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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 30/09/2026

I was today years old when I realised that the MOS Technologies logo spelt out MOS. 🤦‍♂️

VinceMH @vinceh.com · 26/09/2026

I have absolutely no idea how to unmultiply an alpha, let alone do that in GIMP. Anyway, now that I'm back home and before I do other - more important - things, I've attempted to remask the image. So let's see if *this* worked...

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 26/09/2026

Right, I've done a quick and dirty conversion to by loading the gif into GIMP and exporting it as a PNG - so let's quickly bung that in here to see if it looks okay (if not, I have to go out and I'm running later, so it'll have to be dealt with another time.)

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 24/09/2026

Is this supposed to reassure me about the quality of this item? Or make me doubtful about the quality of every item that doesn't say this? (Amazon).

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/09/2026

Two (legitimate) emails from Paypal, that can be summed up thusly: "Hey, you haven't logged in to your Paypal account in a while, so we're closing it. Oh, by the way, please update your card details (that you'll no longer be able to use because we're closing your account)." Joined up systems? Nah.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 03/09/2026

Another day, another financial institution leads us off into the land of stupidity.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 31/08/2026

And I'vd just had to pop down again because I got a call to say another package for me was jammed in the same place - so well bloody jammed that my dad was reluctant to try to free it in case he damaged my DVD. (Delivery driver pic taken as he inserted it, but before jamming it in) 2/3

Another DVD in the process of being jammed in the LETTERbox by an Amazon delivery driver. 🙄

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 31/08/2026

Speaking of Amazon... had to pop down to my parents' house earlier because their delivery driver did this... 1/3

Package of DVDs jammed in a LETTERbox by an Amazon delivery driver.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 31/08/2026

Remember that time, long ago, when Google was pretty much the king of search? Now they can't even be relied on to search within one of their own websites. Searching for RISC OS as #RISC_OS gives much better results, but then there's no option to sort by recently added. 🤷‍♂️

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 15/08/2026

Aside to my misunderstanding of a basic way the system variables are handled in my favourite operating system after only 37 (?) years of using it... While emptying a shelving unit to move it, I found this. (BC1 = "Barclaycard 1" - I think this was my first mobile phone.)

User manual: "About the Cellnet BC1 GSM Digital phone"

The various buttons on the BC1 GSM phone and what they do.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 12/08/2026

Haha. If I've successfully aimed my video camera (awkward for reasons) it's recording a total eclipse by a cloud of the partial #eclipse.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 12/08/2026

Another first edition for my very small, but very slowly growing collection. 🙂

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 03/08/2026

Oops. I don't think this is meant to happen. 🫤 I'm not superhuman (hell, some might argue I'm barely even human). It's just cheap crap supplied with the thing I've just started putting together. Hopefully, I can find one amongst my not-organised, and not exactly together, tools. I.e. somewhere. 🤷‍♂️

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 01/08/2026

And what happens if you choose to edit that bit as HTML and put in the tags it has ignored? Why, this. I thought the facility to edit as HTML was so you could do things the WP editor doesn't support. I'd almost forgotten just how much I dislike it. 🤬

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 01/08/2026

Oh, fantastic - so now when I copy and paste into WordPress, <dl>, <dt>, and <dd> aren't recognised. I'm positive that worked once (although it's been some time since I last used them).

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 22/07/2026

I made that very point. See the screengrab of my comment earlier today. To be very blunt, I was *hinting* and am now *saying* that you were being disingenuous when you said "the requests were polite."

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 13/07/2026

From a reply I've just sent someone complaining that their messages to a mailing list are being held for moderation. Wouldn't it be nice if people actually stopped and thought for a moment, instead of reminding me why the human race should be thankful that I'm not a billionaire.

Mailing list subscriber's posts not going through because he's doing the thing that causes them not to go through because he expects them not to go through because he's doing the thing that causes them not to go through.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 27/06/2026

I'd say this would be a nice view to enjoy my lunch with... except I forgot to stop and buy any, so instead it's a nice spot to enjoy a snack with. (I realised my mistake when I parked up, and grabbed a couple of things from the back of the car: a small tub of Pringles and a packet of Quavers.)

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 25/06/2026

I am now on a short (and well deserved) break, returning Sunday - and I am *very* pleased with my hotel room. Given that I'm a huge scrooge and generally cheap out and didn't go far over my rough, outdated idea of what a hotel room should cost, it's easily the nicest hotel room I've ever had.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 13/06/2026

Today, I will be mostly wearing... a look of exhaustion.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/05/2026

Maybe it's just me, but (a) If I buy a monitor, it's for a particular use - displaying the output of something, usually a computer. I don't care what 'goes well' with it. (b) Of the things that do 'go well' with it - noting the above - isn't there something that might just go better with it? 🤷‍♂️

Things that 'go well' with a monitor; a printer, a keyboard, a mouse, and so on. But not a computer, oh no.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 08/05/2026

Forgot the picture. 🤷‍♂️

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 08/05/2026

Lunch with a view of Tintern Abbey? Why not? (Shame about the scaffolding)

Tintern Abbey from near The Devil's Pulpit.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 06/05/2026

Aha! Looks like someone has turned a pile of logs and a lump of stone into a makeshift seat. That'll be a good place to sit, eat, and listen to the ickle birdies, then. (Pant-Skirrid Wood, inpromptu wander because I finished early.)

