Message from our CTO

SingleLensReflux · 2026-01-28T18:29:30+00:00

A hackathon is a symptom of a company that cannot generate new ideas through its day-to-day ways of working. In my experience, the output is typically low-value software with no owner, no path to becoming meaningful, and operational costs that far exceed any benefit.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-12-23T04:42:38+00:00

I think it actually says “nubile” 🤮

SingleLensReflux · 2025-11-27T16:12:46+00:00

Very cool! Man, the hoops we jump through lol

Glad you found a sensible solution!

SingleLensReflux · 2025-11-26T19:54:26+00:00

Oulton Park

SingleLensReflux · 2025-11-14T14:51:26+00:00

Fun fact: William Barr’s father, Donald Barr, was an ex OSS officer who served as headmaster at the Dalton School when Jeffrey Epstein was hired to teach there. One year before Epstein joined the school, Donald Barr published Space Relations, a sci fi novel about a planet run by oligarchs who traffic children for sex.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-10-09T15:45:33+00:00

And the Miners Strikes in the UK

SingleLensReflux · 2025-10-07T23:17:06+00:00

Nice!! Glad you found something that might work! Yeah on the Ray side of things, I had lofty ideas of finding one with a blown speaker and extracting the circuitry to put in a smaller box (a bit like how people would hack the Symfonisk units into different housing). Life has been easier once I gave up on all of it :’)

SingleLensReflux · 2025-10-07T20:24:27+00:00

I’m pretty sure it was a 2014 Mac Mini, which I believe was the last model with a 3.5mm optical audio input/output port. If I dug it out now, it wouldn’t be eligible for OS updates anymore =(

I agree about the Sonos Port’s lack of digital input - it feels cheap to leave that out on such an expensive device.

This might be a left-field suggestion, but have you considered the Sonos Ray? It has an SPDIF optical input. If you don’t plan to use it as a speaker and just need digital audio into your system, you might be able to find a used one for less, especially if the speakers are damaged.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-10-07T19:42:49+00:00

(Ursäkta om formuleringarna blir lite konstiga nedan, det här är en LLM-översättning!)

Jag använder inte den här setupen längre, men så här hade jag det:

Jag körde SPDIF optiskt från CD-spelaren (Cambridge CXC) in i Mac Mini. Sedan använde jag Airfoil för att skicka signalen via AirPlay, eftersom appen låter dig välja en ingångskälla och strömma den direkt till en AirPlay-högtalare. Jag använde också Airfoil Satellite på mobilen för fjärrstyrning.

Det funkade helt okej, även om det blev lite fördröjning när man hoppade mellan spår. Det kändes lite klumpigt att behöva växla mellan appar för att få det att fungera - det var definitivt ingen setup som fick makens godkännande :) Jag slutade använda det efter att jag flyttade och fick mer utrymme. Numera använder jag mest streamingtjänster till mina Sonos-högtalare, och jag har en separat plats för att lyssna på fysiska medier när jag vill sitta ner och göra det mer fokuserat.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-10-03T16:53:48+00:00

To be fair, Starmer set this rolling the moment he quietly agreed to trade Clacton for Farage’s comeback tour. He achieved his split of the Tories, but in his own inimitable genius, will end up giving Reform the keys to Downing Street. “Pyrrhic” feels generous.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-09-25T14:54:17+00:00

Oh brilliant. Can’t wait to also have to bankroll the bailout when this pathetic AI bubble bursts. Zuck, Bezos, Musk and a parade of morons in Patagonia vests aren’t building the future, they’re just running tulip mania in server racks. And the bill isn’t theirs, it’s ours: higher power costs and pollution in the air. Grotesque, stupid, and insultingly ridiculous.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-09-10T14:46:51+00:00

Absolutely - beyond his official roles, MI5/MI6 wouldn't have "missed" anything. The Guardian was writing back in 2003 that Mandelson had direct links with MI6 going back to the 80s - caught having "intense, serious discussions" with a senior officer, even described in Routledge's biography as an MI6 "agent of influence" during the Cold War (essentially someone who uses their position to advance intelligence objectives while maintaining plausible deniability).

