Simon Thornton.

Have to feel a bit for the graphics team at Sky F1. Having to re-edit the opening titles AGAIN. (Wonderjng if they shot footage of Yuki in a RBR suit just in case? If not you just use generative AI to do it I guess)

That LSG vs DC match was unbelievable. Wowzers.

Busy at The Hope & Anchor tonight (we live about 3 minutes away from it). Presumably full of Damned fans.

Tangent: I used to really enjoy doing radio edits of singles and making either exactly 03:00 or 03:30. So, yes, it's no way it's just an accident.

"Microsoft Teams is damaged and you should move it to the bin"

Preach.

I'm hoping the "she understood the assignment!" woman is there again this year. Brilliant bit of TV.

Same!

#uksnow N1 2/10

That's excellent.

Katy did this last night with her small bowl of chopped peppers. It took a moment to understand the situation.

Spill.

I've pretty much been doing exactly that for the last week, for all the Big Meal cooking. My results match yours.

YouTube video by David Bryant Nineteen Nineteen - There's A Place (January 1988)

Right then... who can tell me whether this single was ever actually released? Discogs and eBay have always produced nothing. I strongly suspect this group never had anything released and strings were pulled or favours begged to get this one screened on The Chart Show.
youtu.be/u5wL3gEXUAA?...

Well, I mean a DAW that will occasionally, randomly, unlace the tape from the tape path.

And then require a quick bias realignment of most of the channel cards whilst it reloads an autosaved backup after a crash for exactly no reason....

(I'm not a fan etc)

So #cricket has had quite the day.

An ODI that played 286/6 & 54 all out.

A #BBL T20 that was 74 all out & 78/4.

Still a load of games happening, so wondering what other madness is due.

Radio Times Christmas edition 2024. And highlighter pens.

It is time.

Haha. Yes, excellent summary.

Entrance to a building at Heathrow, with a sign above the door reading "The Queen's Terminal"

I know Camilla's cancelled a couple of engagements this week, but I think it's wrong of Heathrow to start this sort of rumourmongering

This is the kind of thing we want from Bluesky.

Other phrases I’ve come across about pins and needles (mostly from the creative minds of small children)…

7. I have fizzy boots on
6. My arm has gone sparkly
5. I have thorns and prickles
4. I have crumbles in my foot
3. I have sprinkles in my toes
2. My foot went dizzy
1. I’ve got pins and weasels

much love for the 'don't know' crew who must be wondering what that tree is doing in their living room

Seven all out! Ivory Coast record lowest ever men’s T20 cricket international score * Top-scorer records four runs against Nigeria * Six batters fell for ducks on dismal day Ivory Coast managed just seven runs in a 264-run defeat to Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday, marking the lowest score ever recorded in a men’s T20 international.…

Seven all out! Ivory Coast record lowest ever men’s T20 cricket international score

Ha. Well, yes. The comms team are struggling for puns now.

Well it lasted two balls. Salt & Pepper #cricket

The copyright statement from Ephemeral City which reads in part: No part of this book may be used as data for ‘training’ any large language model or as part of any machine learning or neural network architeture. Human creaivity cannot be replicated by doing maths with stolen art. Altman, Andressen, and all their cronies can get fucked. Enquires should be made to the publisher.

Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.

But overall I try to avoid the use of most animals on set other than dogs who, again, at least on my sets, love performing for treats & pets & praise & interacting with the cast & crew. PS I love cats, but their innate independence makes them hilariously shitty actors.

To celebrate joining Bluesky, here's the most joyful cricket video of 2024:

Bolognese are coming
Bolognese are coming

An Instagram post from Taylor Swift captioned "I LOVE THE FALL"

Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.