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Ian Ford

@bluesquarething.bsky.social

Doing things in classrooms with computers a few days a week. Old fashioned, but in a good way. Digging, walking, cooking, cricket, coding, geographising, not necessarily in that order www.bluesquarething.co.uk

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Album of the day: 1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/4NGWe...

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Album Of The Day

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The first day of the last year I shall be a teacher. 0.5FTE so 98 days to go…

A computing classroom empty of anything other than computers. And a messy desk

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spotted in John Lewis in Norwich. Love the colour but: * Mercator projection? Really? * Japan? * Indonesia?? * Madagascar??! * Caspian Sea??!!!! #maps #BadMaps #mercator

A colourful map of the world with a number of issues, including a missing Japan, shrunken Indonesia, Madagascar far in to the Indian Ocean, and the Caspian Sea relocated to somewhere on the borders of India, Pakistani and Afghanistan. And it’s a Mercator projection.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Album of the day: 1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/5cboZ... Haven’t listened to this properly for years. Fabulous album, and The Queen and the Soldier is a masterpiece. Obvious 5/5 but I’m surprised Solitude Standing isn’t on the list

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Album Of The Day

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

What is this radical idea?

The cover of the 1974 classic “History Fieldwork” by FJ Johnson and KJ Ikin. It is orange with a black and white image of what I assume is Stonehenge. I assume Year 9 are about to be let lose on the stones

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Station one of (hopefully) six today

The canopy of Berlin Hbf at about 05:20 on 30 July. The sun is just thinking about rising properly.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Ooh, The Patch is back. Random postcode, always good for a listen. Did Polly Weston get here yet? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - The Patch

One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Cricket is a game of beautiful views. I maintain that this is one of the best on the county circuit. Shame about the tips of the pylons in the distance though

View of a cricket ground- the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury from the upper floor of the Woolley stand. A game is in progress. Two scoreboards show the score, one s modern LCD screen the other a traditional hand operated beast that’s overlooked the ground for nearly a century. One of the Glamorgan batters almost has his own century.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hottest day of the year you say?

A cricket match at the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury. A Middlesex batsman faces up to a ball swinging around off a greenish pitch. The sky is blue, it’s hot and all is good with the world for a few hours. Especially with Kent taking wickets

A view of the St Lawrence cricket ground at Canterbury. The trees may still be bare, but the sky is blue and it’s hot enough to eat ice cream. A Middlesex batsman faces up to a swinging ball, slip fielders waiting for a chance that never came. This time.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Lovely morning by the sea. And look at that storm beach…

A shingle beach, sea wall and odd building with a blue sky and the North Sea breaking on the beach. Looking south from Aldeburgh in Suffolk

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

I am fascinated by alternative centering on maps, and this one captures my imagination: "the world according to fish", showing the rivers, lakes and oceans, with ocean floor elevations. The world aquatic.

A version of a projection map of the globe titled "The world according to fish", using Elastic II projection. It's a blue blob of various shades of blue with land being white and featureless.

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Excellent work here

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Somewhere there’s an Assistant Headteacher in an academy trust thinking about how they can make their lineups more dynamic www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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Exercising for 30 minutes improves memory, study suggests

Research shows walk or cycle improves cognitive performance for day ahead – and day after

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Wandering in Diss and came across this place. Normal for Norfolk

Government service scrap yard with Terminator style artwork sculpture. Also features anti-aircraft guns, bombs, missiles, and an anti-tank gun - all presumably decommissioned. And other general scrap.

The gates of a government surplus scrap yard in Diss with various signs. Including “No parking, no clamps, no tickets, but we do have a large forklift” and “Military firing range”

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Why am I only finding out about this as I’m about to no longer work in Gorleston?

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A bit of website maintenance today And I've discovered the power of BBedit's multi-file search and replace function. Massive time saver That's all. I know it's geeky. I don't care 😀

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Ian Ford @bluesquarething.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

What? There’s now a snow and ice warning covering the east coast. Why would you get my hopes up weather people?

Screenshot from met office app showing a yellow weather warning for snow and ice covering much of East Anglia and the east coast of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

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