BTW I USE ARCH

LOL - I don't really use Arch, I only said that to troll some Linux geeks. In reality I wouldn't even be able to install Arch, and I actually use Mint. But geeks can be such plonkers sometimes, after looking at a bunch of Linux forums yesterday to solve some tech problems, I needed to post some memes today.

 

BTW I Use Arch is a catchphrase used to make fun of the type of person who feels superior because they use a more difficult Linux distribution. Memes about ArchLinux users being nerds have appeared online as early as 2011 and are likely inspired by troubleshooting posts by Arch users trying to maintain the OS. The memes became increasingly popularized on Linux-based subreddits around 2018.

 

MEME MANIA

 

Sometimes I have an uncontrollable urge to knock out some memes. Click on any of these to see them full size. Feel free to share them far and wide!

A FULL PLATE

 The 2025 Tour de France has just kicked off this weekend. I've been following the Tour since the 80's and remember buying this book when I was at school, 40 years ago!

Apart from watching this year's Tour highlights I seem to have about a million other things to do  this month, and this post is just a random collection of images that caught my eye.

This month was also part of an experiment - back in May I had a month off doing any blog posts, and surprisingly my hits actually increased, so I became interested in checking out what effect not posting has on my hit count. I'll fill this month in later, but in the meantime, apart from this post, I will monitor a second month off and see if a pattern emerges. 

 

RANDOMS ON SATURDAY

 It's Saturday so it must be time for some random images!

 The original Michelin man with his wife Mrs Michelin - circa 1900:

 

James Hunt (on the left) died of a heart attack aged 45. The 2013 movie about F1 called "Rush" is worth seeing. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton on the right was technical assistant for the new F1 movie called "F1" (2025) which cost over $300k but looks a bit gay: