James Perrett
@jamesperrett.bsky.social
Former AUV engineer - now restoring and mastering audio recordings.
Also helping make exquisite music at https://linktr.ee/cuttingroommusic
Also helping make exquisite music at https://linktr.ee/cuttingroommusic
We're playing at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell on Sunday afternoon.
There is some great music and new releases this week with the New Music Showcase & Snake Oil at the Login Lounge, Camberley our last Saturday Showcase at The Newtown Pippin, Bracknell and our Wilde Sundays Showcase returns to South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
October 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We're playing at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell on Sunday afternoon.
Could AI have its own DNA? Possibly in the future according to this www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/atlasba...
AtlasBase Debuts Bio-Silicon Chip for Breaking Data Center Storage Bottlenecks - News
Announced today by AtlasBase, Thalia is a 5.6B-well bio-silicon chip that uses synthetic DNA to break power and density bottlenecks in AI data center storage and molecular computing.
www.allaboutcircuits.com
September 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Could AI have its own DNA? Possibly in the future according to this www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/atlasba...
I'm one of those without a podcast. They don't really appeal to me.
But I have some good microphones, pop shields and a nice studio...
Should I have a podcast?
But I have some good microphones, pop shields and a nice studio...
Should I have a podcast?
Right now, all over Britain, there are people without podcasts.
Some opinions are going unspoken, a few moments undocumented.
But it doesn't need to be like this. Just £50 a month could buy these middle aged men a pop shield for their microphone.
Text TEARS to 84199 and give everyone a voice.
Some opinions are going unspoken, a few moments undocumented.
But it doesn't need to be like this. Just £50 a month could buy these middle aged men a pop shield for their microphone.
Text TEARS to 84199 and give everyone a voice.
September 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I'm one of those without a podcast. They don't really appeal to me.
But I have some good microphones, pop shields and a nice studio...
Should I have a podcast?
But I have some good microphones, pop shields and a nice studio...
Should I have a podcast?
Reposted by James Perrett
Very excited to be played on Shoreditch Radio today ahead of our gig at The Star in Shoreditch on Saturday night. Doors 6pm, we're on stage at 7.15. Tickets: bit.ly/SleeptalkTSIS
September 23, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Very excited to be played on Shoreditch Radio today ahead of our gig at The Star in Shoreditch on Saturday night. Doors 6pm, we're on stage at 7.15. Tickets: bit.ly/SleeptalkTSIS
I've kept an eye on my contributions but, seeing this article, I checked again this morning - only to find HMRC now saying that I've missed a year (which I haven't). Is this a glitch or am I going to have to fight my way through their systems to find someone to talk to?
Will you get £13,000 a year when you stop working? Here's how to check
Will you get £13,000 a year when you stop working? Here's how to check
How to find out how much state pension you're likely to receive - and what you can do about it now.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I've kept an eye on my contributions but, seeing this article, I checked again this morning - only to find HMRC now saying that I've missed a year (which I haven't). Is this a glitch or am I going to have to fight my way through their systems to find someone to talk to?
It is worth reading the whole thread - but this came across as disturbing...
Compared with the GPs my mother was secretary for in the 1980s today’s GPs are trained to follow protocols and NOT to investigate symptoms and research causes when a patient’s distress is disproportionate to what they see as the ‘reasons’. That is part of what’s not fit for purpose in today’s NHS.
September 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
It is worth reading the whole thread - but this came across as disturbing...
The last paragraph in the picture sums up what I'm thinking right now.
Definitely go read “Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy.” But here's the TL;DR version. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/artificial...
September 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The last paragraph in the picture sums up what I'm thinking right now.
A last minute practice before our gig at the Newtown Pippin in Bracknell tomorrow. It is free entry for 5 great acts and the music starts at 7.30.
#musicsky #musiciansky
#musicsky #musiciansky
September 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A last minute practice before our gig at the Newtown Pippin in Bracknell tomorrow. It is free entry for 5 great acts and the music starts at 7.30.
#musicsky #musiciansky
#musicsky #musiciansky
If you can't make it to our Bracknell gig on Wednesday, we are returning to the South Hill Park Arts Centre in October.
Or maybe come to both...
Or maybe come to both...
September 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you can't make it to our Bracknell gig on Wednesday, we are returning to the South Hill Park Arts Centre in October.
Or maybe come to both...
Or maybe come to both...
Reposted by James Perrett
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
September 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
Interesting reading - but it appears they weren't actually using Claude to develop the guidance algorithms as some of these have been in the public domain for many years. Claude was just adding the finishing touches and applying these algorithms to the particular platform.
>the houthis were trying to use claude to build their rocket guidance system
just get me off the fucking ride
www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...
just get me off the fucking ride
www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...
September 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Interesting reading - but it appears they weren't actually using Claude to develop the guidance algorithms as some of these have been in the public domain for many years. Claude was just adding the finishing touches and applying these algorithms to the particular platform.
Reposted by James Perrett
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/google-and... Google and Apple have a stranglehold over the mobile internet and complain bitterly about foreign governments trying to regulate them - but when Trump tells them to jump, their only question is how high?
