iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 16/07/2026

Gotta say that some of the UI design in this game is really fun. I love how this little sketchy train icon next to the score looks like 点, the kanji for points

A screenshot of the UI from Denshattack. Next to the high score is a small train icon that looks like the kanji character for points

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 26/06/2026

The final season of The Bear is out today. OK, go on then

a bash terminal with the caption "every second counts". Inside it defines a bash function named "hands!" that acts as an alias for "git push origin main"

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 10/03/2026

Congratulations mate! Already spotted it on display in the Arnolfini bookshop

A bookstore shelf, filled with design books. In the top left of frame is a bright yellow book, Fine specimens by Elliot Jay Stocks

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 21/12/2025

With work wrapped for the year, it's time to continue a pre-christmas tradition running since '98

A Nintendo 3ds sits on top of a pile of books, next to a glass of white wine. On the screen is Zelda: Ocarina of Time's title screen

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 09/11/2025

Last night my wife, two friends and I went out to see Del Toro's Frankenstein at a really tiny 40-seat indie cinema. Afterwards we rolled into a country pub to nurse a few pints, sit by the fire and chat about movies. I hadn't realised how much I've missed that kind of cinema experience

The interior of a tiny cinema. Five rows of red leather seats are visible, with moviegoers dotted amongst them, clutching wine and cocktails. The walls of the cinema are cobbled stone with blue down lights. At the front is a raised stage with a blue curtain covering the screen

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 22/10/2025

Yeh, autumn is pretty decent

A photo looking up at a blue sky, a statue of a woman stands on the roof of a Victorian building. A walnut tree with vibrant yellow leaves looms in the foreground.

A photo looking up at a lightly clouded blue sky. A walnut tree with vibrant yellow-green gradient leaves looms in the foreground.

A walnut tree with vibrant yellow-green gradient leaves stands in front of a Victorian library building

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 05/09/2025

Hell of a week. We pulled it back at the last minute though, so celebrated with pizzas and cider. Pepperoni, grana padano and homegrown cherry tomatoes Figs, stracciatella and laoganma chilli crisp

A pizza sits on a peel. The crust has leoparding. The pizza is topped with pepperoni and oregano. The top and crusts are dusted with hard cheese

A pizza sits on a wooden board. The pizza is topped with sliced figs and dollops of creamy white stracciatella cheese. The crust is nicely spotted

A pizza sits on a wooden board, with another in soft focus behind it. Lights are visible in bokeh and a glass of cider sits in the distance

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 25/08/2025

It lives again! Some observations: ● The audio quality is really quite decent ● The double shot colour effect still slaps ● The screen is diabolical ● The software is dead, so no idea if I can switch up the music ● Years of streaming means I don't actually have any files to put on it anyway

A black Zune sits on a black table. The light shining through the plastic case has highlighted the blue 'doubleshot' effect. The screen is illuminated, showing the currently playing song - You Know How I Do by Taking Back Sunday

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 24/08/2025

Found a stash of long-lost cables. Zune is on charge...

A Microsoft zune laying on a table. The screen is lit and shows the charging icon

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 27/07/2025

Just spotted some roastin' toastin' Bleeding Cowboys

A bag of compressed chippings firelogs with the name "Roastie Toasties" rendered in the Bleeding Cowboys font

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 27/07/2025

久しぶりのお好み焼きナイト Last night I made Okonomiyaki for the first time in a while and we were really happy with how they turned out. The weather wasn't quite as warm as it has been lately, but we cooked outside anyway

A pile of batter containing cabbage and prawns sits on a teppan grill. Chopsticks are lowering slices of marinated pork belly onto the top

A cooked okonomiyaki sits on a teppan grill. The top is covered in a dark red-brown sauce with a decorative pattern of mayonnaise

An okonomiyaki sits on a teppan grill. Having been dusted with aonori, it is being topped with katsuobushi

An okonomiyaki sits on a teppan grill, it is being bisected by two metal spatulas

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 04/07/2025

Another test dough with a rye starter with a mixture of 00 and buckwheat flour. A little difficult to work with but the flavour was fantastic. Crusts were creamy, earthy and rustic AF. Needs some tweaking, but I'll try again Vodka sauce, pepperoni & olives Garlic oil, shiitake & caramelised onion

A pizza laying on a wooden board. The crusts are golden brown and leopard spotted. The pizza is topped with pepperoni, black olives and the crusts are dusted with parmesan

