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Phil Haigh

@gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
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Fit in? Why? Being myself is so much more fun! ADHD is my superpower. I have an obscure sense of humour, will happily string song lyrics together in answers to questions, and can’t resist a challenge (the harder the better). Left leaning, LGBTQIA allay in training, anti-AI.

My spirit animal is an Orangutan crossed with an Octopus. An Ooktopus, if you will.

Follow requests are screened. You’ll need a profile, with picture, and some posts. I don’t always follow back. Nothing personal.

261 Followers
232 Following
50 Posts
Joined November 08, 2022
Where do I live?:
Cornwall, since 2023, absolutely loving it
How do I pay my bills?:
Kotlin/Java Wrangler, Tech Lead, Reluctant Jira Jockey
Favourite food?:
Dark chocolate. No. Red wine. Or a good burrito or donner kebab.
What do I prefer to work?:
Sailing, live music, electronics, 3D printing, home automation, making stuff, photography
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3w ago
Going back in time a bit now to post some pics from Kew Gardens. I lived in Ealing for about a decade and had Kew membership for most of that time. It’s a wonderful place. These photos are of an art installation that was there for several weeks in 2019. #KewGardens
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 1mo ago

The rear baseboards are *almost* ready for track. The incline along the back is glued in place and covered with cork, ready for the track bed to be glued on. Most of the wiring for that track is in place, there is a small amount of incline work to do at the far end.

The baseboards in front, where the carriage sidings will be installed, are ready but nothing will be done until the incline is finished.

Hoping to have trains running up it by the end of Monday 😬😬😬 as my partner has to work the bank holiday.

#ModelRailway #Progress #OOScale

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago
Replying to
@ana@starlite.rodeo and this guy is defending hard, responding to every comment he can find with “but you can opt out” and choosing not to get the point.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago

Tonight I have been painting buffer stops.

The frameworks are NATO Black, the buffer beams are a mixture of styles. I have a couple of rust pens to finish the job tomorrow.

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@xan@xantronix.social @bontchev@infosec.exchange @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social read his bio and then you might get it
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago

The Stranglers - Golden brown, because, well…
Madness - House of fun
The Dandy Warhols - Horse Pill
Ian Dury - Sex & drugs & rock & roll
Roxy Music - love is the drug
REM - I’ve been high
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Dosed
Blonde - The tide is high

Ok, that’ll do.

#ThePlaylistSuggestion

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago

If you put an open jar of Nigella seeds to your ear and listen very carefully you’ll hear something like “The kitchen is the heart of the home” or “I find it best to use the whole pack of butter”.

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Went for a six mile circular walk today starting from Rock. Drive through Pityme on the way there which raised a laugh. As always beautiful beaches and wonderful scenery. T-shirt weather!
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@nixCraft my client has just stopped enrolling people into Copilot due to their costs more than doubling overnight. Can’t say I’m sorry. The announcement basically summed it up with “you’re going to have to use your own brains again”.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago

Today’s new enshitification is Google trying to force me to use Google Drive instead of email attachments to share six small images total size less that 5Mb with the dumb message “images are over 25Mb” when they plainly are not 🙄

