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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 26/09/2026
I joined a tour of the Keelmen's Hospital in Newcastle yesterday. Built in 1701, it is currently being restored and regenerated by the Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust (keelmens.twbpt.org.uk).
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 10/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Wink Got It
ALT: Wink Got It
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 10/09/2026
Looks like you could do with some more keyboards there.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 03/09/2026
A range of taste there! I used to have that Cream Anthems one too, and loved how different it was to all the others (colours + box design).
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 21/08/2026
A few snaps from a recent visit to the Biggar Gas Works Museum (Historic Scotland).
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 16/08/2026
I do that often because the self-checkout machines regularly seem to have weighing-related issues if I tell it "I've brought my own bags", which inevitably involves waiting for over-worked staff to intervene. Sorry but also not sorry! 🫣
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 14/08/2026
Only if the barbecue is the disposable kind.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 18/07/2026
Do we know if speeding is the main factor in most of the collisions? Or is it stupidity / impatience? My point being, I don't think avg speed cams would discourage unsafe overtaking of slow traffic or dangerous entering/exiting at junctions.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 12/07/2026
That's a very unsuitable time! No matter where I've lived in the past 10-15 years (5 places), I've concluded there always has to be at least one power tool person in the vicinity. Grinding. Cutting. Sawing. Jet washing. Trimming. There's always someone.
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Bear grills
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 06/07/2026
Maybe Andrew has a spare room?
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 02/07/2026
Truly is a sad state of affairs when someone has to work 16 jobs just to keep five or six roofs over their head.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 02/07/2026
That's the idea 🤣🤮
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 02/07/2026
New law: smoking only permitted inside designated Smoking Booths. With the door closed.
Picture of a proposed smoking booth (or an upright coffin)
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 01/07/2026
There's a cool tl;dr video on the journal site - www.cell.com/current-biol...
cell.com
Ballistic high-powered spider webs overcome dangerous prey defenses
Narendra et al. describe in an Australian ballista spider a spring-actuated snare that is triggered by green tree ants. They show that the snare’s architecture delivers exceptionally high instantaneou...
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 01/07/2026
I think I've found my new favourite type of spider. phys.org/news/2026-06...
phys.org
Newly described Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare to catch a single ant species
An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of North Queensland that spins an ingenious and powerful spring-actuated snare to catch a single s...
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 30/06/2026
Maybe throw the reg into carcheck.co.uk for exact model? Looks like A3 but not sure.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 26/06/2026
Joke's on them; I use PHP *and* htmx.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 23/06/2026
Wearing a jacket, in THIS weather??
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 22/06/2026
Two-tear Kier
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 22/06/2026
Just spotted that Deno Desktop (not stable yet) could be an option - docs.deno.com/runtime/desk.... Nice comparison page there as well.
docs.deno.com
Desktop apps
Build self-contained desktop applications from a Deno project, with framework auto-detection, hot reload, native windowing, auto-update, and cross-platform distribution.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 20/06/2026
You're welcome! Cheaper than getting a window company to replace the handle/lock completely - they're usually rivited and need drilling out 😬
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 19/06/2026
These guys might be able to help with a replacement key - www.handlesandhinges.co.uk/window-handl... Good luck with the imminent heatwave 🙏🥴
handlesandhinges.co.uk
Window Handle Keys
Not sure which window handle key you need?\n\n✅ Most insurers now require lockable UPVC window handles — not sure which key fits? Send us a photo and we’ll identify it for you.\n✅ Every day we hear: ‘...
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 15/06/2026
We got solar + battery install last year through @heatableuk.bsky.social. They arranged a local installer to carry out the work itself, which was excellent.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 13/06/2026
I think you could package that up using Electron or Tauri.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 09/06/2026
Great to see C20 using some of my photos to showcase the Civic Centre. You can see more from my tour here - www.flickr.com/gp/m0php/94W...
flickr.com
Newcastle Civic Centre
Guided tour of Newcastle Civic Centre, 16th August 2016.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Expected to be more expensive per mile than #hs2 but it's a motorway in the south east so Labour are throwing money at it like it doesn't matter. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Extra £174m earmarked for ‘spiralling’ bill for Lower Thames Crossing
More than £3bn is due to be spent on the proposed road tunnel between Kent and Essex, which is estimated to have higher costs per mile than HS2
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 07/06/2026
My partner's dad was helpfully "sorting out or front garden" one time and was struggling to pull out what he thought was just a really tough (and long) tree root. It was in fact the fibre broadband cable. He was stopped just in time.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 14/05/2026
Yes. See also: Ted Danson or Tom Hanks.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 06/05/2026
Absolutely disgusting.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 12/04/2026
The US one is certainly different but also a great watch. Hope you enjoy them all! 👻
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 12/04/2026
I was a latecomer to Ghosts but loved every minute of it, it's fantastic! You're in for a treat. They're working on a movie as well. Have you seen the US version?
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 20/03/2026
Disappointing to see Towny McTownface didn't make the cut.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 20/03/2026
> "... driving into the city is cheaper than commuting by train." Better and/or cheaper public transport would help too.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 12/03/2026
The label heading before the checkboxes seems like a good addition. > "I think the content works a lot better with the radios." How, and/or in what way?
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 11/03/2026
I prefer checkboxes - the list is easier to scan vertically without the radio buttons "interrupting" the flow, and checked/unchecked status is more obvious.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 09/03/2026
Add one word to a film to ruin it. Jurassic Car Park
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 09/03/2026
Is the answer "100% of the time"?
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 28/02/2026
I hope they can swim!
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 28/02/2026
Was it a screw fitting?
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 23/02/2026
As per your request, your post has been disregarded.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 19/12/2025
Flexbox is so exotic 😄
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 18/12/2025
Kind of - mostly composed of tables, text and images for downloadable report or summary documents. What sort of fancy stuff have clients wanted? 🙂
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 17/12/2025
Roll my own; it's relatively straightforward with the PHP dompdf library and it supports use cases I've needed.
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 30/11/2025
If it helps my defence, one of our neighbours put their tree up about 3 weeks ago and we've been complaining about their early timing ever since. 😄
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 30/11/2025
🙋 But only because we don't have much free time in the coming weeks. Now or never!
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 05/11/2025
My brother and I have both used Cosey Homes for our surveys in 2022 and this year, and have been happy with the reports - www.coseyhomes.co.uk
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 31/10/2025
Yes! Lots of fun 🙂🪲
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Craig A Rodway @craigr.uk · 21/10/2025
I stayed there a couple of years ago. Bit of a bigger site than we prefer but facilities were fine. It has direct access to a great forest walk! Essentials: bamboo/plastic plates & cups (not breakable). Collapsible washing up bowl. Ridge Monkey. Packing cubes for clothes. We have a RUT260 for wifi.
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