Leigh Dodds

ldodds@mastodon.me.uk

CTO at EnergySparks (<a href="https://energysparks.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://energysparks.uk</a>) a UK charity helping schools be more energy efficient. My background is in open data, data standards, infrastructure and sharing.Ex. Director of Delivery at the Open Data Institute.Proud dad of two kids. Likely posting about data, tech, energy, books, cooking, ttrpgs, comics and other nerdery.

Posts

Post #798508
Enjoy the least Tory government of the rest of your life, I guess.
Post #798507
Palette swapped policies
Post #798506
Today, I will mostly be listening to this 10.5 hour progressive house set: https://soundcloud.com/superprogressive/dave-seaman-anthony-pappa-stereo-montreal-april-12-2025-part-1-of-3?ref=fixthenews.com H/T to the FixTheNews.com newsletter for the link.
Post #798505
I&#39;ve been belatedly watching Luther. Series 2, Episode 4 has them using an RSS feed to catch a serial murderer. Adding this to my &quot;RSS in the media list&quot; which now has 2 entries. Story wise, RSS has so far been used to - demand surrender of Superman - catch serial killer
Post #798504
I have spent too long looking at these and thinking about the monsters waiting patiently in their behind the scenes areas. Imagining a workplace comedy set in Doom focused on bored monsters dealing with the Slayer&#39;s bullshit. Calling it Monster Closet. https://mastodon.me.uk/@doomwadbot/114912954028557615
Post #798503
Been married 25 years today 🥳 We celebrated at the weekend with an evening visit to the Roman Baths (where we got married). Had a glass of prosecco by the waters. 🥂
Post #798502
Weapons, non spoiler review: wtaf
Post #798501
Remembered I have a blog so wrote up this example of &quot;working in the open&quot; from a non-digital project I&#39;ve been watching (Japanese woodblock printmaking!). Bonus reflection on automation, craft and perceived inefficiencies across roles. https://blog.ldodds.com/2025/09/12/a-non-digital-service-example-of-working-in-the-open/
Post #798500
My mum&#39;s mum hated conformity. Faced with bureaucracy she was known to exclaim, &quot;I&#39;m not a number!&quot; She was my NaN.
Post #798498
Tech to fix potholes, a brief incomplete history: 2025 (continued), ID cards https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-cards-tony-blair-institute-b2832661.html More: https://mastodon.me.uk/@ldodds/113820787677312834
Post #798497
TIL about David Lynch&#39;s Feeling &amp; Thinking Checking Stick. https://youtu.be/Z-Ju1I4P4BU?si=nB11FDdAtQPjjZ1q
Post #798495
This is a great album. Electronica + classical piano 👍 https://grandbrothers.bandcamp.com/album/elsewhere
Post #421305
Cool project thst uses #Openstreetmap to generate Minecraft worlds for any real world location. https://github.com/louis-e/arnis