Piers Cawley
@pdcawley.bsky.social
Folk singer, carer, recovering programmer.
(they/him)
(they/him)
New post on my Blog! Wonders will never cease.
Just don't ask what the ratio of emacs-lisp changes to actual new content on the blog is.
bofh.org.uk/book/adrian-...
Just don't ask what the ratio of emacs-lisp changes to actual new content on the blog is.
bofh.org.uk/book/adrian-...
Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky // Just a Summary
A robot valet kills its master for no apparent reason, then heads off on a _Pilgrim's Progress_ to understand his malfunction.
bofh.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New post on my Blog! Wonders will never cease.
Just don't ask what the ratio of emacs-lisp changes to actual new content on the blog is.
bofh.org.uk/book/adrian-...
Just don't ask what the ratio of emacs-lisp changes to actual new content on the blog is.
bofh.org.uk/book/adrian-...
FUCKING APPLE!
IF YOU SET THE PATH IN /etc/zshenv THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT AGAIN in /etc/zprofile AND OVERWRITE ANYTHING IN ~/.zshenv YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING MELTS.
They had fucking unfucked this once, but no, they've decided to refuck it all over afucking-gain. Fuckers.
IF YOU SET THE PATH IN /etc/zshenv THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT AGAIN in /etc/zprofile AND OVERWRITE ANYTHING IN ~/.zshenv YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING MELTS.
They had fucking unfucked this once, but no, they've decided to refuck it all over afucking-gain. Fuckers.
August 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
FUCKING APPLE!
IF YOU SET THE PATH IN /etc/zshenv THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT AGAIN in /etc/zprofile AND OVERWRITE ANYTHING IN ~/.zshenv YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING MELTS.
They had fucking unfucked this once, but no, they've decided to refuck it all over afucking-gain. Fuckers.
IF YOU SET THE PATH IN /etc/zshenv THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT AGAIN in /etc/zprofile AND OVERWRITE ANYTHING IN ~/.zshenv YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING MELTS.
They had fucking unfucked this once, but no, they've decided to refuck it all over afucking-gain. Fuckers.
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All the protected powerful men
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
All the protected powerful men
Too fucking right!
I beg to differ
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Too fucking right!
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I beg to differ
August 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I beg to differ
Every year as my birthday approaches, I need to update bofh.org.uk/wishlist/. Updating it for this year took about an hour.
Updating the site to work with the latest Hugo has taken two and a half days so far, and the Github Actions based deployment system is still broken, so I'm deploying by hand.
Updating the site to work with the latest Hugo has taken two and a half days so far, and the Github Actions based deployment system is still broken, so I'm deploying by hand.
Wishlist // Just a Summary
Things Piers would quite like as birthday or Christmas presents
bofh.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Every year as my birthday approaches, I need to update bofh.org.uk/wishlist/. Updating it for this year took about an hour.
Updating the site to work with the latest Hugo has taken two and a half days so far, and the Github Actions based deployment system is still broken, so I'm deploying by hand.
Updating the site to work with the latest Hugo has taken two and a half days so far, and the Github Actions based deployment system is still broken, so I'm deploying by hand.
Given the iOS Safari web inspector (which despite this moan is *marvellous*) a hard stare.
"No. Those two images, which you claim are 256px wide, are not the same fucking size! Get a hold of yourself!"
This is not helping me track down what I screwed up in my stylesheets to fuck up the sizes.
"No. Those two images, which you claim are 256px wide, are not the same fucking size! Get a hold of yourself!"
This is not helping me track down what I screwed up in my stylesheets to fuck up the sizes.
August 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Given the iOS Safari web inspector (which despite this moan is *marvellous*) a hard stare.
"No. Those two images, which you claim are 256px wide, are not the same fucking size! Get a hold of yourself!"
This is not helping me track down what I screwed up in my stylesheets to fuck up the sizes.
"No. Those two images, which you claim are 256px wide, are not the same fucking size! Get a hold of yourself!"
This is not helping me track down what I screwed up in my stylesheets to fuck up the sizes.
