Louis Houghton 🇪🇺

Java, Javascript and infrastructure engineer, geek, lefty, European and cyclist based in Brighton, UK. As hilarious as I think I am I am not the comedian.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@InPostUK Is there an issue with lockers in central Brighton? There hasn't been availability for days. Every time I go to one with limited availability it ends up being full.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

Is this really a good way to run a country? 🤔

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Councils in England warn of growing financial crisis https://t.co/D8XVzdi9YJ

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

It’s almost august and I’m genuinely considering getting out the turbo trainer because I don’t want to ride in the rain and 30mph winds #summer

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

I find it crazy that more people don’t do this. My wife and I paid for the majority of two return flights to Nepal with bank switch money.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

New. You can now get over £200 to switch bank - and there are four banks paying you to switch. So unless you're current bank tickles your back in delight, why not grab the cash. Full rundown here... https://t.co/KQMjadUlxC

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

As someone who’s only about 5 hours into TOTK, this is mind blowing!

[カイロスじゃねーか！ @w42854994]

5体合体‼︎

#ゼルダの伝説　#ティアキン
#合体　#ゲートガーディアン？

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Absolutely not.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

I’m sure most dog owners often play the game ‘is it mud or is it shit?’ Well, if you get into off-road cycling then you can extend this game to livestock fields and bring in all new arenas like your hands, face and mouth. #shouldbuymudguards

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

Submitted my first #closepass to the Operation Crackdown website. Been running a camera for a few weeks but various issues meant footage wasn't usable. First of many I imagine.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@PeopleOfUK My cat does that. We went on holiday last year when there were some bad storms. Our cat turns up on the local FB cats group with everyone saying how distressed he is in the rain and he must be locked out! The prick had a warm, dry house and a person feeding him twice a day!

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@TomBoyNI @citycyclists This was the response from @BrightonHoveBus when I complained about a bus close passing me on a road just like this. A narrow painted bike lane just encourages bad overtaking.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@citycyclists And as I've discovered from complaining to @BrightonHoveBus, bus drivers are trained that as long as they're on their side of the line, a close pass is completely acceptable.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

The thing I find crazy about seeing @thecure live in 2022 is that @RobertSmith is singing songs he probably wrote 44 years ago! How surreal that must feel sometimes.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

Also a lot of the instrumentals demos are very post rock.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

Interesting to hear the Letter To Elise demo on the Wish remaster with the lyrics @RobertSmith sings on the MTV Unplugged version. I wonder why they changed between demo and album and then he sang them live early on. #CureGeekery @thecure @CraigatCoF

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@jn13ell @djchrisvibes @BBCBreaking Yeah exactly. Better have the money earning more interest in a savings account and be available for emergencies.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@djchrisvibes @BBCBreaking But if your mortgage is 1.5% fixed for another three years say, you might as well pay any overpayments into an account paying more interest, and maybe move it about so you might get 4% or more. Over 3 years that extra interest could mount up.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@djchrisvibes @BBCBreaking Now savings rates are higher, if you’re on a low fix then it’s better to pay into a savings account and then pay that lump sum into your mortgage at the end of your fix.

[Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik]

The pic shows our tear-down of a disposable vape by the way, that big lozenge in the middle is the lithium battery. 2 million a week sold in the UK. All thrown away.

[Louis Houghton 🇪🇺 @Louisblack]

@Gulfie @RussInCheshire @Independent Exactly. I bet they’re all injected on the live environment. QA environments probably look lovely!