John Gardner

@jeg1972
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If anyone is looking to buy a new set of Bluetooth in ear monitros (that's ear buds to you), I've just uploaded my review of Cambridge Audio's offering; https://youtu.be/bIO2l9hiV-M
I don't know whether "this week in audio" is a one off or I've just missed them before, but I love this little review segment and for what it's worth, I wasn't fond of Steve Wright's presentation style either... The Guardian: The week in audio: Case 63; Scott Mills; Disaster Trolls.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/05/the-week-in-audio-case-63-scott-mills-disaster-trolls
Microsoft feels the need for speed in Teams.
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/11/04/microsoft_faster_teams/. Is this the reason why our 365 on our Macs have been unusable since last Monday?
Completely agree with this, having used Redis to do most things over the years, it's completely reliable and one of the first things I reach for in my toolbox to fix problems... https://thenewstack.io/redis-is-not-just-a-cache/
Redis Is Not Just a Cache

AWS' Madelyn Olson describes how Redis can be used in a broader cloud native ecosystem.

The New Stack
@coldclimate I need to change my server, mastodon.social is really struggling, do you know how I can change?

RT @[email protected]

If Matt Hancock would rather go on I'm A Celebrity than serve his constituents while being paid lots of money to be an MP, he should face an immediate by-election. Against me. RT if you agree.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CountBinface/status/1587394977193148416

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“If Matt Hancock would rather go on I'm A Celebrity than serve his constituents while being paid lots of money to be an MP, he should face an immediate by-election. Against me. RT if you agree.”

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Well, the answer is quite poorly... It took 5 attempts to attach the images and then a further 4 times to publish them without getting a timeout.
How does Mastodon deal with pictures? Here are a couple of the River Tyne from last night...
Earlier in the year I converted all our analogue clocks to using the MSF signal so they set themselves... Sunday was payback day. No clock changes!
I see Mastodon is trending on Twitter...