iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Fair to say I'm looking forward to Project Hail Mary coming out next year. Interesting to see something that looks like an Ariane in the trailer. youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?...

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I needed a new suit for work. This'll do nicely. 😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

New James Bond spotted paddleboarding off south Devon. Nah, it's me init. 🤗

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This skeet is sent from a cable car over the Thames. 🚠

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

When I was a kid I loved building Lego. I was quite good at creating my own stuff too. But I'm crap at it now. There are just so many different pieces that do the one job they need to do. The creativity is all different. I liked having to be imaginative with the few bits I had.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I wonder why teachers are so frightened to engage with Raspberry Pi. I've just done an update and bricked my Pi5. 🤔

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sending this skeet from onboard a hovercraft.😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Who knew Minas Tirith had a park and ride? #AragornOnaBus

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

As an Apollo nerd it's quite exciting to be spending the day with these people. 😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Giving my vambraces a nourish and wax ahead of #PortsmouthComicCon next week. #ReturnOfTheKing

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Whizzing through the countryside on a train, heading south from London on a sunny spring evening really is a super advert for Great Britain. ☀️🐄🐏🌲🌳🌳🏡🦋 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I seem to come up with my best ideas when I'm walking the dog. The problem is that I need to finish the ideas I've already had before I start something new.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

No, it's not the first spacecraft to go into polar orbit. (Just go out after dusk on a clear night and look up). It's the first crewed spacecraft to go into polar orbit. News outlets should do better. I'm looking at you BBC. #Pedantic #Space 🚀☀️🧊☀️🧊☀️🧊🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

30 second pinhole projector with a biscuit box. We got it! #Eclipse

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Been experimenting with adding "emotions" to a robot. It's amazing how few pixels you need before the anthropomorphism kicks in. 😊

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

There's no such thing as "too many" robots, is there? #Maker #Robots

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

10 years since we sent Astro Pi to the space station it's still going strong. Today I completed another CPD session with primary teachers, who will be sending code to space with their classes in no time!

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So. Electric State. Everywhere I look I see negative reviews. Is it in my top 10, probably not. Is it terrible. No way. Give it a go.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So is this a Starship landing or orbital insertion? What's the plan for planetary protection from all those microbes and bacteria from Texas? (And unmanned again BBC, really?)🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Elon Musk says first SpaceX mission to Mars will launch next year - BBC News

The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX "Starship" vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029.

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Libby Jackson @libbyjackson.com · 17/03/2025

The UK is getting back into a run of evening sightings of the ISS, and (whisper it) maybe clear skies. Tonight's good pass is 20:01 in Swindon, but you can look up your times at spotthestation.nasa.gov. Look West at the right time, look out for a really bright, moving dot, and give the Crew a wave.

spotthestation.nasa.gov

Spot The Station

See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I can't believe it took me until my mid 40s to discover that unconditional love from a dog is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Just watched the ISS pass overhead and what I presume is a Dragon chasing along behind it. I've been ISS spotting for 20+ years (and Mir before that) and it still blows my mind to see a crewed spaceship with my own eyes.

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Chris Lee @cpl43uk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Yes perhaps surprisingly for many, UK does have a space agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social, .as well as leading space capabilities and some of this is supporting an excellent European Space Agency programme @esa.int - so we must celebrate and nurture this vs darker times elsewhere…

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Making paper planes with a group of Guides. It's all about inspiring them, but I always come away from these events feeling inspired and energised myself.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Actually, pulled out the box last weekend and found an iPhone charge cable that a friend's daughter needed. This vindication means the box will only get bigger, and possibly multiply.😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

How do you post to feeds here? Just include the hashtag?

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Sneak glimpse of my Saturday night. Updating some code onboard @yuri3rover.bsky.social and setting up a new WiFi hub as the "data relay satellite" for remote mission mode.

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Adam 🚀 @supernovalabs.co.uk · 22/02/2025

There is also an Oxford summer space programme being run by Space Store, residential and non-residential options available, one or two week options available 7-18 July 2025: www.spacestore.co/oxford-summe... Pass it on.

spacestore.co

Oxford Summer Space Course – Space Store

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Adam 🚀 @supernovalabs.co.uk · 22/02/2025

For those younger in our network: International Space Competition for 12-19 Year Olds: abclondon.org.uk/space-compet...

abclondon.org.uk

Space Competition 2025 – Arts & Business College of London

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Anyone else using a proper aviation headset for their online meetings?😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Finally all patches sewn on the latest flight jacket to add to the collection. It's dark navy blue in real life and I love it.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

So it's #NationalApprenticeshipWeek. If you're at school, or college and people are telling you that apprenticeships are a backup plan, or "worse" than conventional university study, THEY ARE WRONG. As Bob Dylan said: The Times They Are A-Changin. Follow YOUR dream, like I did 25 years ago. 👍

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Some great links in here, including the Airbus UK virtual work experience programme. If you're a student 13+ (or parent) I would highly recommend it. ESPECIALLY if you have applied for the 2025 #Apprenticeship intake at Airbus UK.😉 #NAW2025

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Oh, that's what they meant by "working springer spaniel ".

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Eddie SpaceBoy @eddiespaceboy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Just curating some old documents and photos and Eddie gave me permission to share this memory. @yuri3rover.bsky.social @johnchinner.bsky.social

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I've was wondering why the new show, #Paradise, has got under my skin. I've worked it out. It's the score. I had to look up the composer, because it reminds me of the soundtrack for the Apollo documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon", and gets me right in the feels.

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My sister sent me this card. Made me laaaaf.😄 @skentelbery.bsky.social

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

10 years ago this rover was just a list of parts in a spreadsheet. 😁

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Come on, The Repair Shop, if you're looking for a new presenter, you just have to ask. I'm just down the road and I've actually repaired stuff with my own hands, which is a better qualification than "father was in an 80s pop band".

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

How is everyone getting on with bluesky? I spent 13 years building up a 4k twitter follower base, but just don't have the drive to post much here because of the low engagement. Feels like I'm starting from scratch.😩

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

All packed for a day in the office. 😆

Blue spacesuit glove in a bag with a laptop

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John Chinner @johnchinner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

My wife and I were in a hospital a few miles from downtown DC having a prenatal check-up while Obama was being inaugurated. How different the world seems now.

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