Marc Settle

marcsettle.bsky.social

20 November 2024 11:38

My favourite (linguistic) fact about snow: we used to say “it snew” when using the verb in the past tense. Much like “grow/grew”, throw/threw” & “know/knew”, it used to be snow/snew. I bet you never knowed that. (Factoid from the excellent @englishhistpod.bsky.social)

Marc Settle

marcsettle.bsky.social

20 November 2024 09:32

When the sun is at just the right angle, Birmingham can look pretty spectacular

Daniel Jalkut

danielpunkass.punkitup.com

18 November 2024 20:20

The greatest problem in computer science is estimating software installation time. I just watched my new MacBook Pro go from 3 hours, to 2 hours and 45 minutes, to 2 hours and 43 minutes, to 56 minutes, to “about a minute” in the course of an hour. And that’s where I've been for several minutes.

Marc Settle

marcsettle.bsky.social

18 November 2024 08:01

Given the latest influx of followers, I shall introduce myself *again*. I work for the training arm of the BBC, The Academy. I show journalists & others how to get great results out of smartphones. Anyone can press record but the right settings & techniques can lead to broadcast-ready material.