iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Still the single most important but underrated thing about my code…

Picture of a cartoon on a yearly calendar that explains why legibility is the most important feature of your code.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Now I need to find another way to decompress after a day at work

Lego star ships from Star Wars on a desk.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@craftycow.bsky.social finally caught her and she didn’t leap up. I’ve had it next to my desk in the spot she usually sleeps in for the last few weeks. It’s her new favourite place

Calico cat curled up on a cat sofa wondering why she has been disturbed mid nap

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Molly is getting a nap in before third breakfast

White cat with ginger and black patches asleep with her head on her paw on a persons lap.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The track up to the roof at York Minster was worth it.

View of the bell tower and the flying buttresses from the roof of the south transept at York Minster against a summer sky.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Is it the summer? Are we out on a day trip on a word day? Is there a cathedral involved? Will there be a pub lunch later? Anyone who knows us understands these are entirely rhetorical questions…

The front of York Minster cathedral. A big tree on the right casting shade and a clear sky behind the gothic bell towers at the front of the cathedral building.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It was fascinating to watch the moon transit from one side to the other. Glad we managed to find what must have been the last pair of eclipse glasses and phone lenses covers in the country

An eclipse with the sun reduced to a fingernail shaped crescent.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@craftycow.bsky.social made this amazing mini sofa. Molly has graced it twice. But immediately gets off and lounges on the carpet instead when one of us catches her.

Small cat sized sofa next to its human sized partner.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Molly is doing her dramatic death pose (malnutrition induced no doubt) again. She’s started holding her breath when she knows I’m looking!

White cat with back and ginger patches pretending to have died due to her lunchtime snacks being 20 minutes overdue.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The pale grey would work. I might have to try and find a cushion to decorate it with. Could you do one of your square styles in the pale grey? This is the sofa Molly isn’t allowed on! (Molly takes zero notice of this ban)

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Molly is deeply unimpressed at how warm it is. Mind you so am I and I’m not wearing a fur coat.

A calico cat (mostly white with ginger and black patches) is lying on a concrete patio in the shade trying to stay cool

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#caturday extra snoozes today. Apparently it’s been a tough week.

Calicos cat (white with ginger and black patches) asleep on a lap facing the camera

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My boy discovered backup bear (and backup monkey) when he was about 16. They both sit on the shelf together these days. Not sure which one had the tougher time…

Two toy bears. One much loved the other looking fresh and new

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A morning stroll in the intermittent sunshine

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

We seem to have acquired a couple of pet ducks. They seem to come and sleep on our patio each evening.

A male and female mallard duck. Hunkered down for a nap next to some garden furniture.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I feel my wife has prepared more effectively for the holiday

Two chocolate bars on a worktop. One much bigger than the other.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Molly is hosting a nap training course this afternoon for us. She’s going to be giving us homework apparently.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mrs Fool made the boy a birthday cake. I can only lay claim to helping with the washing up on this one. There are even some curly wurly bits on it. Looking forward to a slice later with a cuppa

A chocolate cake covered in chocolate treats and edge with chocolate finger biscuits.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Molly is exhausted from all the extra napping involved in her long weekend. #caturday

Calico cat asleep with her head resting on a cushion

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Not sure my attempts to kill the raspberry canes have succeeded. They were being relocated.

Raspberry bushes starting to sprout in a raised bed.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I may be working on a Sunday evening but I am doing it with a certain amount of style now the complicated stuff is done.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Oh there are some people at work that are going to be in real trouble now…

A “Pointy Haired Boss” voodoo doll toy from the Dilbert cartoons.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our indoor cat stepped out and then decided it was a nope! This is about half an inch of snow if it had been 2 feet I’m pretty sure she would have gotten lost

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Having been away for four days Molly was definitely pleased to see me back. But I think there may be some residual separation anxiety as this is where she has parked herself after I went out to buy food today 😆

Cat sprawled on the floor in the hallway by the front door

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I’m definitely going to need a cake and a coffee by the time I get to the end of that.

