ModernDayNTK

Who is going to win the Tontine?

just to over-extend this analogy further: a) trees are often the most efficient users of sunlight & nutrients, sometimes crowding out other potential competitors b) trees aren't all related to each other, they're just a variety of different plant species that got big in order to exploit point (a)?

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/10/19/?... free Sunday Times VB keylogger last mentions of: Jam Echelon day @crypticsea.bsky.social's Pontifex/Bridge Builder @framleyexaminer.bsky.social & Dabs-sponsored rocket web.archive.org/web/20011114... deemed "suicidal"? web.archive.org/web/20011030...

Enviable

actual mathematician here - many if not all of our best-loved integers can be represented by a list of "prime factors", making them much more secure than people realise!

This is some Sorkin-level shit only, you know, not sullied by being by Sorkin. And is real.

& back in Peckham this weekend, from the looks of things: www.tickettailor.com/events/peckh...

I’m speaking about 25 years of traintimes.org.uk at @ffconf.org in a few weeks, and they asked me some warm up questions: ffconf.org/articles/202... Shout out to @mattround.com for his DOCTYPE magazine :-) Perhaps see you there!

2nd day today... crossness.org.uk/whats-on/ste... Adult ticket from £20.37 Family ticket from £27.26

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/10/12/?... Anthrax (the band) ponder name change following US homegrown bioweapon attack "stego bogeymen" vs digital watermarks early mentions of: hayseed-dixie.com @gilestur.bsky.social "middle-class BBC Micro Fauntleroys" & OK? Walliams youtu.be/lrLO0F-nKYs?...

Join us in Edinburgh this March, as we ask "How can we use technology to reimagine democratic decision-making and build a more resilient #democracy for the future?" Grab your tickets for this 2-day conference: tictec.mysociety.org/event/digita...

*Romantic poetry rephrased in ASE-STE100 Simplified Technical English. tmblr.co/ZLUiJtk2r2Hh...

Seen on instagram but its cooking with Bluesky energy

Discovered a marvellous proof of

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/10/05/?... debut mentions of: Elasto Mania (née Action SuperCross) gpsdrawing.com Extreme Violence (still-going) OS/2 warpstock.org *the* NTK-inspired Catholic youth website for the UK web.archive.org/web/20011128... & 9/11 vs www.oldmanmurray.com/features/22....

I'm not exaggerating when I say I'm super-looking forward to this work-in-progress revival from 2008. It's about listening to each other, diaries, memory, and hope. Come see what echoes with you. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Herald ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another Source ⏰ 14.00 📅 2026.10.10 📌 Hen & Chickens, N1 🎟️ bit.ly/479DqNl

We are PLAYING LIVE TOMORROW NIGHT! Come down to the New Cross Inn in London, see you there! Woohoo!

Gary le Strange latest (is he headlining this night?) www.tickettailor.com/events/blitz...

looks like a still shot from a movie about world war II ending ... differently.

worth a click if you like the sound of: remake old stories "which were let down by shoddy effects, naff music, indifferent direction, & hammy acting... The Doctor gradually becomes aware that some malevolent force is compelling them to relive their previous adventures..." shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10...

aw man another late 90s/early naughties geek/nerd hero gone Bob X Cringely Has Died - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4994...

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/09/28/?... Irony "over" content.time.com/time/subscri... vs "Is it, though?" web.archive.org/web/20010924... Biz Software Alliance offers "30-day truce" web.archive.org/web/20211001... & @accidentalp.bsky.social - the early days: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_dept...

I just did a sizable update to https://hackwimbledon.org/events to try to add known late-2026 and early-2027 known events of interest to makers, hardware tinkerers, retro enthusiasts, etc in the UK (and close proximity). It now includes .ICS format as well. [ this was prompted mostly by […]

To get casual fans caught up, the new Avengers movie should start with all the characters doing a rap where they say who they are and what their deal is

indeed - Young MC effectively debunked this kind of Cartesian dualism in 1989 ("Some of the busiest rhymes ever made by man... written by this hand/ Are comin' out of this mouth, made by this tongue"), to the extent there are now TWO different TV shows emanating "From the underworld of Guy Ritchie"?

Stop using location information that requires this outfit to continue running a server (looking at you NHS and others).