#Google #enshitification

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@alicemcalicepants@ohai.social @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party oh I don’t know. I’m looking forward to “Star in a reasonably priced confessional”
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@TheBreadmonkey sorry for saying “Ben’s got wood” on the internet. A mental image we can all do without.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@FrChazzz@mastodon.social @licho@kolektiva.social @Galley@mastodon.online @peter@thepit.social very good!!!
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip “can I talk to you about our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ?”
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
We now own three azaleas. Two of which I was sent to buy… by myself. (I have no idea when it comes to gardening beyond mowing and raking the lawn)
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Sitrep: slowly drowning in tasks that must be completed “yesterday” yet only appeared today, in a frenetic attempt to get a service live at some point early next week. Send caffeine. Except I’ve probably had too much shady.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party @Walrus@toot.wales if it isn’t served with pineapple I’m NOT INTERESTED
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago
Replying to
@evan@cosocial.ca @juliette@mastodon.green @cazabon@mindly.social without consent.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@cstross@wandering.shop can honestly say I never expected to view global systemic failure as something I might witness in my lifetime (outside of a war or pandemic). Now I’m not so sure.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@sellathechemist I used to work at a non self service petrol station occasionally in the early 80s and the pumps were so old that the pump price was calibrated to half the actual price for this very reason. Sometimes we’d forget and the customer would get more than they’d asked for
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social that’s an easy “nope” from me. It’s bloody appalling.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@miffyhelen@beige.party definitely enjoy it, not as much as the others tho. Films are weird for me these days, they seem to provoke strong emotional reactions in me towards the end, that I can’t explain. So I blame the bipolar. Mild as it is.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@sue@glasgow.social I started skimming the article until I saw a quote with the words “we care” and I thought “fuck do you, unless you’re talking about your bank balance”.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@pete@masto.hypertelia.com saw a dog on a moped in China once. Was too slow with the camera tho. Front feet on handlebars etc. Oh - there was a human driver as well. Dog sat between owners feet.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party to quote George III - “sausage time!”
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Yay short working day!! Except it’s only short because I started at 04:30 (go-live days are such fun) so I can finish early afternoon *provided* nothing goes wrong that causes me to have to hang around… Feeling the early start already 🥱
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
We have no laurel, however. Ni!
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@robinince@mastodon.social I did once upon a time. But I’ve talked openly about it for over a decade now. Don’t regret doing so. Even manage to be more open about my day to day mental state now, when I’m feeling down.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@dctrud@mastodon.me.uk must go try
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@FourT4@mastodonapp.uk that engine in the picture is no postcard tho. Surely they could have found themselves something a little less industrial… (didn’t see the engine today, looked up in my car wash queue and the last couple of coaches was going past)
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Just saw the Britannic Explorer sail by on the main line to Penzance #TrainSpotting Old Mk2 coaches I think, with a diesel up front. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond_Britannic_Explorer
en.wikipedia.org
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Sitrep: streaming Underground 80s on @somafm@sfba.social loud enough to drown out even the most persistent cold caller. https://somafm.com/u80s/
somafm.com
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago

I used to think that I only ate during the working day if I was bored. I now realise that I also eat when stressed… so I need to find that happy medium of being busy without being stressed.

Not easy the week before your project goes live!

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@miffyhelen@beige.party they are as excellent as the Connery and Moore are absolute garbage almost without exception. Even Quantum of Solace, the weakest of the Craig films, is orders of magnitude better.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@jerry@infosec.exchange so we get we to throw them all in court then?
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Sitrep: currently feeling broken 🤣 had a good nights sleep last night but yesterday’s very early start is still having an impact.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@miffyhelen@beige.party love ghosts.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 4mo ago
Replying to
@evacide@hachyderm.io or they just… don’t investigate. As in the case of a family member.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I love how when I finally got my hands on Unix, two years into my degree, it was just so cool compared to the crappy Harris 400 OS we’d had to use until then. Not knowing that it had been around for the best part of 20 years already.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social also with Apple seeing what works in the app space and then building free offerings… Notes is basically Things, which was excellent and I used for years (bought for my iPhone 3!), there are other examples too.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@FourT4@mastodonapp.uk for those that Facebook, fantastic. My account has been dormant for eight years and counting.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago
One of this afternoon’s side quests is to find a circuit diagram and troubleshooting guide to this old Mac IIvx power supply, which appears to be completely dead. It’s a Delta LR57908C (or SMP-120EB), Apple part 614-0009.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@feorag@wandering.shop the safety car crashed at Monaco one year. Genuinely hilarious.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@theplaguedoc@glitterkitten.co.uk I have the same sinking feeling about one it two people I currently work with. I care too much about the quality of my own work and the enjoyment I get from doing it.
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 3mo ago

Stop the presses! I’ve just had an advert served to me on YouTube - Gillette have launched a razor that they say is “perfect for edging”.

Sounds like they’re cutting a lawn! Or something 😜

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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@kityates@mas.to wishing good luck to the defendant (no idea if that’s the right term, not something I had to do for my masters)
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@alexlomas@infosec.exchange oof
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Phil Haigh @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Had some work done this week on the garden and the landscaper forgot we already had one bag of gravel. So we are offering as much or as little as you need, for free, first to collect, first served, all you have to do is take it away. Bring your own shovel and bags. DM me to arrange. First two pictures are what’s on offer. The third pic shows you what it looks like when it is down.
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