Lawrence Micallef

Technologist, IT geek, broadcaster at @cambridge105, amateur photographer and radio ham M0LCM, IT infrastructure manager in Cambridge. Opinions my own.

[Mactelecom Networks @MactelecomN]

UniFi Travel router Giveaway!!! To enter like and RT this post, winner will be announced February 27th

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@_0b1d1 Pdf

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@SteelSeries #ForGlory

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@Mark__Lawrence Ooo shiny!

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@vxunderground Definite nerd and gadget geek here.

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

Just got a great BLACK FRIDAY deal on new car tyres @blackcircles - check them out at https://t.co/TDILHKfBmh /#buyblackcircles

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

hey @DouweEgbertsNL trying to report a manufacturing fault with some Tassimo pods but your website's contact page is broken @tassimo_uk

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@theRSGB Brilliant news, proper modern thinking from @theRSGB and hopefully will encourage more clubs to think of improving rather than being stuck in the last century!

[Kevin Naughton Jr. @KevinNaughtonJr]

the one software engineer at your company who actually understands the legacy code

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@sysadafterdark @Notsogodboi I'd add a few more SCSI controllers and go one per disk to slightly improve performance

[The NHS Whistleblower @ItsnotrightUK]

Can you see why there is no good will left in the NHS. We do 12h shifts 7 days a week. Is it too much to ask for hot food on the weekends?

[Fireship @fireship_dev]

Remember, for every paid SaaS, there is a free open-source self-hosted alternative:

Notion -> Appflowy
Zoom -> Jitsi
Jira -> Plane
Airtable -> NocoDB
Vercel -> Coolify
Heroku -> Dokku
Firebase -> Pocketbase/Appwrite/Convex/Supabase
Shopify -> Prestashop
GitHub -> GitLab
Slack -> Mattermost
Salesforce CRM -> ERPNext
Dropbox -> NextCloud
Mailchimp -> Mautic
Trello -> Wekan
Docusign -> Docuseal
Calendly -> Cal dot com
Datadog -> Prometheus
Google Analytics -> Matomo
Microsoft Office 365 -> LibreOffice
Asana -> OpenProject

what else?

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@DrTADM @92jamiemcgovern Having just had Coronoid Process of my Ulna repaired on Friday, yep, extra metal is good but hurts lol

[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@DrTADM All the better to hear joint clicking? 👍😉

[GitHub Projects Community @GithubProjects]

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[Lawrence Micallef @el_em]

@jongaunt @Morrisons Seems Cambourne, Cambridge @Morrisons is doubling self-disservice checkouts. Always have bagging issues, have waited up to 8 minutes for a staff member to clear it to finish. This and their new totally crap entrance barriers that try to crush shoppers too, or refuse to open!

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

A new day in Westminster has dawned...

[Lisa @lisareality1]

I had a phone conversation today with a very nice young chap from Pakistan. This is how it went:
"Hello, how are you today?"
"I'm very well thank you for asking, how are you and more to the point, WHO are you?"
"Madam, my name is Sanjit, and I'm calling you from Microsoft.”
"Microsoft, is that a city in Pakistan?”
" No Madam, MICROSOFT, the computer company. I'm calling to tell you that we have found a problem with your computer.”
"REALLY, that's quite concerning.”
"Yes Madam, it can become very serious indeed but thankfully I will be able to fix it for you.”
"No, I meant it's very concerning because I don't HAVE a computer.”
“You don't?"
“No.”
"Ahh, it must be a problem on your laptop Madam.”
"Don't have one.”
"Ipad?"
"Nope.”
"Tablet?"
"I have none of those things. As a matter of fact, I don't even have a telephone.”
After a few seconds of silence he said "Madam, you are lying to me now!"
I said "Well, you started it!!" and put the phone down.

[Dr. Farbod MBBCh FRCEM @EmergencyBod]

When I saw the French navy with bagpipes on a military parade, I was not expecting an absolute banger!