So shocked when I heard the news. An absolute gentleman who will be sorely missed….

Merry Christmas Eugene!

Never forget alt text again:

1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting

She thought you were taking the pith?

OK - I’ve gone down a rabbit hole here 😅

List of GAA county nicknames Sligo - the herring pickers Donegal - the herring gutters Galway - the herring chokers

There's a common misconception that the traditional enemy of the Irish is the English, when actually it is, in fact, herring

“With determination you can achieve every ambition you set your heart on.”

“They don't measure kindness, attitude, nor your character. Whatever you get, and whichever post primary school you choose -you can be anything you want to be. The school you go to does not close any doors to the career and life you dream of.”

I forgot the alt text.. it reads

“Hooray! The SEAG tests are done and it's time to celebrate! We have loved hosting you at Slemish College, and we hope you have done really well. Whatever the outcome, remember that tests don't measure how good a person is.”

Not a good look 🙈

We have a fallow year between SEAG exams, but best wishes to anyone with kids going through the final transfer test today. Enjoy the downtime afterwards. This was shared with my son last year after his final paper & I loved the sentiment

Looks grim. I’m going to stay in bed for a bit longer 😅

Manic Street Preachers - Hiding in Plain Sight (Official Video) YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO

youtu.be/QZHRegOddcQ?...

TIME FLIES YouTube video by minnowsband

Compare and contrast: youtu.be/zF558CFtfX4?...

Time Flies 7” single cover

I appreciate that the reference may only mean something to a certain demographic (NI / early 90s) ….but I can’t hear Manic Street Preachers current single without thinking about how much it sounds like The Minnows - Time Flies.

Superb Ian 👏

Welcome aboard Tiernan!

I “wasted” many hours playing Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Ant Attack, Chuckie Egg, The Hobbit and many more on this computer. Eventually moved on to an Amstrad CPC 464.

One of my best friends growing up - his dad was a teacher, and he used to bring a BBC Model B home during school holidays. They even had a Teletext adapter and we could “download” software from Ceefax… this blew my mind in the 80s

Age yourself with your first computer

Two cracking albums, to be fair

Welcome!

Joy Division: Substance: Album cover art

New Order - Substance. Album cover art

Off to see Peter Hook tonight in Belfast. He’s playing both Substance albums (Joy Division & New Order) live. 🎶

Screenshot from Bluesky showing “Invalid Handle” alongside a user’s name

Seeing quite a few “Invalid Handle” labels beside user names….assuming related to some strain on the servers given the influx of users?

Got a new toy… looking forward to figuring out how to use it #rolands1 #synth

Autumnal view of Tollymore Forest Park

Autumn in Tollymore

Screenshot from Bluesky

Simple enough - add a TXT record to the DNS for the domain… first need to generate the record via the app/account

TIP: you can change your Bluesky handle to your domain name : bsky.social/about/blog/4...