Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The perennial issue of "Internet Password Books" has reared its head again recently, so I wrote about it. blueteamhackers.com/password-boo...blueteamhackers.comPaSsWoRd BoOkS 🤪 – Blue Team Hackers 011
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just been thrown out of the pub. I didn't even get chance to Try Selection. 1111
Reposted by AlanMickDundee58 @lairdmickd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"I took two stuffed dogs on to the Antique Roadshow." "Oooh! said the Presenter; have you any idea what they would fetch if they were in good condition?" "Sticks, I said." 3718
Reposted by Alanb3ta @b3ta.com · 26/09/2026Bit late, but... Artist: hYpe b3ta.com/board/11431600 From the 'Product Placement Books' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/productplacement… #ProductPlacementBooks 0269
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeY4...youtube.comWhen 90s Rock Singers Hung Out - COMPILATION (Parts 1-13) - Jon the DadYouTube video by Jon the Dad 000
Reposted by AlanMickDundee58 @lairdmickd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I said to my doctor, "I applied that hemorrhoid cream you gave me and I got a very nasty reaction." "Where did you apply it?" He asked. I said, on the Bus." 1216416
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hey @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social , you've got competition from the World Trolley Association™! 020
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I went to see a band last night, they had a Slovakian sound engineer. They had a Czech one too. 030
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I'll just leave this here for Only Connect fans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSIE...youtube.comCLASSIC VICTORIA COREN - 1989 InterviewYouTube video by Mekel Rogers 010
Reposted by AlanMark Childs @markchilds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Still unsurpassed by the classic 513313
Reposted by AlanMairi Spaceship Nolan 🚀✨ (she/her) @mairispaceship.com · 31/08/2026My latest episode of The Infinite Escape Room is out! 051
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I've just got a new job making plastic toy Draculas. There's only two of us on the production line though, so I have to make every second count. 010
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026One of my laptop sounded like a jet engine. Stripped it down, pulled a sizeable dust bunny out the HSF assembly, put it all back together. Nice and quiet now, a job well done. Just as I've packed my screwdrivers away I realise I've forgotten to reconnect the battery. Arse. 020
Reposted by Alansailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The first of us, the best of us. What an absolute hero, 76 years young! youtu.be/656058JxTM0?...youtu.beDefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff StollYouTube video by DEFCONConference 153
Reposted by AlanTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 21/08/2026“Jason was genuinely one of the kindest professors at the university” Jason Arday remembered by his former students at Durham, where he taught between 2019 and 2022. By @michaelamakusha.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/jason-arda... 623782
Reposted by Alan⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review. 402190602
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is fascinating. wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/...wire.auburn.eduCOSAM lecturer's dice design solves board gaming's most surprisingly complex problem — who goes first?A simple question about who goes first turned into a 15-year mathematical puzzle. Auburn COSAM senior lecturer Eric Harshbarger and researchers around the world developed a set of dice that eliminates... 000
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Oh, and while we're at it, whoever came up with [now | remind me later] concept, I hope your balls turn square and fester at the corners. 020
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026How many years is it now since the Microsoft antitrust debacle? 25 years? Why is their browser still a needy asshole? It's a good product, if it'd just stop popping alerts every five minutes wanting me to make it the default for every filetype under the sun or to recommend it to my friends. 210
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I think Facebook's Al Gore Rhythm may have worked out that I'm a Windows engineer. Because I'm suddenly getting adverts for double glazing. 010
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dear website owners. If you're going to pop up a box covering another pop-up box before I've had the slightest whiff of the content I actually came here to see, I'm through with this shit now and I'm just closing the page. Like I'm going to sign up to your mailing list of who possibly knows yet. 020
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I've seen people talking about using a colander to view the eclipse. I'm not quite sure how that's going to work, but I wouldn't want to strain my eyes... 010
Reposted by AlanBSides Leeds @bsidesleeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026🎉 We’re thrilled to share that BSides Leeds 2026 raised £3,202.32 for Candlelighters! A huge thank you to everyone who donated, attended, volunteered, spoke and supported us. Your generosity will help support children and families affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire. #BSidesLeeds 053
Reposted by AlanJamie D @uk-resistant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I regret to inform you that The Grange Hill theme matches perfectly with Sonic the Hedgehog 18235119
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81b...youtube.comThis bullshit has been going on for generations. A 1996 Simpsons episode tried to teach us.YouTube video by Gangstagrass 010
Reposted by AlanGraham Cluley @grahamcluley.com · 31/07/2026Of course, the real story here is this: OpenAI: "Hey, we sucked at securing our test environment, and so our AI did precisely what we asked it to do" Anthropic: "Woah! Not so fast! We suck at security too!" 04017
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Just when I thought the Daily Mail couldn't stoop any lower, today's front page is Nadine Dorries in a bikini. Well... 020
Reposted by AlanMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026United Kingdom! Next week I'm be bringing my bad video game show Shit Arcade to Edinburgh Fringe! Different games every show, different comedians every show, and I even give a few away to the audience (games, not comedians). 5-12, 23-31 August!tickets.gildedballoon.co.ukShit Arcade5 - 12, 23 - 31 AUG 22:30 Shit Arcade is a comedy show in which a panel of comedians are forced to play and roast some of the worst games of all time live on stage. From ET for the Atari 260 1014121
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Me: "My arms and legs really hurt." Her: "Are you coming down with something?" Me: "... Limbphoma?" Her: *hard stare* 010
Reposted by Alanlilastromech (Mischa) @mischajaye.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊 6449491404
Alan @ukcougar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Drink something. everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/human-over...everythingisamazing.substack.comThis Is Your Body If It Overheats."Right now, all that separates you and runaway thermal meltdown is...3 degrees. Let’s apply a little heat and see what happens." 000
