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Mark Goodwin

@computerist.org
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I help people use machines and work with information more safely.

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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 21/01/2026
Share a bird pic you took Chickens and other poultry vastly outweigh all of the world's wild birds. This is probably not a good thing.
A chicken
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 14/01/2026
I read another delightfully weird book from @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social (and loved it)
Tom Cox's 1983
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 07/01/2026
My belated work secret santa present makes me very happy! It's another @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social book!
Tom Cox's 21st Century Yokel
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 15/10/2025
At what point does the sign itself count as flytipping? It's been there for years...
Sign reading "Flytipping investigation in progress"
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 30/09/2025
I got some excellent post! Thank you, @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, I shall enjoy these (once I've finished Everything Will Swallow You, that is)
Books (Villager and Ring the Hill by Tom Cox), a postcard (art from Michael Cox) and a bookmark
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 23/09/2025
I love this book. Thank you, @jobellwriter.bsky.social !
The cover of Boater - a Life on England's Waterways
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 19/09/2025
Ha, next on my pile...
The cover of Tom Cox's Everything will swallow you
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 31/08/2025
I love unwittingly photogenic cattle
A cow
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 12/05/2025
I found some old drafts when I was tidying my office.
A draft of what became Same-Site cookies. Text is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-west-first-party-cookies-07
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 26/04/2025
Am I doing this right? #Devon #Cornwall #Diplomacy
Scone with jam, then cream on one side and cream, then jam on the other
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 17/04/2025
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Little John and Robin Hood in Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 25/02/2025
I was just around the corner from there in November. It's pretty nice.
Sunrise over ocean, palm trees.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 02/12/2024
I spent a bit of my evening making a "smart" device less dumb.
Serial lines soldered to headers on a smartplug controller board for re-flashing.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 28/11/2024
I'm glad you like it. Here's the marquee with lights on
Cabinet marquee with "game on"
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 28/11/2024
Ok, I think. It was played heavily for a few months, less so now. The lettering in the marquee at the top lights up. Looks cool in the dark.
Table top arcade cabinet
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 30/03/2024
I have borrowed a new ride-on lawnmower.
Me sat on a pony
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 25/03/2024
404. Room not found.
Room 404.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 04/01/2024
I'm making a thing
Half made counter-top arcade cabinet
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 30/12/2023
Show us the first photo you took in 2023
Me, with a spoon hanging from my nose...
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 25/12/2023
I love traditions like "decorating the tree with the kids". I can't take credit for the idea, but it's a good one.
Tree decoration of Jihn McClane in an HVAC vent.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 18/11/2023
We're re-homing some chickens. Picked them up today. Poor things barely know how to chicken 😔
Chickens, missing feathers, looking a bit poorly. In a car.Chickens, missing feathers. Confused by surroundings.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 16/11/2023
Power is off for electrical work so I'm boiling water for tea the old fashioned way!
A pan of water on a wood burning stove.
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 06/10/2023
Me
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 02/08/2023
Arguably more useful than my Welsh lesson today.
Duolingo prompting me to translate the phrase "and finally the council has been discussing parsnips with the dragon" from Welsh to English
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 08/07/2023
I feel the security / hacker cons in the north of England are competing on weirdness. One of the #SteelCon goodie bag items this year looks like the design brief was "crochet club does kink". Naturally, I'm wearing it anyway.
Some kind of knitted or crocheted key ring thing with a beaded yarn band. Or maybe some kind of restraint?!
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 08/07/2023
All aboard the SteelCon train!
A train, stopping at a station
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Mark Goodwin @computerist.org · 25/05/2023
Thank goodness! I'd always been afraid to ask.
Sign in a shop reading "Trousers Explained"
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