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Gerard Martin

@gerjomarty

N. Irish software developer / Dedicated follower of anime, video games, compsci, music, and other idle activities πŸš‘πŸ’€πŸ™πŸŽͺ🍡 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gerjomarty Blog: https://gm.me.uk

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Had a bath after the annual half-marathon and all I could think while running it was Bulbasaur saying "let's get this place HUMID!"

08.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After seeing non-stop discourse about the Snow Halation penlights, it only strengthens my opinion that all of this wotagei shit can kindly get in the fucking sea.

07.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mark Robson
Here Comes The Fuzz

Mark Robson Here Comes The Fuzz

Week 1 of the new food recycling caddy is officially done.

31.01.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Sign saying "We Love Live" at a live venue

Sign saying "We Love Live" at a live venue

Don't think I've ever seen one of these in the wild before.

30.01.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Umamusume Trainer Card
Star Umamusume: Biwa Hayahide
ID: 537 713 748 681

Umamusume Trainer Card Star Umamusume: Biwa Hayahide ID: 537 713 748 681

I got Fine Motion super quick this time. Here's my trainer card! #Umamusume

16.01.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Floating Cam Bar
Private address
Registered with Cambridge City local authority
CB4
Last inspection: 2 August 2024

Food Hygiene Rating
4
Good

Floating Cam Bar Private address Registered with Cambridge City local authority CB4 Last inspection: 2 August 2024 Food Hygiene Rating 4 Good

A picture of two people on a punt boat on the River Cam, on which is a big box that says Pimm's on it.

A picture of two people on a punt boat on the River Cam, on which is a big box that says Pimm's on it.

My favourite is this rating of Floating Cam Bar, which is a boat that serves drinks. Would have loved to see the inspection for this one.

02.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watched a video about food safety ratings and discovered restaurants don't have to display them in England. Some surprisingly low scores out there in some familiar places.

02.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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With Digimon Movie Collection 2 showing up in people's hands, how about a little peek at one of the most complex sub effects we've done so far? The original dub replaced the Japanese credits with a Windows-themed overlay, so we copied that for ours.

10.12.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

Thanks to the wonders of Foursquare I can tell you it's been 9 years since I last went bouldering. The pain feels like I haven't done arm day since then.

04.12.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#totp Cher's Believe and George Michael's Outside both released in the same week in 1998. I really felt like this was the future at the time.

29.11.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Soyo: Why is it that we can never say the things that are most important?

Soyo: Why is it that we can never say the things that are most important?

It's MyGO!!!!! is incredible as usual. There are a bunch of lines that stick in the memory, but I feel like this is one that doesn't get aired enough.

28.11.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
SENTENCES YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D READ: Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is looking to launch a co-working space for the ultra-rich in the old MI5 HQ in Mayfair, Bloomberg’s Lucy White reports. If you thought that was an eyebrow raising sentence … he’s chosen Liz Truss to be the public face of the project and to tap up her network to find members.

SENTENCES YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D READ: Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is looking to launch a co-working space for the ultra-rich in the old MI5 HQ in Mayfair, Bloomberg’s Lucy White reports. If you thought that was an eyebrow raising sentence … he’s chosen Liz Truss to be the public face of the project and to tap up her network to find members.

I've never wanted a venture to fail more than this one.

26.11.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Life in a Northern Town

I've somehow managed to get Spotify into a 'songs your favourite songs sampled from' playlist. Seriously, 0:55 of this track blew my mind. open.spotify.com/track/4m3OS5...

05.11.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of Flightradar24 with two Army Air Corps helicopters flying in tandem, one with callsign UGLY01 and the other with callsign CRNGE2.

A screenshot of Flightradar24 with two Army Air Corps helicopters flying in tandem, one with callsign UGLY01 and the other with callsign CRNGE2.

Never let it be said the Army isn't allowed to have fun on the job.

04.11.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More reasons to love Radio Garden. They've just added a new Christmas radio station from Tallinn. I tuned in expecting to hear some traditional Estonian song, but no, it's just I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday AGAIN.

04.11.2025 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the edge My week in the NHS

New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

19.10.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 55
Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

18.10.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 14443 πŸ” 3557 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 282

I wasn't ready to hear the term washi tape in real life.

18.10.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from Umamusume

Maruzensky
C'mon! Pump your fist in the air and sing the words, "Don't you... forget about me!"

Screenshot from Umamusume Maruzensky C'mon! Pump your fist in the air and sing the words, "Don't you... forget about me!"

I just had to mark the incredible translation for Maruzensky's hip and fresh references, job well done.

03.10.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Captured frame number 5944 from the anime Yuyushiki ゆゆ式

Captured frame number 5944 from the anime Yuyushiki ゆゆ式

30.09.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's difficult to overstate the influence Recettear's surprise hit of a digital English release was in terms of getting the Japanese games industry to turn their heads towards PC as a viable release platform.

We all owe a lot to Andrew and his work and I'm so sad to hear this.

25.09.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 1096 πŸ” 548 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

UK number ones at the time of Mandelson sackings/resignations:

1. Goodbye – The Spice Girls (23 December 1998)

2. Rollin’ – Limp Bizkit (24 January 2001)

3. Golden – Huntr/x: Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami (11 September 2025)

11.09.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

I've finally listened to a song for the first time from an album I've owned for 20 years. It only took trawling through old forum posts, buying a new drive on eBay, and crossing my fingers.

27.08.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Top job to the owner of the Subaru Subaru! #holoAllForOne

23.08.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Important Account Update - fandom has sold Giant Bomb to Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb. You must log in and accept terms to keep your account when the new site launches.

Important Account Update - fandom has sold Giant Bomb to Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb. You must log in and accept terms to keep your account when the new site launches.

Extremely super duper important for you to login at giantbomb.com and opt in if you want to keep your account.

20.08.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 13

Today I purchased a CD drive in Year of our Lord 2025 because apparently there are some songs I've never heard on some of my albums because they're hidden before track 1, and it's a crapshoot as to which drives are able to rip from this pre-gap.

20.08.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm convinced that the Google app Home feed has been tweaked to go on forever instead of just stopping at some point. I've lost hours to this thing.

Always appreciate a social media feed that has the decency to just stop.

19.08.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*bloody* hell, this entire story www.ft.com/content/0e24...

09.08.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 1039 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 98
Agnes Tachyon bossing it at the URA Finale, with a bonus sad Super Creek in the background.

Agnes Tachyon bossing it at the URA Finale, with a bonus sad Super Creek in the background.

My first run with Agnes Tachyon is also my first URA Finale win. Tachyon came in clutch as 8th favourite on my last alarm clock in the final. What a legend.

30.07.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I do not want to alt text this anime, it's just too shameful.

I do not want to alt text this anime, it's just too shameful.

It can't be beaten.

17.07.2025 23:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0