Hampo

Hampo, 1 month ago to random

Arrived home and suddenly overcome with feelings of melancholy.

Being in another country really highlights what a shitshow the UK is, and I have zero faith that things will improve significantly even if Labour win the next election.

Hampo, 2 months ago to random

The Man in Seat 61 has video of a trip Brussels to Prague, on the newly extended European Sleeper. Definitely a journey I want to do soon. https://youtu.be/MVkY8QTFVo4

Hampo, 5 months ago to random

Classic cartoon series “Roobarb” has been remastered in HD for a Blu-ray release. http://www.fabulousfilms.com/products/844

Hampo, 5 months ago to random

Merseyside’s bus companies to anyone who needs to travel today.

Hampo, 5 months ago to random

Unpopular opinion time: if public transport is supposed to be a viable alternative to the car, you can’t switch it off for three days every Christmas.

Hampo, 5 months ago to random

So incredibly ready for the Christmas break. For multiple reasons the last couple of months have been tumultuous and I genuinely don’t have much left in the tank.

Hampo, 6 months ago to random

The immature part of me (that’s a big part) is very amused that the new owner of a gay bar in Liverpool is called Lee Cockshott. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/weve-only-been-liverpool-night-28240295

Hampo, 6 months ago to random

Just realised today is the first anniversary of one of the all time great blog posts: @diamondgeezer on Dickerage Lane. https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/11/dickerage.html

Hampo, 7 months ago to random

That headboard though 😍

Hampo, 8 months ago to VintageOSes

Great to see a new #RaspberryPi5 coming soon. Tinged with sadness that it will lose support for the original ARM operating system, #RISCOS, because the new processor doesn’t support the old 32-bit addressing modes RO depends on. Until now, buying a Pi has been a great way to get a cheap and powerful RISC OS machine. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/

Hampo, 9 months ago to random

The true sign that I’m getting older - more and more of my junk mail is for life insurance.

Hampo, 9 months ago to random

Super Mario Bros Wonder may be the game that finally persuades me to buy a Switch. https://www.youtube.com/live/G0m_uNaSres

Hampo, 9 months ago to random

Nothing suspicious here. 🤔 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

Hampo, 9 months ago to random

My delay repay compensation from Avanti West Coast showed up as “First Customer Con” on my bank statement. There’s a joke there somewhere.

Hampo, 9 months ago to random

I have booked a trip to Berlin! 🥳🇩🇪

Hampo, 10 months ago to random

On the way to London with the bf. Nice of the railway to provide appropriate transportation for us. 🏳️‍🌈🚄

Avanti Pendolino in rainbow “Pride” livery.
Side view of an Avanti Pendolino with Pride branding near the doors
Vestibule of an Avanti Pendolino with “Live Proud” branding next to the doors.

Hampo, 10 months ago to random

Took the nephew and niece to see Thomas the Tank Engine, ended up looking at Pacers instead. 🤷‍♂️

Hampo, 10 months ago to random

Here’s something fun: an exhibition of #Teletext art from 17 artists, presented on the teletext services of ARD (Germany), ORF (Austria) and YLE (Finland). http://teletextart.co.uk/summer-of-teletext-3000-exhibition-on-ard-text-yle-and-orf-teletext

Hampo, 11 months ago to random

The user on RailUK Forums who claims to be an expert on Merseyrail despite living in Bletchley is writing nonsense again 🙄

Hampo, 11 months ago to queer

Happy #Pride month from your Acorn Archimedes. https://archi.medes.live/#basic=10MODE%2015%0A20FOR%20i%25%3D0%20TO%205%0A30READ%20r%25%2Cg%25%2Cb%25%0A40SYS%20%22ColourTrans_SetGCOL%22%2C%28r%25%3C%3C8%29%2B%28g%25%3C%3C16%29%2B%28b%25%3C%3C24%29%2C%2C%2C256%0A50RECTANGLE%20FILL%200%2C853-i%25*170%2C1280%2C170%0A60NEXT%20i%25%0A70FOR%20i%25%3D0%20TO%204%0A80READ%20r%25%2Cg%25%2Cb%25%0A90SYS%20%22ColourTrans_SetGCOL%22%2C%28r%25%3C%3C8%29%2B%28g%25%3C%3C16%29%2B%28b%25%3C%3C24%29%2C%2C%2C256%0A100MOVE%20204-i%25*102%2C1024%3AMOVE%20204-i%25*102%2C0%3APLOT%2085%2C640-i%25*102%2C512%0A110IF%20i%25%3C2%20THEN%0A120RECTANGLE%20FILL%20102-i%25*102%2C0%2C102%2C1024%0A130ENDIF%0A140NEXT%20i%25%0A150END%0A200DATA%20228%2C3%2C3%2C255%2C140%2C0%2C255%2C255%2C0%2C0%2C128%2C38%2C36%2C64%2C142%2C115%2C41%2C130%0A210DATA%200%2C0%2C0%2C97%2C57%2C21%2C116%2C215%2C238%2C255%2C175%2C200%2C255%2C255%2C255

Hampo, 1 year ago to random

The new Berlin-Brussels #EuropeanSleeper train started running last week. Great video of the inaugural run here: https://youtu.be/_Gkjn7c14rM

Hampo, 1 year ago to random

If you want a little piece of #Eurovision history, the BBC is auctioning off some bits and bobs from Liverpool 2023. https://auctions.ramco.uk/auctions/8565/ramco-11297

Hampo, 1 year ago to random

The Liverpool Songbook. Wow. Wow wow wow wow.

A lovely blend of fun performances, and then shifting gear to end with “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, an absolutely perfect choice.

A tear in my eye when they cut to the Ukrainian choir and then everyone walked out on stage. 🥹

#eurovision

Hampo, 1 year ago to random

Apparently the girl with the basketball at the start of the Rita Aïda performance is a Ukrainian refugee. 💛💙 #eurovision