h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Success: got a box of covid tests free from the local library. More than just books!

On Ukraine - Roads.org.uk
https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/ukraine

LWN puts things in context: "Younger readers may not be familiar with [FTP], which was once how we downloaded Linux distributions before writing them to a pile of diskettes. That is the source of the "ftpmasters" name; it's a reminder of how much worse things used to be." https://lwn.net/Articles/884301/ #linux

How to get systemd to open a tcp port and pass it to a service - useful for non-root services wanting a low-numbered port
https://www.sobyte.net/post/2022-01/systemd-socket-activation/ #linux

Vote in the pub! #southend

Mike Massimino's book is a very good read, covering the Space Shuttle and Hubble, and what it takes to become an Astronaut. #book

Ridiculously detailed London Underground map https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-london/ #london

The Manhattan Project, from In Our Time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00108h1

What a choice :( https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.southend-west.by.2022-02-03/southend-west/

Starship Titanic - the radio drama of the book of the video game by Douglas Adams
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012pjv #h2g2

The James Webb Space Telescope – the successor to Hubble – is launching this week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1m8t #podcast #space

The Omicron Strain https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/omicron-update #covid

The AMS maths-a-day desk calendar
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019/12/16/366-days-of-math/ #math

GM Word of the Week is a great podcast if you're interested in everything - the world, all that's in it, and how it all fits together. For example, this great episode on ancient Persia
https://www.gmwordoftheweek.com/home/the-medes #podcast

What makes stuff sticky? I was glued to the radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszv68

Very detailed subway maps http://cartometro.com/

"git switch" exists, so don't need to "git checkout" to switch branches any more
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-switch

Pushing Through the Capillaries
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/pushing-through-capillaries

Southend's Prittle Brook Greenway
https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2021/11/more-postcards-from-southend.html

Coca-cola plastic is 9% from recycled plastic and 81% from new plastic ... but Pepsi do a worse job with 3% recycled vs 97% new plastic. https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2019/10/30/report-coca-colas-global-pcr-number-is-9-pepsico-is-at-3/