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Interaction in my dream:
‘You’ve been smirking.’
‘How can you tell?’
‘I can smell it on you.’

I have it on DVD but not seen it in years. Will give it a spin.

They also invariably contain spoilers.

I understand this. Just want that to be known.

People should stop having dogs. Also cats. I have two cats and they're awful. If people really want a pet they should be made to have an oyster or something, at least they filter water.

Did I fix enough typos in my 1982 Commodore PET game to make it playable..?

“beware execs bearing 11 word titles”!

Did I fix enough typos in my 1982 Commodore PET game to make it playable..?

A Commodore PET program listing. Line 2220 is clearly missing.

I fixed the broken line, then fixed missing lines - and found the game basically unplayable, my armies constantly wiped out by typhoid and floods. Then I found another missing line. I guess I typed in the same line numbers twice. I wonder if it now plays better...

It's the one property in the area I have dreamed of owning and living in for decades.

One of the few surviving early C20th chalets in the area, most have been pulled down and replaced with increasingly obscenely, pointlessly tall structures designed to block the sea views of as many people as possible whilst charging the Tesla.

There's quite a history to it and its long-time owner.

www.lillicrapchilcott.com/property-det...

I’ve got until the end of the month when it goes to sealed bids to win the lottery. So if you know Friday’s numbers, let me know.

The beautiful early C20th chalet that a composer lived in until her recent death is up for sale, offers in excess of £550k, I didn't win the lottery last night and some rich twat is going to buy it, demolish it and build some pointlessly huge monstrosity on its site.

Two people are walking past a duck that is swimming nearby. One says to the other "There's that duck that sounds like its saying Nempnett Thrubwell". The duck is saying "Nempnett Thrubwell".

Nempnett Thrubwell

Interesting ruling by the ASA published today, to ensure that beer adverts don’t imply that drinking alcohol could overcome boredom, loneliness or other problems.

www.asa.org.uk/rulings/brew...

I don’t blame you!

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

The original cast of Sesame Street including Big Bird

In 2023 I visited a primary school in Brooklyn and walking there from the subway I felt like I had finally arrived in Sesame Street. The original cast were like neighbours to me.

I’m so grateful HTV showed Sesame Street in my part of the UK when I was very young, I think before other UK regions. Had a huge influence on me.

Amazing that the Wizard of Oz enhanced by ‘incredible AI’ is actually, behind the curtain actually normal people pulling strings. I hope this was discovered by a girl and her dog.

I couldn't agree more. Woof!

Would a program I wrote in 1979-82 work after typing it in from a dot matrix printout?

A screenshot of a BASIC program listing for a game, being saved in a Commodore PET emulator. Fake green screen CRT.

I've finished typing it in. Saving it to a TAP file. Backing it up to Google Drive just like we did in 1982. (Making another cassette, giving to friend). Now, will it run? Can I remember how to play it?

Revisiting old haunts in Cornwall I had an opportunity to sneak a few days in Cornwall and tried to get round as many of the key beery touchpoints as possible.

BLOG POST: Jess spent a few days in Cornwall and took the opportunity to revisit some old haunts and reflect on what's changed since we left in 2017. 🍺🍻

boakandbailey.com/2025/08/revi...

Starlink ‘not up to task’ of delivering broadband Poised to accept government funding for rural internet access, Elon Musk’s satellite company appears unable to handle normal usage levels

Can Starlink actually deliver broadband speeds? A new paper suggests not.

“What you end up with is PR and advertising versus physics,” says Sascha Meinrath, director of X-Labs and Palmer Chair of Telecommunications at Penn State University. “And I come down very squarely on the side of physics.”

I'm sure I look *just* as cool as this when admiring my original mono copy of Piper at the Gates of Dawn...

Do you ever
Find
That your internal monologue
Is being sung
In the voice of
Thom Yorke
In PJ Harvey’s
This Mess We’re In?

Interesting article. It has me thinking that when the chain/formula food is actually done properly, I might actually find it... ok? Also, they didn't cover bar snacks did they? I bet you'd have a quote on those :D