Google and Apple - Studies in Spinelessness
They were dubbed a few years ago the Magnificent Seven, the seven giant American tech companies* whose growth seems unstoppable .
rorycellanjones.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:24 AM
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/google-and... Google and Apple have a stranglehold over the mobile internet and complain bitterly about foreign governments trying to regulate them - but when Trump tells them to jump, their only question is how high?
Could this weight limit become the norm for all seagoers - or anyone else who might need a helicopter rescue?
Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Could this weight limit become the norm for all seagoers - or anyone else who might need a helicopter rescue?
Reposted by James Perrett
Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton"
youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ
youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ
Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
youtu.be
August 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton"
youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ
youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ
It is interesting to see the thinking in this article - but isn't it 25 years too late?
'The temptation is to see Hybrid Navy as a programme to deliver autonomous ships. That would be a profound misunderstanding.' writes Commodore (Ret’d) Steve Prest (@fightingsailor.bsky.social) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Hybrid Navy: Building the Maritime Operating System
To implement the Hybrid Navy, the Royal Navy must follow the example of other successful technology transformations and build an ecosystem, not just a Fleet.
www.rusi.org
August 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
It is interesting to see the thinking in this article - but isn't it 25 years too late?
I've not seen many journalists repost this - I wonder why?
Perhaps because it exposes their laziness?
Perhaps because it exposes their laziness?
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
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Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
August 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I've not seen many journalists repost this - I wonder why?
Perhaps because it exposes their laziness?
Perhaps because it exposes their laziness?
Bought at the same time as my first CD player. Now I could hear everything that the recording engineer wanted me to hear.
August 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Bought at the same time as my first CD player. Now I could hear everything that the recording engineer wanted me to hear.
August 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I really don't understand why people are celebrating this when it shows that around 100 million people still approve of him. How can that happen in any functional country?
July 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I really don't understand why people are celebrating this when it shows that around 100 million people still approve of him. How can that happen in any functional country?
While this may be Boaty's first adventure under a glacier, its predecessor, Autosub2 surveyed under ice in the same area over 20 years ago.
www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
July 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
While this may be Boaty's first adventure under a glacier, its predecessor, Autosub2 surveyed under ice in the same area over 20 years ago.
www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
Another lazy politician using the "rent a pensioner" lady. She's unlikely to be really struggling - but she has a good PR agent.
Poverty is an important issue but please use real people to illustrate your story because using professional pundits won't help the cause.
Poverty is an important issue but please use real people to illustrate your story because using professional pundits won't help the cause.
I can't afford to turn the oven on': 7.4m households struggling to buy essentials.
Result of low income; high water, energy, housing costs, profiteering, frozen income tax personal allowance.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't build better future without redistribution
Result of low income; high water, energy, housing costs, profiteering, frozen income tax personal allowance.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't build better future without redistribution
'I can't afford to turn the oven on': 7.4m households struggling to buy essentials
As Andy Burnham promises “breathing space” for households, millions are unable to buy items such as clothing, heating and food.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Another lazy politician using the "rent a pensioner" lady. She's unlikely to be really struggling - but she has a good PR agent.
Poverty is an important issue but please use real people to illustrate your story because using professional pundits won't help the cause.
Poverty is an important issue but please use real people to illustrate your story because using professional pundits won't help the cause.
Tegan and I are going to be playing at The Newtown Pippin Acoustic Cafe tonight. Also looking forward to seeing NUNK on the same bill.
The Newtown Pippin – This Week
We have some fantastic live music coming up at The Newtown Pippin, Bracknell this week with the Acoustic Café tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm and our Saturday Showcase starting at 3pm, to reserve a table email [email protected]
We have some fantastic live music coming up at The Newtown Pippin, Bracknell this week with the Acoustic Café tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm and our Saturday Showcase starting at 3pm, to reserve a table email [email protected]
July 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Tegan and I are going to be playing at The Newtown Pippin Acoustic Cafe tonight. Also looking forward to seeing NUNK on the same bill.
The fridge that I inherited when I moved here seems to have turned into a freezer - just tried to cut up a melon and it was more like sorbet!
July 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The fridge that I inherited when I moved here seems to have turned into a freezer - just tried to cut up a melon and it was more like sorbet!
It was really interesting to read what one well known author thought about writing radio plays 100 years ago.
Morning! Time for a deliciously waspish 1926 attack on the way writers are treated, by A A Milne. It's a broadside at the nascent BBC, but it's even more timely now it's "all just content".
"Hush hush
Whispers be stayed
Alan A Milne
Is throwing some shade."
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
"Hush hush
Whispers be stayed
Alan A Milne
Is throwing some shade."
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
A.A. Milne on The Writer's Lot
An article by the creator of Winnie-The-Pooh, about working for free.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It was really interesting to read what one well known author thought about writing radio plays 100 years ago.
Can anyone make sense of this graph? Shouldn't the end point of one year line up with the start point for the following year?
🌎 🌡️The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Nino and climate change drive temperatures even higher, scientists said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/SKpq
July 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Can anyone make sense of this graph? Shouldn't the end point of one year line up with the start point for the following year?