A pizza laying on a glass sheet, on top of a wooden table. The pizza crusts are golden brown and leopard spotted. The pizza is topped with shiitake mushrooms and dotted with caramelised onions

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 03/07/2025

When your bug-fix commit moonlights as a mid-2000s emo band

a commit message reading "Bullets for dark backgrounds"

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 28/06/2025

Successful pizza dough experiment this evening. I used a rye-flour sourdough starter mixed with 00 flour which gave the crust a lot of air and a nice earthiness. Toppings were lemon courgette ribbons with goat cheese and thyme flowers, and grilled peaches with gorgonzola and balsamic glaze

Two pizzas sit on a metal table. In the foreground it is covered in green courgettes and purple flowers. In the background the pizza is topped with grilled peaches and balsamic drizzle

A close up of the peach pizza showing the leopard spotted crust

A pizza wheel cutting through the courgette pizza. The toppings are reflected in the metal of the wheel

A close up of my wife's hand holding a slice of pizza. The crust has a massive airy cave in it

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 27/06/2025

I found a few more, so here's a couple of bonus shots of Mt. Fuji from the Shinkansen. I imagine these were taken in February 1986, somewhere around Shin-fuji

Mt Fuji in silhouette, capped with snow. The fields in front of the mountain are brown and a river flows out towards the viewpoint

Mt Fuji seen over low-rise suburbs as the train rushes past

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 13/06/2025

I recently discovered a cache of them along with my old MD player. Sadly the player had a proprietary batter that has exploded, so I might never relive what is on these discs (tbh, likelihood is high that it's something like Less Than Jake)

A purple Maxell Mini disc sits on top of an Aiwa portable minidisc player

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 06/06/2025

Apropos of nothing, the Switch 2 kickstand locks nicely into the hinge of a MacBook, just below the webcam. Uh ... what's that? Sorry, yes I was paying attention. Um, no. No blockers from me

A Nintendo Switch 2, kickstand holding it in place below a MacBook webcam

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 04/06/2025

Starting my day with a nice flat white of this Yunnan coffee from Oddkin...and it genuinely does taste just like strawberry jelly! Wild

A white bag of coffee beans site on a pale wooden table. The bag has a large, luminous pink label with a. Illustration of a person walking with coffee. The person has a large pink snake swallowing their head.

The bag reads strawberry jelly, hibiscus, cocoa. Yunnan. Oddkin.

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 04/05/2025

Spent a large part of this weekend cooking various meals outside with fire. The highlight was making smoked potatoes which, naturally, I was immediately compelled to put on a pizza

A stainless steel canister with a wooden handle reading "snow peak". Smoke billows out from the tiny gap around the rim

The canister is open and several golden potatoes sit on the mesh racks within it. Smoke pours upwards from the open canister, enveloping the potatoes

A stainless steel canister is open. Inside it are a series of mesh racks upon which sit smoked potatoes. They are deep brown and lightly charred from the heat of the wood smoke

A pizza sits on a wooden board. The crust is dappled with charred leopard spots. On the top of the pizza sits a mix of mozzarella and Grana padano cheese, with leeks and smoked potatoes. The pizza is finished with dots of bright red chili crisp

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 26/04/2025

This evening I made Jambalaya and ate outside. Word is the bad brain chemicals are gone, replaced with chicken, sausage and a chocolate roux

An enamel pan containing a jambalaya of chicken, sausage and shrimp. The rice is topped with green onions. A bottle of hot sauce is visible in the background

A bowl of jambalaya. There are three large shrimp riding atop some unctuous roux-soaked rice

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 23/04/2025

When your code is tarnished:

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 16/04/2025

Forget your 2025 trends. Real design is timeless

A can of Foresight "Pease pudding" on a supermarket shelf. Another can is reversed to show the serving suggestions, which look incredibly 70s and unappetising

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 10/04/2025

Eva made medus kūka for our wedding cake and, honestly, I'm still utterly in awe of it

A cake is being decorated on a stand. It is topped with cream and berries. It has been sprinkled rose petals and pistachio nuts

The cross section of a honey cake, showing the many layers

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 10/04/2025

We've been together for a long while now, but yesterday I quietly married my best friend @evadage.co.uk. We kept things super intimate, spending the day deep in the countryside with just close family and my oldest friend as witnesses. The weather was perfect and we wouldn't have changed a thing ♥️

