"We've got great WiFi," they said when we checked into the campsite. Er...

Watching the coverage of the Artemis II launch - www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

NASA's live feed on the Artemis launch is here, and it's just started broadcasting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U... I don't anticipate much happening for a while - the launch is currently scheduled for 11:24pm UK time. But keep an eye on the feed and share the link.

First bluebells I've seen this year. These seem to be a long way ahead of all the others around here. I wasn't expecting to see blue for another week at least.

Hailstones? Wasn't expecting that today...

The path through the woods on this morning's dog walk was a bit flooded.

This curling is a bit stressful... 😬

I think I'm tired of this rain now. Can it stop please?

I have just realised that, for the first time ever and completely by coincidence, I am not working the day after the #SuperbOwl. Maybe I'll give it a watch and see what all the fuss is about?

It was nice to have a bit of sun on this morning's dog walk!

I see the kids have been making the most of their snow day from school...

Torture testing the "follow me" mode on my new toy, part 1. I deliberately set it off quite high so it would have things to navigate around. This is a DJI Neo 2. youtu.be/uAml_SXgkJY

2025 has broken historical climate records with provisional Met Office figures showing: 🌡️ warmest year on record for the UK 🌞 sunniest year on record for the UK 🌂 Below-average rainfall (90%)

I took my camera out for a walk in the snow earlier. I wasn't hugely inspired, to be honest, but this caught my attention. I might need to work on the processing a little...

Looking to track Santa this year? You can find him on Flightradar24 at www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3d9f... right now as he warms up the reindeer and tests sleigh upgrades. Looking for a way to track Santa on a larger screen, like a smart TV? Head to www.youtube.com/live/rI_A_dc...

And another one. OK, OK, I'm a bit of a W&G fan... youtube.com/shorts/iZdTw...

If you at a loose end Saturday night/Sunday morning... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well, the weather certainly took a turn for the colder today. This evening is the first time below freezing here since mid March. Clear skies mean I expect we'll keep getting colder for a while yet...

This rain is not giving up, is it? It feels like we've had more rain today than the rest of the year so far!

So, tomorrow is going to be a bit damp then? 😬

The things you see on a university campus that make you feel old. 2000s, vintage? 👴

There have been a few #SAPTechEd sessions this morning that have talked about new stuff and said "please don't post on social media until after the keynote". They do know this is being streamed live around the world, right? They're not just talking to the people in the room...

Sitting down for the start of virtual #SAPTechEd

UK stargazers - the Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! 🔭 The Orionids is the result of fragments of debris left by Halley’s Comet as it last passed through our inner Solar System in 1986, and will enter our atmosphere at around 66 kilometres (40 miles) per second. ☄️

Just watching the new season of The Diplomat and it is nice to see CJ and Josh together 🤣

Can you help?… I’m trying to find my people I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share? If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art

Well, that's it. I've cracked. The wind from #StormAmy is pulling the heat out of the house enough that I've had to put the heating on. Not for long I hope - we'll see...

Watching Dublin-bound flights on @flightradar24.com right now, and they are having problems! Lots of go-arounds and diversions. One flight from Birmingham got to Dublin, turned around and has just landed back! #StormAmy

Today I got a spam email from a recruiter, touting a candidate not offering me a job. There was no "unsubscribe" link in the email so I replied (the email had a personal reply to address) and asked to be taken off their mailing list. My reply was rejected by their email system as potential spam...😡

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A long, long time ago I used a thing called #TiddlyWiki (tiddlywiki.com) to keep notes, documentation and myself organised. Then I ventured off into playing with OneNote, Notion and other things but I'm finally back to TW! Thanks @jermolene.bsky.social 😀

The things you see when parked in a car park called the "Aircraft Spotter's Car Park"...

A (large) piece of driftwood on Gibraltar beach. No, not *that* Gibraltar, the one just South of Skegness 😁

Just back from vacation, in time to share with you an upcoming SAP CodeJam in Birmingham on Wed 08 Oct! Run by the one and only Nico Schoenteich (aided and abetted by yours truly), this CodeJam is on the SAP Fiori elements flexible programming model. All welcome! community.sap.com/t5/sap-codej...

Well, trying to photograph the lunar eclipse was a bust. The eclipse was eclipsed by cloud ☹️

A car park machine that only accepts coins. How annoying...

Wait. What? WHAT? September...?

Experimenting with extension tubes. Not sure what this flower is. It is small (maybe 2cm across) but very pretty close up.

I should have taken tomorrow off work. One year I'll plan this better...

Well, this morning's dog walk was a washout. Rain so heavy even Sammy wanted to turn back and head home, and he has never done that before.

I've just (well, yesterday) requested a download of all the photos I have in Google Photos. It didn't take long (an hour or so?) to get the email with the download link, or rather links. They gave me just over 124GB of data in a collection of 2GB zip files - 63 in total! I wasn't expecting that...

Not yet noon and already 30°C. It is going to be a hot one...

Look how dry it has been recently! This map is from the linked BBC article...

Settling down to watch the start of #LeTour - the last tour before coverage disappears behind a TV paywall in the UK and I won't get to watch it anymore ☹️

This is reminding me of watching Tim Henman back in the day... #wimbledon

And that was just the first set! #wimbledon

Talk about names matching jobs - I've just noticed on the @wimbledonltc.bsky.social order of play there's a player called "Volynets".

This weather makes me wish I had a way of automating the opening and closing of windows based on whether outside is warmer or cooler than inside!

So, 25°C already, and 4°C hotter than this time yesterday. Yesterday maxed out at 28°C. Looks like the forecast of 32°C for today might not be far out. Today might be one of those days I wished I'd find an excuse to go into the office! 🥵