Adrian McEwen

https://mastodon.me.uk/@amcewen

Founder of [@MCQN_Ltd](https://social.mcqn.com/@MCQN_Ltd ). Creator of Bubblino. Co-founder of DoES Liverpool (npub1dt7…yzpr). Author of Designing the Internet Of Things. Tech at Museum in a Box (npub1g6r…63h3). Ramblings on #IoT, #bikes, #urbanism and #Liverpool

Personal site: https://www.mcqn.net/
Work site: https://mcqn.com/
Pronouns: He/him
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amcewen

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2026-09-30 17:49:31 UTC

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Mine had been for years, and I swapped to paying annually last year and this year's renewal bounced t'other day.
Interestingly paying by PayPal (which also will take payment eventually from the same account) also bounces, and according to the lady at NatWest that's because they're told where the payment is destined for 🤷

2026-09-30 17:25:32 UTC

Interesting to learn that NatWest (or their "AI" at least) class Patreon as an "adult site".
It, as expected, wasn't any use at all; although the nice Scottish lady I spoke to after their phoneline "AI" had wasted some more of my time actually confirmed that someone somewhere at NatWest has decided not to allow payments to Oracle (ok, maybe not *all* of Oracle, maybe just Dyn.com)
And the best advice they could offer to solve the problem was to have bank account/card from a different bank!
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2026-09-05 15:10:23 UTC

Last night's #JoyRide was a "Ride to Remember". A playlist of tunes chosen by the riders to remind them of lost loved ones, and some contemplation in the Everton Nature Garden over tea and homemade flapjacks
#CyclingUK #BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Liverpool
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/219/037/765/581/153/original/9c0713bca1e41782.mp4

2026-08-22 18:48:07 UTC

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need us to send you over some pickled red cabbage? 😄

2026-06-22 11:18:30 UTC

I see the Liverpool Post (part of local-journalism startup Mill Media) is looking to hire another journalist.
https://www.livpost.co.uk/were-hiring/?ref=mastodon
It'd be nice to have someone from the fediverse in the role.
#FediHire #journalism #Liverpool

2026-05-30 09:53:46 UTC

We had one of the Bullitts out as the disco bike for last night's #JoyRide. A glorious summer jaunt round South Liverpool.
#InTheSaddle #BikeTooter #Liverpool
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/116/662/893/488/366/626/original/b4c1c569c63ab6a8.mp4

2026-05-22 09:37:04 UTC

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good question. It's been going a few years, though I've only just joined (as I've only just bought a house to need such tools)
There's some crossover with @npub1dt7…yzpr - mainly the folk who run the #RepairCafe do one there too to maintain the tools and we advised a bit when they were setting up.
It's great to borrow stuff I'd otherwise only use once or twice. I've got a floor adhesive comb to return tomorrow 😀
They're lovely folk.
https://mastodon.me.uk/@amcewen/116252632705395234
#note1hcy…u0lm

2026-05-21 10:23:21 UTC

RE: https://toot.wales/@DaiTPAS/116612001801721332
Nice scheme. Liverpool Tool Library have one in their collection too.
I found a brick over the underfloor ventilation had fallen in using mine, as there was a big unexplained cold spot behind the skirting board.
#note1qc3…k26j

2026-05-02 12:08:46 UTC

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Then got to the tool library to find Mike and Mike from @npub1dt7…yzpr, on one of their regular peripatetic repair-cafe visits to help out with maintenance on the tools.
#RepairCafe #ToolLibrary #Liverpool #community #ThisIsTheWay

2026-05-02 12:07:04 UTC

This is the way. Rode over to Liverpool Tool Library to pick up a couple of tools for the new house DIY.
Ran into Granby Street Market en route, as I'd forgotten it was the 1st Saturday of the month. Bumped into @npub177g…27cs while navigating that, who reminded me that Homebaked coop have a stall there, so bought pie for lunch. Also bumped into Kirsty during the pie side-quest.
#ToolLibrary #cooperative #Liverpool
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2026-04-18 09:21:16 UTC

I led the ride for last night's #JoyRide, a short one so we had plenty of time for my mate Asia to take us forest bathing.
An hour of lightly-guided mindfulness and communing with the trees, water and birds in the Everton Nature Garden.
Rounded off with us drifting back to the fire for a cup of tea and reflection on the evening. Was happy to see the bats out again too, they'd been a highlight of the session we did last year.
#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #ForestBathing
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2026-03-18 22:53:20 UTC

Borrowed my first tool from #LiverpoolToolLibrary today.
Most helpful in the ongoing task of pulling up the floors to fit insulation in the new gaff.
https://liverpooltoollibrary.myturn.com/library/
#Liverpool #ToolLibrary
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2026-03-11 19:16:08 UTC

We're streaming live from the [@does_salon](https://events.doesliverpool.com/@does_salon ) now, all about repair cafes https://www.youtube.com/live/JYFkBjn7LtY?si=_HwjYYh5I-fkDFgi
#repair #RepairCafe #Liverpool #weeknotes

2025-11-26 23:36:50 UTC

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I enjoyed reading that when it showed up in my RSS reader earlier.
I was amused by your "fútbol" phrasing.
"soccer" as a toffs term makes sense, given also "rugger". As a lower-class Northerner it's not one we use much. "Footie" is our shortened form; do the Americans shorten their football at all?

