@CatherineFlick this is every DIY project ever. I go in full of enthusiasm, and the view that it can't be that hard, then eight hours later I'm sat on the floor surrounded by a random assortment of tools and happy to concede at "well, it's only slightly worse than it was when I started".
@Edent that man is a writing machine, could have sworn Kaiju only came out last week.
So far I've been given advice on mental health by [checks notes] an IT recruitment agency, and a co-working space.
Oh good, its mental health awareness week. Brace for a week of being told how doing a bit of colouring in and listening to recordings of waterfalls will solve all your ills.
@SamLR job ad code for "tech bros only" is getting ever more obscure as automated filtering flags the obvious ones.
Just got a promoted tweet announcing the product I'd been working on before leaving my last job (in itself, a rebrand of what I'd been doing for years before that). Really weird to see something in the wild I was once so deeply involved with, and yet am now almost completely disconnected from.
Is there any greater feeling than when you first see a system you’ve been working on for an extended period working end to end?
Can we do away with quiet coaches on trains and instead have one or two dedicated to the people who are going to spend the whole journey loudly having boring phone calls so the rest of us can avoid them?
I love Hannah Fry's weekly slot on Radio 6. Currently hearing about Donald Knuth creating Latex on national radio.
Attempted to play Star Citizen, spent 15 minutes trying to escape my room, and then had the camera go absolutely mad on trying to interact with a lift control. Never found my spaceship.
I guess I'll be reattempting this at some future date when I have energy.
@gsuberland I wish I could remember where I read an article on this phenomenon. Its apparently much harder to pull off given the way audio for games is managed than you'd imagine.
I am once again asking for project planning software with error bars on the timelines.
@troublewithwords my favourite one of these was in the local hospital's Accident & Emergency department. "Would you recommend [hospital] to friends & family?".
No. No I would not. Do all you can to avoid it.
The core premise is broadly “people enjoyed that drama with Martin Compton on a submarine, how can we make a series that traps Martin Compton in a contained space at sea”.
I’m watching The Rig, a passable super natural thriller series on Prime. Really enjoying that 60% of the set appears to be made out of shipping containers. The other 40% is fluorescent light bulbs.
Did someone change the UK’s timezone without telling me? Just had last orders called at 9pm, and then when we got to the other nearby pub it was also closed. Now in the bar attached to a Beefeater/Premier Inn because it’s the only place open.
Went out to get barbecue stuff, so of course by the time I walked out of the supermarket it was raining.
@james@strangeobject.space @esther@strangeobject.space @Loukas Why would I want to book a restaurant table for the coronation? Going out for a celebratory “we have a new King” meal? Are they doing meals while it happens so I can avoid it? Are they showing the coronation with a 28 course monarchy themed tasting menu? I’m baffled.
@PapaBear Big fan of both the red button and your well stocked bathroom bookshelf.
I've just been reminded of my occasional fear that I'll be convicted of a crime I didn't commit because I'm so bad at remembering what I've done. If the police were to ask me what I was doing on the evening of 12th February this year I wouldn't have the faintest idea.
Once again I have responded to having had a proper night’s sleep and so having energy by staying up too late. Thus continues the boom/bust cycle which is my mood.
Keeping my tradition of painting octopuses on the bottoms of tables in hotel rooms alive 😀
