkers cover and I'm all here for the bonkers cover and …. then I see video and whoever directed it knows how to make a lovely video too -

Next HackWimbledon (and first of our new themed events - Code) is Jan 5th. Come talk code (and making) and enjoy a talk about Rust (TBC) - Sign up here -

Next Sunday 22nd, the last HackWimbledon of 2024 and of course you are welcome to come along and make, create and illuminate with your projects.

Not interested in the Nosferatu movie until they confirm the sequel will be Nosferatwo.

Just listen to this dark loveliness - https://youtu.be/4iaw-cpklh0

What a sight that must have been!

Assembling some Pi5 gubbings and found another Pi 5 failing with no USB or Ethernet, just not there. Powered but not active. Not found anything searching so far, but two with this fail mode seems... wierd.

Well, it’s a good job todays plan is to sort the stuff in the old office (now the ManLab annex :) ) because it’s pretty damn vile out there and we’re not even in the red area of the storm.

Had to move a HackWimbledon to the 15th so here’s an extra chance to meet up with makers in a pop backspace - sign up here - https://lu.ma/2mweigzg?locale=en-GB

Any afternoon spent with ESP-8266-S01's and Spectrum Nexts, now in a blog - https://codepope.dev/post/2024/11/24-10-2024-esp-101/

It's the silliest things that break on the Pi 5 - in this case the clamp on the DSI-1 display connector. Any hints on a simple way to replace it?

Who called it “dark mode” and not “black by popular demand”

And a fine #HackWimbledon where bots balanced, monitors prodded, USB-C cables were tested (so many were wanting), modi made and code was cut. If you think that #making in #wimbledon is for you, doing it all again on December 1st - sign up here -> https://lu.ma/0xriymdk

I love everything about this story: Tony Hawk posted a ‘70s era image of a Black girl skateboarding in the rain. Jeremy Markovich tracked her down. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...

Off down to Mitcham library to run today's MakeMitcham event for the teens. So I'll be in the Artspace at Mitcham library this afternoon. Next weekend - I'm a judge at CodeQuest on Saturday and running HackWimbledon on Sunday (https://lu.ma/typxzpus for that)

Straight in for the new 7" Raspberry Pi Touchscreen. It wasn't that the old one was small. It was the windows that got big.

Messed with my Turing Pi 2, discovered a terminal and other bits … enjoy - https://codepope.dev/post/2024/10/27-10-2024-turing-klustered/

I been blogging, I said I would and here it is https://codepope.dev/post/2024/10/20-10-2024-ongoing-bits/ and if you are interested in Pi's or Pico 2s or keyboards or well… take a squint.

Getting a lot of new followers here - unless I know you, you won’t get followed back and doubly so if you’ve never posted, so go on, post a little (says me trying to remember to do a blog tonight)

Lots of new followers turning up. You do realise I just make stuff and run HackWimbledon and write words for money? Oh ok. Anyway … back to figuring out how to put these PoE adapters on top of this Wiznet Pico 2 Ethernet boards.

HackWimbledon this Sunday at Wimbletech - join the folks as we make, create and illuminate - sign up here - https://lu.ma/jllpsfge

Looking for people to follow here? I've created a starter pack with over 100 people to follow in the Electronics/Maker area! go.bsky.app/J5RbesE

So, as I suspected, I signed up for ##croissant …

Mmmm Todd Terje and Bryan Ferry cover of Robert Palmers Johnny and Mary is sooo smooth and melancholy- youtu.be/Din_eWjJWe0?...