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[NickFitz]

Another old Police Interceptors watched earlier

And lots of The Illusionist read - only the final section of that left now, covering D Day and up to the end of the war

I also did some playing around with a bit of maths, which is a change for me. I wanted the formula for generating a curve of a particular form, so off to Wolfram's MathWorld where I found it. Then I remembered that MacOS comes with a graphing calculator, Grapher, so I fired that up. It's very good, and I was able to enter the parametric equations from Wolfram and see the curve, then play around with bits of it and get an idea of how to tweak it. And then I discovered that Grapher can also animate curves by varying parameters, so I was able to experiment with some basic animations. Lots of fun, and gave me a good idea of what I need to do to use this for generating a 3D geometrical structure for rendering in SceneKit

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: bol with twirly pasta

Turned into a nice sunny evening here

[NickFitz]

I seem to have stopped watching TV for a while now. To spend a bit of sofa time with Mrs CB I might look at some mindless stuff for pre-bed watching. Any ideas?

Things we've gone for before...

Police Interceptors (and similar)
Repair Shop
24 hours in police custody (and 24 hours in A&E before that)
Secrets of the Underground (I think... Scandi girl and enthusiastic guy look at what's behind the closed doors in tube stations. Actually that'd be a lot of fun IRL - when I was a networks guy I used to love going behind closed doors where no-one else could see).

And Mrs CB watches sewing bee/bake off when I'm out (usually with at least one child next to her).

None of the above require too much attention or for me to watch a whole series to understand what's going on!

The "Scandi girl" is Icelandic

The BBC's recent Secrets of Pompeii (or similar title) was interesting - all about a new dig in an area of the city that hadn't previously been investigated

Other than that, I tend to watch the stuff you listed on endless repeat

Oh, there's Night Coppers - S2 is on C4's streaming thing at the moment. All about policing the drunkards and junkies that make up the vast majority of Brighton's nighttime population

And, of course, Trucking Hell on C5's streaming thing. All about hauling lorries out of ditches, cars out of canals, and so on. S1 was all about Crouch Recovery out at Kibworth, so lots of East Midlands locations you might recognise, though from S2 onwards they started including a London firm, and later added one from up north

[WTFH]

I seem to have stopped watching TV for a while now. To spend a bit of sofa time with Mrs CB I might look at some mindless stuff for pre-bed watching. Any ideas?

Things we've gone for before...

Police Interceptors (and similar)
Repair Shop
24 hours in police custody (and 24 hours in A&E before that)
Secrets of the Underground (I think... Scandi girl and enthusiastic guy look at what's behind the closed doors in tube stations. Actually that'd be a lot of fun IRL - when I was a networks guy I used to love going behind closed doors where no-one else could see).

And Mrs CB watches sewing bee/bake off when I'm out (usually with at least one child next to her).

None of the above require too much attention or for me to watch a whole series to understand what's going on!

Mastershout
Ambulance
Saving Lives At Sea

[covbob]

I seem to have stopped watching TV for a while now. To spend a bit of sofa time with Mrs CB I might look at some mindless stuff for pre-bed watching. Any ideas?

Things we've gone for before...

Police Interceptors (and similar)
Repair Shop
24 hours in police custody (and 24 hours in A&E before that)
Secrets of the Underground (I think... Scandi girl and enthusiastic guy look at what's behind the closed doors in tube stations. Actually that'd be a lot of fun IRL - when I was a networks guy I used to love going behind closed doors where no-one else could see).

And Mrs CB watches sewing bee/bake off when I'm out (usually with at least one child next to her).

None of the above require too much attention or for me to watch a whole series to understand what's going on!

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been takeaway leftovers. Even after being reheated for a few minutes in the air fryer, those onion bhajis are extremely good

[covbob]

Morning everyone

Grey, overcast and glum here. Can't seem to get myself started this morning, just very tired and flat. Need coffee or something.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky with no fluff from my vantage point. Currently 17 degrees with a high of 21 expected. Cloud cover set to increase this afternoon but still remain bright and sunny. Barometer up to 1021 mBar.

The new landlady is currently trying to decide if moving furniture out is worth the cost of storage before deciding whether to accept my offer or ask me to be more flexible. Apparently, whilst it's still being marketed and there have been some more viewings, mine is the only open offer. I am still keeping an eye out for other properties too.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 15.3 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14.7 in the leanto.

1017 mBar, 30.03 in Hg, 762.8 Torr, 14.75 psi, (up from 1011 last night), 78% RH (GDR hair), 74% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 25th of September 2019 WTFH survived his medical experiences, NF had a guitar player upstairs tinkling away, possibly Mary Poppins, Cojack popped in to say hello, and I had liver & bacon with onion gravy for tea, followed by a Whoopi Goldberg epic with Ted Danson.

Shopping trip to Tesco done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away despite the appalling heat of the day.

Five lawns duly mown.

Lunch: beans on toast, sadly the last crust from the previous loaf was indeed too blue so I gave it to the jackdaws.

Entertainment: something on R4 about Irish homes for girls in unfortunate situations like Philomena.

Veronica Mars S2 E3 "Green-eyed monster"

Tea:

Scotland Yard "Destination Death (1956)".

Maigret S13 E4: "Little pigs without a tail (2004)". I thought the car was a Facel Vega, but that grill is unmistakable as a Ford Edsel. This one was a red convertible.

Skin A&E S5 E2.

Terminator Genisys (bits of).

[WTFH]

Morning all
Perambulation has been had, although due to me not wanting to get out of bed I've not even hit 10k steps yet. There's rain in the valley, but blue sky around us.

[NickFitz]

To celebrate getting a Devon Wildlife Trust award for our garden, we’ve got 4 hedgehogs fighting by the pond.

….and on that bombshell, goodnight.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy start out but it already seems to be clearing slightly from the west, in that it's going from a layer of clouds to lumps with some gaps. It's predicted to remain mostly cloudy for the rest of the day, though, so maybe this loose conglomeration is the best we can expect. Currently 10°C and aiming for 18°, while the barometers are back up at 1009/1017mB

[WTFH]

To celebrate getting a Devon Wildlife Trust award for our garden, we’ve got 4 hedgehogs fighting by the pond.

….and on that bombshell, goodnight.

[NickFitz]

Watched an old Police Interceptors earlier

And later, I've been reading more of The Illusionist

Back to work tomorrow! Oh well, it's only four days

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been oniony chicken casserole

And the mundane laundry has been done