MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Passing through Linköping on a train. Last time I did this journey I had an interesting conversation about the possibilities of a new bit of tech - Bluetooth. Now 27 years later, my phone tells me I’m surrounded by Bluetooth devices. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I spent some time getting data off one of those once. They were old(ish) tech in 1992. 111
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hadn’t noticed before, he drives under the barrier in the car park. 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s a shame there are all these closed systems. Hooking up a car energy charger via a supplier when something isn’t quite right and I only have limited access to error messages is a bit frustrating. If @octopus.energy had a system that called a service I’d created, I reckon I could get it to work. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some interesting framing by the Australian government- or maybe the reporting. “It’s openai’s fault that we left an insecure system online and they should have told us”. The ai is just a bit of software that is capable of trying attack vectors in an optimal tireless way. 001
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For example if I own a domain (I do) I might use octopus@mydomain.com and audi@mydomain.com as email addresses. 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I wonder why @octopus.energy uses old school email addresses when signing up for intelligent go. I might want to use multiple emails addresses for services to manage spam. Why not use oauth when linking to 3rd parties (car maker, EV charger maker)? 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spent the day moving “stuff” downstairs after building work is mostly complete. 36 flights of stairs climbed and 2 miles walked. More of the same tomorrow. Eventually I’ll find my nerdy stuff. I can see the box the Spectrum and C64 live in. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Very nerdy, but now testing new home WiFi setup. I have 4 Ethernet ports. With 2 access points plugged in I have almost full coverage. Just need to sofas to sit on. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026All these warnings from the big bosses of AI are nonsense, right? Have they spent too much money buying all the ram? 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Arrgh, my mobile number has made its way into spammers list. I keep getting robo called from someone who sounds about 12 years old saying they are from a recruiter. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Like a numpty, I didn’t back up the code I’d written to query the @octopus.energy API. The code was lost when my ssd failed. I challenged my local AI to recreate it. The API is well documented and the agent has done a great job. I’ve not even read the code - maybe I should 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I shared a bedroom with 2 older brothers. I was scared of almost everything. Especially the Airfix kits of horror movie monsters with glowing parts. 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026End of an era(ish). I’ve cancelled my subscription to the excellent paid @jetbrains.com IntelliJ. As a retired dev I no longer need all the features. Though I’ll still happily use the free PyCharm 001
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve been doing other things this evening and have missed the announcements. A foldy phone for 2k. Geez 120
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oh, I was expecting them to knock the price down of the old model. 111
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Oh, when in the area pop into the bookshop near Paddington that specialised in technical books. Long gone I’d imagine 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There used to be a shop on the edgeware road in london. Their stock of stuff was amazing. Visited a few time in the early 2000’s when I lived nearby. 111
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I saw a deer happily munching on someone’s lawn the other day 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I have no idea what they were about. I lived in a shared house with a couple of former work colleagues - must have been theirs 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 05/09/202693 or 94 I’d say. I was never far from the beer phone :) 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Testing plugin hybrid charging with new solar and battery. It all seems to work. About 50% faster than with regular charger. I’ll have to dig the car out as the builders haven’t quite finished outside. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I had plug in cartridge console. I can’t remember which one. It wasn’t a 2600. A research project to see if I can work out which one 010
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Apparently the wine waiter in this camper van we’ve hired is a bit of a misery guts. I’d better have a word with him. 001
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Perhaps he should have gone to Clacton in a catering truck 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Binoculars (don’t look through) projected onto an envelope. Of course it’s gone cloudy 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Good news. Apparently there’s a tax rebate for me. Sadly, the email is from the US IRS. I suspect a scam :) 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Bit of a fail for a new jacket. I like to support local businesses so popped along to an outdoor shop. They had a nice jacket that fitted shoulders and arms. However there was a gap between the bottom of the front and the top of my trousers. Given our horizontal rain this would become annoying 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Oh, they are felling the Cock o the north. But there are plans to replant. I wonder how many giggles it’s started maps.app.goo.gl/DH4vJEhELKAi...maps.app.goo.gl 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Changing circumstances means I have a free weekend. Was thinking of a bit of rambling is in order. Looks like the weather may be on the damp side. An excuse to replace my jacket that has a knackered zip. 100
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026In the future archaeologists will discover buried iPhones then investigate whats on them and that bloody U2 album will start playing 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026According to Bank of England inflation calculator that £29.95 is about £119 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A few years ago now I worked along side someone like that and he’d start arguments for fun. It was entertaining at first, then became irritating. On one occasion I came very close to up ending his desk and asking if he’d like to have a discussion outside. What an arse. I went for a cuppa instead 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A few years after the 1983 A plate came out, I got this beauty. The first owner had registered it on August 1st 1983. 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Who knew buying a sofa was so difficult. I feel 3 yr old me who threw a tantrum in Woolworths after too much shopping is bubbling up. 001
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Getting the opportunity to be bored for a while. Waiting for an engineer visit in the 8am-1pm time slot. 110
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Been on hold so long I’ve improved my my right hand writing. Still not good at joined up though. 000
MarkB @mark-burton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Printing from my PC is definitely haunted. It used to be that 50% of prints would stop 1/3 down a page. Now it’s printing 2 copies of things. 000
