Tom StuartOct 19
Weeknotes 302: Impossible gift https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-302-impossible-gift
Weeknotes 302: Impossible gift — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 303: Technical aspects https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-303-technical-aspects
Weeknotes 303: Technical aspects — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 304: Right amount https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-304-right-amount
Weeknotes 304: Right amount — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 305: Intriguing premise https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-305-intriguing-premise
Weeknotes 305: Intriguing premise — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 306: Completely avoidable https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-306-completely-avoidable
Weeknotes 306: Completely avoidable — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 307: Going nowhere https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-307-going-nowhere
Weeknotes 307: Going nowhere — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 308: Drowsy panic https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-308-drowsy-panic
Weeknotes 308: Drowsy panic — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 309: Persistent repetition https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-309-persistent-repetition
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Weeknotes 310: Theoretical boundaries https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-310-theoretical-boundaries
Weeknotes 310: Theoretical boundaries — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 311: Shortest day https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-311-shortest-day
Weeknotes 311: Shortest day — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 312: Surprise obstacle https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-312-surprise-obstacle
Weeknotes 312: Surprise obstacle — Tom Stuart

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Yearnotes 5: Resolved https://tomstu.art/yearnotes-5-resolved
Show threadTom StuartJan 4
Weeknotes 313: Irrational thesis https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-313-irrational-thesis
Weeknotes 313: Irrational thesis — Tom Stuart

Show threadTom StuartJan 11
Weeknotes 314: Sincere apologies https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-314-sincere-apologies
Weeknotes 314: Sincere apologies — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 315: Processes continue https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-315-processes-continue
Weeknotes 315: Processes continue — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 316: Deliberately annoying https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-316-deliberately-annoying
Weeknotes 316: Deliberately annoying — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 317: Singular goal https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-317-singular-goal
Weeknotes 317: Singular goal — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 318: Holding steady https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-318-holding-steady
Weeknotes 318: Holding steady — Tom Stuart

Show threadTom StuartFeb 15
Weeknotes 319: Less refined https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-319-less-refined
Weeknotes 319: Less refined — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 320: Ancient habit https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-320-ancient-habit
Weeknotes 320: Ancient habit — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 321: Nihilistic melancholy https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-321-nihilistic-melancholy
Weeknotes 321: Nihilistic melancholy — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 322: Straight face https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-322-straight-face
Weeknotes 322: Straight face — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 323: Civilised age https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-323-civilised-age
Weeknotes 323: Civilised age — Tom Stuart

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Weeknotes 324: Off work https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-324-off-work
Weeknotes 324: Off work — Tom Stuart

Show threadTom Stuart21h ago
Weeknotes 325: Addled brain https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-325-addled-brain
Weeknotes 325: Addled brain — Tom Stuart

Show threadJames Jefferies20h ago

@tom watched the cycling video - plus points

* making the crossing just as it was beeping
* lovely trees and cheerful weather
* avoiding moving cars

Less plus points

* anxiety about single handed riding 😆
* the bit where the pram cuts in front of you 😬
* the narrow overtake 😉

Still, overall, thank you for sharing 😀

Show threadNick Ludlam16h ago
@tom If you’re ever around Tooting on a weekend for a bakery run, hit me up for a coffee ! Also I’m still trying to find a reason to go check out August Bakery, that’s also mean to be very good.
Show threadMatt WebbMar 8
@tom currently in NYC and did not notice that the clocks had changed until I read your weeknotes this morning, thank you. I still don’t understand what has happened but I have a locus for my bafflement now
Show threadTom StuartMar 8
@genmon Glad to have helped, although this is all downstream of https://www.instagram.com/p/fSreIksInm/, so it’s just the karmic cycle doing its thing
Tom Stuart on Instagram: "Provincial human assumptions"

21 likes, 0 comments - tomstuart on August 31, 2015: "Provincial human assumptions".

