Albert Hickey

@winkleink
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A fair bit of tech/maker stuff.
Apologies now following Women's Football as well. Kids!
Pulp poetry.
2 years since we started to get close to #PiWars Disaster Zone.

This is a blast from the past.

Found a 2017 article where Wimbledon Raspberry Jam is mentioned along with Norwich Raspberry Jam and Raspberry Jam Berlin. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tale-three-raspberry-jams/

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Shadow of a Martian Robot
Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Mars Exploration Rover Mission

Explanation: What if you saw your shadow on Mars and it wasn't human? Then you might be the Opportunity rover exploring Mars. Opportunity explored the Red Planet from 2004 to 2018, finding evidence of ancient water, and sending breathtaking images across the inner Solar System. Pictured here in 2004, Opportunity looks opposite the Sun into Endurance Crater and sees its own shadow. Two wheels are visible on the lower left and right, while the floor and walls of the unusual crater are visible in the background. Caught in a dust storm in 2018, Opportunity stopped responding, and NASA stopped trying to contact it in 2019 and declared the ground-breaking mission, originally planned for only 92 days, complete.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260222.html #apod

Social workers’ AI tool makes ‘gibberish’ transcripts of accounts from children

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/11/ai-tools-potentially-harmful-errors-social-work

Social workers’ AI tool makes ‘gibberish’ transcripts of accounts from children

Transcription tools used by councils in England and Scotland reported to wrongly indicate suicidal ideation

The Guardian

This review of Melania doesn't pull any punches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyUni8dbkE

Mark Kermode reviews Melania

#MarkKermode #SimonMayo #FilmReviewsAn intimate chronicle offers a rare glimpse into the life of Melania Trump, exploring her role as First Lady and her rela...

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Here's a sneaky peak the next release of the GB Renewables Map, or should I say the GB Not Just a Renewables Map…

That's right, all types of power assets are coming to the map! Plus a whole bunch of other improvements.

It's been an absolutely massive piece of work that's sucked up most of my evenings and free time, but I'm very nearly there now.

And if you didn't already know, yup, this a hobby project I do for fun outside of my day job… because I'm weird like that.

Ireland has dismantled its first commercial wind farm to make way for a step-change in scale. At Bellacorick Wind Farm, 21 early-generation turbines have been removed so Oweninny Wind Farm can expand. Each new turbine now generates more power than the entire 1992 Bellacorick site, illustrating how three decades of innovation have radically compressed land use while multiplying output. RTE https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0116/1553440-mayo-wind-farm/
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In my opinion, there really isn't a much more amazing comparison in sim racing history than the 8-bit era Revs (1985) version of Brands Hatch and the real circuit. It's astounding for the time just how accurate the turns and elevation changes were. https://youtu.be/RNa_cid3jBY #simracing #retrogaming #revs #geoffcrammond #8bitgaming
Revs (1985) vs. Real-life: Brands Hatch Geometry

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I was visiting a site and bottom right corner of the page was a new icon/menu.
Ends up Adobe added their AI Assistant to Chrome.
I removed it and feedback I gave was
"Do not want it, do not need it"

Thought keep it polite.