Simon Bisson

@sbisson.com

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👨‍💻 Used to write code, now writes words about code 📘 Azure AI Services At Scale🦎O'Reilly 💻 Beats: enterprise, dev, cloud 🙋‍♂️ Vrai Jerri, bird photos, SFF writer, reader, ally, he/him/they 🐈‍⬛ calico floofs 📧 simon@sandm.co.uk 🌍 sbisson.com

A copper-coloured half-moon in a black sky
A black bird stands on a pink granite wall. Behind it is the yellow sand of a beach. It is looking at the camera.
A copper moon in a night sky; its reflection on the calm sea is a golden path to the sky.
It is too hot for Lyra, a calico Maine coon. But she will endure.
A Jersey beach at low tide, looking west to a sunset haze and the chimney of an old power station at the foot of a green hill.
Golden light reflecting off a rippled sea with a bird silhouetted standing on a wooden piling.
A 3/4 moon in a dark sky with some light cloud at the top of the image
A 1946 British coin, one farthing, with a picture of a wren.
A small brown bird with a lifted tail stands on a fence post, with a wire fence under it. In the background is a wooden fence and a tree. The bird has a bug in its beak.
Three swifts silhouetted against a blue sunset sky, crescent wings arced as they make a sharp turn.
A male teal, with a russet head and a broad bright green stripe over its eye. The striped body is black and white, with grey feathers on its back and a flash of green on the wing.
A crow in a plane tree against a blue sky. Its reflective eyelids are blue like the sky.
A three panel Comic Chat interaction between a girl and a rabbit. C1: Comic Chat is open source now. C2: Yeah, kind of a big deal. C1: Wait Are we in Comic Chat now? C2: Always have been. C1: So Comic Sans is our fault? C2: A little bit.
A small speckled brown and orange bird balances on a branch spreading a wing to stay safe.
A calico Maine coon cat lying flat on a leather chair.
A tiny green and russet bird with a shining red head between two stalks of rosemary, green needles and purple flowers.
A section of an email from our veg box provider: "Just to let you know there's a change to your box this week. We've swapped the following items: Plum with Apple."
A headshot of a large black bird looking into the camera, its scarred beak and knowing eyes against a red rock background.
A small yellow bird is standing on two branches, looking away from the camera.
A stage view of ABC singing Look Of Love.
A female tufted duck is swimming through reflected railings leaving a trail of ripples. She is brown with yellow eyes.
Hampton Pool at sunset, with the last swimmers.
A large bird with a long neck and big wide wings leaps up from a river in a trail of spray.
The cover of a book, a group of characters are holding hands and reaching over the title text to a green blob with glowing eyes.
A small dark bird with a white chest sits on a rock while a river rushes past.
A green himmingbird approaching a fountain, ready for a drink.
Robin Williams standing across two desks, with three schoolboys looking up at him. Text: O Captain! My Captain!
A tiny emerald green bird with shining feathers and outspread wings is bathing in a garden fountain.
A preserved steam locomotive pulls a passenger train through the piers of the broken bridge in the Putney cutting.
A small grey and black bird with a red eye swimming in a green lagoon.
Bollards shaped like pencils outside a school.
A dashboard display for a smart home.
A Belgian footballer in a blue shirt and brown shorts next to a picture of comic character, Tintin, in a similar outfit.
An orange, grey and white bird, with a dark wet crest on its head reflected in a green river.
A cartoon mouse throws a brick at a kat. The kat is happy.
A grey and yellow bird with a long tail stands on a rock. In its beak is a shiny metallic blue damselfly, the faint veins of its wings visible by the bird’s head.
A screenshot of traces left by aircraft tracked in ADSB. In the middle is a large knot of orange traces from a fleet of helicopters.
A white and grey bird with a dark head standing on pebbles.
A pair of juvenile gulls playing over the blue Thames.
Two swifts in the sunset sky over London, silhouetted against a darkening blue.
A grey and yellow bird with a long tail stands on a rock. In its beak is a shiny metallic blue damselfly, the faint veins of its wings visible by the bird’s head.
A brown and white duck surfaces from a river. Its green head and yellow beak are wet.
A sunset orange sky with a silhouetted pelican wings down.
A long sleek bird with a pointed beak, looking very wet as it has just surfaced after a dive. It is russet, grey, and cream, with a distinct crest on its head and a very pointed beak. Its eyes are red.
A screen shot from my ADSB tracker showing an airship travelling up the Thames.
A picture of purple and green micro-DIN keyboard and mouse ports from a late 1990s PC labeled "I'm this old".
A white and grey bird diving into still water, its head down and feet forward. It has a red beak and legs.
A screenshot of a truncated message subject "Gartner Inc just names a cat"
A green and yellow bird on a bare branch. There are dark green leaves behind it.
A heron spreads its wings to balance as it lands on a metal chair frame part submerged in a river. One leg is up, the other down.
The control unit for a solar irrigation system hanging on a fence from a London roof terrace. It is a black box with two green buttons and a four digit LED display.
A calico Maine coon cat sat on a lap.
A great tit in bare tree branches. It is a grey bird with yellow-green patches and a white and black face.
A white and grey bird with red beak and legs that are braced apart.
A brown bird with a mouth full of grubs standing at the entrance to a gap in a granite wall.
Text from the TFL web site: the London Cable Car is currently suspended due to high temperatures.
A grey and brown bird on a slate roof. It has pink feet and orange eyes. In the background is an out of focus bush covered in yellow flowers.
A small fan with a built in mister. It is white with a black fan grille. The water tank glows blue.
A small grey and yellow bird with a long tail is flying over a still river, alongside corroded metal walls covered in green moss.
A pair of calico Maine coon cats sleeping on cushions.