Mastodawn

Every year, I’m left in awe (and feeling grateful for my warm house and comfortable bed!) as I watch the incredible people paddle past my house tackling the #DWRace. 125 miles of non-stop canoeing takes unbelievable fitness and mental stamina. Follow along here: https://www.dwrace.co.uk

Taig McNab 3d ago

Ian Dees 6d ago

The official Artemis tracking site (https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/) doesn't work for me, so I built a better one using the same telemetry data: https://artemistracker.mapki.com/

NASA: Artemis II

Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a sustained human presence at the Moon for decades to come.

NASA

Taig McNab Mar 22

Terence Eden Mar 22

This isn't your normal "looking for work" post.

I've decided to shut my business and do more volunteer / community work.

If you know of an organisation which could use a board member with strong digital skills, extensive experience in open source and open standards, or cybersecurity please let me know.

Nothing full time. Personal recommendations preferred. Feel free to share.

Taig McNab Mar 1

Simon Harper Feb 28

Say no to Palantir - https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=custom&utm_campaign=partner-just-treatment_email_to_target_palantirnhs&utm_medium=custom_share&utm_content=user_21_11_25

Say no to Palantir in the NHS

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

No to Palantir

Taig McNab Feb 24

Presume you’ve seen this @simonharper https://acmeweather.com/blog/introducing-acme-weather it’s right up your street.

Acme Weather

Taig McNab Feb 9

Lorin Hochstein

Feb 9

New blog post: Nobody knows how the whole system works

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/02/08/nobody-knows-how-the-whole-system-works/

Nobody knows how the whole system works

One of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted to call attention to: First, Simon W…

Surfing Complexity

Taig McNab Jan 14

ianVisits Jan 13

How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

Dotted around London, there are a number of private hotels that aren’t the sort of hotel you might expect – they’re needed to make mobile phones work on the London Underground.

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-london-finally-cracked-mobile-phone-coverage-on-the-underground-86784/

How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground

Dotted around London, there are a number of private hotels that aren’t the sort of hotel you might expect – they’re needed to make mobile phones work on the London Underground.

ianVisits

Taig McNab Jan 12