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Is there such a thing as an iconic pencil? If there is, then the Berol Venus is arguably it, and I need you to assure me that I'm not strange by being unreasonably excited about finally getting my hands on some.

A selection of sharpened pencils with a green painted exterior, against a green box with gold lettering.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 01/10/2026

If you know what this means then it's probably time to start taking something for your knees x

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I see what you did there, getting in a little plug. Small wins.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 25/09/2026

You know those short indie films WeTransfer advertises to you when you're too cheap to pay a subscription? Are they real, do we reckon? Has anyone ever clicked through to watch one and find out?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Also thanks for reminding me of Magic Pockets and firmly planting Betty Boo in my head. On repeat.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 22/09/2026

NONE OF THESE ARE MY PASSWORD OKAY

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Well, there we go. Except now I'm old I can't play any of them without needing to factor in nap breaks. my9games.net/en

Box artwork for video games: Day of the Tentacle; Sonic the Hedgehog; Red Dead Redemption II; Sim City 3000; Grand Theft Auto V; Theme Hospital; Wipeout 3; Forza Horizon 4; Transport Tycoon.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Happy Birthday! 🥳

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Oh I just mean endlessly churning out those fucking books.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 20/09/2026

This is one of those people who know exactly what they're doing, and still choose to not stop it.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/09/2026

Tbh Acrobat wins. Click the little text box with the page number in to type in the number of a specific page - y'know, like we have for about 20 years now - and instead it now just opens a popup with another text box that you can actually type in TRY AI

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/09/2026

TRY AI yeah but TRY AI BLUE TOOLTIP TRY AI

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Oh, no. Get well soon John. Take care.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/09/2026

I'd glare with suspicion at anyone who expects anything more than minimum viable on a Monday. You're doing well.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

That's wonderful. I don't have the space for much physical media but I want to be offline as much as I can. Next project will be a modified iPod. I love that you're holding on to VCR, that's amazing. Do you have tapes for it too?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

I like you. We can be friends.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Gonna set up a Genius Bar under the stairs so that I have someone to talk to.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Hoarding obsolete Apple products is totally normal, yes?

A collection of Apple products on a wooden surface includes an iPhone in a dock displaying app icons, a white iPod with wired earbuds, and a dark translucent mouse, and Apple G4 Cube computer. Boxes show text such as ‘iPhone’, ‘iSight’, ‘Mac OS X’, and a partial ‘iPod’, with Apple logos visible.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Should've posted that with a content warning. Felt a bit uneasy reading it.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

It was such a good phone. I still have mine somewhere. The rubber coating is deteriorating now which must've been a manufacturing defect as they can't possibly be that old.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Oh dammit, you're still here. I'll go hide again for a while then :P

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Anyway I had a couple of weeks away from Bluesky, I didn't think I could see much point in being here but the more I thought about it the more I realised I just can't see the point in being alive a lot of the time and since I'm stuck with that for the time being I might as well hang about here too 🥰

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Gobowen railway station - once a key interchange for Oswestry and mid Wales on the GWR Shrewsbury to Chester branch - looking absolutely splendid, fully restored to its period paint scheme thanks to @railwayheritage.bsky.social. Bonus Rail Alphabet (I think 🤞) for @doublearrow64.bsky.social

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Yeah I can see where you're going with this but I'm not sure Zoe Ball and 'peak Radio 2' are ever going to exist in the same universe. Two out of three ain't bad though.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 19/08/2026

I mean, it's going to need to be a big old mouse to spot it from that altitude…

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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 19/08/2026

Retro food packaging – Frosties, Spaghetti Hoops – hand-stitched and rewritten as reminders to be kinder to yourself 👀 Meet embroidery artist Emma Giacalone: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...

Embroidered retro food packaging by Emma Giacalone, hand-stitched in free-motion machine embroidery.

A reworked retro food-packaging piece stitched by Emma Giacalone.

Embroidered Heinz Spaghetti Hoops packaging with a reworked, kinder message.

Another free-motion embroidered food-packaging artwork by Emma Giacalone.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 18/08/2026

I didn't own this model but oh boy this brought back so many good memories of having Dell laptops for work in the early 2000s. Everything from the colour coded I/O ports to the modular components for upgrading. Add the dock and carry bag and I don't think we appreciated then just how good we had it.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 18/08/2026

Interstellar. I feel bad even saying so because I know that there's people on here who I've a lot of time for and who love it. I've tried more than once and it gets worse with every attempt. I'm sorry.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Don't forget to like and subscribe and turn on notifications! 🤞

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Oh no, I'm sorry about that!

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Could it be your toner drum? Might be worth checking for your printer make and model as to whether or not the drum can be cleaned.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

It's just the way that tech can't let any one platform do something well. Everything has to do everything, with every type of content. They can't just let long form video live on YouTube, no we have to have it shoehorned into what was primarily a low-cost audio format. It's exhausting.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

The skies over Manchester look delightfully threatening 🌧️🥰

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Listening to two mediocre celebrities laugh at each other continually for 25 minutes is bad enough without having to see it on video too.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 17/08/2026

I could be wrong, but didn't podcasts come along as the iPod became popular, as an audio thing? Seem to recall video ones trying to become popular later but they didn't take off partly because "vodcast" was a stupid name but mostly because they were shit.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 16/08/2026

Oh crumbs, that's a big move. I've been Apple since the start and will happily welcome you over if you do switch. It's not so bad, I promise. It's not amazing either, I can't lie to you, but at least their approach to privacy and AI feels a bit more reassuring. For now.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 15/08/2026

iTunes Match was really good for that. Load CDs into your computer, if they existed on the iTunes Store then it'd just give you the high bitrate digital version rather than import the disc - and let you download with the DRM removed. Made populating my own server nice and easy 👌

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Thank you! Belated also because I too am quite rubbish. Hope that you're doing well.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

(Though in less grumpy news it's nice to see you posting here 🙂)

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

It's exactly this. Not that I'm going to stop doing these things but I'm just struggling to see the point in even trying at the moment.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

We'll be out on doorsteps clapping people who have the common sense to not use disposable BBQs during a heatwave before the month is out.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

I'm not sure how many more of these I'll manage. Now excuse me while I go and make sure that no rogue cardboard has crept into my plastic recycling.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

At this point I'd welcome Bruce Willis jetting off on a space rocket with a nuclear warhead to make everything right. Tbh I'd probably join him.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

At the same time as having no money for ourselves because *gestures* everything costs so fucking much now.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

We aren't allowed to just enjoy being alive because rich people want to get richer, and somehow we've got to be fine with that because we have no other option.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

I don't know about you but I'm also starting to think that this exceptionally bad summer isn't actually going to be the exception for much longer.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 14/08/2026

I'm starting to think that by watching a generation of disaster movies we've all been unwittingly deceived into believing that world leaders will actually try to do something to save the planet when things start rapidly going to shit.

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