Zoë O'Connell
@zoeoconnell.co.uk
Platform Engineering geek, former Cambridge City Councillor, Westminster candidate & ex-Army Reservist with Coeliac disease and ADHD.
"There is no doubt that Zoë O'Connell is an interesting and colourful personality" - Labour attack leaflet
"There is no doubt that Zoë O'Connell is an interesting and colourful personality" - Labour attack leaflet
You and I have different ideas about what constitutes ”optimal”, Withings. The ability to stand up is helpful.
September 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
You and I have different ideas about what constitutes ”optimal”, Withings. The ability to stand up is helpful.
Geek girl wins: discovering the powerful UV lamp I use for PCB work also sets nail polish very well. (Just don’t look into the light!)
iPhone camera really doesn’t know what to do with all that UV though.
iPhone camera really doesn’t know what to do with all that UV though.
July 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Geek girl wins: discovering the powerful UV lamp I use for PCB work also sets nail polish very well. (Just don’t look into the light!)
iPhone camera really doesn’t know what to do with all that UV though.
iPhone camera really doesn’t know what to do with all that UV though.
Been a while since I was here
July 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Been a while since I was here
Stretching the length of Regent Street, front already turned the corner.
July 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Stretching the length of Regent Street, front already turned the corner.
Do you have a flag? No
Flag, no country.
Flag, no country.
July 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do you have a flag? No
Flag, no country.
Flag, no country.
At London Trans+ Pride
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At London Trans+ Pride
I would honestly have expected the BCS of all people not to make this mistake.
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I would honestly have expected the BCS of all people not to make this mistake.
30 second exposure with my iPhone in the moments before the power came back on in Lagos, Portugal. It was DARK.
There was cheering and clapping.
There was cheering and clapping.
April 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
30 second exposure with my iPhone in the moments before the power came back on in Lagos, Portugal. It was DARK.
There was cheering and clapping.
There was cheering and clapping.
Here's me doing it. (Not properly, should be in a non-swivel chair not on the sofa, but I was testing)
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Here's me doing it. (Not properly, should be in a non-swivel chair not on the sofa, but I was testing)
Hope you’re following through on that.
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hope you’re following through on that.
I think Sarah’s face in photo in which I had just purchased a 50 pack of fidget toys and dumped them on the table is diagnostic in and of itself
March 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I think Sarah’s face in photo in which I had just purchased a 50 pack of fidget toys and dumped them on the table is diagnostic in and of itself
This legitimately is my third desk.
Has been in use for just over 24 hours, and I already have books stacked under the trackball malmt
Has been in use for just over 24 hours, and I already have books stacked under the trackball malmt
March 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This legitimately is my third desk.
Has been in use for just over 24 hours, and I already have books stacked under the trackball malmt
Has been in use for just over 24 hours, and I already have books stacked under the trackball malmt
So it turns out you probably shouldn’t bother with fingerpick blood tests if you use oestrogel. Stuff builds up in fat of the fingers you use to rub it in.
March 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
So it turns out you probably shouldn’t bother with fingerpick blood tests if you use oestrogel. Stuff builds up in fat of the fingers you use to rub it in.
Uh, what's with this shit? The "physical nature" of my body is Female, unless you're an endocronolgist or gynocologist in which case it's Female with complications.
March 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Uh, what's with this shit? The "physical nature" of my body is Female, unless you're an endocronolgist or gynocologist in which case it's Female with complications.
Just closed my unused 15ish year old PayPal account for ongoing data hygene reasons and wow, the number of people who still had authorisation to take payments from the account was shocking
February 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just closed my unused 15ish year old PayPal account for ongoing data hygene reasons and wow, the number of people who still had authorisation to take payments from the account was shocking
Well, this dates the photo somewhat.
January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well, this dates the photo somewhat.
Took me a while to figure out why this pizza had a sealed “protective bag” with different cooking times depending on if you remove it or not.
It’s so you can safely cook a gluten free pizza in a potentially contaminated oven.
Genius idea
It’s so you can safely cook a gluten free pizza in a potentially contaminated oven.
Genius idea
January 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Took me a while to figure out why this pizza had a sealed “protective bag” with different cooking times depending on if you remove it or not.
It’s so you can safely cook a gluten free pizza in a potentially contaminated oven.
Genius idea
It’s so you can safely cook a gluten free pizza in a potentially contaminated oven.
Genius idea
AI is a marketing term, not a technical term: Exhibit 1 in what is likely to become a continuing series.
This aircon is set to auto. But the icon on the remote shows “AI” instead.
I can state with reasonable certainty that nothing in this aircon unit that computer scientists recognise as “AI”.
This aircon is set to auto. But the icon on the remote shows “AI” instead.
I can state with reasonable certainty that nothing in this aircon unit that computer scientists recognise as “AI”.
December 25, 2024 at 12:05 PM
AI is a marketing term, not a technical term: Exhibit 1 in what is likely to become a continuing series.
This aircon is set to auto. But the icon on the remote shows “AI” instead.
I can state with reasonable certainty that nothing in this aircon unit that computer scientists recognise as “AI”.
This aircon is set to auto. But the icon on the remote shows “AI” instead.
I can state with reasonable certainty that nothing in this aircon unit that computer scientists recognise as “AI”.
I was cool even before it was cool
September 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I was cool even before it was cool
Last year’s finisher photo for comparison. (Tears of joy at the end for finishing at all)
September 15, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Last year’s finisher photo for comparison. (Tears of joy at the end for finishing at all)