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Barry Frost

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Software engineer and leader. Hacking on #atproto and #indieweb projects in my spare time. https://barryfrost.com/ ⁂ 🇬🇧

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Barry Frost - Articles

Barry Frost - ArticlesAug 5, 2026

BBC Radio on your HomePod

This may be a fairly niche topic for those in the UK, but it’s a hack I now use daily so I thought I’d share. Unlike many other radio stations, it’s not possible to ask your Apple HomePod to directly play radio from the BBC. If I say, “Play 6 Music”, my HomePod mini starts playin

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesAug 3, 2026

🚣 Week 258 - Rowboat

We’re just back from an anniversary weekend at Monty’s Retreat near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, set in a private nature reserve. Our little log cabin had its own rowboat, a hot tub and a deck overlooking a semi-private corner of the lake. The boys joined us for the first nigh

Barry Frost - Articles

Barry Frost - ArticlesAug 3, 2026

My Atmospheric personal website

Introducing my new website and its atproto-centric approach.

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Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJul 27, 2026

🌊 Week 257 - Seaside

I’ve joined a gym. Well, I’ve started a seven-day trial at a gym, and went for my welcome session on Thursday. I’m not convinced I’m a gym person, but I need to force myself to go 2-3 times per week to improve my fitness levels and be a bit healthier. I’m starting off gradually:

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJul 20, 2026

🖍️ Week 256 - Crayons

Week 2^8 So, England failed to beat Argentina in their World Cup semi-final, owing to a tactical cock-up from our supposed super-tactician head coach. Irritating. No "second star" this time, then. The boys went to bed at half-time, and then shed a few tears when they watched the

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJul 13, 2026

⛰️ Week 255 - Hill

I was back at The Oval on Wednesday, in scorching sunshine, to watch Surrey crush Sussex in the evening T20 cricket. Arriving at the ground, sensibly sunscreened, I swallowed my pride and bought a Surrey cap to protect my head. Last time I went to the cricket my head was fairly p

Barry Frost - Articles

Barry Frost - ArticlesJul 7, 2026

Here are five albums that shaped me, inspired by Olly's post via Martin Schuhmann. To echo Olly's point, these aren't necessarily favourites, but were influential in my life. Ten (1991) - Pearl Jam Tragic Kingdom (1995) - No Doubt Olympian (1995) - Gene If You're Feeling Sinister

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJul 6, 2026

🛌 Week 254 - Bed

A few holidays among colleagues, so it was a nice, quiet week at work. I bought a pack of Tim Tams for a slice of nostalgia from my time in Australia/NZ. I think they're fairly widespread in the UK now, but I hadn't had one for years. Still better than Penguins. I took H over the

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJun 29, 2026

🥵 Week 253 - Scorching

The forecasts were sadly right: temperatures hit the mid-30s for several days in a row, resulting in poor sleep, irritability and general lethargy. Our homes and bodies just don't function in such heat. L and the kids thankfully had air-conditioning in their classrooms during the

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJun 22, 2026

🐦 Week 252 - Pigeon

We paid for our very overgrown hedges to be cut back and shaped. It's not cheap, but the garden instantly looks smarter. It also means I can drive onto the street without risking scratches from bush talons. I then found a pigeon chick in the back garden, just out of reach of next

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJun 15, 2026

🏓 Week 251 - Ping-pong

The World Cup is here and I am loving the wall-to-wall football. The scheduling of the matches isn't ideal for our timezone, but I'm enjoying waking up to video highlights. And although the politics and grubby monetisation are awful, the purity of football is rising above. Over a

Barry Frost - Weeknotes

Barry Frost - WeeknotesJun 7, 2026

☕️ Week 250 - Coffee

It's been a less hectic week after our Disneyland holiday. The boys had an INSET day on Friday, so L drove them to her parents' for the weekend, while I stayed behind to work (and enjoy the peace and quiet). With some time to myself, I've been researching our big trip to Japan ne