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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 09/10/2026

*Flicking through* Oooh, numbers round on Countdown. Might be a nice mental challenge. Oh. 🤦‍♂️

Countdown Numbers Board
Target of 150
Numbers 25, 50, 100, 1, 9, 6

Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Couldn't resist picking up @jonnelledge.bsky.social's new book given I was listening to him speak on a podcast at the moment that I spotted it in Waterstones. Signed copy (and £4 off...) helped too!

31 Inventions that Built the World by John Elledge, with Waterstones Signed Edition and £4 Off stickers

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 11/09/2026

The AI slop aesthetic in full swing on this community noticeboard

A community noticeboard with more than half the posters using the same genAI visual style, dodgy images, and general yuckiness

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 08/09/2026

I think the world is finally ready for a new Auto Modellista, a game which, according to MobyGames, I was ready for a sequel when I reviewed it all the way back in 2003.

Screenshot from MobyGames showing an excerpt from my allaboutgames.co.uk review of Auto Modellista, which I gave 7 out of 10 in 2003, and said "Roll on Auto Modellista 2". Which hasn't happened... yet.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Watching Oscar Piastri the wizard magically change from medium to hard tyres without even taking a pitstop #f1

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 31/08/2026

With the children at the grandparents' for the day we've taken the opportunity to go to Kew as just a couple for the first time in a decade. Which also meant we could climb all the stairs for the view at the top of the Pagoda

View from the Pagoda towards central London, skyscrapers in the distance

View from the Pagoda out towards the Temperate House, Kew Palace, and north London

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 27/08/2026

They're at it again. This time with another photo of me from Gamescom past, again waggling a controller, this time a PlayStation Move one. Photo from before when things knew which way you were holding the camera.

Photo of me, tilted sideways, holding a PlayStation Move controller, in a Google Photos notification

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 25/08/2026

This feels almost threatening from Google photos. Also makes me miss the days of going to Gamescom and getting to do some silly waggle stuff with the Wii remote

Google photos notification saying: "Guess who found. It's you.' Shows a picture of me playing on the Wii at Gamescom

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Took a break from the ExCeL centre during the gap between Formula E qualifying and the race for a cable car ride across to Greenwich

View back towards the ExCeL centre from the cable car

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Won a meet and greet with Envision Racing and got to meet the legendary Sébastien Buemi and reserve driver Zak O'Sullivan 😃 We got to explore the pit lane just after practice and then hang around and chat at the Envision garage. Day already made before we've seen a competitive session #FormulaE

Me outside the Envision garage, getting close to the cars and drivers

Me with Le Mans legend and Formula e champion Sébastien Buemi

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Early start to get to east London for Formula e first practice, and a lovely view of the first corner

First corner at the Formula e London ePrix at ExCeL

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Managed to have some eclipse glasses I'd ordered for the partial one last year. This picture is from just as they arrived... One hour after the eclipse. At least I was well prepared for the big event.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 12/08/2026

There was an unplanned gathering of the local community and some people from farther away in the field down the end of our road to watch the eclipse. Lovely atmosphere with families and all ages present 🌘

Field with the sun in the sky and people around - you can spot the eclipse in the lens flare

More people watching the eclipse in a field

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Introduced my children to the future of home interactive entertainment, now in glorious* 3D! *If you like red and lots of lines

Virtual Boy cardboard viewer with Switch 2 attached, view of the goggles

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 20/07/2026

Wikipedia not missing a beat about this small strange period of time where we don't have a Prime Minister. Editors have been getting plenty of experience with this over the past decade.

Wikipedia page on Prime Minister of the UK with the Incumbent section stating "Vacant since 20 July 2026"

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 25/06/2026

Always happy to support my daughter's musical endeavours (and the concert was great!) but there was another perk too

Geordie meme.
Hand up, saying hold on: Going to a primary school's concert in a heatwave
Pointing, aha: ...in an air-conditioned theatre

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 05/06/2026

Ahead of the #F1 Monaco Grand Prix this week I've been enjoying the section on the track in this lovely book by Frank Hopkinson. Lots of information on the history of the circuit alongside some excellent photos from across its many decades of racing.

Pictures from the Monaco Grand Prix across the years

Formula One: The Circuits Then and Now by Frank Hopkinson

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 03/06/2026

Stumbled on an AI-generated podcast which is apparently not only made by genAI but by the best kind, "Artificial Intelligence AI". Disappointed it's not "Artificial AI Intelligence", though.

Podcast description saying it was "created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI"

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 26/05/2026

As someone who spent a lot of time on Assassin's Creed II, I keep thinking about how to climb up the inside and outside Florence Cathedral and up onto Brunelleschi's Dome

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 24/05/2026

With both the Indy 500 and the Canadian GP today, our Italian holiday was timed badly for my motorsport interests. On the other hand, this is the view out of our window...

View of the countryside in Tuscany, Italy at sunset

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 23/05/2026

Entering holiday mode. Hoping to avoid getting stuck in the Delta Quadrant.

Voyager title sequence saying "En route to Pisa"

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 20/05/2026

This 2015-republished book has two very problematic pull quote authors.

Quotes from J.K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman. People to very much avoid in 2026.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 12/05/2026

Somehow managed to order a Steam Controller the minute they went live and now it's here. It's really nice to hold, the buttons are clicky, and the track pads are great like the Steam Deck ones. Happy so far, now let's see how well it lasts.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 01/05/2026

It's OK, though, letter counting is still tricky for them.

Asking "How many times each letter appears in raspberry" and being told there are two Es and two Ps

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 22/04/2026

After it came up on multiple episodes of @plante.bsky.social's post.games, I couldn't resist getting a copy of Henry Hatsworth when I spotted it for just £2.50. Just in time for Titanium Court's release tomorrow.

