Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCXXXIX

[NickFitz]

Tea: oniony chicken casserole. Haven't had that in a while

It almost ended up not being very oniony, as I forgot to chop up and fry an onion before browning the chicken. Luckily I was using the very big frying pan, so I was able to sort that out while the chicken was doing and get...

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a cold roast chicken leg with a bag of plain crisps

I’m feeling a bit out of sorts today. The kind of feeling where one might be coming down with a cold (or worse) or it might just go away after a day or two

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Links are up

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One of those weeks where I have to look up the Roman numerals to make sure it isn't something weird like "IL" at the end

• Plume: A tale of murder and martyrdom in the Everglades - The story of the dark fate of a pioneer in nature conservation: ”July 8, 1905. A blood-soaked, small wooden

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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a grey day again, with a slight breeze that seems a bit chilly. It’s only 2°C (“feels like” 1° apparently) and won’t soar any higher than 4° - though once it has, it’ll stay there right through into the early hours of tomorrow morning, when it'll...

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In Stalingrad, winter continues. But things might warm up a little for the Germans when Russia starts its final attack on January 10th

Monday again tomorrow. Oh well, only ten weeks till Easter

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: a fry-up

This was accompanied, as is traditional, by an episode of Time Team

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Afternoon denizens

It’s a grey day and supposedly breezy but, once again, the trees suggest it isn’t really. The current and highest-for-the-day temperature of 6°C “feels like” -1° according to this theory, but I don’t expect it does. The barometers are trivially up at...

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Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Bad Boys (1995) which is OK but has that “Nobody in that position would do that” thing going on a LOT. I just realised that in many ways it’s borrowing from Lethal Weapon, so maybe that explains it. Anyway, it’s OK, but if you’re looking for social realism,...

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For tea tonight, I braved the bitter wind and went round to the kebab shop

It seems rain is about to arrive as well, so I’m glad that’s done and I can stay in here where it’s nice and warm

[NickFitz]

Dentistry and shopping done!

The hygienist was a different one to the one I’ve seen for the last couple of years, but she was very good

Then onwards to be reminded of why I stopped going to Big Sainsbury’s on Saturday afternoons. I managed to get what I thought...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s sunny out! Such clouds as there are have been scooting by pretty fast though so it seems to be windy too, at least higher up. It’s 6°C which supposedly “feels like” -2°, and aiming for 8° in the early afternoon; the barometers are up a bit at 981/989mB...

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In Stalingrad, the Russians have encircled the Germans, much to the surprise and dismay of the latter. And it’s still only the start of December! Plenty of winter to come yet…

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

I had Popeyes chicken and fries for tea. Made a nice change

And I finished watching the C5 thing about the Swedish sisters going crazy on the M6

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Another grey day, though not rainy, or not at the moment. It’s supposed to be a bit breezy but the minimal motion of the trees suggests that they may be exaggerating when saying the present 7°C, which is the high for the day, “feels like” -2°. The barometers...

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Tonight’s major motion picture wasn’t a premiere, but it was Watchmen (2009), and the full three and a half hour version to boot. I first watched this a couple of years ago, but I think I might even buy the book because it’s a very good film but there’s probably bits in the book that they missed...

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Tea has been steak and chips with fried onion

The bed has been remade!

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Another week done!

I spent some time mucking around with some React.js stuff this afternoon. The other dev had done a chunk of the work, and they know React better than I do, so I wanted to check I’d be able to understand how things worked well enough to be able to carry on with...

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been the last bit of pork pie

Bit sick of it by now TBH. I shouldn’t buy the big ones, but if I get the smaller ones I tend to eat them all in one go

The rain came but seems to have gone, though there’s a 55% likelihood of it returning at teatime...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another grey day, with a 60% chance of rain in the next hour but not after that - well, not until tonight. It’s 7°C (“feels like” 1°) with an expected 8° for much of the afternoon; the barometers are down a bit at 977/984mB

Thursday! Not...