2026-05-11T20:31:28Z https://yabu.me John Bull https://yabu.me/npub1ve4gkw9r2h7xu29c2ra4aws6c8mkxeltg30jk3w2xrypl4qzmk3sv3mvgu https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/109/288/022/194/768/137/original/0c4d70c6b5159e79.png https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/109/288/022/194/768/137/original/0c4d70c6b5159e79.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2y3jqfnhd53d5ukr09nuc43gaagwhhx002428tmmz84gt4xxsdegzypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xcgxmgm My piece on the Up Front about Lufthansa&#39;s uniform partnership with Hugo Boss, and why it&#39;s important companies (and PR teams) know their corporate history.<br/><br/>If you don&#39;t engage with your corporate history, then it WILL engage with you.<br/><br/>#history #aviation <a href="https://theupfront.media/optical-delusions-lufthansas-uniform-fashion-collaboration-creates-unintended-associations-with-its-past/">https://theupfront.media/optical-delusions-lufthansas-uniform-fashion-collaboration-creates-unintended-associations-with-its-past/</a> 2026-04-24T17:56:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsruw0vyvdfsch78awwq4jnkz80jt5l8wa708gynkwglm35y9e7t2czypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xquvkpe Do you like defenestrations? Weird German ducal families where EVERYONE is called Heinrich? Are you Swedish and like interfering in religious conflicts?<br/><br/>The week on Untitled History Podcast, Jonn Elledge and l and I talk about the Holy Roman Empire. #history <a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-untitled-history-podcast">https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-untitled-history-podcast</a><br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/116/379/569/917/837/023/original/c13d20a8080f0be9.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-10T08:55:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8s5zgjshgmwg2urxtud4lm2fnym7jyxy4m43xkp74al7j2ukmstgzypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xlyqd4k As an older tech person, it&#39;s legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle. 2026-01-26T19:13:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwrasjl4f4jfhlnwu47ajl82grnj0g0ef0azpns530z45luxvxjczypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6x4ujw0h The latest part of my history of home computing is now available. This one looks at the rise of Commodore and Jack Tramiel.<br/><br/>He was a complex man. A brutal manager, but a holocaust survivor who was determined to build a better future. Computers for the &#34;masses not the classes&#34;.<br/><br/>Unpicking his story has meant navigating a lot of established truths and myths. <br/><br/>His fear that the US was complacent about thinking fascism could rise there, hits hard now #history #technology <a href="https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-first-king-of-home-computing">https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-first-king-of-home-computing</a> 2025-03-10T17:47:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hy022czd6ecvl7rj5zfjnzfygk8xkq68lp4fgzpjsddlp5zyymszypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6x5l8t46 Anyone got any UK/EU Ghost CMS hosting recommendations?<br/><br/>Don&#39;t want to be sticking stuff in the US.<br/><br/>To be clear: i have hosting for other services, just interested in companies that specifically cater to Ghost setups 2025-01-31T14:45:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0447t2x462w0470rjjuu2yhkmu8ru6ezsnaq9qe00uk5rrzx6nzszypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xu5zec8 Should probably say that I&#39;ll be giving a talk on Lore Harp and Vector Graphic for the Computer Conservation Society in May.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be looking at Vector&#39;s rise, successful wooing computer dealerships and small businesses and its path to becoming only the second ever female founded business on the NASDAQ.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll also be exploring why this pioneering female-founded startup never gets a mention in Silicon Valley #history #technology<br/> <a href="https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/2024-25/20250515.htm">https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/2024-25/20250515.htm</a><br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/113/652/284/802/936/825/original/c88bb2d3aa1eb8e7.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-14T17:11:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0mcdpz00kg8xzsrkfexswyq5t5r6e8hvpj3zvjlc02xu28q0tpszypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xndth48 In about 1981 Neil Harris was traveling along the autobahn with his boss at Commodore, Jack Tramiel. They were headed to the Hamburg computer expo.<br/><br/>Harris commented on how smooth the road was.<br/><br/>&#34;Thanks.&#34; Said Tramiel, who&#39;d been imprisoned as Jewish slave-labour nearby in WW2. &#34;I built this one.&#34; 2024-11-06T16:46:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8psrdtjsrp8054l7mcnzydmgtjumg4se3g8ykch5mq0n58qv9h6czypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6x40yehf This is an extraordinary article.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed?utm_source=threads,twitter">https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed?utm_source=threads,twitter</a> 2024-08-24T08:27:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyn5x2tnv3y290a8ffw6kvsltsddhhn0jvlgsm8veql36zrrvpakszypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6x9lvad8 I see we have Catflap Amnesia today.<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/994/278/872/291/280/original/540fd7ebcae9f02a.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-20T12:11:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yxt65u26emq4w70v3vd8t5ax9xp4dmy0n6v7pzar4whc2qrl0vszypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xy5876v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvqm2tnw8hp2m6pst4pepayhtpmj095skgkkzpeypnnastr2s5nq9j5nzj'>nevent1q…5nzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>essentially distrust of ID cards in the UK isn&#39;t really distrust of the usefulness of having ID.<br/><br/>It&#39;s that ID represent a contract between the state and citizen in which the citizen agrees to be always-identifiable and the state agrees not to abuse that or use it to exclude people.<br/><br/>There is zero trust in a good chunk of the UK citizenry, on either right or left, that the state would hold up its end of that bargain. 2023-04-13T09:02:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvqm2tnw8hp2m6pst4pepayhtpmj095skgkkzpeypnnastr2s5nqzypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6x7wkg7e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5kx2eyll5urmzqmq3r2gwz9yggugd4a36cccewmyp78yv0n5e8cwfqzew'>nevent1q…qzew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>a good example of this is about to happen in May, btw.<br/><br/>The UK government has made ID MANDATORY for voting now, citing the need to prevent ballot fraud. <br/><br/>There have been roughly 4 individual cases of ballot fraud. But (by estimates) this is going to disenfranchise about 2,000,000 people. Most of whom are from income groups or backgrounds that don&#39;t vote for the current right wing party.<br/><br/>It&#39;s hard to sell ID as a positive when they&#39;re that transparent about the goal. 2023-04-13T08:56:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5kx2eyll5urmzqmq3r2gwz9yggugd4a36cccewmyp78yv0n5e8czypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xvf6z6c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ap6gkqrrmvvux982algj9mz3kuqx7qcy8tttxpd4pcgknr97mhqy82tu5'>nevent1q…2tu5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>passports are a good example by the way. In the UK passport processing application costs are high. It&#39;s a cash racket prone to massive delays and failures.<br/><br/>Make that free and better and suddenly ID is an easier sell.<br/><br/>But IDs as an improvement for the CITIZEN has never been the clear goal here. It&#39;s always been transparently about a win for the state. 2023-04-13T08:50:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ap6gkqrrmvvux982algj9mz3kuqx7qcy8tttxpd4pcgknr97mhqzypnx4zec5d2lcm3ghpg0kh46rtqlwcm8adz97269egcvs875qtw6xcdrkhf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgyj82tp8a7dvxn35zkadlecxfw2t96cv6w9v2dart0m6es26k8cx4hcsy'>nevent1q…hcsy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s definitely a cultural thing about it here in the UK, but there&#39;s also the fact that it&#39;s purely about disenfranchisement here.<br/><br/>It&#39;s never &#34;universal free ID sent automatically at birth/certain age&#34;. It&#39;s &#34;you will need one of these various third party IDs which you must apply for and will cost you a fee&#34;<br/><br/>Essentially it&#39;s hard to look beyond the negatives when that&#39;s very clearly the primary intent. 2023-04-13T08:43:26Z