A newly-wed man and woman pose on a path. The woman is wearing a white suit jacket, green top and white skirt. She is holding a bouquet of white tulips and roses. The man is wearing a green velvet jacket over a turtleneck. They are both smiling

A close up shot of a table with candles and flowers. There are two moomin books. On top of "Moomin and the comet" lays two rings

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 02/04/2025

Just finished watching Common Side Effects and it's probably my favourite show this year. Despite how much buzz I heard about the studio's previous show, Scavengers Reign, this seems to be really under-discussed so please consider this your prompt to give it a go. It is so, so good

A promo for an animation. A woman with brown hair holds a glowing blue mushroom. A man with a beard and an open shirt stands behind her. He is covered with tiny white figures that emit multicoloured confetti like objects

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 29/03/2025

Please enjoy this moment of calm

A fawn British shorthair cat sits on a grey IKEA vedbo chair. Her head is tilted back, her eyes squinted and the sunlight is illuminating her ears. Behind her is a yellow and white cushion

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 21/03/2025

Old box art was great! The art for the original NES Mega Man was notorious online, but for years I had no idea why everyone hated it so much. Turns out that, here in the UK, the PAL region art was pretty decent but the NTSC art was...well, notorious

The box art from Mega Man on the NES. The protagonist dressed in blue, wearing a crash-helmet with a gun for a hand is shooting an energy beam towards the left of the frame. Behind them are three robots - one square-jawed, one with flames shooting from its head and another hurling a lightning bolt. In the distance is a mountain fortress and the ominous face of a moustached villain

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 19/03/2025

Just saw this ad and...mate, have you seen that owl? Pretty sure "Duolingo for Anger" is just Duolingo

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 16/03/2025

It's cold outside, but we decided to fire up the takibi grill for the first time this year because it's never too early to cook with fire 🔥

A BBQ grill with coal and kindling. The kindling is well lit

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 15/03/2025

Let the record state that this is the face of a villain. A true Miuchiavelli. A real Thicc Dastardly.

A blue coated British-shorthair cat, sits on a photography reflector bag. His fur is dense and layered and his ears are out sideways in airplane mode. He has amber eyes and is THICC

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 09/03/2025

A warm evening in the garden after literal months of foggy gloom means I'm immediately back on my bullshit

$A wine glass held in front of a pizza oven. The wine refracts the fire$ Three pizzas, shot from above.

Pistachio, mortadella and tapenade.

Beef bresaola, sour cream and jalapenos

Goats cheese, caramelised red onion and rocket.

Three pizzas, shot from above.

Pistachio, mortadella and tapenade.

Beef bresaola, sour cream and jalapenos

Goats cheese, caramelised red onion and rocket.

Close up of a pizza crust, showing the bubbles aka the baker's boudoir

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 16/01/2025

Ok, so the little pops of colour on the Switch 2 joycons have this strange Zune doubleshot energy to them and tbh I'm here for it

A 30gb Zune against a dark background. The blue transparency on the device's edge (aka the doubleshot) is illuminated

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 12/01/2025

Back on my bullshit 🍕 Mortadella, pistachio & black olive tapenade Bresaola, jalapeños & Polish sour cream

A pizza lays on a wooden board with a slicer. On top of the pizza green pistachio nuts, dots of olive and slices of cooked meat are visible

A pizza lays on a glass sheet with a slicer. On top of the pizza jalapeños, pools of baked sour cream and slices of cooked bresaola are visible

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 02/01/2025

Only a few days before I'm back at work so I'm spending my time as far from a code editor as possible. Today saw some strong Welsh hills, a crisp afternoon frost and some excellent moss

A conical hill sits against a clear sky on the horizon. In the foreground is deep brown bracken

A close up of some very green and very pillowy moss

A photo of a sign on a gate, with shallow depth of field. The sign is written in Welsh, reading "caewch y goat os gwelwych yn dda"

A view across to the hill, Skirrid Fawr. A mountain horse is grazing on bracken in the middle distance

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 29/12/2024

I am constantly insulted on this platform

A blue British shorthair sits on the floor with a stuffed toy fish balanced on his head

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 27/12/2024

I started collecting Blu-ray & 4K after watching Everything Everywhere All At Once. All the homage scenes made me want to rewatch In The Mood For Love and it became clear how hard it is to watch anything by Wong Kar Wai in the UK. There's a place for streaming but I'm getting discs for my favourites