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[NickFitz]

Lunch: leftover belly pork in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce, and a bag of plain crisps

Very weird and annoying problem with the Swift app. I'm trying to import details of all the films in my iTunes library, which is fine except for the artwork. As I don't have any of the films stored locally, it appears that the official API for such data won't download the artwork, or more accurately, won't show me the images that I know have already been downloaded (because I can see them in the TV app).

I wouldn't mind so much if this was a documented limitation, but the docs for this API are vestigial at best and don't mention that. But even stranger is that when I first added this capability, a week or two ago, it worked! All the films started showing their artwork, and I thought "Cool, that's done". Then I blew away the app's database (which I do from time to time when adding a new feature that involves re-testing or debugging the import process) and it's never worked again

[NickFitz]

Tea was obtained by the process of cycling round to the kebab shop for a kebab and chips, is was good for me as well as tasty

This was accompanied by the latest episode of Ambulance, the BBC having suddenly remembered that it was supposed to be on after a week or two without it

[xoggoth]

xogg just posted on the book thread. About his LL.

I wondered where it had gone. Hackers I expect, I never make mistakes.

[ladymuck]

My old banger drives like a dream! So very happy with it. Made me realise I had been putting up with a bad state of affairs for way too long, just assuming it was due to it getting old and decrepit.

Ents has been Ambulance and Location, Location, Location. Also having a look at Evil, which aired on Paramount+ a while back.

[NickFitz]

My old banger drives like a dream! So very happy with it. Made me realise I had been putting up with a bad state of affairs for way too long, just assuming it was due to it getting old and decrepit.

Hooray for the old banger!

[NickFitz]

This evening I read more of Eagle Days in which, after shenanigans in the Baltic, the Low Countries, and France, the Luftwaffe are now girding their loins to start operating over the Channel. Interestingly, they're quite nervous about this, as most of them have no or very limited experience of flying over open water!

Today turned rather Simpsonesque in the end, but I think the wind is starting to get up again (though it's been quite breezy all day) and rain is a possibility

Speaking of tomorrow, yes it's Monday, but it's not one of those Mondays

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Monday.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 18.3 deg, 19 in the kitchen, 17.5 in the leanto.

1010.5 mBar, in Hg, Torr, psi, (up from 1009 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 18th of January 2020 there was discussion of the energy density of butter.

Hammering down now: just as well I didn't decide to wander out to Tesco.

Freecell score whilst waiting for the rain to stop: 92%, running average: 82%.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom/wan sunshine/rain.

Little group of five marsh/early purple orchids spotted on said walk, along with another I hadn't noticed before. Damn things are taking over, what with the six in next door's lawn.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about RTS meters and wind farms, I wonder if Bacon Sandwich Eating Man will get a mention. .

Book.

Rained a lot. Quite heavily. This will make the grass grow. Ho hum.

Tea: chilli con carne. Nice enough.

Entertainment: PM with a presenter even more irritating than the usual one. Sounded like he was shouting all the time. <click>

Book.

Looked for something to watch on the idiot lantern: <click>.

Book.

Just checked the signal level for Blaze on Freesat: essentially zero. Have to use Freeview instead then.

Skinwalker Ranch bollox on Blaze. "Spinning Out": the drilling operation in the mesa continues: is this wise considering the high strangeness when you dig holes around there?

Well that was moderately unpleasant with a blind calf spinning in circles.

Shooting a rocket in the air & finding it stuck there for a while was a bit odd too.

Bit of HIGNIFY.

Bit of AJP Taylor doing one of his monologues. Too late in the day to take that in.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It's been a sunny start on occasion though the cloud seems to be gathering quite rapidly now, blown here by the blustery winds. It's 13°C ("feels like" 7°) and expected to reach 16° this afternoon. The barometers are up a bit at 1002/1010mB

[xoggoth]

Yeh! Thought new loony lady 3 didn't want to bother with this old git as kept saying she had things on but she's just emailed me about a walky when she's back from holiday.

PS Have I posted in the right thread this time? Maybe I should start posting rubbish in the Brexit thread, nobody reads that anymore.

[NickFitz]

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