Tim Alston

Software engineer, designer and entrepreneur (@Preventx) with interest in tech, electronics, photography ( & gaming.

[Fred Lambert @FredLambert]

Damn. RIP. Kavinsky created the best late-night driving music by far.

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@sccstreetsahead

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@sccstreetsahead Trees are overhanging the pavement on Ashdell Road to a dangerous extent. There are schools nearby and kids have to walk into the road as the tree cover is so significant. Please do a drive by to check, it's really overgrown!

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Transforming @IKEAUK furniture with some RGBW LED strips and a #WLED microcontroller. There's even just enough pixels to show some Tetris shapes! #IKEA #DIY #SmartLighting

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@TriSaraht0ps91 @GeoSnipe @AXG_PK I seem to remember we stayed at a hotel that was a short walk down some back alley and under or over a bridge. One of the lifts in the hotel made some seriously worrying sounds, but we never plummeted to our deaths so I guess it was ok...

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@TriSaraht0ps91 @GeoSnipe @AXG_PK Yep, looks promising. Also suspect they are looking at Ricoh which was my favourite venue. I think the venue and equipment costs will be the main challenge, but fingers crossed for them.

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@GeoSnipe @KharneUK Would love to get involved if you're looking for a business partner and/or financial support.

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@GeoSnipe If you're looking for an investor please get in touch.

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@elonmusk And shipping as RHD???

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With a bit of tinkering, we now have live half-hourly energy prices from @OctopusEnergy Agile sent to an e-Ink ESL (Electronic Shelf Label). Great for keeping an eye on energy prices, but slightly painful to turn on the oven when it's showing >30p/unit! 😅

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Incentivising my kids to save by automating (in @NodeRED) an 'interest' transfer to their @StarlingBank Kite/kids accounts (from our account). Paying 25% APR weekly - they don't know how lucky they are! It'll be more than 2p/week if they can save more than £4.00 and not spend it!

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@icreatelife Here's something a bit different - an old Outer Limits episode from 1995. If you can find it take a look: https://t.co/TXOezZ6zz6

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What is going on with the mail in Sheffield @RoyalMail? While it's possible everyone has forgotten my birthday over a week ago, that doesn't explain why our entire street hasn't had any mail delivered in over 10 days..!?

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I made this single-key keyboard. I'm sure I'm not the only person that could do with this for work meetings, internet arguments, social media etc. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Parts from @adafruit #mechanicalkeyboard #facepalm

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@sheffielduni And maybe consider some John's Van merch: https://t.co/rBk1lDOWlc

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My latest "find something cheap on AliExpress with boring LED strip, and replace with RGB addressable strip" project!

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@Northpowergrid Well, it's not power related - but your website is down (long enough for Google to de-list it) so you may want to take a look at that? I was hoping to get a quote for a 3ph upgrade...

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Working on some lighting ideas for my future gaming/LAN party room and couldn't help trying this idea using some second hand stage lights with custom gobos. #portal #portal2 #valve #aperture #aperturescience

[Tim Alston @TimAlston]

@RMCRetro Hi Neil, just seen the great pic of your display space and cabinets - awesome. I'm working on a similar (but smaller) display for myself and wondered where you get the glass cabinets as I'm struggling to find anything similar? Thanks!

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Parking in Sheffield for an evening is getting so expensive these days. It's no wonder city centres are struggling. 🤣 Time to test out the customer service at @QPark_UK I think...