Robin Osborne
@rposbo.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Ex-Burberry, Selfridges, Asos; Principal Engineer, Solution Architect, Tech Leadership; Web Performance Optimisation and Observability subject matter expert […]
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Playing Music Roulette with an ancient harddrive that I've networked up via a raspberryPi: luckily this one is New Order, including Blue Monday!
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Playing Music Roulette with an ancient harddrive that I've networked up via a raspberryPi: luckily this one is New Order, including Blue Monday!
Favourite socials account these days
https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]
https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Favourite socials account these days
https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]
https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]
Many years ago, in a startup, we were given a reading list by the founder and an Amazon voucher to buy them; good idea, I thought.
These are books like Purple Cow, Will There Be Donuts, Viral Loop - classic startup reading list. The thing with these books is […]
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These are books like Purple Cow, Will There Be Donuts, Viral Loop - classic startup reading list. The thing with these books is […]
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May 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Many years ago, in a startup, we were given a reading list by the founder and an Amazon voucher to buy them; good idea, I thought.
These are books like Purple Cow, Will There Be Donuts, Viral Loop - classic startup reading list. The thing with these books is […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
These are books like Purple Cow, Will There Be Donuts, Viral Loop - classic startup reading list. The thing with these books is […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Whiskey fan? Like, *really* a fan? He's some dangerous news: a whiskey auction just started today.. 😬
https://whisky.auction/auctions/preview
Loving this rotary phone one!
https://whisky.auction/auctions/preview
Loving this rotary phone one!
February 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Whiskey fan? Like, *really* a fan? He's some dangerous news: a whiskey auction just started today.. 😬
https://whisky.auction/auctions/preview
Loving this rotary phone one!
https://whisky.auction/auctions/preview
Loving this rotary phone one!
This is what my life has become
January 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is what my life has become
Instead of Dry January, maybe sign up to The Spirits substack, get a cocktail recipe email every Friday at 4pm, make the cocktail, enjoy the cocktail.
"A £45 bottle of Chartreuse, drunk in 5-10ml increments, will actually see you through 50-100 cocktails (yes) […]
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"A £45 bottle of Chartreuse, drunk in 5-10ml increments, will actually see you through 50-100 cocktails (yes) […]
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January 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Instead of Dry January, maybe sign up to The Spirits substack, get a cocktail recipe email every Friday at 4pm, make the cocktail, enjoy the cocktail.
"A £45 bottle of Chartreuse, drunk in 5-10ml increments, will actually see you through 50-100 cocktails (yes) […]
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"A £45 bottle of Chartreuse, drunk in 5-10ml increments, will actually see you through 50-100 cocktails (yes) […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
New Year Resolution: sign up for The Spirits newsletter substack, receive a cocktail recipe every Friday at 4pm, make the cocktail, enjoy the cocktail.
https://thespirits.substack.com
This week was a day early, and I'm already 1 for 1.
Gin Sour: approved ✅
https://thespirits.substack.com
This week was a day early, and I'm already 1 for 1.
Gin Sour: approved ✅
January 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New Year Resolution: sign up for The Spirits newsletter substack, receive a cocktail recipe every Friday at 4pm, make the cocktail, enjoy the cocktail.
https://thespirits.substack.com
This week was a day early, and I'm already 1 for 1.
Gin Sour: approved ✅
https://thespirits.substack.com
This week was a day early, and I'm already 1 for 1.
Gin Sour: approved ✅
Portuguese Christmas crackers: need some work.
"What did the banana say to the cat?
Nothing, because bananas can't talk"
Don't think they've quite nailed the entire package yet..
"What did the banana say to the cat?
Nothing, because bananas can't talk"
Don't think they've quite nailed the entire package yet..
December 25, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Portuguese Christmas crackers: need some work.
"What did the banana say to the cat?
Nothing, because bananas can't talk"
Don't think they've quite nailed the entire package yet..
"What did the banana say to the cat?
Nothing, because bananas can't talk"
Don't think they've quite nailed the entire package yet..
It's Christmas Day, day time, and there's Die Hard, and Die Hard 2 in English, uncensored, on Portuguese TV! I'm still so used to the "recorded off ITV" version from my childhood that I'm surprised with the swearing and the lack of ad breaks 😅
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 12:54 PM
It's Christmas Day, day time, and there's Die Hard, and Die Hard 2 in English, uncensored, on Portuguese TV! I'm still so used to the "recorded off ITV" version from my childhood that I'm surprised with the swearing and the lack of ad breaks 😅
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
"Electricity Maps" is fascinating! You can visualise a map showing a selection of realtime and historical eletricity use and approximate associated carbon emmisions.
A real eye-opener. Europe and UK is doing quite well, very suprising that Australia apparently […]
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A real eye-opener. Europe and UK is doing quite well, very suprising that Australia apparently […]
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December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Electricity Maps" is fascinating! You can visualise a map showing a selection of realtime and historical eletricity use and approximate associated carbon emmisions.
A real eye-opener. Europe and UK is doing quite well, very suprising that Australia apparently […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A real eye-opener. Europe and UK is doing quite well, very suprising that Australia apparently […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
What a perfectly framed photo (assuming it's not gen ai..) and what a nasty ad campaign. Ugh.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/ai-company-trolls-san-francisco-with-billboards-saying-stop-hiring-humans/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/ai-company-trolls-san-francisco-with-billboards-saying-stop-hiring-humans/
December 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM
What a perfectly framed photo (assuming it's not gen ai..) and what a nasty ad campaign. Ugh.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/ai-company-trolls-san-francisco-with-billboards-saying-stop-hiring-humans/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/ai-company-trolls-san-francisco-with-billboards-saying-stop-hiring-humans/
Let me just take a quick note before I forget..
