Stuart Chalmers
@stu73.bsky.social
From #Paisley. Head of Digital Products at @NPL. Former: @bre_group, @odugUK, @riba. Likes: #OpenData #Digital #Tech #Ukulele & @saintmirrenfc. Views My Own.
Vinted delivery in the post today - “God’s Gift” by Toranaga - got this after picking up their “Bastard Ballads” EP last week. Fantastic album and band that never got quite as big as I thought they should have. Love it. 👌🤘
January 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Vinted delivery in the post today - “God’s Gift” by Toranaga - got this after picking up their “Bastard Ballads” EP last week. Fantastic album and band that never got quite as big as I thought they should have. Love it. 👌🤘
First day back at work and doing lots of sorting/planning. Best thing about WFH? Get to listen to and switch between the various Fip Radio stations all day. Best find of 2025.
www.radiofrance.fr/fip
www.radiofrance.fr/fip
FIP – Écouter la radio en direct et les radios thématiques
Tout l'univers musical de FIP, sélection de titres Jazz, Electro, Rock, Pop, Groove et bien plus. Écoutez la radio en direct et les radios thématiques.
www.radiofrance.fr
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
First day back at work and doing lots of sorting/planning. Best thing about WFH? Get to listen to and switch between the various Fip Radio stations all day. Best find of 2025.
www.radiofrance.fr/fip
www.radiofrance.fr/fip
Result! After ages searching online for solution, got my Pinebook Pro working with a usb-c dock/external monitor thanks to custom Manjaro kernel from: github.com/mjrh/archlin...
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Result! After ages searching online for solution, got my Pinebook Pro working with a usb-c dock/external monitor thanks to custom Manjaro kernel from: github.com/mjrh/archlin...
It’s times like this when I try to do something vaguely coding related that I really see how pointless LLM generated crap at top of search results are. Wasting time wading through nonsense to get to some actual worthwhile tips/help. Must be some way to switch it off. Wonder if the LLM will tell me…
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It’s times like this when I try to do something vaguely coding related that I really see how pointless LLM generated crap at top of search results are. Wasting time wading through nonsense to get to some actual worthwhile tips/help. Must be some way to switch it off. Wonder if the LLM will tell me…
Starting New Year’s Day having a lunchtime pint in Worthing and watching the Sompting Village Morris Tipteerers performing the Christmas Mummer’s play.
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Starting New Year’s Day having a lunchtime pint in Worthing and watching the Sompting Village Morris Tipteerers performing the Christmas Mummer’s play.
2025: A Year in Gigs stu73.net/2025-a-year-...
2025: A Year in Gigs
Total number of gigs attended in 2025: 23 If I was to sum up the gigs I’ve been to this year I’d say it was the old chestnut “varied”. By that I mean a mixture of old and ne…
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December 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
2025: A Year in Gigs stu73.net/2025-a-year-...
Did my 200th Parkrun today at a freezing Worthing seafront. 6 years on from my 100th in 2019 and nearly 13 years on from my first Parkrun in 2013. Thanks to Lou for the celebration balloon 🎈
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Did my 200th Parkrun today at a freezing Worthing seafront. 6 years on from my 100th in 2019 and nearly 13 years on from my first Parkrun in 2013. Thanks to Lou for the celebration balloon 🎈
Well that was a bit of alright. Cabaret Voltaire live at the Attenborough Centre in Brighton.
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Well that was a bit of alright. Cabaret Voltaire live at the Attenborough Centre in Brighton.
Sunday night doin’ the do with the legend Betty Boo down in Brighton - amazing!
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Sunday night doin’ the do with the legend Betty Boo down in Brighton - amazing!
Another great find today - Lacy J Dalton’s 1980 album “Hard Times”. Bit of Saturday country listening…
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Another great find today - Lacy J Dalton’s 1980 album “Hard Times”. Bit of Saturday country listening…
Nice Saturday charity shop find - Sally Oldfield’s 1978 folky/proggy album “Water Bearer”.
