Tommy Palmer

The BioWare news is so shit. The Mass Effect trilogy bookended my university years and the remake has lurked in my backlog for ages. What a horrible loss to gaming.

Once again I find myself stuck on an instant death stealth section in a horror game where the checkpoint is before a cut scene.

Last night I met Ian Anderson aka The Designers Republic. His work on WipEout got me into dance music and design. I thought he might call me a twat for getting his logo tattooed but he liked it so I got him to sign my arm.

Went for a walk at the weekend and came back with a Korg Volca Drum synth I found in a Cash Converters for 60 quid. I can see how financially dangerous this hobby can be.

Iced coffee season is officially over.

Got on a spooky* DLR on Friday and had to take a photo of this vibey self driving train. *it was being used for testing and the crew forgot to lock one door so we got on not realising and made it a few stops before they spotted us.

After many years of cycling in London I've had my first injury that required a trip to A&E. Tried to go up onto the grass to get around some people in a park and came down too hard off a bump, stacked it, and got my shin shredded by the pedal or chainring. It comes for us all eventually.

Just finished Blue Prince on Day 59. What a game. It completely consumed my brain and I absolutely loved it. But I think there are more mysteries at Mount Holly to solve..?

What’s all this water on the ground this morning? Where did it come from!?

Post Boomtown I only want to listen to Hardcore Gabber but with Deftones this weekend I should probably start adjusting to that instead.

Left some water in an old takeaway container at the back of the garden for local animals and woke up this morning to find some fox has taken a shit in it.

@rich-harris.dev Spotted in pub toilet in London

My last run of couch to 5k! Knee injuries can fuck right off.

@dannyodwyer.bsky.social listening to you pining for your middle aged man life make me think Assassin’s Creed had it right - your genetic memory yearns for days starting with eggs and rashers, working in the fields, and finishing it with lovely stews and pints of stout.

Didn’t realise I lived near such a big celebrity

I have reached the stage of Blue Prince when I see another layer of the puzzle. What an incredible game. I'm glad I gave it another chance.

I have woken up incredibly early so I guess I'll go for a run or something else that people who get up early do.

After putting it off since it came out, I'm giving Blue Prince another go. I've got my laptop with a Notion doc next to my SteamDeck ready to be filled with discoveries and ramblings of a mad man. I will defeat the mansion of Mount Holly if it kills me.

Not Sam Neill! Jurassic Park was such a core part of my childhood and Event Horizon is one of my favourite films. I once tweeted about how he nailed the accent in Peaky Blinders and the use of "Yous" and when I woke up the next morning I discovered he had liked it.

for the england match it's time for irish people to grow up a little and get over the performative hatred of an old enemy it's ancient history at this stage, we're kinda related to a bunch of them too so the posturing that so we're different is a bit crass let's put the viking raids behind us 💙🇳🇴❤️

Very middle class Walthamstow moment just now - a man at Clapton Craft trying to explain Orange Wine to his 6 year old.

please shut up you wankers

Fuck up ya bastard

@bell.bz I followed a link in a project from 3 years ago to your CSS reset to check for changes before adding it to a new project. I then realised you'd redirected the original URL to /a-more-modern-css-reset That's some nice work right there. Thanks for all you do for the web.

Might wear my Mexico City GAA top today.

Happy new BBQ day to me

My stupid fat cat wanted out in the garden and is drinking puddle water instead of chasing the mouse and rat that are doing the same thing at the other end of the garden.

This says it all, really

I do think a lot of English-based analysis of what happened in Northern Ireland last night is missing the specifically loyalist aspect of the violence. These are groups with a long history of violently driving out "outsiders", turning their sights on a new vulnerable minority.

Sad to see what is happening back home tonight. After last Summer, Belfast doesn't need this happening again.

I've been suffering with bad RSI recently which is an issue for playing games with a controller, so now I'm forcing myself to give Disco Elysium yet another go on a computer instead of the Switch. Maybe it's the different screen, or the fact I can't play other games, but I'm enjoying it a lot more.

Had an ultrasound today for arm pain and it took all my strength not to say "is it a boy or a girl?" to the nurse. I bet they get that all the time.

Take regular breaks in Subnautica 2 to pretend you're having a nice swim.

I haven't opened Focus (distraction stopping macOS app) in a while and now I can't unlock the full version because the domain for checking my license key is offline. I like to buy indie software when I use it but it seems it's also not immune to the ephemeral decay of the web.

@wf-games.itch.io Love your recommendations! Are you aware that your posts say "Download on Steam" but links to Itch?

I wrote a blog post on a trick I discovered with Phoenix LiveComponents #myelixirstatus tommyp.org/blog/a-diffe...

Gave up prompting this afternoon after Claude failing to get it right and just wrote code by hand. It felt great. Coding is back. You should try it sometime.

For anyone who wants a lively start to your week, here's a recording of a DJ set I played recently. soundcloud.com/syntax-terro...

I love getting emails like this about www.isitshortsweathertoday.com

Removing Call of Duty from game pass actually works for me because not once have I been able to get back the sign in screen without a connection error.

There’s a guy in this GP waiting room taking a meeting. Or maybe doing an interview? People need to learn to reschedule.

It is definitely Shorts Weather today in London. www.isitshortsweathertoday.com?location=lon...

A children's cartoon depicts him being chased by wolves off a cliff to his death. It's a happy ending

Happy Paddy's Day to all my other fenians living in the occupier unjustly forced to work on our national day. Even worse when it is perfect pinting weather outside.