Richard Smith

I wrote a novel. It’s a thriller called The Procurer. You can buy it in paperback or on Kindle. Retweet! amazon.co.uk/Procurer-Richa…

I built a new thing. Private notice boards for teams, clubs, groups or families. We are using it at TeamWeb to give the team a start page to launch GitHub PRs and Shortcut stories with quick links, as well as jump to our key Confluence docs. usermesh.com

Wow, we finally did it. We built a help desk SaaS product called Issuebear and it launched! issuebear.com. Super customisable, transparent pricing, designed for humans to provide world-class customer support. Or handle their bug lists. Or sales enquiries. Or...

@VueHelp Went to see Mission Impossible in Hamilton, got a 70 quid parking fine for being in the car park longer than 3 hours. It's a 2 hour 49 minute long movie. With adverts, and trailers etc, what was I supposed to do? Leave before the end?

@an0key Wondering whether I just buy a couple of NUCs and install Proxmox, or go down a second hand rackmount. Plenty deals out there for enterprise rejects.

@an0key Totally was about to message you and ask what your setup is. Thinking of home setup for VMs/containers instead of my current Synology setup.

@aerlingus I had a bag get lost in DUB on Monday, as I went from GLA to IAD. The AirTag inside shows it’s been in LHR since Tuesday. Need help as no progress being made.

@asbo_wba YouTubers with a lot of young followers. Just direct marketing at a larger than normal scale. A fool and his money are soon parted.

What an earth is this bloody obsession about Prime drinks and the real need to get suckered in to pay over the odds! Just because the founders of the company who makes it are YouTubers? Or am I just old and don’t get it? 😳🙈

@cheasyweasel Emma liked it when they smashed the dolls.

@an0key Maybe he’s stuck in the queue behind all the Just Eat drivers.

@kottke First glance thought that said “evil” twins.

Genetic Portraits: split multi-generational portraits of family members. The resemblances & differences between parents/children, siblings, and even twins are fascinating. kottke.org/22/12/genetic-…

@BobWulff The Miyoo is perfect because it’s not pretending to be anything else. The Odin is infuriating because it’s on the edge of playing GameCube and Wii perfectly, but you never quite feel like you’re on the right side of it.

▶️ NEW VID These are my top 5 best Handhelds you can get this year to play all your Retro games (and sometimes more) WATCH 👉 youtu.be/xVBsGXxsXrA

@cheasyweasel Yea, saw it. Like you I was watching going “but he didn’t touch it…”

@cheasyweasel Thankfully he didn’t get the credit.

A weekend of media. Book of Mormon: Good. Mad. Filth. Not for your mother. Confess, Fletch: Fun mystery, Hamm is excellent. Great cast. Wakanda Forever: Enjoyed original but this was bad. I was very bored. Low point for MCU.

@MKBHD New channel. MKBWTF.

Just got an email asking to review a casket. I swear one day I’m gonna say yes to everything in my inbox to show you all how ridiculous it gets

I used to get all of my podcasts in @OvercastFM. Now I also have to get them in Spotify or BBC Sounds because they moved. The two services I pay for (yes, I pay for the BBC) are the ones actively making my listening harder.

@cheasyweasel Wordle 522 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@imyke They also do light switches which are real switches so they still work when the hub is off. And they’re really easy to install in the UK (replacing all my existing switches at the moment).

@imyke @_RyanBritt @_upgradefm I’ve been using Aqara for 4+ years and it’s the most solid system I’ve ever had. I have tons of sensors going for years with nowt but a battery change. Nothing else comes close because it’s zigbee, not wifi. My Meross wifi HomeKit stuff always has issues. Can’t recommend enough.

Let's get real about the Apple VR headset. Is it really coming next year? What's it going to look like? What features should it have? We break it all down. Also, we've got home automation on our minds in various ways! relay.fm/upgrade/433

@caseyliss What about the stories that Checo crashed deliberately in Monaco qualifying so he stayed ahead of Max? Sounds like this is tit for tat nonsense, but also that Checo should be investigated by the FIA if that’s true.

Verstappen refusing to yield the place to Perez — which he absolutely should have done — is a perfect encapsulation of why I don’t like him.