jess

jess, 9 days ago to random

Yesterday I said I'd lost 6kg.

Turns out I've lost 8kg.

Damn...

jess, 11 days ago to Eurovision

In the meantime here’s a plan of how the Eurovision Year goes.

Look after your Eurovision Fan pals, PED will be kicking in early this week…

#Eurovision #ESC2024

jess, 12 days ago to Eurovision

Bambie not in afternoon dress rehearsal over an EBU incident - apparently something to do with the Israeli commentator. And France interrupted the song to make a stand.

If any more pull out they’re going to have running order issues…

#eurovision #esc2024

jess, 13 days ago to Eurovision

Talking to a few OGAE UK folk who were in the arena for SF2 last night - lots of booing for you-know-who which didn't make it to the final audio it seems, some standing audience turning their backs, lots of "ooh I need the loo", and a couple of audience being escorted out by security.

We're off to the afternoon GF dress rehearsal so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. Hopefully it will be peaceful.

(Protests outside the Arena were peaceful and respectful, anyway.)

#Eurovision #ESC2024

jess, 13 days ago to Eurovision

Fire ✔️
Gratuitous on-screen graphics ✔️
Gratuitous cleavage ✔️
Front wedgie ✔️
Armenia... (just… Armenia) ✔️

Really fun to spend it in a bar in Copenhagen with about 300 other similar nutters. Top job.

Sad Israel got through. Sad San Marino didn't.

#eurovision #esc2024

jess, 14 days ago to random

The other Mrs R is in bed, not feeling very well - possibly a reaction to the fish she ate last night - so I’m on my own in Copenhagen for a few hours while she sleeps it off.

There are three record shops in walking distance, I think…

…oh no.

jess, 15 days ago to Eurovision

I miss Jon Ola Sand.

#Eurovision #ESC2024

jess, 15 days ago to Eurovision

PSA: Fedi is going to start lagging, especially on small servers. It’s gonna get messy. I think max lag on blop last year was about 30 minutes….

#Eurovision #ESC2024 #mastoAdmin

jess, 15 days ago to Germany

Germany: “I’ll just put this over here with the rest of the fire.”

#DEU #Germany #Eurovision #ESC2024

jess, 25 days ago to random

A couple of decades ago I got a scrolling LED sign (from Maplin I think but it's not a N00GA or Amplus AM03127 variant). Lost the remote a while back.

Investigation inside: it has a RJ11 serial port on the back. No board markings except for "SHL-ALLCPU". It's 8049-based with a 27128 EPROM (which I haven't disassembled yet). The board doesn't look like a N00GA one. @pndc you had one too I think?

Anyone got any clues how to drive this thing? It seems from email archive I managed it in 2001..

jess, 1 month ago to random

Good morning to all those who celebrate.

jess, 1 month ago to random

Dayjob's asked me to start clocking in/out so they can reconcile my hours and make sure I'm doing what I'm meant to.

Given I'm only contracted for 37.5h on a 5-day week, I think I'm about to start using it to work out when I can down tools. Which means I'm taking Thursday and Friday off I think!

Works both ways eh...

jess, 1 month ago to random

When I heard Oxford rowing team had come down with tummy bugs after the boat race due to the high levels of e.coli in the Thames, all I could think was that it probably wasn't that particular boat the Tories were trying to stop...

jess, 2 months ago to random

The IT dept of Greggs (the bakery) seemingly pushing a deny-all to all their EPOS firewalls overnight has really cheered me up. Do love me a bit of IT schadenfreude.

jess, 2 months ago to random

I'm assuming my fedibuzz relays are pretty useless now too?

#fediadmin

jess, 2 months ago to random

Hey #blop pals, we've moved to a new VM to save costs. Shout at me if anything's seriously broken please.

jess, 2 months ago to vinyl

Hosting Spins & Needles today in Wakefield at The Polka Hop. Bring up to 5 of your 7" singles and we'll play 'em (or just come along for the vibe and a beer!).

I'll bring a couple of cases of my own tracks too so we'll have plenty to go at. On from 2pm-6pm, all genres welcome 🎶

📆 Sun 25 Feb, 2pm-6pm
📍 The Polka Hop, George St, Wakefield
🎟️ Free in, under 18s fine until 7pm

#wakefield #westYorkshire #yorkshire #vinyl #vinylDJ #openDecks #retroDJ #retro #sundayAfternoon #sunday #sundayVibes

jess, 2 months ago to random

So, Helen isn't very well (throat thing) so is staying at home. I thought "right, OK, might as well get the train" (WKF-YRK return)... and it's replacement bus services on some of the route 😆 but I thought I'd still do the calculations...

Fuel: £12 as I calculate it for the full return journey, under £4 for the Park & Ride.

Rail: £20 plus £2 to/from the station, replacement bus service and delays.

Still doesn't make sense getting the train 🤷🏼‍♀️

jess, 2 months ago to random

Cannot fathom how expensive a train ticket WKF-YOR is - almost £20 return! I'm sure it was about £12 last time I looked.

For two of us, we might as well drive and go to the P&R (and save money on a cab to get us to Westgate too cos we can't rely on the local bus service).

Ridonculous.

jess, 3 months ago to apple

iPad-owning pals, how the fuck do I turn this focus pointer off please? It’s started appearing and it’s doing my nut in. Tips appreciated thank you x

#apple #ipad #techhelp

jess, 3 months ago to random

Say it once again: Rishi Sunak is a rat-faced cunt.

#GTTO

jess, 3 months ago to random

It's rotten that ol' Sausage Fingers has something cancerous and I hope he makes a full recovery, but by god I'm sick of hearing about it 24/7 in the media already.

jess, 3 months ago to random

Morning. x

jess, 3 months ago to random

Had to demolish a spare 2U blanking plate to get the Pulsar to sit in the rack, and repurpose an old headphone amp to get the signal up to a level it can work with - but that'll do for taking out on the road.

Just waiting on the PAR36 spots for the gantry now.

(The NJD Euro light controller at the top handles the screens at the front of the stand, which have been retrofitted with LED bulbs).

#retro #disco #retroDisco #retroDJ #stage #lighting

jess, 4 months ago to photography

Shooting queer events always has the bonus that I can use the flags to colour-match...

#photographer #photography #photographerLife