In one window - copying a pile of [redacted] MP3s onto a Pi so I can build a radio that only plays [redacted]. It will have a switch marked '[redacted] session' because of $reasons ( Read more... )

Buildings! More buildings! Er, even more buildings! Tram! Narrow-gauge railway! Sheep! Out of date film!

Accidentally a Trangia (gas version) yesterday. Now I can boil tea faster than an electric kettle in mildly hazardous conditions.

It's also filled with edges sharp enough that it took me quite a while to notice that I was leaking over everything. Ow ( Read more... )

Sheds! Wire! Escorts! Large erections! Dodgy motels! Tractors! Civil engineering! Hanging around parks in the dark! Hello officer!

For $reasons some bright spark from the telly played an unexpected burst of 'Pop looks Bach'. As is usual I was taken with a feeling of mild terror and that odd shiver up the back that happens when you listen to something really very good. ('Do something right' by Arcwelder, f'rinstance. Or Autobahn or Kerosene or ( Read more... )

If you're avoiding changes in critical systems this afternoon, I commend you to read this.

(PDF, splendid writing, funny yet likely to cause despair. In that the 'When does this start to be fun?' feeling is rather familiar.)

You know, the Ikea catalogue is a useful source of alien-ish names.

Were I actually inspired to write something, which of course is a ludicrous idea.

I would make a joke here about having watched restoration comedy and thought to myself 'Where are the bloody tapes and it's their own fault if they've not tested the DR plan.' but it was French and so not restoration ( Read more... )

You know, this OS-Leper thing is much nicer than the previous one. It's about as good as KDE-3.x now.

Daft question one: When did Full Tilt run from/to? And there is/was a small room/bar right up in the top of the building, right?

Or you could tell me things about any terrible provincial rock clubs you might remember.

(My F-L has been rather inspirational today. Thank you. You're all lovely. We should do lunch.)