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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

The full moon on my walk home this evening. #moon

A very bright full moon in an almost cloudless sky just after sunset. Taken on iPhone at 2x zoom.

A very bright full moon in an almost cloudless sky just after sunset. Taken on iPhone at 4x zoom.

A very bright full moon in an almost cloudless sky just after sunset. Taken on iPhone at 8x zoom.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

My paper copy of Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine arrived today. The first in decades. I used to get it and The Cricketer every month in the late 1970s and early 1980s. #Cricket

A Wisden Cricket Monthly cover shows Dan Lawrence in a cap, headline “PLAYING THE WILDCARD”.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

In Colonel Paddy’s Cafe in Newtownards killing time before an appointment at noon.

A mug of tea, metal pitcher, and white teapot on a wooden table in a sunlit café with tables, chairs and windows in the background.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

One benefit of switching from Downcast to Apple Podcasts is that I can listen to podcasts on Apple TV in the native app instead of using AirPlay. The artwork displays better in the native app. See the picture. #Podcast #ApplePodcasts

The podcast artwork from the DREAMING AGAINST THE MACHINE podcast on my living room TV.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Reached level 500 on Apple Arcade Solitaire+.

The level up screen in the Solitaire+ game in iPhone. Showing the text You’ve reached Level 500. New Title Earned: Wild Card.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Bloody hell. Its estimating 2 hours to copy the game data from the data disc to the hard drive. Hopefully a one off thing! See picture. #PS4 #RedDeadRedemption2 mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/117401…

A TV shows a blue screen copying data above a wooden shelf holding a red clock reading 19:51 and a blue case.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I still love the lyrics view in Apple Music app on Apple TV box. #AppleTV

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Twitter Archive imported into Day One. I've been wanting to do this since 2022, when I left Twitter. Claude did it in an hour. And that time included backing up various databases in case anything went wrong! The attached picture shows my Tweets from 1st June […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A screenshot of my first 8 tweets in mt Day One journalling app. The text on the screenshot says:

T Tweets from Sunday 1 June 2008
12:29 Lazing on a Sunday morning. Listening to BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth. Updating web site. Using Twitter for the first time!

12:38 Just activated my iPhone to use to update Twitter

14:59 Will be watching the Indian Premier League cricket final later. Currently watching highlights of the 2nd semi. Not your fathers cricket :-)

17:24 Listening to The Blue Danube on Classic Fm in car. I wonder how many people bought it after plsying Elite.

17:46 This time next week (ignoring time zones) it'll be the MacReseach get together in the Thirsty Bear, SF

19:28 it's the last over in the IPL final. RR need 8 from it!! The excitement.

19:32 Scores level with 1 ball to go!!

21:37 Apple Keynote is a brilliant piece of software. It actually makes creating presentations fun! No mean feat.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Keck 1 (I think the dome furthest from the camera is Keck 1. With Keck 2 nearest) has its adaptive optics laser on. And Orion has fallen over and is lying on its side. See picture. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/Kj5DjRYkzD8 #Astronomy #KeckTelescope #SubaruTelescope

The eastern view of the two Keck Telescope domes on Mauna Kea on Hawaii. As seen on the live webcam on the Subaru Telescope building. The Keck 1 telescope has an orange laser beam coming out of it and then disappearing off the top of the frame. It’s for image stabilisation. The constellation of Orion is prominent in the sky. It looks like it’s on its side from Hawaii. It’s more vertical from Ireland.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

My mate Tim found this picture of me and another mate Bobbie taken in London at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park in April 1992 while we were all in London for the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert. Despite what it looks like, I’m not picking my nose 😬 #London

Image description: Two men in leather biker jackets standing in a city park.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The Love Hypothesis is the number 1 film worldwide on Amazon Prime. #Film #TheLoveHypothesis

An Amazon Prime post from Instagram with the two main characters from The Love Hypothesis film, Olive & Adam, looking into each other’s eyes. With text over their heads that reads: The Love Hypothesis. #1 on Prime Video World Wide.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I finished listening to the audiobook edition of Togetherness. Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations by Rowan Hooper. It is a much-needed book. And a must-read. Well worth your time. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0G7KS8VHJ #Science #Ecology #Books #Audiobooks

Book cover with colorful organisms: coral, butterfly, flowers, fungi. Text: “Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations,” “Rowan Hooper,” “TOGETHERNESS”

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

The Keck Telescope with its image stabilisation laser on might be the most Sci-Fi thing I’ve ever seen. 🥰 #Astronomy #KeckTelescope

Television screen showing a starry night sky with an orange laser beam shining out of one of the domes of the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

The Keck Telescopes on Mauna Kea are using their image-stabilisation lasers. See picture. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/Kj5DjRYkzD8 #Astronomy #KeckTelescope

The livestream from the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea on my living room TV, showing the two large white domes of Keck 1 and 2 in the foreground. There are bright orange laser beams coming out of each dome and disappearing off the top of the screen.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I saw a good joke by screenwriter Helen Kingston on Instagram. See pic and link. “Steve Jobs folding in his grave.” www.instagram.com/p/DdMm40YMQ-v/?st…

A screenshot of an instagram post from user called kingstonwrites that says “Steve Jobs folding in his grave”. After the iPhone Duo announcement.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Home pub simulator activated. Beer and the world’s best crisp brand and flavour. #Beer

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Obligatory picture of me standing on the glass floor in the observation deck of the CN Tower in Toronto. I was literally shaking while doing this. Not great with heights 😱 #Toronto #CNTower

Person standing on a glass platform high above the city, looking down at the buildings and streets below.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I’ve started building a collection of links and to-dos for a future Canada holiday in the Tripsy iOS app. The Muskoka Lakes Hotel in Port Carling looks like a place to stay for a while. Link and picture from their Instagram attached. I spent a few days in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A lakeside residential hotel complex with a dock, boats, outdoor seating, and trees, overlooking water and multi-story housing.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Someone forgot their umbrella at the Comber Road Glider stop.

