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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 13/08/2025

Nice to see The Trainline's marketing team switching the tone-of-voice generator to Failed 2 Unlimited Titles today

Email title saying "Get Ready For Kettering"

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 17/05/2025

Hey BlueSky - is this a spork, or a fork with specific aesthetic choices? Please help. I have no idea.

A fork-like object with an oval shape, which may be a fork or a spork.

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 23/04/2025

Any magazine that can have this as official merch (although this pic is a reproduction) is A-OK with me!

The Your Sinclair "It's Crap!" T-shirt from RedBubble

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 23/03/2025

Well, thank goodness for that.

Display in Euston Station saying "Information will appear here"

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 06/03/2025

Here's a couple of recent arrivals from here, too!

A copy of Next Tech by Simon N Goodwin, and Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner by William Tang

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 28/02/2025

"You can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter."

Picture of Kier Starmer saying there is a famous slogan in the United Kingdom

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 23/02/2025

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money

The front cover to The Grid's 1994 album, Evolver

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 12/02/2025

In hindsight, I think I'd rather they were 100% potato.

A packet of Tyrrell's crisps which proudly and prominently proclaims "Now Made With 25% Recycled Plastic" just above the actual product description

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 29/12/2024

Thanks to the suggestion of @leefreshprince.bsky.social, I've completed Stop The Express on the ZXS this evening. Proof attached. Had never played it before - horifically unforgiving game in a classic style, but quite enjoyed it and might consider doing a speedrun in future.

The Completion screen of Stop The Express on the ZX Spectrum

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 28/12/2024

Hang on - what?! Has someone else been using my Amazon account? A mouse?

Amazon screenshot saying "Pick up where you left off in Cheese gifts"

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 24/12/2024

It's gone all Xmassy with a sudden swerve because the local taproom have a brass band on and they're honking their way through the classic carols, and Cliff Richard for some reason #XmasInTheCountry

A brass band playing in a taproom in Northants

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 22/12/2024

It's hard to describe how much fun @thecubanboys.bsky.social are for a live set. Wall-to-wall chaos: @poundshopboys.bsky.social and @spraypopmusic.com also happen for some reason, and also Wonky Puss sing about The Smiths infesting their kitchen. An evening of extremely banging musical delirium.

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 21/12/2024

Here's Hacker T Dog announcing last orders in the pub I was in last night - as ever it's turning out to be a perfectly normal Xmas.

Hacker T Dog announcing last orders at The Grayston Unity, Halifax

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 25/11/2024

Quote with your first computer: Grandstand's My First Computer I hope this counts? It is what I would consider the first device I ever interacted with. Followed up by a ZX Spectrum +2 a few years later, and then a +2A when that stopped working. (Both of which I preferred to the earlier models.)

An image (taken from eBay) of a Grandstand My First Computer, plus the packaging which describes 10 Learning Activities in One

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 23/11/2024

I feel extremely judged by this Tron arcade machine

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 19/11/2024

Bit early, I will admit. (This is from half an hour ago.)

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 19/11/2024

Off to the UK Student Radio Awards this evening - a big thankyou to the Student Radio Association (who aren't here yet) for inviting me. There may well be pictures/observations or incomprehensible ramblings, because there is booze. The Blender's one-of-a-kind formal attire is in use:

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 16/11/2024

The Energy (In Northampton) that I bring to Bluesky

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 16/11/2024

Quote post with a picture of yourself and show these newbies who they are dealing with.

A photo of Rik Ward in moody monochrome style, amongst a throng of people at some kind of beer festival, unfortunately with a Tiny Rebel sign in the background which he would have removed if he could be bothered

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 13/11/2024

Introduce yourself as a TV character

Sceptical looking character from TV series The Dreamstone whose name I have forgotten

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Rik Ward, again @rikward.com · 12/11/2024

I'm with the brand. Kudos to the amazing @spraypopmusic.bsky.social and their HappyRobots pals for an amazing evening last night. [From: 20 Mar 2022]

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