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James Harrison

@james@burningnebula.net
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I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics.

Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way.

Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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Joined November 07, 2022
Website:
https://www.talkunafraid.co.uk/
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Location:
Oxford(ish), UK
Github:
https://github.com/JamesHarrison

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Mar 02, 2026
Short week this week, then a long rest. Almost time for some recovery after a hard month.
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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 24, 2026
Urgh. 6am start tomorrow to make it up norf.
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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 23, 2026

Lying on the sofa reading a book and still my Garmin tracked me at low stress rather than rest. Baah.

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 22, 2026
Finally got around to sorting out the dead SD card in the Pi in the loft which ran my ADS-B/ACARS and MeshCore radio stack. All back up and running after some ddrescue and copying stuff about. Got the MeshCore repeater updated, too, for fun. Should definitely get a better reference clock for the radios - temperature variation up there is substantial, a TCXO GPSDO is long overdue, but that means better radios with a reference in... hm. #ACARS #adsb #meshcore
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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 20, 2026

This will be the 12th consecutive working day for me, with most days worked evenings too, but me and my team do appear to have successfully moved a 45,000 customer ISP and wholesale platform onto our existing 50,000 customer platform in one big bang weekend without any major hiccups. All the teams we support seem very happy.

Quite proud of that. But very much looking forward to a weekend, a nice cocktail or two, and some time off!

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 14, 2026

Rather enjoying Everybody Loves Our Dollars as a break from big system migration work. Solid dismantling of international financial controls, and how they've entirely failed to stop money laundering while causing immense harm.

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 08, 2026

Well, I have fsck'd the imaged and rewritten (onto new card) SD card from the loft Pi and for some reason, still not booting. Will have to get it down and chuck it on a spare monitor to work out why, which is I think the next step, after a quick trip to the gym and the shops for the inevitable one missing thing from my curry I just tried to make...

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 07, 2026

ADS-B/ACARS feeder pi's SD card has finally bit the bullet and gone read-most-blocks-only mode, bah.

ddrescue doing its best now or I'll have to faff around rebuilding all the configs which I could honestly just do without. Hopefully I can pull enough working filesystem to at least dump the ultrafeeder config files.

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 07, 2026

Last August I was just starting #weightloss and cardio health, and realised I needed actual cycle clothing to ride comfortably long enough on my trainer. I found a great small company making plus-size cyclewear (Cycle Wear Central, formerly Fat Lad at the Back) and fit nicely in one of their largest sizes of bib shorts. I figured I'd never fit "mainstream" cycle clothes.

Yesterday I did my first ride in Castelli bib shorts and a jersey, and not even their largest sizes. Still somewhat shocked.

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 03, 2026

First attempt at tamagoyaki went alright! Technique needs work, but it was tasty.

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James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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James Harrison
James Harrison
@james@burningnebula.net

I build stuff, mostly fibre to the home (FTTH) networks these days, take pictures of galaxies and other deep space objects from my garden, and break things, mostly code and electronics. Trying to make the world a better place for everybody a little bit every day, in my way. Light, code, geodata, stars, optics, pixels, silicon, noise, frames, packets. In no particular order.

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@james@burningnebula.net · Feb 01, 2026
I have lost sufficient weight now that my phone no longer recognises me for face unlock, which is I guess a milestone!
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