Uh.. wait.. dammit, forgot
Uh.. wait.. dammit, forgot
December 4, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Let me just take a quick note before I forget..
Uh.. wait.. dammit, forgot
Uh.. wait.. dammit, forgot
All the internet points go to my local fishmonger's email marketing team for these email subjects...
#whelkometothejingle
#whelkometothejingle
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
All the internet points go to my local fishmonger's email marketing team for these email subjects...
#whelkometothejingle
#whelkometothejingle
Really interesting read (in a nerdy kinda way - which is the best way, obviously):
HTML Whitespace is Broken
https://blog.dwac.dev/posts/html-whitespace/
#webdev
HTML Whitespace is Broken
https://blog.dwac.dev/posts/html-whitespace/
#webdev
October 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Really interesting read (in a nerdy kinda way - which is the best way, obviously):
HTML Whitespace is Broken
https://blog.dwac.dev/posts/html-whitespace/
#webdev
HTML Whitespace is Broken
https://blog.dwac.dev/posts/html-whitespace/
#webdev
That's not playing by the rules. Now that I *must* accept spam, I'll obviously be setting up an email filter as soon as I hit submit...
October 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
That's not playing by the rules. Now that I *must* accept spam, I'll obviously be setting up an email filter as soon as I hit submit...
October 14, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I was progressing quite well in my revision for AWS Developer exam, but then I discovered #Ludwig on BBC iPlayer and have not been able to focus until I finished the series...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022wvz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022wvz
October 10, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I was progressing quite well in my revision for AWS Developer exam, but then I discovered #Ludwig on BBC iPlayer and have not been able to focus until I finished the series...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022wvz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022wvz
Really hoping there's an error in the BBC weather app, else we're getting 13,000 mph winds in London today.
October 10, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Really hoping there's an error in the BBC weather app, else we're getting 13,000 mph winds in London today.
Though I have no ability to comment on the difficulty of coding games, being a nerd from the early Spectrum and NES days means suggestions like this about the Switch capabilities for running a retro Metroidvania sound strange.
October 2, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Though I have no ability to comment on the difficulty of coding games, being a nerd from the early Spectrum and NES days means suggestions like this about the Switch capabilities for running a retro Metroidvania sound strange.
Lovely. BritishGas website full of internal server errors on their *new* "energy account" website, on the day that everyone's trying to check their tariff and save money. Related?.. hmmmmmmm
October 2, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Lovely. BritishGas website full of internal server errors on their *new* "energy account" website, on the day that everyone's trying to check their tariff and save money. Related?.. hmmmmmmm
I passed! Phew! There were a few questions I wasn't sure of, so I was a bit worried coming out of the exam, into the pouring London rain, frantically googling aws documentation...
"AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate"
was issued by Amazon Web […]
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"AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate"
was issued by Amazon Web […]
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September 28, 2024 at 9:30 AM
I passed! Phew! There were a few questions I wasn't sure of, so I was a bit worried coming out of the exam, into the pouring London rain, frantically googling aws documentation...
"AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate"
was issued by Amazon Web […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
"AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate"
was issued by Amazon Web […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Had a great time yesterday, recording a podcast with my old friend, Iyabo, about AI and how it impacts human relationships!
There's SO much to cover on that subject, and I'm prone to go on tangents that I think are fascinating, so hopefully it can be fixed in post to make sense 😂
There's SO much to cover on that subject, and I'm prone to go on tangents that I think are fascinating, so hopefully it can be fixed in post to make sense 😂
September 27, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Had a great time yesterday, recording a podcast with my old friend, Iyabo, about AI and how it impacts human relationships!
There's SO much to cover on that subject, and I'm prone to go on tangents that I think are fascinating, so hopefully it can be fixed in post to make sense 😂
There's SO much to cover on that subject, and I'm prone to go on tangents that I think are fascinating, so hopefully it can be fixed in post to make sense 😂
Asked my old high school friends who, without needing to think, told me to use 3x3 "rings" of two sets of 2 x residential, 2 x commercial, park in the middle, railways around the outside, repeat.
Took about 20 minutes to finally complete the practice level […]
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Took about 20 minutes to finally complete the practice level […]
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September 17, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Asked my old high school friends who, without needing to think, told me to use 3x3 "rings" of two sets of 2 x residential, 2 x commercial, park in the middle, railways around the outside, repeat.
Took about 20 minutes to finally complete the practice level […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Took about 20 minutes to finally complete the practice level […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
I love Sim City, the old one from the SNES. I remember playing it a lot, and enjoying it. However, I've realised that I never even made it past the practice scenario! I'm playing it again now (retroPi) and having to Google guides and tactics, just to get past the introduction!
September 17, 2024 at 1:59 PM
I love Sim City, the old one from the SNES. I remember playing it a lot, and enjoying it. However, I've realised that I never even made it past the practice scenario! I'm playing it again now (retroPi) and having to Google guides and tactics, just to get past the introduction!
Fitness Boxing on the Switch must be in my Top 5 most played games (behind a couple Zeldas, Streets of Rage 4, and at least one Mario); this got me through covid lockdowns and constantly sorts out my stiff back. Only problem (for them) is that I have zero incentive to buy the sequels!
September 17, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Fitness Boxing on the Switch must be in my Top 5 most played games (behind a couple Zeldas, Streets of Rage 4, and at least one Mario); this got me through covid lockdowns and constantly sorts out my stiff back. Only problem (for them) is that I have zero incentive to buy the sequels!