Bruce

I Fought The Law - either the 50s original or the 60s cover.

A photograph of a squirrel holding a vape pen under the headline "Will squirrel vaping wake up pro-ecig British health establishment?"

Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026 - Slashdot Western Digital's entire hard drive manufacturing capacity for calendar year 2026 is now fully spoken for, CEO Irving Tan disclosed during the company's second-quarter earnings call, a stark sign of h...

Not just RAM:

hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/...

UX-by-AI is going to erase the memory of UX-by-devs - and I fear we will lose an important warning from history.

What? It must have taken _effort_ to be that wrong.

It'll be trivial whitespace-sanitizing code (/\s/ /g) - no doubt because of goddamn tab characters.

To be fair though, that's fucked up. If you _have_ to pay it, it should be in the price.

(As should any taxes - but that's another complaint.)

"Stared at the sun. Unexpectedly bright."

I'm six months into my post-tech retirement and it's been a fantastic change for me.

Soup and sandwiches.

I ended up getting a taxi to nearby Princes Risborough and catching the train home from there.

I'll definitely be back in late Spring or early Summer to walk this again - but with the ending swapped out for a _modern_ railway station.

Crossing the weirs at Hambleden Lock just north of Henley.

Approaching Great Wood before traversing it south-to-north.

A snowy scene in Grove Wood with low, late sun poking through the bare trees.

Chinnor Station is not, in fact, a national rail station - and the steam trains weren't running.

Went on a gorgeous 20 mile walk yesterday from Henley-on-Thames through the Chilterns to Chinnor. A light dusting of snow, red kites constantly wheeling overhead, beautiful sunshine - only hiccup was that my map told me Chinnor had a station to finish at.

It is a heritage station for steam trains.

Extremely grateful to all the folks who made it such that I'm still here to talk about it.

Drowning (twice), car accident (as passenger, twice), poisoning (alcohol), electrocution. All before my mid-twenties.

I invent my own jargon for _going on long walks_ because it helps me commit mapped routes to memory (aphantasiac reporting in!). I think personal jargons are neat :D

Oh, ah!

You replied to me. That's not going to cross-post.

Yep, worked.

A daytime wintery scene showing people with sledges on the top of a hill. Peering over the top of the hill is a kaiju-sized black and white cat, all set to pounce.

From me and mine to you and yours - have yourselves a merry little Christmas.
x.

🎅

"That sounded like it came with a prize."

Sometimes we've already made and are acting on a decision _before_ we're consciously aware that we've decided.

Oh, _ten_ years old. *googles* Back To The Future.

Can that really be a prediction for the year _ahead_?

Shame...the #2 movie was Rocky Horror Picture Show.

(#1 was Jaws.)

Headline: Will squirrel vaping wake up pro-ecig British health establishment? Photo: A grey squirrel in a tree holding a discarded vape

An angular, blue sculpture of a cat.

Best guess:

Fairytale of New York is overplayed and I'd be content never to hear it again.

Nuns on the Run (1990) ⭐ 6.0 | Comedy, Crime 1h 29m | PG-13

www.imdb.com/title/tt0100...

I have a Brother laser printer because that was the answer I got when I asked the same question. It works fine and hasn't angered me yet.

Are you not also screwed because, presumably, these aliens have _been in space_ and thus exposed to interplanetary/interstellar radiation?

Heinz Baked Beans (US) have 5.4% sugar for comparison.