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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 20/01/2026

Watching the morning news…… I’ve had to mute the TV volume - a water company spokesperson stating investment is required to fix our water problems - and they’re the people to do that.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 18/11/2025

16+ hours into a 17+ hour print …… hit end fan failure. 😞 I’ve replaced the fan - let’s see if having the door open for 10mins will show. #3dprinting #bambux1c

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 01/10/2025

So today I installed Omarchy on my Thinkpad. Maybe I’m mad. Previously I was running Ubuntu and I just found it ….. meh. I also have a Mac and I just found Ubuntu was never really as good as the Mac. So I thought - let’s try something really different. Fingers crossed….. #omarchy

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 11/09/2025

MacOS Tahoe. Why oh why did they have to remove Launchpad? Their replacement the “Apps App” is absolutely terrible. I can only hope someone vibe codes up a suitable Launchpad replacement. #macostahoe

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 25/07/2025

“Why can’t we just…… send an HTML Email” - awesome idea and write up from Julik Tarkhanov. blog.julik.nl/2025/07/h… #rails #ruby #AwesomeRubyNewsletter

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 23/07/2025

Maybe I’m late to this party. rubyfriends.app/profiles/… #rails #ruby #rubyfriends

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Radan @radan.dev · 22/07/2025

I've added an all new section on Hotwire Native to "Master Hotwire". I've put over 70h into making it the fastest way for experienced Rails developers to get up to speed with Hotwire Native. But I'll leave the old price until the end of the week: masterhotwire.com

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Master Hotwire: Master Hotwire to Build Modern Web Apps with Rails Simplicity

“Master Hotwire” is structured to help you build a strong mental model of Hotwire. It combines explanations of functionality with hands-on coding. The book guides you through building a collaborative ...

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 12/07/2025

So the Thinkpad T490 (32gb/1tb) arrived with Win 11 Pro installed. I’ve installed Ubuntu 25 (dual boot) all setup with for Ruby dev in about half a day. My only gripes would be the speakers sounding terrible and a trackpoint that just is not recognised. Otherwise the machine is really great.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 29/06/2025

Advise please. I’d like to trial developing (Ruby) on a Linux laptop. Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap laptop and a distro? I’m a newbie to Linux so nothing too complex that might scare me away. Many thanks. #ruby #rails #rubyonrails

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 26/06/2025

Today I took a Hidden London tour of Holborn tube station. Super interesting and totally worth the 70-80 minutes, so much so I’m hoping to do the Dover Street hidden tour soon. Visit the London Transport museum website for more info. #hiddenlondon

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 20/06/2025

Personal Brighton Ruby outcomes. 🌟Energy levels, massively heightened. 🌟Interest in Accessibility, re-ignited. 🌟Book by Raymond Smullyan, ordered. 🌟Number of people I’m following on socials, increased. #brightonruby #ruby #rails

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 09/06/2025

Methods of dealing with missing Turbo Frames by Alessandro Rodi. Awesome. coorasse.com/blog/hand… #Rails #TurboFrames

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 21/05/2025

I thought I might start an irregular post series called Shite AI. #1. The loose fruit/veg scales in my local supermarket now have an AI camera attached in order to automatically determine which produce is being weighed. Weighing produce now takes 2 to 3 times longer. Thanks AI. #shite-ai

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 15/05/2025

Tonight I shall mostly be enjoying Anna Lapwood and orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. (with a surprise appearance of Max Richter) #AnnaLapwood #RoyalAlbertHall

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 13/05/2025

Tonight I shall be mostly enjoying Steven Wilson at the Royal Paladium. #stevenwilson #nickbeggs

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Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

