Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCLXXVI

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s reading was All You Need is Ears, the autobiography of record producer George Martin. I’m nearly a third of the way through and he’s still a few years away from signing the Beatles, though he has just taken over as manager of Parlophone for EMI when his old boss retired, becoming (at the...

[NickFitz]

Tea: pork cutlet with chips and beans

And a bit of the fare dodger thing to go with it

[NickFitz]

That’s Monday done. Only one more till I’m on holiday!

Lunch, by the way, was a Pukka sausage roll

[NickFitz]

Links are up

[NickFitz]

Have you seen the news? Then you’ll be in dire need of some good reading to take your mind off it

• The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris - ”Behind the beloved game lies a struggle over mathematical ideas, erased collaborators, offshore millions, and copyright power.” The tangle of

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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Rosy-fingered dawn earlier, but that crept in beneath the cloud that extended almost but not quite to the horizon, and it’s expected to be cloudy all day with a chance (25%) of rain at lunchtime. It’s currently 12°C but “feels like” 8°, with a predicted...

[NickFitz]

There was wildlife instead of football this afternoon

And this evening, I watched another episode of the Scottish paramedics on iPlayer

Tonight, I finished reading Adulthood Rites. The ending was OK. Will I go on to the final part of the trilogy? Probably, but...

[NickFitz]

Lunch was some leftover chicken bits, then tea was also leftover chicken, but this time it was some of the zaatar and lemon chicken thing I made the other week, with chips

All in all, a very chickeny day

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

I slept very soundly last night, awaking this morning a bit after eleven, having not even woken up and thought “I should get up now” then gone back to sleep before that

It’s a sunny and Simpsonesque day out. Currently 12°C and aiming for 14°;...

[NickFitz]

Monkey Life and other wildlife stuff was on earlier

Tonight, I read a bit more of Adulthood Rites. It’s good, but TBH I’m not hooked; I don’t really care what happens to these aliens - or, indeed, that remaining survivors of the human race! Not much of it left to read so I might...

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from KFC

We were hit by a huge CME earlier, it seems. Not sure it’ll result in the aurora reaching this far south from what the NOAA map shows, but it might be a nice show for those in the far north

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

It’s a blustery day today and spitting rain from time to time, though it’s expected to brighten up towards teatime. We’ve already reached the day’s high of 13°C which “feels like” 7°, and the barometers are up a bit at 1000/1008mB

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was released this very day on Apple TV+: Matchbox the Movie (2026). It seems that Mattel were so impressed by the success of Barbie (2023) that they believed other toy franchises now in their possession would also be suitable for representation through the medium...

[NickFitz]

Rack of BBQ ribs and chips for tea, being the M&S ones that have a bit more kick to them

To go with this, a bit of Police Interceptors

[NickFitz]

Shopping accomplished!

I went past the old place, where the chestnut trees are only just starting to change colour - they always seem to be a few weeks behind, possibly a different strain? Their husks don’t really have much in the way of pointy bits either. Anyway, approaching...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

it’s cloudy out and everywhere is damp from overnight rain, though that’s stopped now. It seems a bit blustery too. It’s fairly mild in theory, but the current 16°C “feels like” 11°; the high will be 19° but only very briefly this afternoon. The barometers...

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Supergirl (2026) which was OK, if a bit patchy. Jason Momoa’s character had some great lines, but it felt like they could have made more of him; after an excellent introduction, he became something of a deus ex machina to be dropped in when convenient. A...

[NickFitz]

Tea has been spag bol

To go with it, more of A House Through Time

[NickFitz]

Lunch was for wimps today, as I decided to take a chance on dashing across town to get a haircut. The hairdresser’s husband isn’t dead yet so she was there, and there was just one chap being done and nobody else waiting - well, his toddler daughter was also there and was hoisted onto his knee to...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Clear blue sky today, but it’s a bit chilly as a result: currently 7°C and reaching the high of 15° this afternoon once it’s clouded over. The barometers are back up to 1008/1016mB

I managed to wake up properly, or at least enough to get...