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Andy S-C

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IBM Distinguished Engineer. Keen Maker and long distance runner. Co-inventor of MQTT

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We did!

17.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Likewise… we must do it again very soon!

14.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloody Time Lords!

03.12.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I dev in prod I develop in a production environment

My new favourite t-shirt!
andysc.teemill.com/product/i-de...
The perfect Christmas gift for that edgy dev you know!

18.11.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"This update adds a new tinted option for Liquid Glass" - how have I survived this long without this? Perhaps our compliment of small, lemon-soaked paper napkins will be loaded, also?

15.11.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think so… I went to a conference there about 3 years ago

03.10.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We can’t see the β€œtomorrow β€œ clock

03.10.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty much!
Was that the Winchester Science Centre?

03.10.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t we all look young!!!

03.10.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the display ribbon cables and hinges every time… got any pointers to how I can fix them?

12.09.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A final sad farewell to my last three broken Psion 3a’s.

Psionara, one might say!

12.09.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I agree :)

26.08.2025 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not yet!

26.08.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not exactly a *glanceable* display any more!

26.08.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From the centre…
Temperature
Wind speed
Wind direction
β€œWeather” (cloud/sun/rain)
Clock (red hours, green mins, blue sec)

26.08.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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With nothing better to do on a holiday Monday, I finally got round to breathing life into the Antikythera of Weather!

26.08.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

What strange alchemy is this? Water, from the sky?!

11.08.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This just arrived by email in reply to an email I sent to a hotel.
I have *SO* many questions!
[though mainly related to SMTP routing, admittedly!]

Hi Andy,
May we have your email address please?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Warmest Regards,
Customer Relations

08.08.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a brave question to ask!

06.08.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Words fail me...

06.08.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Careful what you wish for!

31.07.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"You’ve successfully verified that you are an adult." - Bluesky Social Team
Phew - that was a close call, ROFL!

28.07.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And yet, they got it right numerous times. Weird

19.07.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four, count them, four grocers’ apostrophe’s ! I can hardly bear to sit here!

19.07.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks - so does Monty :)

19.07.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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:D

19.07.2025 06:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, I'll get up early tomorrow and film him emerging!

18.07.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My pet goose grew too fat to squeeze through his #Omlet chicken house door. So I hacked two of them together and NTP-synched the time clocks (and added a 3D printed rain guard) :)

18.07.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess you're all too young to remember CdB and what song he was famous for :/

10.07.2025 08:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It has emerged that Chris de Burgh was due to play this year's Isle of Wight festival, but he apparently cancelled following a contractual dispute with Red Funnel Ferries :/

07.07.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0