David Smith

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Creative techie gay in Cambridge UK. Solution Architect/Technical Product Designer/Writer/Leader (looking for work). avaragado everywhere. Writes fiction as Anthony Camber 🏳️‍🌈
David SmithDec 21

ANNUAL POST: It’s now 53 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 5 are still alive (ages 95, 92, 93, 90, 90).

In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died.

4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
https://mastodon.online/@avaragado/113701752323553462

David Smith (@[email protected])

ANNUAL POST: It’s now 52 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 6 are still alive (ages 96, 94, 91, 92, 89, 89). In the last year, Bill Anders (Apollo 8, aged 90) and Tom Stafford (Apollo 10, aged 93) died. 4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt). https://mastodon.online/@avaragado/111623712575955307

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Show threadDavid SmithDec 14
@glynmoody @webmink I agree that he's been extremely disappointing and if there’s a good alternative then by all means they should jettison him. But that person has to move away from Reform, and closer to the EU, and be stronger on the climate, and actually support trans people and migrants, and is there someone in the party who would do that? Sadiq Khan, perhaps, but he's not an MP.
Show threadDavid SmithDec 14
@glynmoody You'd hope. I don't want Wes Streeting, for sure.
Show threadDavid SmithDec 14
@glynmoody To be replaced by whom?
David SmithJun 14, 2025

My new Anthony Camber book releases tomorrow: Unstable Orbits is a queer, geeky, heartfelt, hilarious tale of love, friendship and second chances, as Nate navigates A-levels, his spiralling emotions and the gravitational pull of new and old relationships.

It's a YA coming-of-age comedy drama. You can preorder on Amazon, Kobo and Apple for delivery tomorrow.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

David SmithApr 26, 2025
Jonathan WApr 26, 2025
Today is the 40th anniversary of the ARM1 first running code: “samples, working first time, were
obtained on 26th April 1985”. Designed by Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson, ARM chips now run much of the world’s tech (including the iPad I am tapping this post out on).
David SmithJan 12, 2025
April KingJan 11, 2025

me: i’ve single-handedly written software used by tens of millions of people, you can see it right over at github.com/april

prospective employers: sorry, but unfortunately you did poorly in a high-stress 40-minute coding exercise, writing code with no time to think about how to solve a problem you’ve never seen before, in a terrible dev environment, while someone stares at you the whole time

David SmithJan 2, 2025

I read 104 books in 2024: find out all the details in a blog post under my pen name, Anthony Camber.

https://anthonycamber.com/2025/01/02/book-reviews-2024/

Book reviews 2024

And I thought 2023’s total of 48 books was going to be hard to beat. In 2024 I read 104 books – almost all queer, and most YA. Meanwhile I completed the first drafts of two new novels, …

Anthony Camber
David SmithDec 23, 2024

ANNUAL POST: It’s now 52 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 6 are still alive (ages 96, 94, 91, 92, 89, 89).

In the last year, Bill Anders (Apollo 8, aged 90) and Tom Stafford (Apollo 10, aged 93) died.

4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).
https://mastodon.online/@avaragado/111623712575955307

David Smith (@[email protected])

ANNUAL POST: It’s now 51 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 8 are still alive (ages 95, 90, 93, 93, 90, 91, 88, 88). In the last year, Frank Borman (Apollo 8, aged 95) and Ken Mattingly (Apollo 16, aged 87) died. 4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).

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Show threadDavid SmithDec 20, 2024
@cstross I like “E.T. Barnum”