Alistair MacDonald

Yes I do have a Bluesky account. It is alistairmacdonald.bsky.social . Although it is not something I actively use at the moment this might change, so come and follow me. I am also at @alistairmacdonald" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.social/@alistairmacdo… .

Merry Christmas everyone!

It was 19-years ago I created my Twitter account.

For the first time in a long time I have written a blog post. It is about my old silly blog that will be turning into link rot as Typepad closes down. Feel free to read it, or not, it is up to you. alistairsvoxblog.typepad.com/blog/ .

What he said, or what I said, or whatever. This... 😃

I have just added BarCampSurrey to the BarCamp UK map. barcamp.org.uk

Happy new Wallace and Gromit day! Yes, and Christmas, happy Christmas.

My Christmas is now complete. Not only a new Wallace and Gromit film, but fun new idents on BBC1 😃🎄📺 … bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

I did not do this. It was someone else… youtu.be/97NBASk-5vA?si… 😃

If you are around London next weekend it looks like there are some free BarCamp tickets remaining. thirteen.barcamplondon.org

Today my Twitter/X account is 18 years old.

It is still doing it. Is it a bug? Any help would be appreciated.

@duolingo Hi. The "Practice to Earn Hearts option" is currently greyed out. Any idea why, and how do I get it back again?

@AnnaAtTheAmbler @Carole29 I was checking it out last week. I sounds like it is going to get done TLC soon, that is good.

@alistair @Carole29 No worries. Barnes Park bandstands?

Sunderland friends, or anyone who knows Sunderland... What can I photograph that is historic or culturally significant in Pallion, St Anne's, Sandhill, Barnes, St Chad's and/or Silksworth? I am trying to find thing that look interesting and mean something to people.

@Carole29 @AnnaAtTheAmbler I really want to find things that people living and working there are proud of, and that most people in the region will recognise, but I am struggling to think of things. I can find lots of lovely things to photograph, but they could be anywhere.

@Carole29 @AnnaAtTheAmbler Thanks for all of those, the effort is appreciated, and they are good locations, but the zone allocated to me is within the Sunderland West ward boundaries.

You know that BarCamp thing I keep going on about? Well there is one in London next month and you should go... thirteen.barcamplondon.org

@webman_ @duck365 Are they good ducks, or are they just lulling you in to a false sense of security? I don’t trust them you know. They are trouble. ;-)

Thanks to @WiznetTeam for sending across the #ioNIC W55RP20-EVB-Pico board for my latest project. I really liked using the Pi Pico compatible W5100S-EVB-Pico, and this will do the same while giving me the option for PoE.