You know what's not sold out? brightonruby.com #RailsWorld

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 13/05/2025

I received an email reminder from @andycroll.bsky.social about Brighton Ruby...... It's surprisingly close and will likely be the best Ruby conference you'll have attended since the last Brighton Ruby. Honest. Get your tickets here. brightonruby.com #RubyOnRails #BrightonRuby

brightonruby.com

Brighton Ruby Conference

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 09/05/2025

The Comorore Pet was my first exposure to computers and from the moment I saw one I was hooked - it took me some time to actually get time using one. Very fond memories. Anyhow. Here’s a fascinating post by Ken Schirriff about repairing one. www.righto.com/2025/04/c…

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 08/05/2025

Does anyone have any view points on the Sovol SV08? (With enclosure) #3dprinting #3dprinter

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 26/04/2025

So this is a new alert pop-up on my phone. I’ve never seen anything like this, I wonder if it’s a new iOS feature.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 22/04/2025

Is it okay to upgrade a home Wifi setup to Ubiquiti - even if there is nothing wrong - at all - with the current setup? Just wondering. #Ubiquiti

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 22/04/2025

Is it okay to upgrade a home Wifi setup to Ubiquity - even if there is nothing wrong - at all - with the current setup? Just wondering.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 18/04/2025

Question. Could Harvard up and relocate?

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 16/04/2025

I’ve been buying Decaf Coffee from Craft Decaf, their whole beans have really lovely, I can genuinely recommend them. Anyhow they’ve given me a link that can get you a discount and me a small reward. If you’re in the UK + thinking of buying decaf coffee beans… app.judge.me/ref/JM-ZV…

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 27/03/2025

I’d like an online service that “robot speaks” my typed text. Something I can use when answering annoying calls.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 26/01/2025

A reminder.... Ruby Brighton tickets return to "normal" (which is still super cheap for what you experience) this coming Friday. Last years conference was bleeping brilliant, don't miss out and save some money. brightonruby.com #BrightonRuby

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 22/01/2025

It's alive! Now to figure which dongles I'm missing - and how expensive they're going to be - in order to update the device with my laptop. Firewire to USB-C anyone? #iPod

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 02/01/2025

I’ve gone and bought a Raspberry Pi 500 for my workshop. I am fed up walking my laptop too and fro the house in the rain. Asking Pi owners…. Do you have any recommendations for best desktop environment? It’s mainly for Internet Browser use, likely Firefox but again recommendations appreciated.

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Kathy Tafel @kathytafel.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I can’t even with this. How do you do this to babies? Where are they supposed to go???

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 27/12/2024

Does anyone have any good recomendations for CAD/Modelling software for Raspberry Pi? (Pi 4)

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 25/12/2024

Ignore the “click bait-y” headline. I thought the article was pretty on point. “The one way I know a team is in trouble” open.substack.com/pub/suzan…

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 20/12/2024

It doesn't matter which area, China seems to be living their own "Moores Law". www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business… “Luckin Coffee.... generates more revenue .... than Starbucks.... has nearly three times as many stores, and opens a new one, on average, every hour.”

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 12/12/2024

I’m stumped as to why this ASA filament is printing like this. I’m going to run a bunch of calibration tests. But if anyone can point me to the likely culprit that would be wonderful. #3dPrinting

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 08/12/2024

I guess they couldn’t bear to see it chopped up for fire wood.

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 05/12/2024

Fine Vertical Artefacts. NOT.... Vertical Fine Artefacts ianbradbury.micro.blog/2024/12/05/f…

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 28/11/2024

I'm disappointed. Re-reading the Prusa Core One description I realise the chamber is not heated; like the Bambu X1C it uses the heat bed to heat the chamber. Somehow I really thought it was heated. Oh well, the Qidi Plus 4 looks more enticing each day. #Prusa #3dPrinting

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 27/11/2024

TIL - I can run multiple instaces of Bambu Studio v1.10. I'm guessing this has been the case for some time but oh my I really wish I'd known this sooner. 3dPrinting #BambuStudio

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Ian Bradbury @ianbradbury.micro.blog · 20/11/2024

Okay. So it seems the cross posting from micro.blog does work! There is just a long delay between posting and it appearing in BlueSky. In the future I will be more patient.

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Micro.blog

Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can share and engage with others.

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