Andrea Clayton Vail

A #London resident from Eastern #Canada. #History enthusiast, long time #MacAdmin, collector of old #VideoGames, appreciative of #synths, #basketball fan, #trains. She/They #fedi24

Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/avail/
Github: https://github.com/vailster
Mac Admin Blog: https://happymac.blog
Adventure Blog: https://standontheright.co.uk

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2025-09-01 06:03:06 UTC

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holy smokes, I do now that the memory has been unlocked! I think I may have even used it at one point.

2025-08-10 07:11:26 UTC

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Thank you for confirming I'm not just 'old man shouts at cloud' over here 😄

2025-08-10 06:57:14 UTC

Am I just getting old, or is using #iPadOS for anything other than streaming videos an exercise in complete frustration?
Copy & paste is a total crap shoot depending on what app you are in, integration with 1Password is janky - using a keyboard other than the Apple one? Yeah total crap shoot if that is going to work with an app or not as well.
All I was doing was trying to book some tickets on the BFI website and update a page in Notion 🫠

2025-07-19 22:05:59 UTC

The state of him
#caturday #ProofOfCat
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2025-07-18 21:39:01 UTC

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I was just thinking recently about the time Hostess did tiny trading cards of album covers. Likely around 86ish. I remember having several of Van Halen's "1984".

2025-07-12 06:07:58 UTC

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you just know the fabric edges were curling up on that blue mouse mat.

2025-05-09 18:03:16 UTC

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I had to restrain myself from running over into the middle of the street and saying 'nice car' in a fan girl sort of way 😄

2025-05-09 17:58:55 UTC

Stepped outside the office yesterday to this absolute beaut of a #300E
#CarsOfMastodon / #WeirdCatMastodon / #CarSpotting / #Mercedes / #Benz / #MercedesBenz
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2025-04-07 07:16:36 UTC

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if you’re ever around Halifax way, there is a similar vibe at Dartmouth Book Exchange https://dartmouthbookexchange.ca/about-us/
Every time I go visit my folks who live nearby I’m so relieved that it’s still open.

2025-04-05 15:19:42 UTC

Photos from a trip this past week to the incredible Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Life goal achieved! Always go for the guided tour - ours was amazing.
#NavalHistory / #MaryRose / #TudorHistory / #Portsmouth
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2025-04-05 15:14:44 UTC

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hey learning is still learning, no matter the source!

2025-04-05 15:03:21 UTC

Mars, Pollux, and Castor lined up nicely next to the moon last night.
#NightSky / #Astronomy / #Mars / #Moon
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2025-04-03 12:58:25 UTC

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A growing Fuji FinePix club we have going :D
This is making me think of this iBook promo poster
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2025-04-02 15:13:12 UTC

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I'm not even sure I had a mobile in 2005 (wasn't much of a thing in PEI!). Had an iBook G4 for my portable work computer, and a Quicksilver G4 on my desk at work. I splashed out on a chunky Fuji digital camera, and was still rocking the OG iPod with the physical wheel. I think I moved to an iPod Nano in 2006.
Oh the jump to WordPress. I remember shuffling my website to WP and it being so exciting. I'm pretty sure my first WP site was for recording my trip in the UK in October 2005

2025-03-31 16:08:41 UTC

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There is just something about that year as a pivot.

2025-03-31 09:23:11 UTC

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This got me thinking - what if all technology just sort of halted around 2005ish? How would it impact you personally and the bigger picture?
Thinking about me, I'd still have a way to listen to music on the go, a Palm for keeping organised, handheld game consoles. I'd miss immediate information about my trains in the morning and evening. But I'd have a lot more blogs and discussion forms to read.

2025-03-31 07:37:42 UTC

Does anyone else just get kinda bummed out seeing everyone so glued to their phones at all times? Like can we not be alone with our thoughts for one commute at all anymore? I know this sounds all a bit Old Man Yells at Cloud but here we are.

2025-03-22 17:14:06 UTC

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that is quite remarkable. I don't think their stores came as far east as the Maritimes, but I certainly remember the ads on CHCH Hamilton

2025-03-22 13:43:16 UTC

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dang, I wanna know what deals are happening at The Brick!

2025-02-19 06:52:50 UTC

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the anticipation, waiting for it to 'say the thing!' 😁

2024-12-22 17:17:11 UTC

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Absolutely! At the very least they don't know that those lights aren't for their benefit, but everyone else's!

2024-12-22 15:16:12 UTC

What do I miss about Canada? On a dark grey day like today? The legal requirement for cars to have automatic daytime running lights.

2024-11-30 10:31:31 UTC

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it is indeed a Newtonian! A Sky-Watcher Explorer-130ps 130mm / 5.1" scope. It was the starter scope my dad had about 20-odd years ago, so it was very familiar to use.

2024-11-30 09:35:27 UTC

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no special camera, just pointing my phone camera down the eye piece of my telescope 🙂

2024-11-29 21:23:52 UTC

A quick jaunt out tonight before the clouds moved in to get a look at #Jupiter and its 4 moons. Once the cloud covered them had a lil peak at #Rigel as well.
#StarGazing / #Astronomy / #Telescope
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2024-09-13 19:50:28 UTC

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I reckon that would be pretty accurate 😃

2024-09-13 18:20:43 UTC

This restaurant we have found ourselves at in Whitstable is just jam packed with old people loudly complaining about everything under the sun including the staff who are totally run off their feet and doing their best 🫠

2024-09-08 19:40:04 UTC

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yes! Was a Sympatico customer in PEI after a switch from Atcon aka Atlantic Connect. Can't recall why we did the switch. Guessing it may have been a bundle deal of getting Sympatico from our local telecom, IslandTel.

2024-09-01 20:13:26 UTC

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*Looks over at G4 iMac and down at 2nd gen MacBook on desk* I'm all over the shop 😅

2024-09-01 20:08:53 UTC

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behind the times, or thinking smart?!

2024-09-01 20:02:21 UTC

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Oh yes! I did use it via Retroactive for a bit and then ran into some issues I can't recall. Just getting back into properly taking and organising photos again... and bad timing as I'm running Sequoia beta :D Maybe a new life for an old Mac Mini 🤔

2024-09-01 19:03:12 UTC

Feel like pure shit, just want her back.
#Apple / #Software
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