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Prof Colin

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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Rehabbed an old, beat-up, near-dead iPod with a new battery, SD card and new case. Challenging, but fun weekend project!
Before and after photos of old and rehabbed iPod
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Capture of opening credits of 80s TV show Probe
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I kept my dissertation box around for decades, finally letting go in 2025
An ancient box of photocopied articles
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Still one of my favorite things in the history of the internet
Musician Richard Marx tweeting about how he goes to the dentist to hear his own sings
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I respect that they need to do what they need to do to survive as a business, but I do find it funny that they've placed their subscription plan announcement behind their limited-article paywall
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'm genuinely shocked they didn't just grab Albert Speer's design
Model of Albert Speer's plan for Berlin after German win in WWII
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Mainz has a very nice cathedral, but I was absolutely blown away by the Chagall windows at St Stephan's Church
Photo of two of the Chagall windows at St Stephan's church in Mainz
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Thought this was my dog!
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A friend shared this poem and it's been haunting me. Good Bones, by Maggie Smith
Words of the poem Good Bones, by Maggie Smith 

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Every local Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy Monday, y'all
A cute dog sleeping peacefully
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 06/04/2024
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
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Prof Colin @owtytrof.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
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