simonwood

simonwood, 12 days ago to random

Goals for tomorrow

• watch a brand new Doctor Who
• cuddle a hen

simonwood, 20 days ago to DoctorWho

This list was obviously going to be very very wrong (starting with the title) so I won’t say anything.

…Except David Warner (not placed) deserved to rank highly. #DoctorWho https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/03/the-greatest-doctor-who-ranked

simonwood, 21 days ago to random

"Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers." One sentence, common words, but never before placed in that order. And yet, oh and yet, all of us spend our days saying the same things to each other, time after weary time, living by clichaic, learned response: "I love you", "Don't go in there", "You have no right to say that", "shut up", "I'm hungry", "that hurt", "why should I?", "it's not my fault", "help", "Marjorie is dead" #ABitOfFryAndLaurie

simonwood, 23 days ago to random

The Met Office app tells you the actual temperatures forecast and also has a ‘feels like’ temperature, reflecting that our experience of hot or cold depends on other factors too.

I think films ought not only to have an actual duration, but also a ‘feels like’ duration based on the number of times you have to check your watch is still working… https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/29/whats-the-perfect-movie-length-only-a-lightweight-really-wants-toilet-or-food-breaks

simonwood, 24 days ago to random

In the UK from today “manufacturers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells, among others, are now legally required [to prompt users] to change any common passwords.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/devices-with-weak-passwords-to-be-banned-uk

simonwood, 29 days ago to random

Not much use the Grauniad publishing the perfect recipe straight after I had heuvos rancheros for breakfast. I see I should have had the salsa on top of the egg? At least I used small tortillas, even if only because I ran out of large… https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/24/how-to-make-the-perfect-huevos-rancheros-recipe-felicity-cloake

simonwood, 1 month ago to random

This was unexpected… #TheManFromUNCLE

simonwood, 1 month ago to random

“All units: trouser, trouser, trouser” #ABitOfFryAndLaurie

simonwood, 1 month ago to random

This just feels like Elmore Leonard perfectly describing how he writes.

“What I’m thinking of doing, introduce Big Guy to Melanie.’ Leading up to something. Louis could feel it. ‘For what?’ ‘Just see what happens.’”

— Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
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simonwood, 1 month ago to DoctorWho

This is an excellent examination of the thorny question of why companions leave in #DoctorWho with a look at each (20th century) departure (contains spoilers) https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/04/why-do-doctor-who-companions-leave/#fnref-49227-timeless

I particularly appreciate the fact @Edent refers to 'The Doctor' throughout except when discussing 'The War Machines' when, of course, ‘Doctor Who’ is required.

simonwood, 1 month ago to random

Reminding myself it’s better to be wondering if you should have made a litre of onion gravy when you don’t need it than needing a litre of onion gravy when you haven’t made it.

simonwood, 1 month ago to random

I think Rory Stewart found reason to dislike Liz Truss well before she crashed the economy and earned the ire of the rest of the country.

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

I’ve seen all the top 8 of these Ealing comedies, and none of the others. I’d quibble with the order (of course), how can #TheTitfieldThunderbolt be #8 rather than #1? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/21/ealing-comedies-ranked

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

Some of this is puzzling. How is Apple degrading cross-platform messaging apps? Outside the US other messaging apps are far more popular, for good reason… Is it because Apple uses a private API to incorporate SMS into Messages? Because if people must still send me SMS I’d rather they didn’t get mixed into Signal chats, thanks… https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107659/apple-doj-lawsuit-antitrust-documents-suing

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

“you quickly see just how broken the copyright system is on both sides of the equation unless you’re a giant company” https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/19/copyright-remains-a-complete-mess-a-tale-in-two-stories/

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

Apple are just baiting the EU at this point. https://flipboard.com/@theverge/apps-tj3a91j8z/-/a-nuE9fbz-SbWTmLS-fRi8yg%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

Spotify’s listeners pay Apple for the hardware they use to listen to Spotify. But Apple is whining that Spotify should pay too? The subtext of these App Store disputes is, again, a shift in Apple’s business model away from us as consumers and into commodities… https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/the-app-store-spotify-and-europes-thriving-digital-music-market/

simonwood, 2 months ago to random

The option of more powerful ebikes sounds good, but I’m not clear what the long term strategy is? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/29/ministers-to-consult-on-doubling-the-legal-wattage-of-electric-bike-motors

I think we need a range of classifications for electric vehicles in the gap between escooters and electric cars. Not just for bike manufacturers to power up, but for planning infrastructure, which needs to shift away from roads for cars and vans. (1/3)

simonwood, 3 months ago to random

You think you bought your iPhone? Apple disagrees - it’s one of its ‘tools’.

“Fundamentally, their complaint is about trying to get limitless access to all of Apple’s tools without paying anything for the value Apple provides.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/22/apple-says-spotify-wants-limitless-access-to-its-tools-without-paying

simonwood, 3 months ago to apple

Sideloading creates dangers for consumers that Apple's App Store protects them fr… oh. #Apple https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/08/fake-lastpass-app-in-apple-app-store/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

simonwood, 4 months ago to random

The New New Avengers? Feeling trepidatious about this… hard to imagine them hitting the mark. But at a minimum, I would want a contemporary setting and a guest appearance by Lumley as Purdey… #TheAvengers https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-avengers-reboot-studiocanal-industry-writers-mickey-down-konrad-kay-1235795963/

simonwood, 4 months ago to random

One of the last original Avengers - thanks #LaurieJohnson for some of the most wonderful TV scores ever written. Now playing The Shake, and Symphony Synethesis is cued up next https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68054498

simonwood, 4 months ago to random

@podcast https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24043065/bmw-figure-robotics-humanoid-robot-workers-deployment #RealHumans

simonwood, 4 months ago to DoctorWho

Peter Capaldi on the job of being The Doctor: “You embody for a time this folk hero, this icon. I was able to comfort people in a way that would be beyond the powers of Peter. You could walk into a room and people gasped with delight. It doesn’t happen any more.” #DoctorWho #PeterCapaldi https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/14/i-like-more-trouble-peter-capaldi-interview-criminal-record

simonwood, 5 months ago to random

Only seen two of the shows on this list of shows I’ve apparently never watched, both excellent (#HighDesert and #BigDoorPrize) which makes me think I should check out the others. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/22/one-of-tvs-most-underrated-shows-the-best-television-you-never-watched-in-2023