Grandad brag: Younger [step] grandson got a bunch of A*s and into his first choice uni. Elder one has a play on at the Edinburgh Fringe.
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Grandad brag: Younger [step] grandson got a bunch of A*s and into his first choice uni. Elder one has a play on at the Edinburgh Fringe.
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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it's time for the most fiendish literary quiz of the year. "Who said it - John Wycliffe or Wyclef Jean"
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
it's time for the most fiendish literary quiz of the year. "Who said it - John Wycliffe or Wyclef Jean"
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This isn’t the female gaze. This is the male gaze. It’s men who are obsessed with the physicality of other men. Women, in the main, would much rather see a man who looks like he’d make himself a stack of buttered toast and let you steal a slice
![Screenshot:
No room for wokeness!
@Wokenessisevil
Notice how no one, not a single soul, has ever complained about the female gaze in entertainment.
[photos show Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Alan Ritchson (Reacher) with ripped muscles]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:icsm7hd2dok5lxddyrig4gbt/bafkreieqpfyocgnmbjxooiqmg34hpxbxzfjhywfjaej45xdlkmo2j4k3pu@jpeg)
July 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This isn’t the female gaze. This is the male gaze. It’s men who are obsessed with the physicality of other men. Women, in the main, would much rather see a man who looks like he’d make himself a stack of buttered toast and let you steal a slice
Watching #TOTP the morning after.
Downsides: You've all already done the best shitposts.
Upsides: Fast forwarding through so much shit from the late nineties.
How on earth did Wes get into the charts? I'm not complaining at all, just surprised.
Downsides: You've all already done the best shitposts.
Upsides: Fast forwarding through so much shit from the late nineties.
How on earth did Wes get into the charts? I'm not complaining at all, just surprised.
July 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Watching #TOTP the morning after.
Downsides: You've all already done the best shitposts.
Upsides: Fast forwarding through so much shit from the late nineties.
How on earth did Wes get into the charts? I'm not complaining at all, just surprised.
Downsides: You've all already done the best shitposts.
Upsides: Fast forwarding through so much shit from the late nineties.
How on earth did Wes get into the charts? I'm not complaining at all, just surprised.
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One hill I will always die on that the cultural left is correct about is you cant give a fucking *inch* on bigotry. I dont give a fuck about "free speech" being called "woke" or none of that goofy shit. Fascists push-in the boundary lines of community to create outgroups to attack.
July 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One hill I will always die on that the cultural left is correct about is you cant give a fucking *inch* on bigotry. I dont give a fuck about "free speech" being called "woke" or none of that goofy shit. Fascists push-in the boundary lines of community to create outgroups to attack.
Fuck. RIP Matt “mst” Trout. The world was a better place with you in it.
Fuck.
Forty fucking two.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Forty fucking two.
Fuck.
July 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fuck. RIP Matt “mst” Trout. The world was a better place with you in it.
Fuck.
Forty fucking two.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Forty fucking two.
Fuck.
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I see Greggg Wallace is saying it's his autism that makes him a cunt. Mate, this is an insult to every other autistic person and makes you twice the cunt you were before you said it.
July 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I see Greggg Wallace is saying it's his autism that makes him a cunt. Mate, this is an insult to every other autistic person and makes you twice the cunt you were before you said it.
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You guys I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think Jack Dorsey is super bright
I have been looking for an app that allows me to bitch at random people over Bluetooth my entire life, thank you Jack Dorsey for making me whole
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Hold on, I’m being told that I’m mispronouncing the name of this app
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/j...
Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat | TechCrunch
Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a
techcrunch.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You guys I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think Jack Dorsey is super bright
New dancefloor opening soon!
Norman Tebbit, who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's government, has died aged 94.
A loyal ally of Thatcher, Lord Tebbit backed her agenda, bringing in laws designed to curb union power - including making them liable for damages if they did illegal acts.
A loyal ally of Thatcher, Lord Tebbit backed her agenda, bringing in laws designed to curb union power - including making them liable for damages if they did illegal acts.
