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So the big #Affinity announcement is that they have gone free, no subscription, no nothing.
This makes them absolutely the choice for personal work which likely means new generations of creatives will learn it and then expect to use it professionally.
Adobe should be worried, which is great!

Wow, at my place of work, they really go to town on Halloween! I shouldn't be surprised given all of the creatives here, but this year its everywhere in the building

The stage is set at the Bristol Beacon for Rick Wakeman

At the #BristolBeacon again, for #Rickwakeman King Arthur and 6 wives of Henry the 8th.

Errr…what time is it?
So confused right now, Hal of my clocks adjust themselves, half don’t, just got to remember which are which!
Goodbye BST, hello GMT (daylight saving time to non-Brits)

The stage at the #BristolBeacon tonight for The Australian Pink Floyd

At the #BristolBeacon tonight for the first in 3 shows in the next 10 days or so. Tonight it is the Australian Pink Floyd.
After the sort of day I’ve had, I need this sort of epic show!

A picture of the season 13 box set of Doctor Who with its glorious cover art work of Tom Baker in his Scottish garb.

It’s arrived!
My pre-ordered Doctor Who Season 13 the collection box set.

A grey and white spider sleepers pillow with all of its wings and flaps and things! Looks nothing like a classic pillow.

Is it a bird, is it a plane?
Nope, its my new side sleeper pillow from Mulisoft

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NaNoWriMo maybe gone this year, but I'm still up for the challenge and so taking part in Pro Writing Aid's Novel November prowritingaid.com/novel-november
No idea on the title yet (important for me to have a title before I start) or which of my 5 ideas current I will try to write.

Worked from home today and since I never blur my background in Teams meetings, my new BBC 2 clock from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social was on full display and it was a huge hit, everyone said how cool it looked!

Well I can say that the film print used for the Star Trek, The Motion Picture DVD wasn't very good and that the film is better than I remember. Still not ready to call it masterpiece however.

So I’m giving it another go, is it a misunderstood masterpiece or an overly long and very dull film?
Star Trek, The Motion Picture

So really what is going on at Affinity?
This big announcement 30th October and the fact you can't buy their software anymore is making me worry.
They can't be thinking of going subscription, can they?
That is their killer edge over Adobe.

Playing around with posting some stuff to YouTube, nothing public yet, 'still learning the ropes'.
Does the quality of the original video actually matter?
No matter what quality, bit rate or key frame interval I pick, the uploaded video looks the same.

Oh yes, these are properly cinematic ASMR videos. I discovered the channel in middle the pandemic when I was 'locked down'.

A walk click in the style of the 1970’s orange and white BBC 2 clock ident

My 70’s era BBC 2 ident clock from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social is even better than I’d hoped for!

YouTube video by ExplainingComputers Raspberry Pi 500+

Ooh, a new Raspberry Pi machine!
Exciting
youtu.be/_LYU-I1LzcI?...

Way hey!
We've just had the #DoctorWho theme (season 2, Nu Who version?) make an appearance on Classic FM's Friday night at the Movies program

And the horror tag here is for the quality of the story?
I've got this on vinyl and can confirm it is truly awful. I suspect done of the back of the success of the Genesis of the Daleks, which is brilliant!

How hard can it be?
When it comes to getting a video off an iPhone and editing it, apparently very!
Okay, I've never really tried video editing before, but it feels like I might have jumped in at the deep end.

A pack of Co-op shortcrust mince pies

The Mince Pie season is underway!
This is the one aspect of the Christian Mid Winter festival I don’t mind starting early.

Just caught my first bus for what must be 2 years or more. I love the fact that the recorded stop announcements are in a local Bristol accent!

Everyone is a critic!
My 10 year old Sony DVD player, just died. It popped it's clogs, quite literally while playing the infamous Delaware version of the #DoctorWho theme.
Do you think its trying to say something?

Something has annoyed Thor! Time to visit www.lightningmaps.org

An HP gen 2 micro server in a cupboard next to a wall mounted ASUS wi-fi router and a Raspberry Pi in a DIN rail box

Finally, after years (and I do mean years) I’ve got my HP micro server set up in my very ramshackle “home lab” cupboard.

A put down from a particle physicist, ‘If they where any thicker, Neutrinos wouldn’t pass through them!’

Yay! Got my tickets for 10cc’s Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour stop at the #BristolBeacon March next year

Am I going to watch the 10th test flight of Starship tonight?
Nope!
I still find this very exciting, but just not quite exciting enough to say up till at least midnight. Comfort out weighs excitement for me now!

Just ordered my BBC 2 clock. Definitely the coolest clock you can buy!

‘You can’t count, count!’