Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 14/10/2026This is true. The only computers that existed in the UK until 1997 were state-sanctioned BBC Micros with approved educational software and games. 120 2
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 29/06/2026That's Bolt Court on the right, where I did my art foundation at City Lit in 1999 when I first moved to London. 010 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 17/06/2026The GOV.UK style guide has said to write numbers as numerals since it launched. guidance.publishing.service.gov.uk/writing-to-g... 010 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 05/06/2026I was tidying the loft today and found some old sketch books, including this which must have been from about 98/99 and includes loads of the above bands. 430 4
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 09/05/2026I also have this really nice glass topped desk from John Lewis that I would love to keep but don’t currently have the space for 011 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 09/05/2026Being evicted from the garages because they’re going to build flats there. This is my last ditch attempt to find a home for this G-Plan headboard. Anyone in London want this? 4914 14
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 08/05/2026I saw a local news item about someone being arrested for theft on my Facebook feed this morning and the comments were full of racist rhetoric fuelled by Reform. Didn’t seem to be any form of moderation by @itvnews.bsky.social or Facebook. 100 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 29/04/2026This was my favourite bit of architecture in Tashkent 030 3
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 21/02/2026My son wanted me to help him build his Gunpla so obviously I ended up doing the whole thing. PS: I absolute hate stickers, I have shaky hands and need to invest in some of those crocodile clamps on armatures. 080 8
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 04/01/2026The metal frame is the stand for a kids pots and pans set 130 3
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 12/09/2025What iOS photo editing apps do you recommend? I had a free trial of Adobe Lightroom and have been using it to touch up and improve my phone photos and it works great but £48 / year seems a lot for what I use it for. 010 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 04/09/2025This bottle of screen cleaner in my office is a touch anachronistic 140 4
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 31/08/2025What was the number one album on your 16th birthday? 010 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 26/08/2025Reminds me a bit of the Swatch Webmaster I had in the 90s. 110 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 27/06/2025Made some cosmetic changes: - now uses Transport New for added realism (thanks @dracos.co.uk for the tip) - added favicon and mobile icons 020 2
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 20/05/2025Why do energy companies hold hundreds of pounds in balance? I’m fortunate that I can manage that but for some families it must be crippling. They’ve not taken the gas bill for this month but it’s still a lot of money to hold. 310 3
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 16/05/2025Had a similar thought about this sign I saw this morning 120 2
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 19/04/2025At my mums for Easter and my son and I sorted out all our old Lego into boxes and made the M-Tron Particle Ionizer I got for my 10th birthday! 040 4
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 02/04/2025Did he do the one in Tottenham that’s now an academy? 100 1
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 29/03/2025This is the best we’ve managed, you can sort of see a crescent shape 020 2
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 28/03/2025@tomtaylor.co.uk hello, are you still supporting CityCyclist? It won’t let me download it (think this happened before) 000 0
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 26/02/2025Yesterday I found out that the cover art for Autechre's Envane EP is an illustration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water 2110 11
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 24/01/2025I’ve got an appointment booking confirmation email an .ics attachment. It shows the event details in Gmail, but no way to add it to my calendar. I thought I’d ask Gmail’s new AI assistant Gemini but that couldn’t do it either. 000 0
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 24/01/2025If you see this post, repost with a bridge from your gallery. This is the Tatara Bridge in Japan, part of the Shinanami Kaidō that links Honshū and Shikoku islands. 170 7
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 14/01/2025Doing a short talk on "Diagrams from Hell" this week and wondered if any of you lot have any good ones to share with me? 6629 62
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 26/11/2024I still love the simplicity of FatCat's early 12" sleeves. A plain white sleeve with the details stamped on using a simple adjustable handstamp. The Split Series 12"s with holes drilled in the sleeves in a grid pattern were also iconic. 060 6
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk · 12/11/2024Finally got round to putting up the prints in my son’s room, his verdict “so cool!” 152 5
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