I have no idea what I find worse, Word suddenly "deciding" its primary source of documents should be OneDrive or the appalling quality of Logitech wireless mice and keyboards.

When you're not entirely in the mood for doom metal, but still want some doom metal. Hmmm. Doom metal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv9r...

So I won this beauty. Many thanks to the legendary @nikoheart.com and the fine folks over at @twopointstudios.bsky.social.

Heracleum mantegazziani mofos!

Things I see in my Apache logs: 1. A single request for a HTML file 2. No requests for any associated images, the CSS file or even robots.txt Things to note: This behaviour is coming from dozens of IP addresses belonging to the same AS Conclusion: Obvious bot is obvious.

So cold times are upon us, and thin layers of ice are getting awfully chummy with car windows. No worries, I shall reach into the door compartment, grab the scraper and nip this romaince in the bud. Small problem - the scraper has disappeared. What in the actual fuck? Seriously - What. The. Fuck?!

Every day I wake up wondering when and how much of a bastard my mind decides to be. And whenever I feel I may have made some progress in some way it's there to remind just how much I've been deluding myself.

It's not even close to being december. So that can only mean one thing - terrible* christmas movies. Can we collectively please NOT?! * Not that there seem to be any other kind.

If you like Star Treks, ducks, and the odd bit of crude humour, here's a thing that exists and you may want to watch: www.imdb.com/title/tt0567...

STOP! Hammer time!

Yes? No. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. But Yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Gs...

We're just normal men... just mechanical men... www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7qr...

It's november. The days are getting shorter. It's cold. Let's add to the misery, shall we? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI3i... (and before anybody asks - not personally relevant, but I have the seen the band live a few times)

[AD/Gifted] Going live with Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake! Thank you so much to @square-enix-games.com for gifting the game! #DragonQuest #squareenix twitch.tv/kaze_fx

Sorry Star Trek fans, Picard flying the Enterprise into Shinzon's scimitar isn't nearly as cool as admiral Holdo's hyperdrive fuck you to the first order.

Elio, one of the greatest and most influential forces in the history of music, and Peter Gabriel.

Remember to customise your Firefox sidebar. Why? The AI chatbot is on by default because of course it is.

I don't always not celebrate birthdays, but when I do it's my own. *shrugs*

I see a lot of people talking about the A1200 mini. Here's a reminder that Paul Andrews of Retro Games ltd. (and various other companies, and a proper James Blunt) does not deserve your money: boingboing.net/2019/11/18/h...

So my DVD ripping PC decided to keel over (unsurprisingly) so I'm building a new-ish one. Massive shoutout to MSI for *not* having AHCI drivers for Windows XP. That's like super helpful guys.

The most amazing thing about the Jaws franchise is how chief Brody managed to not feed the mayor and most of Amity island's population to those sharks. Absolute state of 'em.

Receiver transmit. Receiver transmit. Receiver transmit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=radX...

Adventures in DVD land - featuring 2 episodes of Star Trek: The original series that paved the way of Trek things to come. I'm sure @trekkiesoph.bsky.social knows the why of both of them.

I don't always airdrum to music, but when I do, it's to one hell of a cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmEB...

Theory: Use File Station to mount a share on another NAS, copy files. Practice: Can't mount a share from NAS 2 on NAS 1. Can't mount a share from NAS 1 on NAS 2. Both NAS 1 and 2 are from the same manufacturer running the latest OS/apps. 🤷‍♂️ Using a PC to copy from NAS 2 to NAS 1 it shall be. 🤦‍♂️

You young'uns with your boxsets and strange new worlds don't know how good you have it.

It's saturday evening. There's more adventures in DVD land with Octy's rattos in the background and some serious multitasking on my part. (I'm building the LEGO Sonic command truck set.)

I was thinking about an online birthday celebration with some Jackbox/What-The-Dub/movies. Problem is that it would coincide with the SpecialEffect scream-a-thon event and that realistically speaking nobody would turn up anyway (not that I blame people). So yeah, can't wait for it to be november.

Behold the Conceptronic IDE/SATA/eSATA controller card. It has a VIA chipset, supports 2 devices on the IDE side of things and will work with both harddisks and optical drives. Normally it'd be a 10/10, until you plug in an IDE cable and find out you can't use the adjacent slot any more. FFS...

Brand new video! Sanja and I spend a day in the UK's movie capital to see if we can have a "Hollywood-style" day out!

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Happy coming out day. Remember, it's fine to come out. And it's also fine if you don't for whatever reason(s) you may have. PS: Never out other people. That's not on you, and you're a piece of shit if you do so anyway.

Counterpoint: leave AI completely out of apps. (Looking at a certain company from Redmond.)

I know somebody who has never seen Rocky Horror. Horrifying, isn't it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fdE...

Can't sleep, so might as well get some things done. Soundtrack to proceeding shall be provided by Officium Triste. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lycB...

discord.com/press-releas... "The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination."

Dating advice: Find yourself somebody who looks at you the way I look at the AOpen HX08.

No Amazon, I'm not interested in your gaming store. And no, sending daily emails reminding me of said store doesn't endear me to it. Funny how that works, eh? And what turns lack of endearment into seething, burning hatred is the inability of opt out of those emails. Fuckssake...

I don't always get in, but when I do, it's to get out. (something something carpet, IYKYK)

DOS era PC gaming had a few classic shmups. This is one of them. Well worth checking out imho.

Is it pretzel shaped? Is it hard? Is it the only Sonic racing game that matters? Yes. Yes. And, well, yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCt...

This intro will never not be hilarious. Fact. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVN8...

The good thing about Paramount Network is that unlike other channels they have actual programming (ie, reruns) rather than infomercials. The bad thing is after 4'ish am it's bloody ink master.

@claymatic.games' Platyplus: Reclayed doesn't bring anything new to the shmup genre, but it's a very solid game that just oozes charm. It's basically the lovechild of an aardvark and an arcade cabinet and I mean that in the best way possible. store.steampowered.com/app/2912430/...

I don't always saturate my internet connection, but when I do it's probably for FLAC-y reasons.

I of course bought the 5LP/1 blu-ray variant being the mad lad that I am. 😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRXi...

Feeling increasingly isolated, not helped by becoming more and more reluctant to even go out. By the end of the year I'll probably only go out for the bare necessities (groceries and doctor appointments) and fuck all else.

Is it just me, or are things a lot more quiet around here? Did some of you go back to L. Ron's shitter, or are you just moving away from (anti)social media in general?