Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCLVIII

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny(ish) start for a change, but getting cloudier with a chance (35%) of a spot of rain around 9am. Not as warm either, being 11°C which “feels like” 5° and only expected to get to 16°. The barometers are steady at 1000/1008mB

[NickFitz]

In Future Noir they’ve ended up arguing over the script, brought in another writer (who thought the first script was excellent), and ended up taking parts of both. And, of course, funding being pulled and new funding secured, because that always seems to happen

Goodnight all...

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The interviews and other stuff might turn out to be interesting, but I’m not sure I’m too bothered about the 2049 stuff

I sometimes think I should watch it again to see if it grows on one. But then I decide not to, or not yet ...

[NickFitz]

Tea has been sausage casserole out of the freezer with chips

This was initially accompanied by Apple’s developer conference thing, in which they got the embarrassing stuff out of the way right at the start: admitting that they’ve had to deal with a load of tech debt in terms...

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Links are up

And after a hectic morning, lunch has been a hastily-prepared pancetta omelette

Back to the fray now…

[NickFitz]

Late today because I’ve had an extremely busy morning chasing an urgent bug. Weird thing is, I can’t see how it never happened before because if my theory is correct, the function in question has been wrong for over two years

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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

As expected, it’s a gloomy, grey, drizzly start to the day. Must still be quite breezy too as the current 13°C “feels like” 8°. The expected high for the day is 16°, the rain will dwindle away during the morning, and there may be a bit of sunshine in the...

[NickFitz]

This afternoon’s viewing was more watery wildlife, and this evening I watched Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Tonight’s reading is Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner (Third Edition, 2017) by Paul M. Sammon

Monday again tomorrow. The rain’s here and should...

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a fry-up, because the bacon Needed to be Eaten™

Turning a bit gloomier out, with rain due any time now and likely to continue till morning

The young magpies were ditzing around not long ago, but I hadn’t seen them all day before that. They’re...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy start again and it continues to be fairly windy, getting even windier later. No rain until this evening, though - well, in theory. It’s 16°C but “feels like” 10°, and aiming for 19°; the barometers are bouncing back at 1005/1013mB

[NickFitz]

Today’s wildlife programming was Attenborough-free and also largely underwater, so quite a few cephalopods and the like

In The Middle Kingdoms, Soviet rule came, and then it went again, though not always peacefully, particularly in Yugoslavia. And that’s that finished; I now know a...

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought from the South Indian place past the park. Very nice too

The cloud’s cleared quite a bit here, though I think there was a bit of drizzle this afternoon so it looks slightly damp out there

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Cloudy again here, and still somewhat breezy. It’s 16°C, which is the high for the day, but “feels like” 12°; the barometers have reversed course and are down to 991/998mB

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s motion picture premiere was Barbarian (2022). TBH I only watched this because it’s “free” on Netflix but won’t be in a week or so, and people have spoken highly of it. It’s one of those horror movies where bad things happen to good people, of which there seem to be so many these...

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Tea has been homemade BBQ ribs, with chips

Still mostly cloudy out, but not in a rainy way

The magpie parents seem very protective this year. The other morning, one of them chivvied some pigeons that happened to be standing near the flowerbed when the young ones...

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been the rest of the cold cocktail sausages

A bit late getting it though, as I was engrossed in mucking about with new forum stuff

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a cloudy day, though there’s some blue gaps to the west so maybe it’ll brighten up later, though the app doesn’t think so. The wind is a lot lighter but the current temperature of 12° still “feels like” 8°; the expected high is 16°, and the barometers...

[NickFitz]

This evening’s viewing was E3 of Legends

And in The Middle Kingdoms, things went from bad to worse in the years up to 1945. But here comes Stalin, so maybe things will get better now?

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been sweet & sour pork out of the freezer, with fried rice

Rain due soon, but then it’s expected to be a clear night. Still breezy though

[NickFitz]

Another week done!

The young magpies seem to enjoy playing around beneath the rose bushes. I think they’re intrigued by the petals that have fallen with the winds of the past week or so, as one of them carried one out to the lawn and they all seemed to have a try at eating it...