James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net
Geek, tea drinker, occasional photographer, wannabe musician, and liker of Oxford commas. Recovering sysadmin, pseudo-SRE. Lefty woke liberal. 🏳️🌈.
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
https://ger.mx/AxcO-p-1z4eOiyqCE4RvXRvKpPV3FOAas0VJ71-0VR7G#did:plc:4ohaakbr25uezeviozre3wko
I'm on Germ DM 🔑
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I probably shouldn’t enjoy solitude as much as I do, but honestly, the world just feels too much at times
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I probably shouldn’t enjoy solitude as much as I do, but honestly, the world just feels too much at times
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Pixies
Manic Street Preachers
Tenacious D
Green Day
Eels
(This equally could have just been Pixies 5 times)
Pixies
Manic Street Preachers
Tenacious D
Green Day
Eels
(This equally could have just been Pixies 5 times)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Carter USM
The Fall
Saint Etienne
Half Man Half Biscuit
Sparks
Carter USM
The Fall
Saint Etienne
Half Man Half Biscuit
Sparks
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Chas & Dave
Rod Hull & Emu
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Evan Parker
The Magnetic Fields
Chas & Dave
Rod Hull & Emu
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Evan Parker
The Magnetic Fields
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Pixies
Manic Street Preachers
Tenacious D
Green Day
Eels
(This equally could have just been Pixies 5 times)
Pixies
Manic Street Preachers
Tenacious D
Green Day
Eels
(This equally could have just been Pixies 5 times)
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If you’re going to and from rail stations in TfL’s Oystercard area, the contactless fare for the EXACT SAME journey can be dramatically cheaper than if you pay for a rail ticket
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you’re going to and from rail stations in TfL’s Oystercard area, the contactless fare for the EXACT SAME journey can be dramatically cheaper than if you pay for a rail ticket
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My favorite Markdown editor for macOS, MacDown, has been abandoned by its maintainer for years. I decided to reboot the project. The result?
## MacDown 3000 ##
Mostly bug fixes and minor upgrades so far, but I like it, you might too, and I need beta testers!
Please try it out: macdown.app
## MacDown 3000 ##
Mostly bug fixes and minor upgrades so far, but I like it, you might too, and I need beta testers!
Please try it out: macdown.app
Home - MacDown 3000
MacDown 3000 - A free, open source Markdown editor for macOS with live preview, syntax highlighting, GitHub Flavored Markdown, and Apple Silicon optimization. Download the best lightweight Markdown ed...
macdown.app
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
My favorite Markdown editor for macOS, MacDown, has been abandoned by its maintainer for years. I decided to reboot the project. The result?
## MacDown 3000 ##
Mostly bug fixes and minor upgrades so far, but I like it, you might too, and I need beta testers!
Please try it out: macdown.app
## MacDown 3000 ##
Mostly bug fixes and minor upgrades so far, but I like it, you might too, and I need beta testers!
Please try it out: macdown.app
I never considered quite how insane our 3kW kettle is until we had our solar inverter installed, which caps out at 3kW 😬
(Yes, we were sold an undersized unit. Ho hum.)
(Yes, we were sold an undersized unit. Ho hum.)
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I never considered quite how insane our 3kW kettle is until we had our solar inverter installed, which caps out at 3kW 😬
(Yes, we were sold an undersized unit. Ho hum.)
(Yes, we were sold an undersized unit. Ho hum.)
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My car charger can boil water really fast
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I wouldn't say I'm fully aphantasic, but I definitely can't picture an apple in full HD if asked to. I'd say it's more like recalling the concept of an apple.
And yet when reading a book I'm more likely to have a stronger mental image, but only occasionally.
And yet when reading a book I'm more likely to have a stronger mental image, but only occasionally.
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound. “I do not miss people when they are not there. My children and grandchildren are dear to me, in a muffled way.” [kottke.org]
Meet the Aphantasics, Those Who Can’t See Mental Images
We’ve talked before about how some people can picture things in their heads quite vividly and others can’t at all. The latter group has a condition called aphantasia.
As soon as I close my eyes, what I see are not eve
kottke.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I wouldn't say I'm fully aphantasic, but I definitely can't picture an apple in full HD if asked to. I'd say it's more like recalling the concept of an apple.
And yet when reading a book I'm more likely to have a stronger mental image, but only occasionally.
And yet when reading a book I'm more likely to have a stronger mental image, but only occasionally.
i push my fingers into my
EEEEYYYYYESSSSS
EEEEYYYYYESSSSS
🎶Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
In relation to me getting out of bed. 🎶
Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
Who the fuckin' hell are Slipknot?
In relation to me getting out of bed. 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
i push my fingers into my
EEEEYYYYYESSSSS
EEEEYYYYYESSSSS
Look, recruiter, I know you're trying to flatter me, but try harder.
"Your OSS contributions to grpc-go stood out."
ORLY. You mean this one stupidly simple bugfix? github.com/grpc/grpc-go... Sure, yeah, that's a prime example of my work.
"Your OSS contributions to grpc-go stood out."
ORLY. You mean this one stupidly simple bugfix? github.com/grpc/grpc-go... Sure, yeah, that's a prime example of my work.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Look, recruiter, I know you're trying to flatter me, but try harder.
"Your OSS contributions to grpc-go stood out."
ORLY. You mean this one stupidly simple bugfix? github.com/grpc/grpc-go... Sure, yeah, that's a prime example of my work.
"Your OSS contributions to grpc-go stood out."
ORLY. You mean this one stupidly simple bugfix? github.com/grpc/grpc-go... Sure, yeah, that's a prime example of my work.
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Sometimes I wish Slack had the ICQ feature to see what someone is typing live so I’m not just sitting here watching an animated … for minutes while they reply
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sometimes I wish Slack had the ICQ feature to see what someone is typing live so I’m not just sitting here watching an animated … for minutes while they reply
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My one comment on the Cloudflare outage from yesterday is that it's ironic that it's almost exactly the same failure mode as the 2019 outage: shipping a config file worldwide without any validation steps. Bets on the 2031 outage reason?
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My one comment on the Cloudflare outage from yesterday is that it's ironic that it's almost exactly the same failure mode as the 2019 outage: shipping a config file worldwide without any validation steps. Bets on the 2031 outage reason?
Oh hey, I'm in the @germnetwork.com beta now. Finally got a proper Germ DM link in my profile 🥳
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh hey, I'm in the @germnetwork.com beta now. Finally got a proper Germ DM link in my profile 🥳
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Bloody De Niro over 'ere doing a woke again
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bloody De Niro over 'ere doing a woke again
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but OKR Cupid was right there
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
but OKR Cupid was right there
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OH: "LinkedIn is really just Business Grindr"
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
OH: "LinkedIn is really just Business Grindr"
Bring back the mini!
With the iPhone Air (predictably) failing to take flight, Apple seemingly shifts strategy for the iPhone Air 2...
The iPhone Error
Yet another "other" iPhone model that fails to resonate...
spyglass.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Bring back the mini!
Really, Apple Music? 🤨
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Really, Apple Music? 🤨
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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...