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• Post #4338235

  Our 'Ladyhawke' DVD is so old that one side is 'standard' and one side is 'widescreen.'

• Post #4338234

  I read more comics https://www.aspiringluddite.com/ And as a reminder, I'm planning on liquidating most of these comics, so if you're in the UK (or even better Norfolk or Cambridgeshire) and might be interested in expanding your collection, let me know.

• Post #3043621

  I quite like Irn Bru. On a very hot day, I dilute it with cold water. Aah. Refreshing.

• Post #3043620

  Our net electricity cost last month was -£52. Solar FTW.

• Post #3043619

  @Juju Thanks for pointing me at Femme Feral - I finished it this past weekend, and though it was was pretty good. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

• Post #2836285

  A syllogism for cooks: 1) slicing blades on food processor disks are designed to cut things 2) fingers are things therefore 3) I need to find a sticking plaster (No serious damage was done, I was picking it up out of the dish drainer and was ... insufficently rigourous in my grasping strategy.)

• Post #2061187

  RE: https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/116453724666666784 CW added

• Post #696505

  The working machine is not network connected so I load Audacity onto a thumb drive, thence onto the computer, plug everything in, and test the setup with a different casette to make sure things are working. They are! I press play on the tape deck, record on the computer, and 14 minutes later, I've got my songs! They aren't very good. One isn't too bad, and I actually quite like the bass line I put together for another one.But I've heard them for the first tim...

• Post #696502

  A French General sums up nicely. 'Joining Trump's coalition today is like buying a ticket to dinner and dancing on the Titanic the evening after it hit the iceberg.' https://www.thedailybeast.com/french-general-torches-trumps-demands-for-help-with-scathing-titanic-comparison/

• Post #696501

  I'm already looking forward to the clocks changing in a couple of weeks so I can start going to the office in the dark again.

• Post #348460

  Another small handful of jelly ears today, the tree just keeps giving. There's another tree in the garden that feels like it should have jelly ears but doesn't. So I stuck a small one in a crack. Will it take? No idea ... #foraging #mushrooms

• Post #348458

  I continue to read comics. This time it's the first six issues of Mike Grell's 'Starslayer.' https://www.aspiringluddite.com/2602/Starslayer01.shtml

• Post #348457

  Yesterday I zipped through Jonas Jonassons 'The Distinctly Competent District Councillor.' It was sweet and I quite enjoyed it. Today I start Charlie Stross's 'The Regicide Report,' which I do not expect to be sweet.

• Post #348456

  Off in a few minutes to teach Linux CLI and SLURM to neuroscience MPhils.

• Post #348454

  Anyone tried lactofermenting nettles? Seems like it should work ... the question is whether the ferment deals with the stingy-ness. #lactofermentation #foraging

• Post #309083

  RE: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116025546567655707 CW added

• Post #309082

  That one tree in the back garden at the office just keeps giving. Another small handful of jelly ear mushrooms today, which will go into tonight's dinner.

• Post #309078

  Thanks to the Tories, our research institute is shifting to a US Thunderdome-style funding model. Which sucks. This means there are some redundancies coming. Which also sucks. People are being warned a year in advance that their jobs may be going away. Which sucks less than being uncertain or just being let go with no warning. Join a Union.

• Post #309076

  @Juju I've been meaning to ask. Did you like 'Waiting for Guffman?'