test please delete

[xoggoth]

Did that yesterday with the discovery of a directory full of porn on a 256Mb pendrive.

That's an idea! Must check my old box of 3 1/2 " discs.

[DoctorStrangelove]

This evening's first attempt at an epic was "Knocked Up (2007)" with Katherine Heigl.

Knocked Up (2007) - IMDb

It lasted 15 seconds.

The 2nd attempt at an epic was "No Highway in the Sky (1951)" with James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, et al, inculding Kenneth Moore and Dora Bryan.

No Highway (1951) - IMDb

As it transpires it's a copy, and the transfer is pretty dire in places.

But the story is a fecking sight more impressive than the first piece of tulipe above.

[BR14]

outside a chinese.
very nice too
BBC4's got a thing about internet content moderators on.
anyone we know?

[WTFH]

Getting new skis this weekend, and just been contacted by the guy who makes them to say they are ready. He then tells me I owe Glen Plake a thank you for the bindings.
I ask why. Turns out Glen supplied and fitted them for me.
(For those of you into skiing and over 40, you’ll know who Glen is.)

[NickFitz]

The 2nd attempt at an epic was "No Highway in the Sky (1951)" with James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, et al, inculding Kenneth Moore and Dora Bryan.

No Highway (1951) - IMDb

As it transpires it's a copy, and the transfer is pretty dire in places.

But the story is a fecking sight more impressive than the first piece of tulipe above.

Based on an excellent novel by Nevil Shute, who was himself an aeronautical engineer, involved in the design of the R100 among many other things

Speaking of things falling apart, I've just found a bug in Berkshelf, the Chef dependency manager. After the usual swearing (because Berkshelf is BS and always annoys me), I actually dug through the source on GitHub and worked out what was failing; it's due to my adopting an uncommon way of using it, but something I read earlier today confirmed it was legit, so definitely a bug.

I've decided I'll fix the damn thing and put in a pull request, as it's a widely used tool in certain areas and having an accepted patch for it would brighten up the old CV a bit

[DoctorStrangelove]

Based on an excellent novel by Nevil Shute, who was himself an aeronautical engineer, involved in the design of the R100 among many other things

And very good it was too, particularly the FBI warning at the end.

The transfer was pretty crap, looked like a rip of a VHS tape, though it might just be a rip of a region 0 dvd.

The book is somewhat different, with the little girl being very impressed with a sponge for doing the washing up IIRC.

Lots of British actors doing their thing, too.

Including Pete Murray, the disc jockey chappie.

[NickFitz]

The book is somewhat different, with the little girl being very impressed with a sponge for doing the washing up IIRC.

Yes, the widower father is thoroughly unsuited to bringing up a young girl in the accepted manner of the 1940s or even running a household at all, though very good at maths and metal fatigue

Ribs and chips for tea, and very nice they were

[NickFitz]

Speaking of things falling apart, I've just found a bug in Berkshelf, the Chef dependency manager. After the usual swearing (because Berkshelf is BS and always annoys me), I actually dug through the source on GitHub and worked out what was failing; it's due to my adopting an uncommon way of using it, but something I read earlier today confirmed it was legit, so definitely a bug.

I got the latest version, just to make sure it hadn't been fixed; but that failed to run far enough to trigger the bug I was looking far, because of another utterly stupid bug introduced somewhere between the older version and this one

Once I'd worked out what was causing that one, and adjusted matters so as not to trigger it, I was able to confirm that the first bug was still there too

So then I abandoned that worthless nonsense until tomorrow, in favour of watching the third episode of (the original, British) House of Cards.

Goodnight all

[SimonMac]

That's an idea! Must check my old box of 3 1/2 " discs.

Unlike a computer, a woman won't accept a 3.5" floppy

[SimonMac]

Another early start to head over to Liverpool, why on earth is the platform of a small village on the outskirts of Leeds heaving at 6:34am, do these people have no sense!