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Nice Saturday charity shop find - Sally Oldfield’s 1978 folky/proggy album “Water Bearer”.
A great Sunday night at Mid Sussex Music Hall watching Ashley Campbell and her band.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A great Sunday night at Mid Sussex Music Hall watching Ashley Campbell and her band.
The always brilliant Du Blonde live at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane last Thursday 🤘👌👍
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The always brilliant Du Blonde live at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane last Thursday 🤘👌👍
Trying to get my reading bug back again. Not looked at a book for months. Revisiting some of the classics from my teens. See what Corum of the Scarlet Robe has been up to…
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trying to get my reading bug back again. Not looked at a book for months. Revisiting some of the classics from my teens. See what Corum of the Scarlet Robe has been up to…
Great way to end the holiday - AC/DC live in Oslo 🤘🇳🇴
August 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Great way to end the holiday - AC/DC live in Oslo 🤘🇳🇴
Getting a bit obsessed with finding all the variations of Jefferson Airplane, Starship and all the side projects and solo albums. This one is great even though no Grace Slick on it. From 1979, got a real 80s rock feel to it and worth listening to for the song “Jane” alone 🤘🤘
July 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Getting a bit obsessed with finding all the variations of Jefferson Airplane, Starship and all the side projects and solo albums. This one is great even though no Grace Slick on it. From 1979, got a real 80s rock feel to it and worth listening to for the song “Jane” alone 🤘🤘
Weakest Link relay race tonight with the #portsladehedgehoppers down at Hove Lagoon 👍🏃♂️
July 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Weakest Link relay race tonight with the #portsladehedgehoppers down at Hove Lagoon 👍🏃♂️
Tried the Run 5:30 5k today in Brighton. Looked amazing down along the seafront at 5:30am just as the sun was coming up.
July 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tried the Run 5:30 5k today in Brighton. Looked amazing down along the seafront at 5:30am just as the sun was coming up.
Great night out with the #portsladehedgehoppers doing the Preston Park Weakest Link relay run #brighton
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Great night out with the #portsladehedgehoppers doing the Preston Park Weakest Link relay run #brighton
Got a copy of Hawkwind’s 1972 album “Doremi Fasol Latido” recently and it had a mint condition “Star Rats” poster inside. Decided it was too good to keep hidden away in the record sleeve…got it framed now and up on the wall.
June 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Got a copy of Hawkwind’s 1972 album “Doremi Fasol Latido” recently and it had a mint condition “Star Rats” poster inside. Decided it was too good to keep hidden away in the record sleeve…got it framed now and up on the wall.
Great night out running on the downs with the #portsladehedgehoppers - views were amazing.
June 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great night out running on the downs with the #portsladehedgehoppers - views were amazing.
After being wiped out since Thursday by a bout of Norovirus, felt better enough today to tackle this wee job in the garden - painted and put up a new arch where the old one had blown down during storm Darragh in December.
March 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
After being wiped out since Thursday by a bout of Norovirus, felt better enough today to tackle this wee job in the garden - painted and put up a new arch where the old one had blown down during storm Darragh in December.
While in Dungeness me & Lou visited Lydd and found this amazing little shop, Lyons. Had nice chat with owner and she’s been there over 50 years - she took over from her parents who opened the place in the 1950’s. It has men’s/women’s clothes and a hardware section in the middle. Proper old school.
March 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
While in Dungeness me & Lou visited Lydd and found this amazing little shop, Lyons. Had nice chat with owner and she’s been there over 50 years - she took over from her parents who opened the place in the 1950’s. It has men’s/women’s clothes and a hardware section in the middle. Proper old school.
One week married! Me and Lou got married last Wednesday in secret at Brighton Registry Office. Had a nice small celebration out in Brighton then off to a cottage in windy Dungeness for a mini-honeymoon.
March 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
One week married! Me and Lou got married last Wednesday in secret at Brighton Registry Office. Had a nice small celebration out in Brighton then off to a cottage in windy Dungeness for a mini-honeymoon.