thomasbeagle

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

I think the animals are happy to be back together again now that Sky the black and white cat has returned.

strypey, 5 months ago to random

"He felt oddly adrift, cut free from his own inner self: it was as though he had not even existed the day before yesterday. And even the wisdom of dreams was concealed from him now."

Robert Silverberg, 'Lord Valentine's Castle', 1980

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

What a great new year already! Went to a dance party in the bush for NYE, and when I got home our little Sky cat walked in the door after being missing for 10 days! He's skinny and affectionate.

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to NewWorldOrder

Ha, the 12yo was helping me carry the delivered groceries in, but the delivery person wouldn't let them pick up the beer because they were too young. :) #NewWorldOrder

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

Back to eating normal food instead of leftovers.

Over Christmas I proved that you can eat apple pie and ginger kisses for five meals in a row. #BestLife

Rjdlandscapes, 5 months ago to random

Well. Genuinely surprised the adverts on x got worse. Still seeing ai crypto scam but now also a bunch of ads like this.

What a dumpster fire

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

I admit it. I peeled the protective plastic wrap off my in-law's internet router.

craiggrannell, 5 months ago to random

The child has just put up a surprise stocking for her dragon, Sparks, and says that last year Santa put something in the stocking left out for one of her other soft toys.

And now I also have to figure out what to add to the new stocking. At 8pm on Christmas Eve. (Clearly, I only have myself to blame for all this.)

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

My mother-in-law's going to flavour town with her decaf instant coffee this morning.

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to random

My favourite album: Comfort Beagle

thomasbeagle, 5 months ago to retrocomputing

The weird nostalgic urge to get an old PC and run it as such.

I think I'd get a dual Celeron 300a overclocked to 450MHz.

Although it would be kind of interesting to play with an old 80286 AT again just to remember both how much and how little we could actually do with them. #RetroComputing

annaleen, 5 months ago to random

I cannot wait to watch this show! Murderbot, the ultimate TV fan, was always destined for TV. Congrats, @marthawells!!! https://deadline.com/2023/12/alexander-skarsgard-star-murderbot-apple-chris-amp-paul-weitz-1235668011/

ianRobinson, 6 months ago to scifi

Well, this is just splendid news. The Murderbot books are fab. And not what you think they'd be about from the Murderbot description ☺️

Apple TV+ lands adaption of Martha Wells’ “Murderbot,” with Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård set to star in and executive produce.

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/12/apple-tv-lands-murderbot-with-emmy-award-winner-alexander-skarsgrd-set-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-new-series-from-academy-award-nominees-chris-and-paul-weitz/

#SciFi #Murderbot

trixter, 6 months ago to retrogaming

Played a little Chrono Trigger on my newly-docked Analogue Pocket last night and I was impressed at how smoothly the 8BitDo 2.4G controller synced up (after the appropriate firmware update), but I'm looking forward to the CRT screen mode for cores because SNES games on a 50" TV at 1080p is a little hard on the eyes. Those pixels are very sharp. #AnaloguePocket #RetroGaming

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to CrypticCrosswords

Mars hellmouth ruins the mood. (4) #CrosswordClue #NerdCryptic #CrypticCrosswords

Edit: Favourite if you get it. You'll know.

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to random

Storm hitting Carterton now and wow it really is rather impressive.

And yes, I am counting the seconds between seeing the lightning flash and hearing the thunder. 3 seconds per km is really easy to remember.

intransitivelie, 6 months ago to random

So here's the thing about this: I know from watching Mythbusters that there's a very good chance that, with some capable help from air traffic control, the average person can indeed land a plane in an emergency. I also know that the state of avionics is such that many planes can almost land themselves. You press the "land" button, basically. It's wild.

And with all that said, I'm still supremely unconfident in my own ability to land a plane, let alone any random dude. Some of this is due to my disbelief in the ability of airplanes to fly. I'm pretty sure it's a mass hallucination. If humans had been born to fly, they would have been given wings. But I'm also pretty sure that I would choke under pressure and crash, even with help.

jonoabroad, 6 months ago to random

I don't want to be a negative Nigel, but it's rainy and cold.

WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR LONG HOT DRY SUMMER?

gruber, 6 months ago to random

My prediction is that Apple will make changes—fixing bugs and/or closing loopholes—that break Beeper Mini. It’s untenable that there’s unsanctioned client software for a messaging platform for which privacy and security are a primary feature.

It’s a very nice app, remarkably clever, and for now works like a charm, but if Apple wanted an iMessage client for Android they’d release an iMessage client for Android. Seems irresponsible for Beeper to charge a subscription for an unsupported service.

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to random

Has anyone ever heard of a company that includes "keeping staff wages up with inflation" as one of its goals, alongside the typical profit, market share, share price, and net promoter score metrics?

Because it should be all of them, not none of them.

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to random

Warning: the NZTA/Waka Kotahi car registration emails are back.

Unfortunately this one is real and I now have to pay them money.

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to random

Gryphon the cat is delighted that I've called in sick today. #Covid

thomasbeagle, 6 months ago to random

A bit disappointed by Bodies in the end. The plot's intricacies got away on the writers, and the motivations and actions of the main characters didn't really stand up to scrutiny. The last two episodes felt strangely lack lustre after the climax in the sixth - I think they were going for contemplative but it was really just a bit boring. It's not a bad watch but not one you'll remember either.