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…because 4 September 1752 didn’t exist. We skipped from 2 to 14 Sep overnight, Julian to Gregorian. Which might well explain why someone at Sybase looked at that whole mess and decided to draw their line above it. #sqlserver

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The SQL Server datetime type stores dates starting from 1 Jan 1753. Not un-coincidentally, Britain and her colonies transitioned to the Gregorian calendar in 1752. I’d say this happened exactly 274 years ago, but it’s hard to be precise…

Well, I recommend it. Ta for the link! Not perfect but certainly a lot better than nothing!

Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of many reasons I remain living in a little flat in Hotwells: the things you happen to see when you pop out for a coffee. #Bristol

The Matthew passing by Bridge Valley Road on its way out down the Avon

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Ooh, you just reminded me that the new season came out. Some new "Sherlock Homeless" will make excellent exercise-bike-TV.

Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This evening I have mostly been cutting things with lasers #zap

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you so much for clearing that up, Microsoft Edge.

A Microsoft Edge dialog box, completely black, with a single "Yes" button.

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Watts Martin @coyotetracks.org · 28/09/2026

New post: “Why They're Building Muse” After reading Alexandr Wang's mission statement for Meta's new AI assistant, I have some modest improvements to suggest. coyotetracks.org/blog/why-building-…

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks. Have ordered. Am already stressing about fouling up sticking them on.

Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For Christ's sake, The Guardian. I've *got* a perfectly decent password. Why do you need to email me a code to log in? What's this extra protection *for*? Is someone going to hack me and leave a right-wing comment under my name or something?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Not sure that there are many images more '1986' than Max Headroom on the cover of Crash ZX Spectrum. timworthington.org/2017/09/08/l...

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I think I’ve got the instruction manual somewhere…

Today I used a domestic degreaser to clean the front of my Bosch oven. And wiped off the symbols and numerals from around the main control and temperature knobs. Luckily I can remember where "180°C" was, and how to turn the oven on. Next time I want to grill something it's roulette time...

My oven temperature knob. Bottom right and left of it are the remains of some numerals. Maybe.

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Decided to treat myself to the pretty commute home yesterday. #bristol #ferry

On Bristol Ferry Boat Brigantia approaching the Shot Tower on a commute home from Temple Meads

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/09/2026

My friend (and Coffee Club barista) Mabel went above and beyond normal latte art today after a conversation about music. #moomins #snufkin #harmonica

Snufkin playing harmonica, by Mabel, drawn on a Coffee Club cup

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sometimes I look at sofas that don't have proper armrests and it brings me, with deep horror, into the lives of people who apparently never lie down across their sofa and instead just sit on them (?) like circus freaks

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Starting to feel like the best sci-fi property to understand the rise of machine intelligence might be Blade Runner, a story about two co-dependent species trapped in an endless dyad of making things just a little bit worse.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just a shame I had to get back on and do an extra five minutes to make up for the photo break 😂

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nothing predicted the future of the internet more accurately than Nathan Barley.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You stick it to those VVVF bastards.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When I bought a £130 folding exercise bike from Amazon a few years back I really wasn't expecting to get this far. I mean, however far 999.9km actually *is* on a stationary bike...

The display of a cheap folding exercise bike with 999.9km on the odometer

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We actually move the city a foot west at every autumn equinox. Don't worry, it'll be back where it was come Spring. No idea why Google have moved it early, the fools.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well that was an hour of python debugging to find the reason my #raspberrypi button wasn't responding that I'll never get back.

A broken connection on a button connected to a Raspberry Pi.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

RP with your home river. (I like my home river. Can you tell?)

Went for a Bank Holiday walk yesterday. #bristol #leighwoods

Clifton Observatory and St Vincent's Cave

Clifton Suspension Bridge glimpsed from Leigh Woods

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Decluttering. Who remembers these? #apple #mac

Apple Remote controls for the first intel iMac and the first white polycarbonate MacBook, I think..

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Sadly I don’t really have the space for it…

My aspirational chair is the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. You probably shouldn’t look up how much those are. I certainly never should have.

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Then again, this lounge chair appears to be named in Klingon.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yes, I only want it because it looks like it belongs in Blake’s 7. So?

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The Eighteen Ronnies

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Albasoup @albasoup.itch.io · 29/08/2026

Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection

A backrooms-ass room with a twilight sky and trees seemingly imposed over it in a dream-like fashion (it's the reflection of the window)

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pan Macmillan have revealed the cover to next year's SF release from me: The Eighth Face. Creepy clone monks living in a crashed-spaceship monastery, horrible things from the sea, a past revealed in things cast up by the tide... www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adri...

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The Eighth Face by Adrian Tchaikovsky

What hides beneath the waves of an alien world?A gripping sci-fi mystery from the master of the genre, Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring rebellious clones, deep-sea

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Dorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Inventor.

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'I've invented a machine,' says Cat, 'the makes content - so you don't have to. And watches content - so you don't have to. I call it - THE ECONOMY!' Girl ponders. 'What do I do with all my free time?' she asks. 'Work in the coal mines,' says Cat.

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Matt Gibson @gothick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Oh yeah, *great* thing to leave next to a litter bin in a country currently plagued by fires.

Lithium ion battery with smashed case left next to a bin.