Eddie Cochrane

@cobrabay

Science Fiction fan, SF con-runner, CAMRA member, gaffer-taping new code onto obsolescent platforms for a living. Cis (he/him), Human (DBDG)

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Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· 16d

We can manage it in this country when we try (i.e. spend the money). Below is George St. in East Croydon, 3 tram platforms, 3 bus stops (for 9 routes) taken from the bridge over the 6 railway lines going through East Croydon Station which is to the left. Screencap from Google Streetview.

George St. in Croydon, with East Croydon Station train station on the left, 2 trams coming into the George St. stops in the centre background, and 3 bus stops to the left with 1 double decker red bus.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· 17d

🖖

Booby Hatched, 1944 directed by Frank Tashlin.
An egg, with legs sticking out of the bottom runs away from a red farmhouse across a snowfield.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· 22d

My equivalent is my cargo-pocket organiser, it has a pen, mini-pencil, mini-Sharpie, lens wipe, couple of anti-histamines, couple of paracetamol, £1 coin and my wired earphones. Looks like this 👇 Helps that it is see-through.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· 26d

Peter agrees.

An approximately 1.5m tall rabbit in a blue coat, standing on a low pedestal in front of Waterstones and the back entrance of Fenwick's in Newcastle. The rabbit's name is Peter. Photo by @cobrabay

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· 26d

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Jun 26

Secretary of Stare

Shabana Mahmood staring up at the ceiling, with 2 blue doors to her left, and a staircase to her right.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Jun 17

Did someone say ‘Hydration Break’? #WorldCup

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Jun 16

Don't you mean these guys?

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Jun 10

DW isn't my only favourite show on hiatus, so it has to be... Star Trek/Doctor Who Crossover!

Cover of the Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover comic "Assimilation!", showing the 11th Doctor, Jean-Luc Picard, the Enterprise-D and the TARDIS.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Jun 7

View from the Vue. I think this is the first time I've ever seen a narrow boat coming through The Oracle.

A narrow boat on the River Kennet as it passes through The Oracle Shopping Centre.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· May 23

How I remember first seeing this episode (modified for effect)

Star Trek TNG title card with the Enterprise-D in front of a planet and the text reading "I copied it from a copy my friend gets from a friend in the US" with the image glitched like it was 2nd gen VHS copy.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· May 22

On my way to Glasgow for Satellite 9 in my pre-booked window seat. At least screen glare on my tablet won't be an issue.

Nonplussed, balding Geordie sat next to an almost entirely blanked off train window. Why does this always happen to me?

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· May 16

Pick a Bond from photos you already have on your phone.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· May 12

Love this artwork, great riff on the original.

Get Starmer, pastiche of original film poster for Get Carter (1971). Starmer instead of Michael Caine, West Streeting instead of Ian Hendry, Angela Rayner instead of John Osborne.

original film poster for Get Carter (1971). Michael Caine smoking a cigarette while on the phone. Don't recall him wearing a flower covered jacket in the film though.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Apr 28

No listing for Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey? Though to be fair he is better known as the former Mayor of Sunnydale.

Harry Groener playing Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey in The West Wing.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Apr 25

Post your favorite "Lords of the Rings" character(s). Wrong answers only.

A group of men and a boy in fantasy costume are in a wood. One in the foreground is offering to shake hands with a Cyclops.
Liam Neeson, Alun Armstrong, David Battley, Bernard Bresslaw, Todd Carty, Freddie Jones, Ken Marshall, and Graham McGrath in Krull (1983)

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Apr 23

Yes, we want well lit and well-appointed bridges. Here's the flag bridge of the current HMS Queen Elizabeth for reference.

The flag bridge of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Eight men and women in uniform sitting around a circular wooden table in the spacious bridge of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. Photo credit: US Navy(!?)

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Apr 8

I'm afraid this might interfere with the patent for the Dine Ink, which a friend just randomly reposted.

A set of plastic pens and the caps are plastic utensils, a fork, a knife and a spoon. They look cheap and nasty. "Dine ink".

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 27

Definitely worth an alt text

In 1606 a devastating pestilence swept through London; the dying were boarded up in their homes with their families, and a decree went out that the theatres, the bear-baiting yards and the brothels be closed. It was then that Shakespeare wrote one of his very few references to the plague, catching at our precarity: ‘The dead man’s knell/Is there scarce asked for who, and good men’s lives/Expire before the flowers in their caps/Dying or ere they sicken.’ As he wrote, a Greenland shark who is still alive today swam untroubled through the waters of the northern seas. Its parents would have been old enough to have lived alongside Dante; its great-great-grandparents alongside Julius Caesar. For thousands of years Greenland sharks have swum in silence, as above them the world has burned, rebuilt, burned again.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 26

Reading has its own too, The Spud Wagon, which is also "Not Just Spuds".

A silver Airstream catering trailer with a pink sign saying "Not Just Spuds" in front of a large tower block with a sign saying Thames Tower.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 16

I think one of our local foxes has a shoe fetish. Found this shoe in the back garden today. A few months ago a fox snuck into our kitchen and stole one of my old gardening shoes, chewed on it a bit and had a poo on it. Makes a change from the foxes dropping stolen food waste bags though.

A white mid-heel strappy sandal dropped on the grass

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 12

QP with a GIF that pops up when you type your name

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 10

Sorry

Grandpa Simpson meme, with him saying "iOS was skeuomorphic then, which was the style at the time"

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 9

The ghost of Ray Harryhausen enters the chat...

Four men with spears fight a giant crab.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Mar 6

Drinking a very lovely Wild Beer Co. Under The Sun Session Hazy IPA. Good News, it was reduced price. Bad News, it was reduced to clear. The two cans I bought is not going to be enough.

A turquoise coloured can of beer next to a nearly full glass of the beer. Mmm, tasty.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Feb 27

Let's hope it takes less time than the Northumberland Street revamp, or it's going to look like this for over 2 years.

Northumberland Street revamp December 2023-December 2025. A pedestrianised road with the paving all dug up.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Feb 26

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

A film poster showing 8 images of people's profiles, the main characters of X2: X-Men (2003)

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Feb 26

I'm quite liking this fake Allister Heath article headline generator (tinyurl.com/tnw-heath). Who needs AI? Though that said, hook it up to an AI chatbot, and it might be indistinguishable from the real thing.

Auto-generated fake Allister Heath Telegraph article headline, saying "Starmer's Flat white obsession is s terrifying glimpse into our socialist future", with thumbnail picture of Allister Heath.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Feb 22

Traffic on this bit of the A303 is bumper to bumper, it's as if everyone slowed down to look at something.

A blue car in the foreground almost obscures Stonehenge in the background.

Eddie Cochrane@cobrabay· Feb 21

No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist Three possibilities here. I think Norm and Cliff would be good listeners, but I'm not sure about having a Jedi as a therapist.