A rolled up large umbrella leaning against the ticket machine at the Comber Road Dundonald Glider stop.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I like the new artist home pages in iOS 27. Kate Bush one in picture.

The Kate Bush artist page in Apple Music in iOS 27. It shows her in the water wearing a life jacket looking up at the camera. A picture from her Before The Dawn shows from 2014.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Still reporting that map error. Apple are still making the name is wrong option unavailable. I just use the other options 🤷🏻‍♂️ #LakeOntario

Four reports in Apple Maps saying the name of Lake Ontario is wrong.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I got the flexible USB-powered LED light to fix the lack of a backlight in the keyboard of the MacBook NEO. It’s a kludge, but must needs. #MacBookNEO

A MacBook NEO on my lap in a dark room with a bendy flexible LED light plugged into a USB-C port and illuminating the keyboard.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I reported the incorrect naming of Lake Ontario in Apple Maps again. #LakeOntario #CravenApple

The acknowledgment screen in Apple Maps after you use the Report an Issue option. In this case to say that Lake Ontario is named wrong. The text in the acknowledgment says: You're making Maps better for everyone! We'll let you know when we've reviewed your report.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

One day I’ll have had my fill of rewatching Sterling Point. Today is not that day. 😊 Maple can’t take it anymore in the video scene attached! #SterlingPoint

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Reported the wrong name for Lake Ontario again. I will report it every day until they change it for people outside the USA, or ban me from using the reporting system. I wrote: The name is wrong. I’m not in the USA. I should not have to see the name the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Report an Issue form in Apple Maps on iPhone. Showing a screenshot of Lake Ontario and my text submission that reads as: The name is wrong. I’m not in the USA. I should not have to see the name the current US administration wants to call Lake Ontario appended in brackets.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

In Omniplex Cinema, Dundonald, to see The Hunger Games film. First time I’ve seen it on the big screen. I think. #Film

The Omniplex Cinemas welcome on the screen before the ads and trailer start.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

In Omniplex MAXX Dundonald to see recent film release Spider-Man: Brand New Day. #Film #OneFilmPerWeek

Empty red theater seats in a dark movie theater.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

I walked just under 140 km during August. Not enough. #Walking #HeartHealth

A line chart showing how much I walked each day in August. With the total shown as 139.93 km.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

French Toast in Cafe Nosh! Sung to the tune of French kissing in the USA… #GratuitousFoodPost

A white plate with several slices of French Toast, a small tub of maple syrup, a glass of Coca-Cola, and a Suki Tea set with a pot of Belfast Brew tea.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

The Freddie Mercury. A Life in Lyrics book by Freddie Mercury with Mary Austin book arrived. It’s definitely a book to get as a a hardback. #Music #FreddieMercury #Queen #Books

The front cover of the book Freddie Mercury. A Life in Lyrics. With a black-and-white photograph of Freddie in his short hair and moustache era. Over-led with a snippet of handwritten lyrics from the song Killer Queen.

The back cover of the book Freddie Mercury. A Life in Lyrics. With a photograph of Freddie jumping up on a metal pole in front of seating in a stadium.

A picture of Freddie with his arms around Mary Austin. Both are smiling broadly.

A two page reproduction from a notebook that Freddie used for lyric writing. Known as the Red Notebook. It shows a draft of the lyrics from the song The March of the Black Queen.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

There’s a nice view of Orion on its side from Hawaii on the meteor cam attached to the Subaru Telescope building on Mauna Kea right now. Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/M4SoiNSQeFk Image attached. #Astronomy

My living room TV with the meteor cam on the Subaru telescope building showing the Orion constellation as well as other stars above the Pacific Ocean.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

If you’re going to wear a hat you may as well wear two! #cricket

Me wearing a wide brimmed cricket hat with a green Ireland baseball style cap on top of it.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Someone has parked this tank of a “car” outside my house. Covering about. Quarter of my driveway. It’s been there for two days. The neighbours I’ve asked don’t know who owns it.

A grey pickup truck parked on a street in front of houses with trees and fences.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

The public transport information for East Belfast in Apple Maps is so good.

Bus interior with pink handrails and a digital stop display showing route to Ulster Hospital, with stops at Ballyhackamore, Greenwood Park, and Knock Road.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

They were testing a very tall person hoist at Knock Fire Station a few days ago. The attached pictures zoom in on the basket at the top. Nope. Too high 😊 Image descriptions: Four images showing a fully extended hoist. I don’t know how high the basket with a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A wide picture of the Upper Newtownards Road in East Belfast looking towards the city past the Knock Fire Station. There is a long arm hoist at the station with a person in the basket at the top. They are very high above the ground.

A slightly zoomed in picture of the Upper Newtownards Road in East Belfast looking towards the city past the Knock Fire Station. There is a long arm hoist at the station with a person in the basket at the top. They are very high above the ground.

A slightly medium zoomed in picture of the Upper Newtownards A zoomed in picture of a long arm hoist at the Knock fire station in East Belfast with a person in the basket at the top. They are very high above the ground. Road in East Belfast looking towards the city past the Knock Fire Station. There is a long arm hoist at the station with a person in the basket at the top. They are very high above the ground.

A zoomed in picture of a long arm hoist at the Knock fire station in East Belfast with a person in the basket at the top. They are very high above the ground.

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