Watching Office Space, and reminded how soundtracks used to be crafted rather than feeling like they're thrown together.

*deep sigh*

Clearing the attic, and think this is due a re-read.

There was a mid-20th Century leader who demanded generals swore loyalty to him. Not the country or it's people, personal loyalty and did it fairly early in his period of governance. That turned out somewhat difficult for a lot of other countries. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I chatted with Illia Ponomarenko, a Ukrainian war reporter, about why Zelenskyy doesn't wear a suit. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Go to one of the local posh hospitals, open car door, stench of weed from the guys smoking in the carpark next door. Stay classy Chorley, stay classy.

Povmobile passed MOT without even an advisory. Not too shabby for a piece of Romanian/French engineering.

Swiped for elsewhere...

Watching Daredevil again, and the difference in quality between this and some of the slop that Disney have done since is kind of embarrassing.

While I don't think it's true, this type of batshit isn't beyond believability now. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...

"This laptop isn't good enough, have it". *adds decent SSD and bumps it from 2Gb of RAM to 16Gb* Wife :: This is a brilliant machine.

Currently reading, and actually quite enjoying.

Slice has got into trouble at school. After missing a couple of days due to sickness she was asked to do a catchup test. Not having any idea how to answer it she wrote 'I am a fish' on every page...

Auto-response on email of "I'm out of the office on training, but will get back you Monday". Emails :: I sent you an email 2 hours ago, and you still haven't sorted my very minor issue out. Well no, I haven't.

Looks like we're all RaSP now

Tell us something we don't already know. www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/n...

How it currently feels in some conversations... From @privateeyenews.bsky.social

I loath icebreakers. When you're doing them as part of a work training events you usually know everyone anyway.

Definitely worth a read, though you might need a ladder.

Having recently finished Battlestar Galactica (Worth the time), I'm now rewatching The Expanse. However with this one my wife who generally hates non-Trek Sci-Fi is loving it.

This is one of my favourite song, and now feels somewhat current.

I'm at the amusing moment where my daughter is introducing me to more "New" bands I'll never have heard of, but I've seen live. In some cases more than once.

IT LIVES! On the first boot as well. Quite surprising for me to manage that. Like a Good Boy I even cable managed the thing properly.

It's a real shame what happened to Specials in PSOS. They could have an impact that is much larger than their numbers would indicate. Due to how long it has been I suspect a rebuild of SCs in Scotland would be long and expensive now. news.stv.tv/scotland/spe...

Computer upgrade ordered, parts to my mother's house. Will sneak them in while my wife is busy elsewhere!

I want a reasonably well ventilated computer case, non-RGB computer case without a window and if possible a 5 1/4 external bay. Does one exist that isn't a server case?

'Tis the season for Toxic Positivity, Lalalalala la Arghhhhhh.

Don't like it. Not a fan.

I'm not a fan of Fast and Furious films, despite loving trash movies. However I have a houseguest that is, and he put #9 on yesterday. A rocket car that can get to space piloted by guys in deep sea diver suits. I'm all for suspension of belief, but there comes a point where it is just No.

"Are you not staying until 5 tomorrow?" No, I'm bloody not. I'm leaving at 3, and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot.

As one of the 'lost' SCs it still makes me sad to see we went from about 19k Specials down to about 6k. I may be heading back, but to a different force as they just treat theirs with a bit of respect, but nationally there are forces using Specials mainly as a recruitment tool.

I needed to watch a video on the tablet. I was forced through 3 long and unskippable adverts that in total were longer than the bloody video. The rise in video streaming was because it made streams, torrents, and site video pointless. I've now found the original site, and it is advert free.

“Woke liberals claim to love Tiny Tim but are angry RFK jr is getting rid of the polio Vaccine? Read my new column in The National Review”

When I see people complaining of ridiculing diversity I'm tempted to remind them we has a much more active and successful group of terrorists throughout the 20th Century. Then I check their profiles, and it is 99% of the time a slew of EDL/BF reposts.

*sigh* I have @steampowered.com , @epicgamesoffical.bsky.social , EA, @uplay.bsky.social and GOG. That GOG integrates nicely with the others is fantastic. I don't want another fecking games launcher. BBC News - Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service www.bbc.com/news/article...

Quite often, you don't need to know the answer yourself. The real trick is to be humble enough to accept that someone else may be more knowledgeable than you. After listening to someone try and work something out, I made one phone call, and now I have the solution to a 5 month problem.

Why they didn't just call it something related to The Harris family who started things, or University of Preston. BBC News - Universities renamed despite confusion concerns www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think I owe treats to whichever cop in the unmarked followed me out of work last night. The VW doing over 100mph in a 50 might be less inclined to treat them. I did have a good chuckle down the road at what appeared to be a cop about to have a discussion about someone's standard of driving.

I Just Lost The Game.

I live near the local football ground, and the standard of fan parking leaves something to be desired. The local team objecting to any resident parking permits does NOT endear them to the locals either. At least they can't park on the drive I don't have unlike some neighbour experiences.

Farewell fine keyboard, you gave 8 years good service, but as with everything you have finally ceased to function. On a related note, Corsair keyboard as solid kit.

Still wondering what kind of gift to buy for your loved ones? Wonder no more! This handy illustration will help you solve that problem. On a completely unrelated note, did you know I've written a book?

Parents Evening, I'm not sure if my wife actually knows me at this point.

My Wife is dealing with similar admin related issues at @uclan.ac.uk that we both had when we did our Bachelors Degrees 20+ years ago. At some point they have to actually gain some competence yeah?

There is a little IT project called Emergency Services Network. Might be a little (10 years) overdue and slightly (about £7Billion) over budget that they might like to take a look at... BBC News - Rachel Reeves vows to cut 'waste' as spending review begins - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh do F*ck Off. It's hard enough without shitbags using it as an excuse.

Always fun to bump into someone you arrested years ago who actually isn't annoyed you did it. Clean and working after getting out. That's a good result.

Can we stop having Celebrity Children's Books for Christmas? That you were a relevant comedian 15 years ago doesn't mean you are an amazing writer. Your books sell because the parents remember you being famous.