2025-10-16 22:19:43 UTC

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Great work! Lovely to see Web still running (I was the lead dev on the Web Technology Libraries for it 😀)

2025-08-20 14:13:42 UTC

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it's easy. Just set the width of the bat PCB to ~80cm and then there'll be loads of room 🤣
(might be a bit pricey to fab though)

2025-08-11 08:55:52 UTC

Nice to see a company spinning up new embedded computers by repurposing old smarphones.
Makes sense they'd be partnering with Fairphone. I've pondered reusing old phones as part of new products off and on over the years, but securing the supply of phones (of a specific model) is something that's put me off digging further into it.
https://citronics.eu/
#CircularEconomy #electronics

2025-06-02 14:17:40 UTC

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last time I checked, the "53 year old white British man" in #Liverpool hadn't murdered anyone.
It was terrible enough without making things up about it, no?

2025-01-13 17:43:31 UTC

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isn't that what C2PA is (trying to be) for?
I'm not following it myself, but @npub19ua…53cv has blogged about it a couple of times - https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/10/29/Lane-Provenance

2024-11-30 10:07:11 UTC

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It's spotted another 30 nodes overnight, so up in the 80s now. 16 of those seem to be direct connections - furthest of those are in Treuddyn (near Mold) to the west; Winsford to the south; and Preston to the north.
#Liverpool #meshtastic

2024-11-29 23:03:02 UTC

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Pleasantly surprised by how much #meshtastic activity there is around here.
My node has been up for 50 minutes and had contact with 51 other devices, including one from over the border into Wales
#weeknotes

2024-11-29 22:36:39 UTC

Note to self, when adding custom boards to the #Meshtastic build system, remember to spell platformio.ini correctly.
#doh

2024-11-03 21:45:51 UTC

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Interesting, I logged in (via openlibrary) earlier today and didn't have to change mine

2024-10-05 14:05:13 UTC

Last night's #JoyRide was one of the greats.
Editing down the video footage now, but here's a teaser as we came through the city centre
#BikeTooter #cycling #Insta360 #Liverpool #LiverpoolONE
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/113/254/878/604/280/384/original/81c4e52cc63e9a96.mp4

2024-09-14 09:37:21 UTC

Why the "festival of commoning" rather than the "festival of the commons"? @npub1t2f…5pdx explains that there are many forms of the latter, but the verb form covers all and emphasises the action needed
https://festival-of-commoning.org/
#commons #commoning #FoC24

2024-08-24 11:03:52 UTC

Great to hear about @npub14su…09w8's mashing up of PCB manufacturing with dye sublimation printing to get custom colourways
#pcb #OSHcamp
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2024-08-24 09:09:26 UTC

"It's not that hard to make something go faster than the speed of sound" @npub1szn…y7qx raving about rockets and open source at #OSHcamp
#FreeCAD #rocketry
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2024-08-24 08:38:35 UTC

Super interesting insight into how you scale up manufacturing, at the this-is-how-you-describe-steps-to-your-manufacturing-partner level, in the first talk at #OSHcamp
#IndieMfg #manufacturing
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2024-08-11 11:23:17 UTC

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Last night was also lovely cycling weather, and I hadn't been able to track the route to work out how far it was, so I rode it again on my own.
#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Liverpool #WestDerby #asstodon #VanishingPoint
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/943/118/202/345/470/original/3f1496baaa50cb87.jpg

2024-08-11 11:13:27 UTC

Friday evening was lovely cycling weather, so each time we had a choice between shorter and longer route the #FolkRidingBikes chose the longer.
We did 20 miles in total, winding up at the Azvex brewery taproom, sat outside in the evening sun with tacos and a pint of their 2.5% mango summer lager.
#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Liverpool
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/939/999/824/599/952/original/d8051c7cb23e43ba.jpeg

2024-07-31 18:19:11 UTC

On Friday evening we had a #JoyRide. And this one was a bit special. Fifty or so cyclists following a performer on a trike with a soundsystem through Liverpool on a gorgeous summer's evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfR4kXp9z0
#InTheSaddle #Liverpool #Insta360 #BikeTooter #StrikeAPose #PelotonLiv