h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

So BBC released an online version of the Hitch Hickers guide to the Galaxy text adventure game. enhanced 30th anniversary edition. And guess what folks, it's fully screen reader friendly, Enjoy! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition

I feel like surely people on this network would appreciate knowing that the BBC sound effect library, from which you may freely download, has 716 distinct recordings of clocks specifically https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/

If you're not on the UK electoral register, and wish to vote in the general election on 4th July 2024, you can register online before 23.59 on the 18th of June.

If you're a student living away from home, you can register in both places - but you can only vote in one constituency.

If you have no permanent address, you can still register to vote.

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Your Four-Eyed Horsemen are galloping back into action July 5th. w/ special guests Wreck The System!
Live. Online.
https://4eyed.square.site

Google asks every app to have a Privacy Policy to be accepted in the Play Store. So, xScreenSaver had to write a privacy policy.

Here you go:

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

Today I'm launching the latest game in the #CellTower cinematic universe: #Celtix

It's a daily puzzle game about making Celtic knots — enjoy!

And remember, if you start today then nobody can ever get a better streak than you.

https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/celtix/

The Santander e-bikes are a game-changer in London. I use them all the time (even as someone whose default travelling mode is my own bike) - they're fun, you still get a bit of exercise, you don't arrive sweaty, and you get to see what's going on in the city.

And for June, Santander bikes are free and e-bikes are only £1 per journey (cheaper than any other transport method) on SUNDAYS. See here for details and give them a go:

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles/discounts

City cycling is the future!

UK general election sees RECORD NUMBER of candidates stand.

4,519 parliamentary candidates have been nominated to stand on 4 July. The previous record was 4,150, in 2010.

Find out who's on your ballot at https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/

Get the data: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/

#ukpolitics #generalelection #elections @politicalscience @elections

🗓️ Tomorrow is 'SoPN day': close of nominations for the general election, when councils will publish the final candidate lists ('Statements of Persons Nominated').

We'll be collecting all of these documents and entering the data into our candidate database. The tracker on the front page of our candidates site will display our progress: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/

You can help crowdsource this information, including contact details for candidates, by creating an account: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/volunteer/

My latest tech history column is now up on Every!

In 1981, Don Estridge broke every rule IBM had to create the IBM PC. He invented an entire industry and gifted it to the company he loved.

IBM never forgave him for it. This is his story. #technology #history https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-misfit-who-built-the-ibm-pc

The NHS ate my wife again.

She started work at 07:30… she got home at 22:00, exhausted, in tears.

And that’s normal.

Because there are not enough staff.

There are not enough staff because the conditions are shit. And the pay is jokes. And the expectations insane.

And the answer from Starmer… “cut waiting times by efficiency savings”. My dude, there is nothing left to squeeze.

#SaveOurNHS #VoteGreen

Coolest video I've seen today: an electronic scanner-paint plotter from 1970!

#Chromium (and #Chrome) begins phasing-out Manifest v2.

https://blog.chromium.org/2024/05/manifest-v2-phase-out-begins.html

This means, among other things, that uBlock Origin is about to be disabled in Chrome. Google will choose a different extension to recommend but it can not be as effective as #uBlock Origin.

Following #Google's example, may I instead recommend you switch to #Firefox.

Firefox will continue to support Manifest v2, and consequently uBlock Origin and other extensions that can not be implemented with Manifest v3.

Happy browsing.

papering over the bot cracks https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-44/essays/human_fallback/

used cement is an effective substitute for lime flux, which is used in steel recycling to remove impurities & normally ends up as a waste product known as slag. But by replacing lime with used cement, the end product is recycled cement that can be used to make new concrete.

The cement recycling method developed by the Cambridge researchers, reported in the journal Nature, does not add any significant costs to concrete or steel production & significantly reduces emissions
https://scitechdaily.com/absolute-miracle-new-recycling-method-could-help-solve-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-climate-challenges/