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Show threadJames Mar 1
@tom So depressing that Vimeo videos are becoming inaccessible
Show threadTom StuartMar 1
@floehopper It is a bit! I’m assuming I’ll need to replace those ones soon too.
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 22

@tom the memory hole gets worse: https://domain.news/skillsmatter-com-sold-for-69000-career-scenarios-as-core-value/

I had idly thought about bidding for the url to own the domain and get access to the Vimeo account, but I don’t have that kind of money and I doubt the (presumed) seo ghouls who bought it would be interested in unlocking things for free for community assets.

SkillsMatter.com Sold for $69,000, Career Scenarios as Core Value

On December 12, 2025, the domain name SkillsMatter.com was successfully sold for $69,000 (approximately RMB 499,000) through GoDaddy Auctions. Leveraging the pr…

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Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 22
@tom buuuut - I wonder if there are others who have done the same as you (I did!) and maybe we can resurrect _some_ of the archive. A post to the @lrug mailing list and on here might achieve something I guess.
Show threadTom StuartFeb 22
@hlame Bummer. But yes: even just crowdsourcing video URLs for past talks might yield more than nothing. If I ever get my shit together and get mine up onto YouTube, it’d be cool if I could add those URLs to lrug.org and then… something something… they end up on RubyEvents???
Show threadJoel ChippindaleFeb 22

@tom @hlame I have copies of some LRUG talks pre-2020. Only some of my own, I am afraid, I wish I had made more.

Anyways, fixing broken links seems like a nice thing to do so I made a PR for lrug.org,

Show threadJoshFeb 22
@tom this is why I tune in
Show threadJamie WhiteFeb 8

@tom

> I am, for the first time, considering whether I’m even interested in computers any more

Same

Show threadMurray SteeleJan 27
@tom I cannot get over what I assume is my initial misreading of you roasting all the veg with the blood oranges. If you get another box please try it and report back
Show threadTom StuartJan 27
@hlame Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t! (I didn’t.)
Show threadmudgeJan 27
@tom apropos of nothing, I’ll remind you @hlame once tried to make meringue with the tomato sauce that comes with baked beans.
Show threadMurray SteeleJan 27
@mudge @tom and I still might especially now I understand that a savoury meringue is probably impossible and sugar is required (an excuse to NOT buy the low sugar beans - for culinary science!)
Show threadTom StuartJan 27
@hlame @mudge I’d forgotten about this. Horrendous. Beautiful.
Show threadRussell GarnerJan 11
@tom just picked up the almost-straight-to-DVD of Tron: Ares and the lead quote is "Succeeds on its own cynical terms ... not recommended but also nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Tom Stuart, author" so I think you've said the best thing that's been said about the movie
Show threadTom StuartJan 11
@rgarner Shame they were so easily able to omit “basically shit” but I suppose I left that wide open
Show threadJon RoweJan 5
@tom We did a no-alcohol festive season for my father a couple of years ago and our preferred sparkling was Bee's Knees Brut if you find yourself needing such a refreshment in the future!
Show threadTom StuartJan 5
@JonRowe Thank you very much, I’ll squirrel that intel away for next December!
Show threadJames JefferiesJan 1
@tom do you know what the best bit for me about reading your year notes? Not dissing the effort put into the words, but it was the nice picture at the end 😀
Show threadTom StuartJan 1
@jamesjefferies Thanks. Something for everyone!
Show threadJames JefferiesJan 1
@tom 😆
Show threadJoshDec 7
@tom I’ve been enjoying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 so make of that what you will. Although it’s turn based, it does have some timing-based dodge/parry mechanics that they stole from Paper Mario when defending. You’ll hate it.
Show threadJoel ChippindaleNov 23
@tom "Olsen" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer was strangely moving 😃
Show threadTom StuartNov 23
@joel Yes, it may or may not have brought a tear to my eye
Show threadMikeStokNov 23
@tom 💯agree on Pluribus. I was so hopeful, but now I can concentrate on channeling my inner Jackson Lamb in the time freed up by giving up on Pluribus.