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Posts by John Pollard

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Writing an MCP Using AI to generate code for AI Agents

I wrote a blog post about how I made this - plus a link to instructions if you want to give it a go yourself

bravelocation.com/Writing-an-MCP

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Couldn’t agree more, we looked so much more dangerous after the 2nd half substitutions

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A screenshot of the Yeltzland MCP running in Claude Desktop

A screenshot of the Yeltzland MCP running in Claude Desktop

Coming soon ... Yeltz results in your favourite AI tool

Just what everyone has been waiting for (and a very disappointing end to yesterday's game)

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Happy Carabao Cup winning day to all those who celebrate 🌑⚪️

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Please no more Luke Edwards. Had to stop listening after 5 mins

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Tyne Green, Hexham

Tyne Green, Hexham

The sun shining through the trees

The sun shining through the trees

Hexham Bridge over the River Tyne

Hexham Bridge over the River Tyne

St James’s Park before kickoff

St James’s Park before kickoff

Shots from our morning walk on a crisp Spring morning along the river in Hexham, followed by a frustrating evening watching Newcastle lose in the FA Cup to Man City

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Black and white shot along Whitley Bay beach

Black and white shot along Whitley Bay beach

Whitley Bay beach stripped of most of its’ sand

Whitley Bay beach stripped of most of its’ sand

Pebbles, water and a plank bridge

Pebbles, water and a plank bridge

Went to Whitley Bay yesterday to checkout the sand stripped beach.

Looks more like Brighton beach now ☹️

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Apple Intelligence Daily Summaries In Sideboard Sounded like a good idea, but turned out less useful than I hoped

I decided to add daily summaries in my Sideboard app using Apple Intelligence, but it didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped

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The Wild Sea (TikTok) Man braving the wild sea at Cullercoats and other blustery day scenes #tynemouth #cullercoatsbeach #newcastle #seaswimming

Man (not me!) braving the wild sea at Cullercoats and other blustery day scenes #tynemouth #cullercoatsbeach #newcastle #seaswimming

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Current status: Sitting in an iced-over car testing out if I've finally got the Android Auto integration working in my Yeltzland app 🥶🚙👍🏻

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Adding CarPlay Support to Yeltzland I'm ridiculously excited about doing this 😆

Very excited that I've added CarPlay support to my Yeltzland iOS app

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On The Shelf A tvOS (and companion iOS app) for managing your watchlist on your Top Shelf - for those services that don’t play nicely! Putting the Apple TV app’s watchlist on the Top Shelf is a great way to ...

I've recently released a new tvOS app (and companion iOS app) called On The Shelf

I can't track “not started” Netflix videos using the Top Shelf, so I built a simple tvOS app which lets you manage a separate list of shows, plus a companion iOS app

More details at bravelocation.com/ontheshelf

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Yeltzland - a dormant Halesowen Town website

Gemini 3 really is astoundingly good at making images from a simple prompt, even with text requirements

I’m very happy with the new logo I made for my very old Yeltzland site, which hasn’t been updated for many, many years

www.yeltzland.net

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Top genres: House, Pop Country, Indie Rock, Drum & Bass, Pop

Top genres: House, Pop Country, Indie Rock, Drum & Bass, Pop

My listening age is 20!

My listening age is 20!

I listened for 73,442 minutes this year

I listened for 73,442 minutes this year

My top podcast was The Vergecast

My top podcast was The Vergecast

Not too much different from my Spotify Unwrapped this year

That's a lot of listening though (I really can't code any more without background music on), and I think my "listening age" of 20 is a slight under-estimation of my real age 👴 🎵

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TikTok redirects with Open Graph Metadata in Jekyll TikTok redirects with Open Graph Metadata in Jekyll 20 Nov 2025 I posted back in March 2025 about how I’m using social media now - basically switching to Mastodon and BlueSky fo...

First blog post in a while - "TikTok redirects with Open Graph Metadata in Jekyll"

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Hexham Fireworks (TikTok) Excellent fireworks last night with the moon in the background #hexham #fireworks #bonfirenight

Excellent fireworks last night in Hexham 🎉

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#hexham #fireworks #bonfirenight

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That was an excellent read!

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Why I'm selling My Meta Raybans Not a bad product, but really not for me

Why I’m selling my Meta Raybans …

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Turbulence on The Tyne (TikTok) Turbulence on The Tyne after all yesterday's rain #hexham #northumberland

Turbulence on The Tyne (TikTok)

Turbulence on The Tyne after all yesterday's rain #hexham #northumberland

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Staycation in the North East (TikTok) Couldn’t get away this year, so had a week at home #Newcastle #Alnmouth #NorthEast #Northumberland

TikTok's OpenGraph support really is terrible, so made my own redirect

Here's another go at posting a link to my staycation post

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This is a fun game!

N: Siglufjörður, Iceland
E: Stockholm, Sweden
S: St Croix, Virgin Islands
W: Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada

Need to work on my East and South ones, but North and West are pretty decent distances from the UK

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TikTok - Make Your Day

Before kickoff in the East Stand yesterday on a glorious sunny day

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Day Trip to Lindisfarne on (not) the warmest day of the year so far #lindesfarne #holyisland TikTok video by John Pollard

Day Trip to Lindisfarne on (not) the warmest day of the year so far

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Pulp - Sunrise (7 Decade Dawn NUFC Carabao Cup Remix) YouTube video by Fresh Slice Films

Been watching too many of these over the last few weeks, but this is by far the best of the Carabao Cup Final videos. Gets me every time 😂

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A nearly full Gallowgate End

A nearly full Gallowgate End

Tremendous crowd (38000+) for the Tyne Wear women’s derby today and a great result as well ⚫️⚪️

Brilliantly to see so many young kids there too, so hard for them to get to see the games at St James’s Park normally

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People often ask me how I can support Newcastle Utd and work for Amnesty.

After Wembley, here’s an attempt at an answer.

Maybe it’s hypocrisy. Maybe it’s sportswashing. Maybe it’s honesty.

You can decide. 🧵

#NUFC

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A glorious, glorious day

Hugged so many strangers in black and white, so much shared joy and happiness

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Good start to what could be an epic weekend 🤞

Feels like a million Geordies have traveled down to that London, can’t wait until Wembley tomorrow

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My Carabao Cup Final ticket!

My Carabao Cup Final ticket!

Took longer that I thought, but finally got my hands on this beauty

Going to be an epic weekend in that London 🤞

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