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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 08/10/2026

Prices in August - diesel was up to €2.60 in the Netherlands.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 05/10/2026

Spot the difference... September search performance, 2021 vs 2026.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 04/10/2026

I put something in the cupboard this afternoon and couldn't work out why everything was wet. Then I noticed that it was a pink liquid. This bottle seems to have spontaneously burst on the top shelf.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 04/10/2026

Even though I know the history, it still takes me a second to remember that in the US red and blue are the other way round. The Republicans were originally more to the left, as you'd expect from their name. www.voronoiapp.com/_next/image?...

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 02/10/2026

I came across a service that would score a website out of 100, based on standards, performance, security, etc., and suggest improvements. Obviously they were selling their services, but I was intrigued. I thought they'd be sure to find something wrong - but they actually want to do nothing for me!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 02/10/2026

I'd almost forgotten about Replit - I'm surprised that I've logged in in the last year.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 31/08/2026

Even though it's not an "official" thing any more, I still like to observe #ScrollFreeSeptember, so I'll "see" you in October!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 31/08/2026

They also abstract the map, as they do in London.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 29/08/2026

Hits from Google searches - we're definitely going back to work!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 29/08/2026

It's nice weather for staying in and telling the time.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 24/08/2026

I've just been in a sports shop. I think I'm going to have to watch a woman answering questions on TfL seat covers (whilst wearing a jumper that matches one) to make up for it.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 23/08/2026

This is interesting - they've now added YouTube channels to Google Search Console. The origin of the visitors is very different from the website, where about two-thirds of the referrals from Google come from the UK.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

I took a similar photo about ten years ago, but I tried to get it straighter this time!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

In France they have baguette vending machines (presumably for a bread-related emergency when the boulangerie is closed), but in Germany we saw a sausage vending machine. I was driving, though, so couldn't take a picture.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

We popped into Brussels to have another look at our favourite building. You can keep your cathedrals and palaces - it's the Atomium for us.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

On the same day I saw these reels of coloured tubing stacked in a park in Brussels. There didn't appear to be any nearby works.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

My car warns me that I should take a break. We live in Warwickshire, and if we're going to, say, Manchester, it can do it as soon as getting just past Birmingham, but this month I've driven Germany and back and it hasn't done it once. I wonder if they forgot to recalibrate for driving on the left?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 22/08/2026

Last night we stayed in a hotel that had pictures of motorways on the corridor walls.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 20/08/2026

I'm not really one for souvenirs, but I couldn't resist this beauty for €0.75.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 17/08/2026

One of the joys of going abroad is the foreign supermarket. Today I had my first lime yogurt.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 15/08/2026

The (German) guide at the East/West border museum just told me that it's a shame that Nigel Farage was re-elected instead of "a more humorous candidate"!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 14/08/2026

What's his appeal to the people of Clacton when he treats them, and the Parliamentary process, with contempt? Why have they re-elected an MP who has only voted once and hasn't done a single surgery?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 13/08/2026

We're currently staying in what was East Germany. I wondered whether we'd notice the difference. This is the neighbour's car.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 12/08/2026

It's not often you see other brands of Worcester[shire] Sauce - especially when you're abroad!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 10/08/2026

I do like a foreign railway station.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 08/08/2026

Is the statue of the Town Musicians of Bremen based on a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 08/08/2026

I'm popular with the Romanian Seventh-Day Adventists on LinkedIn!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 07/08/2026

They're beach chair things that seem to be popular here in northern Germany.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 07/08/2026

We found a prime location on the beach!

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 06/08/2026

I'm tempted, but it's a bit far for a school day.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 06/08/2026

I notice that the notice on the noticeboard is the noticeboard. #recursion #TeamCompSci

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 01/08/2026

This is an interesting typeface - look at the t! Does anyone know what it's called?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 29/07/2026

Google's "AI Overview" picked up on the name pretty quickly.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 28/07/2026

Isn't "green energy" cheaper? Here in the UK the price of generating with gas pushes up electricity prices. The market rate is that of the most expensive method used - usually gas - but on windy days the unit price can be negative if you're on a surge-pricing tariff. It's getting dark now...

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 28/07/2026

Cloudflare reckons my website had 61k unique visitors in the last 30 days. I know that we all trust "AI" implicitly, but surely this can't be right? I can see how the number of visitors would tail off quickly once you get past search engines, social media, banks, media streaming, etc., but really?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 27/07/2026

I've never heard anyone use the term "scotch mist" used to refer to a weather phenomenon.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 26/07/2026

I was just thinking about metadata - niche example ahoy! Exhibit A, the original UK version of True Faith. Exhibit B, a remix that I picked up in New York. What's the difference? #TeamCompSci

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 25/07/2026

The actual article is behind a paywall, but the headline says it all.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 24/07/2026

Is smooth what you want in a beer? ;-)

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 24/07/2026

Moleskin makes a notebook for the "AI" generation. Memory is the residue of thought, kids - just say no! #TeamCompSci

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 24/07/2026

I'm intrigued by the selection of books in this coffee shop. I might brush up on my .NET skills whilst I'm here.

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 20/07/2026

Aha - India has overtaken the USA in number of Google searches. I wonder when their school year starts?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 19/07/2026

I wonder why they described this as being mixed in the ratio 6:4?

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Computing in a Nutshell @advanced-ict.info · 16/07/2026

I think I've got one DVD-Audio disc, which came with my vinyl copy of Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden, but generally I find that CDs are better because they exist.

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