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Ah yes, that's possibly too subtle for me! The email from Octopus describes them as a "Cosy Accredited Installer" - I'd assumed that was what they did everywhere else too.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 4h

One installer wanted to replace our toilet/bathroom towel rails to meet the heating requirements of the room. Another said it's not required so long as we state that we understand the rooms might not be warm. Definitely more complicated than it needs to be.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 4h

Just so you know, and hot off the press is that Octopus do now do heat pumps in Scotland (I got an email yesterday!)

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 30/09/2026

Some of the family is watching Silo and as I wandered in Peter Gabriel appeared on screen. I'm now drawn in, hoping that Thotch will appear next.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 28/09/2026

I'm surprised that no-one has suggested creating a nationwide bridge tsar. Aboyne bridge on the Dee has been closed for 3 years - its "novel construction" only became apparent once it was too dangerous to remain open. I just went down this rabbit hole: www.racfoundation.org/research/eco...

racfoundation.org

Substandard road bridges in GB - figures from 2020

The number of substandard road bridges managed by councils across Great Britain is increasing. Local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales have identifi

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 25/09/2026

They didn't announce dates, but they sounded more than just keen.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 25/09/2026

I went to see Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy doing their tour of REM songs. A great night out, and honestly for me as good as seeing the real band in the nineties. Small venues and devoted fans, highly recommended. They'll be back next....

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 18/09/2026

Is it commercial quality? No, but there are areas that simply aren't addressed by commercial software.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 18/09/2026

Here's another answer. There's a load of folks who are just making apps and plugins for themselves. The Double Tap podcast, aimed at blind and visually impaired, has been dominated by vibe coding for a few months. It's enabling people with literally no programming experience to create solutions.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 12/09/2026

I second this, it's delicious 😋

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 10/09/2026

It was great, what a lot of tunes they packed in! My wife was even wearing one of your shirts 👕

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Halfbroke Horsewoman 🌻🏇🌻 @tidypony.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Fingers crossed that Finnish guy knows that the person who first broke the cuneiform code in 1872 while studying the tablets at the British museum was a currency engraver named George Smith. He was an obsessed amateur; the Smithsonian wrote about him. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/epic...

smithsonianmag.com

Epic Hero

How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 04/09/2026

Tescodle 4/4 ⬆️🟥 ⬆️🟧 ⬆️🟧 ✅ tescodle.com Cost of living game-ification...

tescodle.com

TESCOdle

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 03/09/2026

I recently bumped into my primary school teacher from 45 years ago. We were a small class (12) and we used to all fit into the back of her old ambulance. A week learning to ski, hobbies every Friday afternoon (golf!) and the whole school off up the hills behind the village for the day.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 22/08/2026

I'm trying to remember which of my family had that unit. It's a classic.

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Rob Auton @robauton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am currently at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival doing my new show JUPITER. It is a story about a time when I was an estate agent on the planet Jupiter. It is on at 1pm every day until August 30th. Thanks to anyone who has been. Here is my flyer.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 11/08/2026

I feel that the Wikipedia page hasn't made full use of the references that it declares. He certainly has a forest that could be full of apes. www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

latimes.com

Land-Use War, Malibu Style

One side wants to help blind kids. The other wants to save a bit of paradise.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 08/08/2026

You just catapulted me back to 1982, time travel by crispy chip.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 08/08/2026

I've done similar with a colander, though that's way less disco.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 07/08/2026

My grandad used to grow his own tobacco and dry it in one of the rooms of his house. The smell was amazing, as was the fact that you could grow it in the north of Scotland.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 07/08/2026

Growing up in the far north, I thought that when Oxbridge was mentioned it meant Brunel 🤷

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 05/08/2026

I saw @robauton.bsky.social in a preview of his new show Jupiter today. Proper funny and a thing of real beauty, it's a love story to wonder and seeing things as others see them.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 02/08/2026

I think that live streaming would also be problematic and that's a very common use case for visually impaired users e.g. www.bemyeyes.com.

bemyeyes.com

Home

Experience the benefits of accessible technology with Be My Eyes. Connect with volunteers for real-time assistance via video.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 01/08/2026

The food court downstairs in Milan station is absolutely incredible.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 22/07/2026

"This is the story of my first teacher, Shetland made her jumpers and the devil made her features."

