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I just watched a cat cross the road at a zebra crossing, like any other upstanding member of society.
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Weeknotes 172: Tear down this wallhttps://po-ru.com/2024/04/24/week-172-tear-down-this-wall#weeknotes#blog
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Another train journey, another delay, another Delay Repay claim. One day, I'll pay full price for a railway journey in the UK, and honestly I'm looking forward to that day
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Week 173: Flooredhttps://po-ru.com/2024/04/30/week-173-floored#weeknotes#blog
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#Soundcamp#London is happening this weekend in my neighbourhood, #Rotherhithe.I'm going to try to get up in time for the dawn chorus walk on...
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UKPol, LondonFeeling very relieved that the London mayoral election wasn't won by a bonkers carbrained racist.
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Managed to snag a ticket for @emf.I don't think I'll be bringing anything interesting myself, as everything is currently in storage while our house is renovated, but I look forward to seeing other...
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Week 174: Dawn chorushttps://po-ru.com/2024/05/05/week-174-dawn-chorus#weeknotes#blog
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UKPolNatalie Elphicke's statement, summarised: "I have decided to defect to a more effective right-wing party"
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Just received an email with a delivery note attached as an RTF document. RTF! I haven't seen one of those in a very long time.
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As I was walking down Lower Road, I was passed by a Bentley (cost around £200k) whose passengers and driver were doing balloons[1]. A gold balloon, but still, some people's choices are a mystery to...
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Ban emoji. I've had enough of them. Does 🫣 mean "I'm embarrassed that I can't remember" or "we have made a bad mistake"? Why the fuck should I have to wonder? Words are already unclear enough without...
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I have worked out the phantom boosts in #Fedilab. Usually, you have to confirm a boost, but occasionally I'd see a popup saying "post boosted" and not know why or what I'd inadvertently promoted.It...
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Watching people in the office try to navigate the multiple types of USB C required to charge a laptop, and I can't help thinking that the whole thing was a mistake. The only thing that's universal...
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Week 176: Se non è vero, è ben trovatohttps://po-ru.com/2024/05/19/week-176-se-non-e-vero-e-ben-trovato#weeknotes#blog
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I've seen several orders of magnitude more posts accusing Linux users of being smug and supercilious than I have of Linux users actually being smug and supercilious. But this is the internet, where...
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Suddenly, at 0 notice, we must choose a thermostat. And this being 2024, one does not simply choose a thermostat. Anyone have a recommendation for one that has reasonable programmability, but does not...
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UKPolI probably wouldn't have chosen a date best known as Independence Day for an election in which I'm likely to get voted out, but then I'm not a political genius like Rishi Sunak.
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