Former cabinet minister Norman Tebbit dies aged 94 — BBC News
The Conservative politician served in ministerial jobs throughout the 1980s.
apple.news
July 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New dancefloor opening soon!
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You owe it to yourself to develop your own interpretation of a text, & there's no shortcut to doing that but sitting & going through all of its words & absorbing them.
July 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
You owe it to yourself to develop your own interpretation of a text, & there's no shortcut to doing that but sitting & going through all of its words & absorbing them.
Why have I only just learned of owlsintowels.org ?
Owls in Towels
owlsintowels.org
July 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Why have I only just learned of owlsintowels.org ?
The mighty In The Roud has reached the best ballad: Tamlyn (Roud 35).
The first half has great insight into its history from Amy Leach and then there’s an hour out so of me waffling on about it too. I think at one point Matt asked me a question and off I went for an uninterrupted 20 minutes.
The first half has great insight into its history from Amy Leach and then there’s an hour out so of me waffling on about it too. I think at one point Matt asked me a question and off I went for an uninterrupted 20 minutes.
Brand new episode out today!
S4/E5 – Roud 35: TAM LIN
Historical guest: Amy Leach
Singer guest: Piers Cawley
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
S4/E5 – Roud 35: TAM LIN
Historical guest: Amy Leach
Singer guest: Piers Cawley
Available from wherever you get your podcasts.
June 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The mighty In The Roud has reached the best ballad: Tamlyn (Roud 35).
The first half has great insight into its history from Amy Leach and then there’s an hour out so of me waffling on about it too. I think at one point Matt asked me a question and off I went for an uninterrupted 20 minutes.
The first half has great insight into its history from Amy Leach and then there’s an hour out so of me waffling on about it too. I think at one point Matt asked me a question and off I went for an uninterrupted 20 minutes.
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"We're recruiting for a great engineer who's crazy about AI!"
Well I'm recruiting for a cambric shirt without no seams nor needlework. I'm recruiting for an acre of land between the salt water and the sea sand.
Well I'm recruiting for a cambric shirt without no seams nor needlework. I'm recruiting for an acre of land between the salt water and the sea sand.
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"We're recruiting for a great engineer who's crazy about AI!"
Well I'm recruiting for a cambric shirt without no seams nor needlework. I'm recruiting for an acre of land between the salt water and the sea sand.
Well I'm recruiting for a cambric shirt without no seams nor needlework. I'm recruiting for an acre of land between the salt water and the sea sand.
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*deep breath*
Okay, bluesky.
It's been a tough weekend for the whole damn world, even me. I performed 6 hours of fiddle this weekend and it's only been 12 days since surgery.
I'm gonna need y'all to remember the Rules.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...
Okay, bluesky.
It's been a tough weekend for the whole damn world, even me. I performed 6 hours of fiddle this weekend and it's only been 12 days since surgery.
I'm gonna need y'all to remember the Rules.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...
Tom Holland's "Umbrella" | Lip Sync Battle
YouTube video by Comedy Central Asia
www.youtube.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
*deep breath*
Okay, bluesky.
It's been a tough weekend for the whole damn world, even me. I performed 6 hours of fiddle this weekend and it's only been 12 days since surgery.
I'm gonna need y'all to remember the Rules.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...
Okay, bluesky.
It's been a tough weekend for the whole damn world, even me. I performed 6 hours of fiddle this weekend and it's only been 12 days since surgery.
I'm gonna need y'all to remember the Rules.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...
Yeah… my sinuses and my mouth are still in communication. Deep joy. Dentist has advised me not to do aggravate it by singing I'm afraid. Definitely no Friday night #folkSong streams for the next few weeks.
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yeah… my sinuses and my mouth are still in communication. Deep joy. Dentist has advised me not to do aggravate it by singing I'm afraid. Definitely no Friday night #folkSong streams for the next few weeks.
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No #folkSongs stream again tonight. Spoon supply is disgustingly low, I'm afraid.
May 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No #folkSongs stream again tonight. Spoon supply is disgustingly low, I'm afraid.