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Robert McGovern
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ex stay at home dad, ex programmer, ex tech editor, ex sane person, ex bunch of other things — currently walking & fiddling with SwiftUI
social.tarasis.net/@tarasistarasis.netJoined April 2007

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In the off chance that this isn’t around when I wake up, lovely to have known you’se & got to know a number of you well <3 🫶 <3 I occasionally blog at tarasis.net Mastodon at @tarasis@social.tarasis.net Insta FB & LinkedIN search for rob@ my blog domain.
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Looks like I'm going to have to change my pinned tweet... Happy #WorldBookDay #PublicationDay to me 📚🍾
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The wait is over. My book is now available for pre-order 🎉 amazon.co.uk/Ashes-Admin-Ca
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For me this show made Saturday early evenings a lot of fun. Esp for live Chaos :)
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#OnThisDay 1993: Entertainment on Saturday nights was Noel's House Party. Entertainment Express' Andi Peters met Noel Edmonds on set to talk all things Crinkley Bottom, gunge and, of course, Mr Blobby.
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It's a mark of a veteran bookseller when you have had to gently inform at least one customer that there sadly is no original version of The Prices Bride by S. Morgenstern. That, and the regrettable nonexistence of the actual Necronomicon, by Abdul Alhazred.
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I don't know who needs to hear this but most of the 1-star Amazon reviews for The Princess Bride by William Goldman are people absolutely IRATE that it isn't "the original book" and is instead an "abridged version" by "the screenplay writer."
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A year ago today my best friend Erika sent me and our other best friend this text message. At the time we didn’t realize this moment would change our lives forever and 11 months later she would be gone. She was 31 years old and 34 weeks pregnant when diagnosed with stage 4… Show more
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Love the attention to detail
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USS Titan's bridge module is upgraded with Consoles that allow Command officers to operate a wide variety of controls if needed. The operating system of the bridge allows for many stations to do many things already, but when needed a few commanders can assist. #StarTrekPicard
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Don Bluth animation at its finest, in a set of games that are incredibly hard. The sort of games that really are best experienced as Let’s Play. Coz you will die and fail a lot. QTE games before they were even a thing.
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I often think about this chase from the Dragon's Lair 2 game where Dirk fights an evil wizard and Beethoven's cat. It's so unhinged. Someone great on youtube remixed it just to Beethoven's 5th.
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😔 Wanted to open a business account with but rejected (according to what I could read of the notification). But having tapped the notification there is no info in app (just screen about checking my details), nor by email So I don’t even know if I can appeal
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Twitter seems to be having a funny turn with its promoted tweets. The first was about needing ID for an Election in Slough, England. The next was for double tax from Estonia. I’m nowhere near slough, and never been to, or searched about Estonia. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Promoted AD for needing photo ID for an election this year in Slough
Double Taxation treaties for nomads, from E-Residency Estonia
Ergh. Mistakenly accepted a 3 month trial starting today, so ends 28th May. Had I accepted tomorrow it would have ended 1st June 🤦 Wasn’t paying attention.
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