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• Post #4484232

  Out in the damp and cold August dark getting the dog emptied. The tree frogs are very loud this evening, somewhere down the hill in the forest.

• Post #4454674

  Have been watching more cycling during this southern winter. Becoming slightly obsessed. Got a month of Defector to follow their ace Tour de France coverage and then discovered Escape Collective was giving six months to Defector subscribers and omg I almost can’t keep up. Escape Collective is just so great. I may have to get me a real subscription for Christmas.

• Post #3921923

  Well. Wasn’t that bronze final game great?

• Post #3921342

  Sadly there is no Detective Pikachu in this Pokémon Go event.

• Post #3855886

  Is 75 different costumes for Pikachu enough? Nope. That’s only the ones I’ve caught; I know there are more out there…

• Post #3842366

  Looking at wifi 7 routers with mesh capability. A whole new shopping experience. So many opinions out there though…

• Post #3418585

  @glorfindel@pokemon.mastportal.info sorry! The lobbies filled up so quickly with spoofers I could not get invites out.

• Post #3110659

  Note to self to check that the subscription sport place has the thing you want before you drop some $$ for a month pass. Do not assume. Related: no, Sky Sport Now here in NZ does not have the Giro d’Italia (despite having the Tour and the Vuelta… and many much smaller cycling events). Very annoying. And we still need to pay $$ to a different provider should we want to watch lots of Football World Cup coming up soon. /whine

• Post #3110658

  Downloaded and paid for an iOS app which superficially seemed great but now, at the edges, is full of slop content and badly tested features. Much regret. The core functionality works but the extra stuff around it does not.

• Post #3110657

  Last night’s Marlon Williams gig was a banger. Such an entertainer. If variety shows were still a thing that pulled audiences he’d be a sitter as a host: music, comedy, and an ease with audiences and guests that is very loveable. He did a duet with a kid he’d spotted on Instagram covering one of his songs. He took requests. And he had a bunch of fun, as did we.

• Post #3110655

  Surprise new song by The Durutti Column just dropped today. I can find out nothing about it, thus returning me to that pre-internet space of assessing a track on its own merits. But I would like to know how Vini is getting on. He’s making music again…? The last news (from 2023) was not great. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/21/guitar-hero-vini-reilly-durutti-column-factory-records-interview

• Post #1980679

  Not sure which is worse: USB charging prongs (that you plug straight into a wall-wart) or charging sockets (requiring a cable). Having now broken several prongs on expensive Knog lights (most recently on my beloved Bilby head torch) I’m thinking sockets FTW though these aren’t always the best either. Anyone have a good head torch rec? Main use case is monitoring our dog’s evening ablutions on our unfenced section… we don’t want her attacking Chungus the hedgehog who lives in the neighbour’s de...

• Post #1800331

  Who knew such a thing were possible? https://cocoquizon.recleague.com/r/30012-makita-adcm501z-18v-lxt?lyr_campaign=share&lyr_source=native&lyr_s=MDc4NDg

• Post #1763230

  @raikou@donphan.social exciting! We have a remote trade! As you can see, I’m looking for shiny now-and-future Megas and you have quite the supply!!