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 05/05/2026

It's 2026, and Amazon STILL doesn't have the hang of only showing subtitles when needed. Sign language? Yeah, subs are useful for those of us who don't sign. But how about flagging somewhere in titles when they are already present, so aren't needed? Nope. Here are extra subtitles along with those.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 30/04/2026

However, there was a key to making it work. And when I say 'a key' I really do mean a key - a random old key that belongs to a door from my distant past, and which I found lurking at the bottom of a drawer. I now have a working camera. 😃 3/3

The bottom of my camera, with the tripod mounting plate holding a key tightly in place, which is in turn holding the battery compartment closed.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 27/04/2026

JFW. Came out of YouTube to post that, went back in, and was immediately presented with another, equally legit advert.

An obviously legitimate advert on YouTube that can be absolutely 💯 % trusted not to be dodgy.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 27/04/2026

Advertising on YouTube. Perfectly legit, obviously.

A high quality, perfectly legitimate advert on HouTube that definitely isn't using scare tactics directed at less tech savvy users. 🙄

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 23/04/2026

I'll see your stairway to nowhere Artificial Idiocy, and raise you a toilet with a glass door.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 25/03/2026

It absolutely is AI generated. I've highlighted an example indicator in this screen grab: a missile reflected on the window goes behind the character on the other side of the window.

A screengrab of an AI generated video in which a missile reflected on a window goes behind the character on the other side of the window.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 19/03/2026

The main RISCOSitory bunker is now closed, and operations have been moved to the mobile version.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 15/03/2026

FFS. Just nipped to the shop, and as I walked back, I passed my car at the right angle to spot this. It's gained a few small bumps and scratches since I bought it just by being parked at these flats, but until now nothing as bad as this.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 28/02/2026

“Friends” is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel*, Ross, Monica*, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons. * Out of shot.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 31/01/2026

Yes, Amazon. That's why I ordered some (two pairs of both) - from you, in fact - yesterday. 🙄

Amazon 'notification' on my phone: 'We thought you'd like a new pair of headphones or earphones.'

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 24/01/2026

The closest I can find in my Galaxy Account settings are under Security & Privacy, and Members - and they are in the 'off' position (eg screenshot from Security & Privacy). I *always* go through the settings when setting up to turn off (or get rid of) crap like that. I had an HTC or two BITD.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 23/01/2026

Hmm. * Phone recidves an update. * After the update, a selection of apps are suggested, with three selected * Deselects them because unwanted shite. * Then, this... Samsung's process basically installed these against my wishes.

Three apps installed by Samsung's (post) update process, *against my wishes*

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 20/01/2026

Well, this sucks. I was enjoying an episode of Stranger Things, when my TV decided to do an annoying thing. There are a few possible fixable causes (eg loose ribbon cable connection inside, 'tcon' board might need replacing) - but it could also just be fucked.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 31/12/2025

A pleasant end to the year.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 25/12/2025

Time for the second half of my traditional 25th December lunch - sarnies.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 08/11/2025

I noticed yesterday that my phone had used almost 60GB of data over WiFi in the last month. Similar last month, more the month before, and... no idea why so much less before that. (I can see the useage by app, but not going into that now...) 3/?

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 08/11/2025

To illustrate that normal use further: August was a normal month. I was away from home quite a bit in September, and also at the end of October - and November is due to my non-working broadband. The reason I don't normally think about this is clear; the normal month is nothing. 2/?

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 11/10/2025

What do you mean? I see no issues with it at all? It's not as though anyone is working on the wrong side of a screen, or sat IN a desk, or... or... or... um...😬

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 30/09/2025

My parents' dog helping at work by making the most of the small amoung of sunlight she found.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 21/09/2025

Hmm. After getting annoyed (again) at the incompatibility between the sizes of toaster slots and slices of bread, this time my swearing took me online to find yet another toaster. Found one. Can't decide which colour to go for, though. Black that looks white, or white that looks black?

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 06/09/2025

And just in case its logic was that the contents of the loop would execute once, but technically because it doesn't actually loop (IYSWIM) it doesn't count as looping, I followed it with this. So it's not getting off on a technicality.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 06/09/2025

For comparison, I asked Grok, with exactly the same wording as your question, and it came up with the same wrong answer.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 06/09/2025

I was today years old when I realised that the Vision On graphic is made up of the programme's title.

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 02/09/2025

I asked it with subtly different wording, and it gave me pretty much the same answer, but with one extra sugary treat: "The year 2010 will be 15 years ago in 2025, which is next year."

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 30/08/2025

Obviously won't work on me, but it does fuel my cynicism over the message that appeared the other day on my smart meter in-house display. A blank message with only a 'confirm' button? What do they want me to confirm? I'm now wondering if hitting that would've confirmed I want to cancel my switch.

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