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Short posts from my Bluesky profile.

Standard Reader is not only a really well-designed reader for atmosphere posts, but a killer way of discovering and following new publications. I've added it to my daily reading links.

Standard Reader @standard-reader.app

Introducing Standard Reader: a calm, text-first home for long-form writing on the Atmosphere. Read standard.site publications, follow the writers you love, and find new voices across the network. standard-reader.app
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"Everything you touch in this car is either metal (aluminium), glass or leather." The interior of the Ferrari Luce looks stunning. youtu.be/6Reu1WS3BhM?...
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In reply to @snarfed.org's post

As a tormented Arsenal fan, thank you Ryan for helping us win. I knew you worked miracles with Bridgy, but I didn't know your divine powers extended to Premier League matches!
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I've been using @talat.app for a few weeks for transcribing meetings locally on my Mac. Works nicely with my Claude workflow via its MCP connector, calendar integration and speaker detection. One-off payment, no subscription. Recommended.

@talat.app

v0.11.0 is out, and since we were too busy to announce v0.10.0 properly, let's do that too: hellooo new design! There's too much to cover in a single post, but you can read the details over at talat.app/changelog, and take a look at some of the updated screenshots below 👇
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Because GitHub Actions have become so unreliable, I've moved a site's scheduled tasks from a scheduled workflow to use Cloudflare's cron triggers. They now correctly run every 15m on CF rather than (maybe) every 2-4h on GH.
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I took my kids to see Super Mario Galaxy today. We all loved it. It’s light on storyline, but it’s fun, well-paced for children and packs in so many characters and little touches from the games.
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Giving Zed another try as my IDE/editor. I knew it was fast, but what's really impressive is the polish.

Zed @zed.dev

Zed 1.0: Your last next editor.
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Visited the @tessl.io office yesterday for @guypo.com presenting on using agentic engineering across teams, hosted by #CTOCraft. Good networking chat before about engineer concerns, AI-related burnout, metrics and security.
Man standing at podium presenting slide on Agentic Development
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In reply to @fastmail.com's post

This is a huge improvement and something I wished for whenever replying to emails. Thank you!
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“We are as one” - my Wordle solution today is identical to the Wordlebot’s (words hidden to avoid spoiler). Am I thinking more like it does, or is it thinking more like me?
Identical Wordle solutions - mine and the Wordlebot
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In reply to @losowsky.com's post

It's a challenge. Last year I had a video interview with an applicant claiming to be in Stoke. Whoever actually joined the call was in a busy Far East cyber cafe with his cap pulled down over his face. Another kept pausing for 10 seconds after each question, then gave perfect AI-sourced answers.
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I’m off to Wembley later to see Oasis 🥳 which completes the Britpop Big Four of gigs within the last two years: Blur (Wembley in 2023), Suede (Ally Pally in 2024), Pulp (O2 in June) and now Oasis.
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In reply to @carlbobuk.bsky.social's post

Hey Carl! Ah such a long time ago now! You played your part in its success. Of course it was all basically a ruse to get into the Union for free when bands were on.
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1-0 to the Arsenal! Brilliant performance from Arsenal Women to win the Champions League. So pleased for them. Watched it with my sons who were jumping around 🏆👏
Arsenal are UWCL champions
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In reply to @calumryan.com's post

You were in Codicote, the village where I live! We take my kids up to Spoke after we've been on a country walk. Good coffee and always fun watching the goats play.
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My favourite band, Gene, are reuniting for their first gig in 21 years 🎉 I was at their last one in… 2004. See you in Hammersmith 🤩 www.nme.com/news/music/g...
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I was just adding a gig I’m going to on Last.fm when I saw my “member since” date: 16 August 2004 😯. That’s 20 years of scrobbling (since its Audioscrobbler days). Newer than my Gmail account but older than Twitter.
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I'm getting the dreaded rattling noise from one bud of my original AirPods Pro, but only when using noise cancellation. A half-hour with Apple Support generated a quote of £246 to fix or replace. I may as well just buy brand new! For now I'll use my pair as dumb AirPods 🤷
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In reply to @werd.io's post

My Logitech C920 was flickering until I used their Logitune app which enabled options to change the refresh rate. Might help?
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Testing using API
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Archimedes Live (@arclive@oldbytes.space) is a WebAssembly-powered Acorn Archimedes emulator. It's fun using RISC OS again and loading disc images of games I played in the early 1990s. https://archi.medes.live
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I’m in! And also using my custom domain name FTW 😎
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I'm treating my job search like a full-time job and finding I'm just as busy with calls and messages. I have a few exciting roles at early stages and feeling positive. I'm also enjoying swapping leads with other ex-colleagues - something positive out of all the #layoffs.
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Well it's been a disappointing start to the year... yesterday I was let go from my job. Although it was one of several redundancies it's still a bit of a gut punch and the first time I've been laid off. Hey ho. Time to move on and get stuck into a job search.
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Congratulations to @paulrobertlloyd on the launch of https://getindiekit.com. It's an incredibly polished and well-designed #indieweb tool. If you're thinking of setting up a personal website (you should!) then you should definitely be checking out Indiekit.
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I've added Mastodon syndication to my website's backend, which means this post should appear on my website (barryfrost.com), my Twitter account (@barryf@twitter.com) and my Mastodon account (@barryf@mastodon.social). #indieweb
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List of "hot countries" our 6 year old said he'd like to go to on holiday: - France - Australia - Russia - Sainsburys - West Ham - Newcastle - Wolves 😆❤️
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Boosted! 💉
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Tomorrow I'm assembling my team for the first time together in real life for workshops and /collaboration/ in a conference room. I had to dig around to find my Sharpies, Post-Its, exercise print-outs and an HDMI adapter. It's been a while!
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Nice try, Apple... sending a kill command to brick my iPhone in the early hours of this morning on the day the shiny, new 13 is released. Sneaky. The display flickered forlornly before it finally gave up. Thankfully my mobile insurance covers a replacement 😥
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I upgraded to iOS 15 and so far so good: - Forcing myself to use Safari's bottom address bar. - New 1Password extension is a big time-saver. - I tried iCloud+'s custom email domain support and it works perfectly, including on Big Sur. - Just waiting for Monterey.
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Second COVID vaccination 💪. Feeling a bit sore in my arm but relieved to have had both doses.
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I'm impressed with how easy it's been setting up #homebridge on my RaspberryPi to control my non-HomeKit devices. I'm slowly moving across from Alexa using plugins for a Dyson fan, Nest Cams, Tapo switches and a Govee light strip. 👌
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I’m one of the lucky few to be going to #ENG v #CRO today at #EURO2020. First train, first tube, first crowd and first football match since COVID began! Excited but a bit nervous about it all.
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