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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An impish figure reclines on a couch. “What I want to know is, why ‘demon?’ I mean, why can’t I just be known as, for example, ‘Maxwell’s hard working little buddy?’”

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Schrödinger wakes up, groggy, no memory of the last few hours, unsure of his surroundings. He seems to be confined inside some kind of box. There is a strange mechanism at one end of the box. His pulses quickens; from outside he hears a cat purring.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve had a very clever idea for a new kind of calendar app that will ensure you never forget an appointment again. There are three things to know: 1. In life, it is very easy to forget an appointment. 2. It is almost impossible to forget an occasion on which you have been embarrassed or insulted.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Schrödinger could’ve just used a transparent box

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Never buy a hat from a man with no head

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When I'm doing any SQL query based reporting I often think about the "robodebt" scandal and what an absolute dereliction of duty that was at every level. It's easy to make a report highlighting a possible problem in aggregate, but so incredibly difficult to make the individual cases 100% accurate.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here’s another painting I did at Bad Art Group today. This is a watercolour of Stitch.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I painted this today at “Bad Art Group”

Watercolour painting of a funky little gold demon dude with wings and steampunk goggles on his forehead.

The statue on which the artwork is based

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hey Bobcat, it’s me, Marvin, your cousin, *Marvin* Goldthwait

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Teach Amanda Fish. She’ll go off and teach the whole Fish family. But what about all the other families?

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the best and most beautiful explanation of how Dolly did things so perfectly

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Were the pyramids built by slaves? —— “The pyramids were built by free people” “Really? You’d fink it would take more dan dat.”

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey there. I've released a game! Just minutes ago. You are the first to know. Blog post here: - secretgeek.net/factory-fields - free online demo is here: factory.secretgeek.net ....and you can buy the full game at itch .io here: - devshop.itch.io/factory-fields

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I read a book called “Legends & Lattes” and it was the cozy medieval fantasy I didn’t know I so desperately needed.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I saw the new Spiderman film, and there’s a huge continuity flaw. Familiar characters Ned and MJ are back but they’ve introduced a new character called Peter Parker who I don’t remember ever having seen before.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The existence of 4/4 time implies the existence of 4/4 space

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My 15yo saw the new spiderman film and told me this spoiler: it concerns a man who is made out of millions and millions of spiders.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Bloody hell. The curse of the goodies strikes again.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If I find sufficient leisure time, I’d like to establish a good lucky band of archivists, with one goal in mind. We would be: The society for the resurrection and preservation of “The Sierpinski triangle page to end most Sierpinski triangle pages”

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

If I was a ghost I’d get the fuck out of the machine

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I feel like there used to be a bigger demand for dog catchers.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Went to a fun art meetup called “Bad Art Group” in Brisbane, and apart from spilling a coffee all over the table and all over Matt (sorry Matt) I had an awesome time

Fun and Colorful drawing of 2 coffee cups, a set of headphones, a container with 3 cactuses or rather cactii, and a set of pencils

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I've did a blog post, like they used to do in the olden days of yore, and you can read it for free! No pop-ups, no payment demands, nothing exciting like that, just powerful and inspiring words: secretgeek.net/solid

secretgeek.net

The SOLID Principles (secretGeek.net)

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

After a sufficient amount of soul searching I’ve decided not to perform at Freedom 250

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My 15 yo son says to me— I wonder if there’s an alternative universe where people say “I can’t believe Coca-Cola used to contain cola and not just good old cocaine”?

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today I drew a monster on a motorcycle (twice) - at a local art group, called Bad Art Group. We meet in a cafe and draw stuff and chat. It’s a good addition to my life.

Hurriedly drawn sharpie image of said monster on a motorcycle

Photo of the real life sculpture of said monster on motorcycle which my drawings are based upon. He has intense eyes.

Colorful drawing of the monster on motorcycle with attention given to details of the engine and components of the motorcycle

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Shouting loudly into my phone: "Yes I'm here! Standing right next to your goddam boat! Where the hell are YOU Theseus?" wiki.secretgeek.net/Paradox

wiki.secretgeek.net

Paradox (wiki.secretGeek.net)

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Normal people sometimes want to refer to something as a “database”, even though it is not, in any way, a “database”. At times like this I take a deep breath and employ the wise words of Mel Robbins: “Let Them”.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If I was a pirate (I’m not a pirate, just by the way, but if I was, which I’m not) — and I was run through by the cutlass of some other pirate, and found myself dying, I’d find it hard not to giggle as I say “arrrr, I’ve swashed my last buckle!”

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Life is hard. Do some arithmetic. 15/15 stars in 18 moves today in #additional ⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ additional.today

additional.today

Additional

A daily maths game.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Union types are coming to C#/.net! Finally C# will have a more idiomatic way to represent this classic code example from “The Daily WTF” in 2005 — enum Bool { True, False, FileNotFound }; See thedailywtf.com/articles/wha... and andrewlock.net/exploring-th...

thedailywtf.com

What Is Truth?

The problem with "logic" is that it makes things out to be nothing but simple dualities. Proponents of logic want us to believe that everything is true or false, black or white, yes or no, paper or pl...

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Confession time — I’ve got a few books at about 90% done. What’s a good next step?

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Deep space nine, lesser known episode, “I guess I stabbed a mule” is a rare find, on laser disc only.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I so t be participating in society much for the next few years. I’ve found a web page that lists 500+ of the most interesting Wikipedia pages. Sorry. endwalker.com/archive.html

endwalker.com

The Archive

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Administration" is defined as "A systematic way of doing things that need not be done at all." What is the source of this quote? I'd guess around 1970? No... it's from a Professor Giddings in The Journal of Education in 1907! quoteinvestigator.com/2017/02/09/e...

quoteinvestigator.com

Quote Origin: There Is Surely Nothing Quite So Useless as Doing with Great Efficiency What Should Not Be Done At All – Quote Investigator®

Peter Drucker? Gore Vidal? Professor Giddings? Jesse H. Shera? Apocryphal?

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I drew this portrait of Stewart Lee. @hotdogsladies.bsky.social Merlin might like it, I don't know.

performance artist Stewart Lee doing a performance art piece that closely resembles stand up comedy

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Last night I vibe-coded up an implementation of “code smackdown”, using Claude Code. Interesting experience. Lots of thoughts but nothing to say, if you know what I mean.

Screenshot of darkmode website where you vote on your preferred form of a snippet

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Any time I’m presented with a social situation I have to decide: which of my two fierce-some personae will I present tonight?

Jay Gatsby offers you a champagne glass while Vizzini profers a goblet of wine

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The bus story in m*a*s*h slew me, and turned me into a better person.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’m watching this “Legends” TV show and — I hate to be a normie and say this but — Steve Cooogan is brilliant!

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I went to a Microsoft user group tonight for the first time in a long long time. Glad I went. Makes you think about stuff. Nice people.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In any book or movie, if they tell you about a plan or a prediction of what will happen: then that’s what won’t happen.

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Leon Bambrick @secretgeek.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Ninjas don’t really affect the world, day to day. As a kid I thought ninjas were a much bigger deal than they are. (Maybe that’s what the ninja want us to think of course)

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