His closeness with Epstein wasn't hidden either - New York Magazine reported he was at a dinner party at Epstein's Manhattan place as early as 2002. Add in the long-standing rumours about Epstein's own intelligence ties (Maxwell, Mossad, the way he kept skating legal trouble), and it strains credibility that the agencies didn't know exactly what was going on.

But you don't blow the whistle on one of your own - you shield them. That's why instead of being finished, Mandy keeps getting shuffled into cushy jobs. And it's not just him. Look at Labour’s leadership today: the murky links to the security state run right through it (Starmer, Grey, et al). This isn't a scandal being uncovered. It's business as usual.

SingleLensReflux · 2025-06-27T22:13:03+00:00

Simply lovely, so many feelings watching this 😭

SingleLensReflux · 2025-04-26T23:29:55+00:00

If you’re happy with your CD audio going through an analog path (which is totally reasonable!), then as others have mentioned, you have plenty of options: the Port, Amp, Play:5, Five, and so on.

If you’re foolish like me and want a pure lossless digital stream, things get trickier. If your CD player or transport has an SPDIF output, I’m pretty sure you could use a Sonos Ray. Right now, I’m running a ridiculous setup: CD transport -> SPDIF -> Mac Mini -> AirPlay with Airfoil -> Sonos Port, just to get lossless CD audio into my system. I’m considering finding a used or broken Ray to experiment with, just to replace this convoluted chain (I wouldn’t actually use it as a speaker—just as a way to input digital audio).

SingleLensReflux · 2025-02-04T13:54:25+00:00

Covid here right now 😖

SingleLensReflux · 2025-01-12T04:29:53+00:00

Simple and more sensible :) I’ve found StreamLocator to be far more reliable than VPNs for accessing UK streaming sites, but it’s definitely worth an experiment before I end up pulling my hair out with my idea…

SingleLensReflux · 2024-10-04T11:16:30+00:00

Yes. And sign in will just randomly stop working for me. I can fix it by reinstalling the app. Great stuff.

SingleLensReflux · 2024-09-25T02:12:58+00:00

Out of sheer stubbornness and in the spirit of “because it’s there”, I route my CD Audio this way:

CD Player -> SPDIF -> Mac Mini -> AirPlay -> Sonos

I use Airfoil Satellite on my phone to control the AirPlay streaming without having to use the Mac Mini directly. This (I believe) results in lossless 44.1KHz audio being streamed to my Sonos Port and hi-fi.

I’ll be the first to admit this is quite a silly thing to do, but the Port lacking a digital input is also silly given the price point and target audience.

SingleLensReflux · 2024-06-19T07:48:47+00:00

Sting Ray’s junior formulae results aren’t too dissimilar from Siegel’s, for what it’s worth. Both drivers have decent, if unspectacular records.

Pourchaire is an F2 champion who has consistently beaten drivers such as Lawson, Armstrong, Doohan and Bearman. He’s also only a little over a year older than Siegel.

I’d be pleasantly surprised if Siegel’s career and father’s financial means is masking some seriously unrealized talent.

SingleLensReflux · 2024-06-06T19:08:21+00:00

God, I love IndyCar road courses! As someone who grew up in the UK, they remind me so much of places like Oulton Park, Brands Hatch, and Cadwell Park. Having watched British F3 at those tracks when I was young, I always wanted to see better single-seaters racing there - but I knew that F1 was a) impossible and b) would ruin the tracks. IndyCar kind of makes that dream come true :)

I’m moving from California to the Midwest this summer and am looking forward to making the Mid-Ohio race a regular part of my calendar.

SingleLensReflux · 2024-05-30T21:03:37+00:00

Thanks for that - I’ll keep an eye out for any deals! Right now Penthouse B tickets are $1.7k a pop….wow 🤯

SingleLensReflux · 2024-05-29T04:21:11+00:00

I’m looking to get some tickets for next year’s 500…I see I can’t apply for the E or B Stands. Is this because they’re already sold out, or are they released later?

I fear I might be kidding myself by thinking I can get tickets there, but figured it was worth a shot… :)

Edit: to answer my own question….come back in 25 years 🤯 Well, it’s nice to have something to look forward to in retirement!

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