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/09/21/?... Jacko releases PC-proof CD UCAS releases 300K home addresses 9/11 reckons from: Richard "pigeon missiles" Dawkins theguardian.com/world/2001/s... Ian "Elite" Bell web.archive.org/web/20011222... & sci-comms declares - unwinnable? - War on Gravity

Today I realised that Huel is just formula, but for adults.

Not sure how long it’s been like this, but if you google it the first image you get features an edited sign reading ‘The World of Allegations’

🇬🇧 OWA is having a special meetup in London on the 1st of October 2026 together with London Web Standards. 🌐 Join us for talks on browser competition, web apps, browser choice and data portability followed by Q&A and a chance to meet people from OWA and others working on these issues. 🔗 More info:

LONDON! On Tuesday I’m doing a talk with Spiritland in Kings Cross about making the music to lots of films and things like #ProjectHailMary, #Spiderverse, #SlowHorses and a bunch of other stuff. 7pm. Some tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/daniel-pem...

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/09/14/?... simultaneous UK releases for: first Fast & Furious film Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale @rathergood.bsky.social's PopBitch vs NTK - a comparative review: web.archive.org/web/20010924... & - perhaps predictably - no shortage of wild theorising over 9/11:

"That's gonna last until next year, you're gonna be in here regurgitating *Gordon Wood*..." (always a treat to be reminded that these names are real historians)

Sounds like a Future Me problem, not a Current Me problem

Spare the Rod, Jane the Freddy

25 years ago today B3ta launched Well, 25 years ago today, we launched the version of the website you are familiar with, we were going for at least three months beforehand, if you check newsletter dates on issue 1. However most b3tans look at the board post date - so happy birthday us. Sort of.

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/09/07/?... @theregister.com take on Stephen Hawking theregister.com/2001/09/05/c... Ansar-e Hezbollah take on "Iranian Mr Bean" news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/m... & "That platform was becoming too unstable. I had to circle and hope that things didn't get too rough"

fascinated that they've called themselves Blade Runners, ie merciless enforcers of a dubious policy when they themselves are part of the problem. & what are the meetings like: "Pelican crossings are like any other machine - either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem..."

He won't though, will he? Oh, Harry and Meagan should do a photo op at Portsmouth lifeboat station! Take the kids along, have them arsing around in their adorable little RNLI wellies! Make it happen!

Next Wednesday (16th) it's #geomob . An evening of geo talks. These are sure to feature some OpenStreetMap, particularly the talk by Matt Amos, which is all about pub locations. A topic close our hearts! Get signed up! Speaking of which, the next #OpenStreetMap pub #meetup will be the Wednesday […]

Worcestershire at its weirdest! Must watch.

I have zero idea what I'd make in a Star Trek Shuttlecraft Le Creuset Casserole Dish, but I also don't care and I wants it. blog.trekcore.com/2026/09/star...

for the avoidance of doubt - Coyote Vs Acme is directed by IMDb's Dave Green(XVI) www.imdb.com/name/nm17577... ...the former NTK editor is IMDb's Dave Green(XIX) www.imdb.com/name/nm48343... ...& not sure if @davidallengreen.bsky.social is one of the other 20+, doesn't Equity usually step in here?

I shall be doing a talk in Laaahnnndaaahhhn on Sept 15 called "Let's unfuck the mobile Web (together!). On stage will also be Colombian Heart-throb Gerardo Proaño from Browser Choice Alliance and Northern megahunk @dletorey. And, if you're cool n groovy (and YOU ARE), it's free […]

#OnThisDayInNTK:2001 ntk.net/2001/08/31/?... 1st/only mention of @zefrank.bsky.social Linux Mouth Billy Bass web.archive.org/web/20010902... on hand-cranked webserver web.archive.org/web/20010810... for full Sega Fishing experience & emerging "mashups" - early example: youtu.be/dsT52ZGBD1c?...

Hard core #amiga

we're all grieving Tim Curry in our own way, but great to see this Fright Night Concert including that oft-overlooked tale of the resurrected undead, Jesus Christ Superstar

The astounding slowed down version of "Jolene" is what taught me what a truly astonishingly talented performer Dolly Parton was.