Box for Henry Hatsworth on the Nintendo DS on the left, the game in action on a Nintendo 3DS XL on the right

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 16/04/2026

When in London... Ventured out to Shepherd's Bush Market and got an excellent falafel and spicy potato wrap from a Palestinian falafel place, enjoyed in a brief moment in the sun in a park

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 10/04/2026

Continuing my recent return to indulging in actual books with Indie Game Works by @nathanpgibson28.bsky.social which arrived in the post today, 3 days early.

Indie Game Works cover with Planet of Lana cover

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 04/04/2026

Steered the children away from the pricier options to take advantage of National Trust membership and enjoy a nice day outside despite the slightly drizzly weather

Sculpted hedges amongst purple and white flowers

A sign saying "Easter" in colourful letters on front of a tree

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 01/04/2026

Artemis II is now ready to go because I've finished building the Space Launch System

LEGO Artemis model fully constructed, in front of a TV showing the Artemis countdown

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 01/04/2026

It’s not really the point of this article but I cannot take anyone seriously if they use “digital” as a noun. aftermath.site/skibidi-toil...

“You take the best of the traditional side of the business, which is windowing and licensing and copyright protections and all the things that Hollywood still does right, but not be as burdened by some of the legacy things that have kind of entered into Hollywood,” Goodman told Aftermath about why he decided to get into the influencer space. “I was really inspired by the nimbleness and accessibility of digital.”

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 01/03/2026

This image from my work trip to Vienna in April 2014 comes to mind this weekend. Back when we gave peace a chance.

Conference centre banner for the EU+3-Iran Talks

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 27/02/2026

Enjoying a rare night out in London seeing @daraobriain.bsky.social with a first time visit to the Hammersmith Apollo

Hammersmith Apollo with Dara O'Briain on the sign

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 26/02/2026

Put on "schools" as the topic in this generator and very quickly came up with something that I'm not sure *hasn't* been a Telegraph column stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

"How the Marxist infiltration of schools poised the minds of the young" - a fake Alister Heath Telegraph column headline

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 18/02/2026

I bought my daughter crack cocaine for her birthday but it did come in a lovely box.

Inside the box for the physical version of Stardew Valley on Switch

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 10/02/2026

Just a perfectly normal evening playing "RV There Yet?" with friends.

A RV partly upside down and being winched into the air

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 05/02/2026

Very nice surprise on my doorstep last night: @mackeza.bsky.social's new book Super Nintendo. Extra surprised because I forgot I'd pre-ordered a copy from Waterstones (having more recently pre-ordered the audiobook) and also because the book isn't out for another week!

The book Super Nintendo: How One Company Helped the World Have Fun by Keza Macdonald

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 28/01/2026

I wonder what happened in the US in January 2025 which caused the measles cases by week to rocket upwards... 🤔

CDC graphic showing measles cases per week increasingly sharply from early 2025 through to now

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 18/01/2026

@qntm.org This book was recommended on this week's The Besties podcast, think it might be in your wheelhouse thebesties.substack.com/p/terminator...

There Is No Anti Memetics Division, a novel by QNTM (front cover of the US version)

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 01/01/2026

One day into 2026 and already taking advantage of National Trust membership, and escaping from the detritus of Christmas

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 28/12/2025

An example of how the Ai integration in a Google search is ruining the results. While I usually skip by the "AI overview", here it has taken my search for a particular Formula E event, matched it with a *different* event, and then given me search results for that, making my search useless.

A Google search results page for "formula e season 9 round 13" gives me results for the Berlin E-Prix via the AI overview. This is actually season 11 round 13.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 26/12/2025

Arriving just before Christmas were two physical @blueprincegame.bsky.social major keys, purchased from @iam8bit.com - excellent recreations of the garage keys and the prism key, but I'll explain neither for risk of spoilers!

Two boxes with "Archived keychain" that talks about getting one of 12 major keys from the game Blue Prince. Pictured are the garage and prism keys.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 25/12/2025

Leave me alone, Fitbit, it's Christmas!

Fitbit complaining I've had lower activity levels lately.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 24/12/2025

I think you're about 20 years late, Amazon.

Amazon recommending I buy a new Nintendo DS console, game or accessory.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 12/12/2025

I don't know what's worse; that LEGO shipped an expensive set with an embarrassing typo, or this wonky sticker placement by a person pointing it out.

Sticker for the LEGO U.S.S. Enterprise-D with a typo on "boldy"

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 10/12/2025

One of the presents was this LEGO arcade machine, which my wife said makes up for the lack of Dirigiblocks in the game (your turn next @dogubomb.bsky.social!)

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 10/12/2025

It started with an "allowance" in an envelope, then the hallway box, on to the parlour (with a real three box puzzle to solve!), the "music room" with my car keys as the major key, an upgrade disk in the boot of my car, a safe, and eventually the key to the garage where my presents were located.

My final inventory included lots of coins, some dice, gems, keys and even the staff keycard

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 10/12/2025

My amazing and creative wife set up a fantastic @blueprincegame.bsky.social trail for my birthday this morning to retrieve my presents 🤓

Hall lockbox, three Parlour logic puzzle boxes, and one Upgrade Disk in the style of Blue Prince

The Hall lockbox had keys, dice, coins and gems - a good haul!

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 08/12/2025

Sorted. You can't do this in every level but wasn't tricky to find one I could. Sadly that does mean I'm now completely done with this excellent game.

The achievement mentioned above is now complete.

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Matt Bailey @epsilonzero.co.uk · 08/12/2025

18.5 hours across well over 100 levels and somehow I managed not to fill an entire grid once and get this last achievement in Spooky Express.

Steam achievements for Spooky Express showing all unlocked except one: "Complete a level, filling every available space with track"

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