Image of the gardens from the main house entrance at the palace of Caserta

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The view in the evenings is pretty good here too!

View across Naples at Vesuvius in the evening with the last of the sun just catching the tops of some looming clouds

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

So the quirky hotel is cringingly hip with a hint of seedy sex hotel. But the view this morning is pretty good.

Hotel room with a very big bed but a very strange overhead light casting a blue glow across the room

View across Naples to the mountains with a clear sky after some serious rain.

Dramatically lit bedroom with its overhead moon motif.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My wife got me a new mug as we broke one. She knows me so well.

Mug with a cartoon on it that says “Go away I’m coding “

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It’s alive. Alive I tell you. Now to dig my CD collection out.

Picture of a very old hi fi playing music for the first time in 2 decades.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

That cat was very insistent that going outside was not negotiable. But her enthusiasm waned pretty quickly when she actually experienced the snow.

Cat paw prints in the snow that show a cat that turned around and decided snow wasn’t on today’s activity list.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to be in charge but sometimes Molly is pretty determined that fusses are due regardless of whatever I have planned.

Cat sat on someone’s chest demanding attention

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I want to spend more of 2026 like this

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

From one Molly to another. Remember to get your extra Christmas snoozes in otherwise your fabulousness may fade.

A white cat with black and ginger patches curled up asleep without a care in the world

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is a public safety announcement. I just received this email on Christmas Eve minus one. Do not under any circumstances buy your other half a router for Christmas. Not if you wish to live and eat solid foods over the holiday period. That is all.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It’s taken us a week to get the tree up (everyone was ill in every way imaginable) but it’s finally done. Even the churlish teenager has helped and been grooving along to various Christmas songs while we decorated it.

Christmas tree with lights and decorations in the bay window of the house.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I’ve read the instructions several times and I’m still struggling to understand the concept of leftover wine that I am apparently supposed to add this to.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

These two old work horses have finally been replaced. Almost 2 decades of supplying rock solid networking for the house. Let’s see if the new eero’s can live up to their predecessors reputation. Changing all the damn Alexa devices and smart plugs has taken all day.

Two old Apple air port devices sitting on the floor with no lights on.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My son works at a charity shop now and again. He rescued this cuddly toy from going into the rag waste bin. I’m a bit concerned it might come alive and murder us all in our sleep…

Picture of a slightly scary cuddly toy panda

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Molly is very keen to keep us all pinned down since we came back from our holiday. Can’t even tempt her off my knee with treats… so must be serious

Tortoiseshell cat sat on someone ensuring they can’t move

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Today was a sky, fjord and mountains kind of day

Silhouette of someone sat on a swing at Skibotn in Norway overlooking the Lyngen fjord with the snow covered mountains in the background

The sun going down behind a snow covered mountain as we drive along the road.

The mountains recede into the distance across the fjord as the sun starts to go down. The nearest mountains are silhouetted against the further snow covered peaks.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

My wife seems to have booked us a gingerbread cabin in the woods for our final few days in Norway. Though the view out front is pretty good 😊

View of a dark wood cabin with a turf roof and a thin smattering of snow in front, snow covered mountains in the background.

View of a bench next to a river with snow on the ground and some snowy mountains in the background with the setting sun lighting up the clouds over the mountains.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

2 hours ago it was wall to wall cloud cover. But a snowy Tromso in the sunshine is pretty spectacular

A view of Tromso island from the top of the mountain cable car in the snow. Broken clouds and blue sky’s with the snow covered mountains behind the city.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Oslo is a lovely city. Though the floating sauna cabins that people rent out and then dive off into the fjord do seem a bit too adventurous for me. Mind you they do have this view.

Oslo opera house a modernist building reflected in the fjord.

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Steve Powell @azuredatafool.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Great evening at @mcrdataplatform.bsky.social 2 great sessions and lots of old faces

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