Author: bernard

  • This week I learned – Issue 2

    By 2050 UX professionals will be 1% of world population In 2017, Jakob Nielsen of NN/g predicted that by 2050, there would be 100 million UX professionals worldwide (aka 1% of the population). God help us, I sincerely hope this is not the case. Book – Human-in-the-loop ML & AI Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning Active learning…

  • Nope

    It started well, it could have been a great result, but no. But what a game. “We’re very good at winning, so we have to be gracious at loosing too.” Andy Farrell. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

  • Halftime 8-12

    Halftime, 8-12. Will the next post be as celebratory? ๐Ÿค๐Ÿค #6nations #IreEng

  • This Week I Learned About – Issue 1

    The Shavian alphabet On Wednesday I saw a Toot in a beautiful script I did not recognise. It looked like this: ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ด ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฑ๐‘ฅ ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ยท๐‘š๐‘ผ๐‘ฏ๐‘ธ๐‘› Tyers. ๐‘ฒ ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘’ ยท๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฉ๐‘•, ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘ฅ ๐‘•๐‘จ๐‘ฅ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘—๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ Tayto ๐‘’๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘๐‘•. which says Hello my name is Bernard Tyers. I like Guinness, ham sandwiches and Tayto crisps. from the to Shavian…

  • Citrus cake, take 2

    Citrus cake, take 2

    Texture is muuuch better. It needs the full 40 mins. Also being on the bottom ovenย  shelf. It’s a little burned on top, so temperature maybe needs to be 165ยฐ instead of 180ยฐ.

  • Who is doing the work here?

    The advertisements on London Transport seem to be focus on promoting: This advertisement for deliveroo – who is talking here? The language in this ad is mis-communicating the work needed, and who is actually doing the work. It reads like the conversation we’ve all had. Maybe between two people, a couple or housemates, who share…

  • Mixing cooked rice

    Beef bulgogi bibimbap for dinner, one evening in Nagomi Cheltenham. Bibimbap, Korean: ๋น„๋น”๋ฐฅ. The term bibim means “mixing” and bap is cooked rice.

  • Street graffiti, Hanbury Street

  • Collaboration networks graphed.

  • Let the mystery be

    Iris Dement – vocals & guitar Russ Barenberg – guitar Jay Ungar – fiddle Molly Mason – bass Donal Lunny – bouzouki (Do yourself a favour and read the comments.) Let the Mystery Be Iris DeMent Everybody is wondering what and where they all came from Everybody is worrying ’bout Where they’re gonna go when…

  • The Anti-Javascript Javascript Club

    The Anti-Javascript Javascript Club. #fosdem2024 #anti-javascript

  • RIP Ciarรกn the colander

    I’d like to notify you of the death of my good friend and kitchen colleague, Ciarรกn the colander. I first met Ciarรกn in Ikea, Dublin, about 15 years ago. He moved in with us and became a great asset to our kitchen. He then moved with us to London, and spent many years assisting us…

  • The Anglo-Belgian Memorial, also known as Belgian Refugees Memorial, is a war memorial on Victoria Embankment in London, opposite Cleopatra’s Needle. It was a gift from Belgium, as a mark of thanks for assistance given by the UK during the First World War, and in particular for sheltering thousands of Belgian refugees who fled from…

  • ActivityPub: Activated!

    Ever since I heard about the fediverse, and once I understood what that meant (different web presences being able to interact with each other) I thought about starting to blog again. I’ve been WordPress user for many years. I’ve lost at least 2 or 3 blogs worth of posts over the last 20 odd years.…

  • DJin’ on the street in Brixton

  • Up da Dรฉise!

    For all your county pride Irish Socksciety – County Socks

  • Nanook country..

    Well the fur trapper Stood there With his arms outstretched Across the frozen white wasteland Trying to figure out what he’s gonna do About his deflicted eyes And it was at that precise moment that he remembered An ancient Eskimo legend Wherein it is written On whatever it is that they write it on up…

  • Midland Hotel, Manchester

    The Midland Hotel is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station, its northern terminus for it’s rail services to London St Pancras. It faces onto St Peter’s Square. The hotel was designed by Charles Trubshaw in Edwardian Baroque style and…

  • Landscape Photography of the year

    An exhibition of Landscape Photography of the Year 2022 in Manchester Piccadilly train station.