Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

I've not had much time lately so it's taken me too long to get around to @techconnectify.bsky.social latest video...but wow! This is probably the most powerful video I've seen on YouTube for a long time. It's a long one but recommended viewing for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

With BlueSky verifying and endorsing ICE this account will be going quiet for a while until I see how this thing plays out. Follow me over on Mastodon at @[email protected].

Turns out that there's a whole 1984 film called "The Audition" (ザ・オーディション) about the group and it heavily features the Jim Steinman track throughout... Sigh...I'm going to have to track down a copy of this aren't I?

I love Jim Steinman and I love J-Pop, so I love the handful of times that his songs got turned into J-Pop hits. I recently discovered one that had previously passed me by, a Japanese cover of "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" by Saint Four (セイントフォー) and I love it! youtube.com/watch?v=0vNH...

I don't identify as a Christian, but somehow the message of "love thy neighbor as yourself" managed to make it through to my brain and I take it seriously. Even brown people are my neighbors and I don't care if they "shouldn't be here" I don't want masked thugs kidnapping them. That's not liberty.

I love Jim Steinman and I love J-Pop, so I love the handful of times that his songs got turned into J-Pop hits. I recently discovered one that had previously passed me by, a Japanese cover of "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" by Saint Four (セイントフォー) and I love it! youtube.com/watch?v=0vNH...

Moment of appreciation for the lady who wrapped my eBay parcel. What a perfect job

I could end my relationship with just a click of a button.

I like to think that she just gave him a chocolate medal and hoped he wouldn't notice.

Right, I think I've finally got the hang of this new year thing...time to get back to listening my way through all my surround sound albums. I'm into the 1980s now with Queen's "The Game" in 5.1 on DVD-A. A nice surround sound mix of an often overlooked album in Queen's large back catalogue.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765

Andor has a lot to say about the world we live in now.

Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art" There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept. You're using ai for concept art.

Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things: 1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol 2. No flisking 3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology 4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on 5. No questions Good luck!

This is the first time I have seen this cartridge, designed for the Linguaphone Education Gear, the Japanese version of the Multi-Mega/CD-X. xcancel.com/mega_dra/sta... auctions.yahoo.co.jp/category/lis...

In case anyone is wondering how Greenlanders feel right now (credit: @andershemmingsendk.bsky.social on FB)

This is how they played The First of Us

I spotted a lovely pulpy edition of a collection of Arthur C. Clarke's "Tales from the White Hart" stories in a Guisborough charity shop. I love these playful short stories, definitely amongst my favourites of his works...but I've already got them in a complete collection of his short stories.

Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released 99 years ago today! And the story took place in... 2026 😁 And since it's never too late to (re)discover one of the first sci-fi classics...

After falling in love with this Polish film on Mubi I finally got a Blu Ray copy of "War of the Wolds: Next Century". Why does no one talk about this film?! It's incredible! A genuine dystopian classic about the power of government propaganda that still feels horribly fresh and relevant today.

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

Oh dear, people have spotted errors in the 4K of Perfect Blue. Sounds like it's a problem with the 4K master that's been used for the last few years, but people are only noticing now it's out on home video. The problems are technically minor, but have a huge thematic impact during a certain scene.

Last night I finished reading "The Apollo Murders" by Chris Hadfield. While well written the book didn't really spark with me so I doubt I'll be reading any others in the series....but I do love that flex in the author subtitle! "New York Times bestselling author and astronaut"

We must film and post every single thing these thugs do in public spaces. Pull out your phone and hit record. Use a long lens if you've got one. Every angle covered, every masked face in closeup. A detailed visual record will matter.

I'm pretty hooked on the BBC Archive channel. Another great video today: 1972 Blue Peter: A FREE Computer?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRc5...

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. And yet Darcy found himself sighing and swiping left on Tinder™ once more.’

Can anyone tell my why "Scaramouche", the greatest swashbuckler until "The Princess Bride", STILL hasn't been released on Blu Ray?! This film is too gorgeous to be stranded on DVD with a nearly 25 year old transfer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzYE...

Begin the process of being able to digitize Betacam tapes internally at Hit Save in the future!

Can anyone tell my why "Scaramouche", the greatest swashbuckler until "The Princess Bride", STILL hasn't been released on Blu Ray?! This film is too gorgeous to be stranded on DVD with a nearly 25 year old transfer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzYE...

Dagens ord er Binfluencer

I love the model work in Alex Proyas' Dark City (1998). Also, the architecture that fits in with many places and eras, an atmosphere inspired by Fritz Lang and Murnau, a story reminiscent of The Maltese Falcon in a sumptuous sci-fi concept... and a great cast 👌 This movie is aging very well.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

In my capacity as an actual Dalek who was born in Aberdeen and regularly visited Stonehaven as a boy, I’d just like to say to this young humanoid: ‘YOU HAVE MADE A GOOD DALEK.’ Magnificent work!

How the living room feels after we’ve taken the tree down.

Ghost of Christmas past

I think it's a shame kids aren't exposed to boring old black and white films on TV at Christmas any more. If you're younger than me (an ancient man of the hills) BBC iPlayer currently has Bringing Up Baby, Some Like It Hot, Double Indemnity, The Third Man & Suspicion. All bangers!

I am sorry if you are too dense to understand this reality, but that's not my problem. You either need to stop letting yourself get misled so easily or you need to think a little harder about the status quo versus the future we obviously should be striving for. For countless reasons.

"but what about those minerals we need for batteries and solar panels?" those less capable of thinking a few steps ahead will shout. You see folks, using those other technologies doesn't require that you SET FIRE to the resource you've extracted. Those resources are still there to be recycled.

Allow me to connect some dots for you: Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more. Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.

Fellow rabbit parents; please tell me I'm not the only one who steps in the door and calls out "Bunny, I'm home" when I've been out for the day?

27 years ago today, my friend Neil and I visited a film collector to follow up a rumour that he possibly had a lost episode of Doctor Who. The rest is history.

Is there a version of the Odyssey in which Odysseus dosn't bonk half the demi goddesses and witches in the Aegean Sea? Because I keep seeing "Odysseus was a wife guy" reels and he sure as fuck wasn't loyal in the book I read.