Friday, July 10, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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I was asked to install a mobile app to get access to the itinerary of a trip to Disneyland I'm taking with the kids. Fuck that noise: couldn't it have just been a Web page? An hour of reverse-engineering later, it is, and it's superior in virtually every way to the "app" that it…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Gaming
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Valve wins by doing absolutely nothing
Life
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Pretty hard to write an intro for this post that consists of anything other than ‘Holy fucking shit this is hot’, so I won’t even try. Please welcome the…
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I try to commute to work via bus as much as I can. My local bus-stop is in the middle of the local village center. There is also a small store next to this…
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Yesterday the conversation during my lunch break was rather unusual, as part of it focused on me and why I always seem to be happy, weird stuff!
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I work from home most of the time and, from where I’m sitting right now, I can see the main road at the end of our little estate, the houses beyond it, and…
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The Hyland Lake Ski Jump has such an ominous presence.
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The collection of signs for the 'Cornwall at War' museum makes me smile every time I pass them. It's on the way to a woods I take the dog to often. Every time…
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The other day I was listening to this episode of Decoder Ring where they talk about how bad modern sculptures tend to be because we no longer have the…
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If you’ve read my blog before, you may know that I run a very small business with my husband. He makes horror-themed artwork 1 that we send pretty much…
Music
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What the fuck even is "Magical Insurance Bureaucrats" anyway?
Tech
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Gareth's been in a mood all week. Turns out it started with a hosting bill. Not his own, mind. He doesn't have a website. Gareth thinks websites are for people…
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Yael Grauer on being told to "ask Claude" when seeking trusted advice:→ String Literal
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A piece of advice that is also a (somewhat sad) statement of fact https://filiph.net/text/to-make-money-be-useful-to-rich-people.html
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The recent end-of-financial-year sales were rather interesting – I found myself spending a lot more time browsing AliExpress than I did Amazon or eBay this…
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Man takes old computer, turns it into a home server again. Man happy.
Writing
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At the time one didn’t think of it, because of course one never does at the time, but looking back from the vantage point of 40+ years, “this “Total Eclipse of…
Still Bubbling
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Tiny Bubbles
Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.