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 17/07/2026

The only holiday abroad we had when I was young was a week camping in Brittany followed by a week camping in the Dordogne. I went back with my family a couple of years ago, and it's still great. The cave painting sites are mind blowing, especially with an extra 40 years of life.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 10/07/2026

Bedknobs and Broomsticks remake?

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 02/07/2026

I loved the supermarket tortilla in Majorca. Cut a slice and stick it in the microwave and the oily potatoes ooze out - so tasty. Apparently they sell them in UK supermarkets, but I don't imagine that they're half as good.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 01/07/2026

We watched A Mighty Wind between the footballs tonight and she was just brilliant.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 30/06/2026

Germany still hasn't won a knockout game at the world cup in 12 years. Seems unbelievable!

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 26/06/2026

We missed a train by seconds and because of the reduced timetable it was 30 minutes until the next one. It was like a recipe....30 minutes at 40 degrees, and then turn it up to 50 for 12 minutes.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 26/06/2026

We've just got back from a fantastic train holiday to Istria partly inspired by seeing your journeys. Sadly it ended with a plane from Paris last night, but the memory of the RER D yesterday is quite literally seared into my memory.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 26/06/2026

I live near Glasgow and have grown accustomed to taking weather warnings with a pinch of salt. However, due to long time booked train tickets I ended up on the RER from Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord yesterday around 4pm. I may never go South again.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 17/06/2026

Opatija had been gearing up for the big match all day - I'm being very proactively Scottish, though the barman was questioning my choice of white wine.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 07/06/2026

What a pace, and yet appearing so effortless. Brilliant.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 03/06/2026

I'm very pleased to say that Soundscape on Android launched today. We had a great chat with Double Tap about it which you can watch here youtu.be/VtC-BJOlCNA From a tech point of view @protomaps.com is absolutely key and nothing would be possible without @openstreetmap.bsky.social data.

youtu.be

Soundscape Android Launch: Scottish Tech Army & Double Tap Unite to Bring 3D Audio Navigation Global

YouTube video by Double Tap - Where blind people talk tech

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 31/05/2026

Exactly, and if you live to over 80 there's a fair chance that when you were young you also knew at least one person over 80. And even if I don't live to 80 I currently still have that connection back.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 31/05/2026

On my paper round in the eighties I delivered to an old guy who remembered the local men marching over the bridge returning from the Boer war. Huge chunks of history within a lifetime.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 28/05/2026

I got the riddle: There are exactly 3 letter "p"s in the word A-b-e-r-d-e-e-n (there are none).

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 28/05/2026

Here's some further reading on this specifically about the "Be My Eyes" integration with the glasses www.bemyeyes.com/be-my-eyes-s...

bemyeyes.com

Be My Eyes Smartglasses

Learn how Be My Eyes smartglasses enhance accessibility through Meta AI Glasses in numerous countries and how to get yours.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 14/05/2026

The prophecy in Macbeth suggests that Stirling and Strathallan will be the seat of the next Labour leader. Starmer shall not be vanquished until Burnham would come to Dunsinane.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 09/05/2026

It seems a bit close to Fortnite, everyone trying to get inside the square to avoid elimination.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 06/05/2026

Every YouTube video that I've watched in the last month has been preceded by a minute of Anas Sarwar. Want to fix a leaking cistern, vote labour. Want to watch some cats, vote labour.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 30/04/2026

Yes it is, there are even 5x5 video walls in some places with a Brightsign behind each. A little care has to be taken if stretching a single video across multiple screens, mostly accounting for screen bezels, but it works very well. Separate videos on each player also works well.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 30/04/2026

I'm particularly happy to see Brightsign players being used second hand, especially for such a great exhibition.

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Dave Craig @unbalancedaudio.com · 30/04/2026

Glad to hear it's working well, and surprised to see a Brightsign in my social media! I wrote much of its video playback software until I retired a couple of years ago. We had a lot of artists using it for exhibits and have had videos looping for hundreds of days uninterrupted.

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