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David James

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Retired speech technologist, ex-Microsoft/UBS/Olivetti/Nuance/Denon-Marantz/HCLTech. Doctor Who enthusiast and lapsed Dalek builder/operator. Bachgen o Gaerdydd. πŸƒ+ πŸ•= 😁

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The local Evri bloke who knows where our house is must be off for some winter sun right now as current delivery is 2 days late with customer-blaming excuses like this one. Grrrrr.

05.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was doing exactly the same thing as you and standing about 4 feet away by the looks of the camera angle!

04.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A newspaper advert for β€œcrease resistant comfort trousers”

A newspaper advert for β€œcrease resistant comfort trousers”

The phrase β€œcrease resistant comfort trousersβ€œ depicted in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo

The phrase β€œcrease resistant comfort trousersβ€œ depicted in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo

26.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aha my employer just rented office space there. The evening I locked up and walked 10 yards across the first floor landing to see Public Service Broadcasting supported by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was a highlight of our tenure!

20.02.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I used to walk to work at Epic from the railway station and I went from Europe’s greatest density of medieval churches to Europe’s greatest density of pound shops

20.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜What kind of updates?’ I wonder

17.02.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)"
Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)" YouTube video by Bill McClintock

Who doesn’t like a good music mash-up?

Well, I have for you possibly the greatest mash up ever mashed.

WARNING: you will get obsessed by this and listen to it lots (or at least, I did!)

youtu.be/HfJkMq4weG0?...

11.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Girl Talk - This is the Remix
Girl Talk - This is the Remix YouTube video by TheHPJC

Oh this is marvellous! I enormously recommend the earlier Girl Talk albums for more beautifully tooled mashups, like this one youtu.be/DZu_lLGFDtM?...

11.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also every time I see β€˜we are adjusting our prices’ in an email

07.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just imagine what must be in the Epstein files to make it worth invading Venezuela, threatening a NATO ally and having your private army shoot civilians in the face just to distract attention from them.

23.01.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 595 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

There's another of these 'I went analogue' pieces in the Guardian today and in the accompanying photo, the journo is holding a CD Walkman

21.01.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oliver Glasner’s not here to stay
Oliver Glasner is on his way

16.01.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been trying for 2 weeks to get a historical statement; a complaints letter of epic proportions is brewing in my mind. I've just retired from a 30 year career in customer self-service and 'Cora' is the worst thing I've ever encountered.

14.01.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see Apple has straight up nicked Reebok's "Belly's gonna get ya" ad from 25 years back, and made it less good

10.01.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A biblical-sounding excerpt from the Beeb's match report of Wrexham vs Forest: "And keeper Arthur Okonkwo proved the home side's hero as he denied Jesus"

A biblical-sounding excerpt from the Beeb's match report of Wrexham vs Forest: "And keeper Arthur Okonkwo proved the home side's hero as he denied Jesus"

*distant sound of cock crowing*

09.01.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember being astonished when the 'new' library (by which I mean 1988, but then that's only about 20 years ago, surely, right?) was demolished!

09.01.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You beat me to posting this! (I come from a Cardiff cinema family in fact - my grandfather and great uncle owned the Splott Cinema Company; their big one was the Gaiety on City Road)

09.01.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I spent 2 days of my three decade career in telecomms effectively being a comedy script writer for a huge phone manufacturer (Britishing up all the sassy, smartarse replies in the US version of an early Siri-alike)

05.01.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And to you SWM!

01.01.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for this Mark! Have saved your playlist on Spotify! I am very out of touch so this will be an enjoyable listen

01.01.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully the other months will do that as well

01.01.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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01.01.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 1364 πŸ” 614 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 88

Happy Space Year 2026 everyone!

01.01.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
31.12.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 4
An excel spreadsheet with each cell filled with the word Gloria

An excel spreadsheet with each cell filled with the word Gloria

23.12.2025 03:56 πŸ‘ 809 πŸ” 295 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 31
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for β€œHercule Poirot’s Christmas”

23.12.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 3389 πŸ” 783 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 15

JUDAS

24.12.2025 08:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As this is from Evri, one of Britain's most terrible companies, this is the online parcel delivery version of 'We've got your kids'

23.12.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chris'n'Bob www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgea...

22.12.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0