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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 30/09/2026

Very appropriately, seen in Heathrow airport on my way to Copenhagen where I'll be meeting up with @kevlin.bsky.social.

Two screens - one booting and one blue screen.

Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 27/08/2026

The moon behind the clouds looks amazing here at the moment. This photo doesn't actually capture it well - it's much less bright in reality - but feels cool in itself.

The moon with layers of cloud in front of it, making the glow seem bigger.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 21/03/2026

Visiting Cambridge after many years away, and this makes me so sad - when I think back to student days, having an occasional burger from Gardies is one of the strongest memories.

The Gardenia takeaway in Cambridge, with a "closed down" sign.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 24/10/2025

Full marks to the BBC weather site for correctly showing the repetition of 1am in the UK this weekend. (Hopefully most other weather sites get this right too...)

Weather forecast showing 1am happening twice on Sunday morning in the UK, due to the clocks going back (2am=>1am).

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 05/10/2025

"Dragon" is to "pile of gold" as "cat" is to "coffee machine".

A cat curled up on top of a coffee machine.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 15/06/2025

I believe there are people who believe a cupboard under the stairs doesn't really need a Dante-based speaker and conference room microphone. I'm not one of those people.

Speaker and microphone mounted underneath stairs inside a cupboard.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 11/06/2025

Signed Hadestown poster is now framed and hanging in my home office / shed. (In the one space left that isn't taken up with Miro lithographs...)

Hadestown poster signed in metallic sharpies by the mid-2025 West End cast.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 17/05/2025

Interval at Hadestown with Allie Daniel as Hermes. Ooh, she's very good :) (I've been looking forward to seeing her as Hermes since Feb 2024...)

Hadestown cast list. Principals:
Orpheus: Dylan Wood
Eurydice: Desmonda Cathabel
Hades: Chris Jarman
Hermes: Allie Daniel
Persephone: Victoria Hamilton Barritt

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 19/04/2025

Okay, so now I have a rather large Dante-enabled pendant speaker (admittedly without the hanging accessories). It sounds great, I love that it only needs a network cable. Absolute bargain (about $60) so I couldn't resist. Not actually sure what I'm going to do with it though...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 25/03/2025

Well and truly pinned down by cats.

Two cars on my lap, as I have my legs outstretched.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 07/03/2025

They sang it again - and it was extra special being with two of my kids for it. Ah.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 01/03/2025

View from my evening seat - yup, this'll do :)

View from dress circle c11 of the Lyric theatre, West End.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 01/03/2025

And the obligatory cast list...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 01/03/2025

Boo, no real flowers allowed in the theatre. Not to worry. But I get the feeling these cameras might be a touch more expensive than the ones we have at church...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 01/03/2025

I'm ready with carnations... expecting to keep one for myself, but give the others to whoever expresses an interest.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 22/02/2025

Original Broadway Epic III, but still the faster Nothing Changes (Fates, after Papers). All stunning.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 22/02/2025

Ooh yes, it's on. Looking forward to a performance with an audience of 99% die-hard fans. Although I did hear one person saying they hadn't seen it before - not sure how they ended up in this particular performance, but I'm slightly jealous of the mind-blowing they're about to experience...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 14/02/2025

Oh, look where I am again. Just kidding, we're seeing Oliver tonight. (Back for Hadestown OBC on March 7th...)

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 26/01/2025

We're gonna see it again... (Currently decked out in Hadestown T-shirt, sweater, socks and beanie.)

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 02/12/2024

I've put it back now.

The Eiffel Tower in the distance. Taken from near Sacre-Coeur.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 24/11/2024

I think you must have been about 3 rows ahead of where I saw it from...

View before the show at Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 14/11/2024

Yup, this has been a successful work trip.

Playbills for Hadestown, Sunset Blvd and Maybe Happy Ending.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 05/11/2024

Much election night snackage.

Snack foods at a checkout. Mostly crisps and chocolate.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 05/11/2024

It's not pretty, but it works. (There's more work to do in order to detect Boolean values, handle string/float enums etc, but it's a start. And it found a subtle bug in my code!)

"Wing Explorer" screenshot showing a tree of nodes on the left hand side, and a list of field values for that node on the right hand side.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 12/10/2024

Undercover fish still needs a bit more training, I think.

Fish hiding under a leaf, but with tail sticking out.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 04/10/2024

Chugga chugga chugga chugga... Once upon a time there was a railroad line...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 03/10/2024

One very sleepy cat...

Cat sleeping on my lap, with head drooping off legs.

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 08/09/2024

Shingle Street, Suffolk. Supposedly there was a pretty high chance of rain about now. I don't think so...

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Jon Skeet @jonskeet.uk · 18/08/2024

Today I've added some tweaks, and bought a kiosk mode app for the tablet, making it as close to "plug and pray" as I could reasonably hope. I just need to work out a little bit of physical device security (basically "where we can store and charge") and we're away...

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