saw this on BlueSky and instantly thought @futzle would be interested ... some fascinating Oddnesses in here, mostly that kilo and milli are both a 1000 measure, but we don't use them that way now ...

I somehow completely missed that the Joybubbles documentary is being shown this year at MIFF - for anyone a fan or even curious to understand how phone freaking used to work[1] on the old analogue network then I'd recommend watching this film. I came at the phreaking scene from reading Phil Lapsley's excellent Exploding The Phone which does an even greater dive into it

https://miff.com.au/program/film/joybubbles#top

[1] US-centric, but most techniques were universal or required minimal modification

#miff #joybubbles #phreaking

... still going, now doing the transverse passes ...

... clearly someone is doing some mapping over Melbourne this morning ... #melbourne #mapping

one other thing I loved about the film that I'd not noticed earlier was that Angel's uniform is quite clearly newer than those of the rest of the team, very subtle but it fits better and is of a slightly more modern design and cut

it wasn't until I saw it last night that I realised the titles were a clue to the audience about what was going on - there are many many others throughout the film but they are usually more obvious ...

I was struggling to work out which the second was as I don't have a copy with that cover and there aren't quite enough pixels to read the title clearly ...

watched Hot Fuzz last night and was lucky enough to catch a gag that I'd read about but not seen in person - Bill Bailey plays a pair of characters, identical twins, both desk sergeants whose identity is never quite clear to the main character as they swap shifts throughout the film.

At two points Bailey is seen to be reading a book while on duty - the first time (as Angel drags half the village into the cells) he is reading Complicity by Iain Banks, the next time (as Angel and Butterman are carting all the farm weaponry into the evidence room) he is seen reading State of the Art by Iain M Banks ...

#movie #layers #eastereggs

ok, this is a long shot, but here goes - do you recall a tile-based game whose goal was to connect each edge to the corresponding colours? I had this when I was growing up and I could remember some of the tiles to make the animation but my search-fu for "an unnamed tile game we probably had in the very early 80s" is drawing a blank ... does this spark any memories for anyone?

@xssfox

@devopscats via imgur https://imgur.com/gallery/maine-owner-built-his-cat-its-very-own-subway-system-home-complete-with-tunnels-stations-ZqfVSaP

@devopscats ... posted without comment ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRtyMCeDw8o

@backupbear ... on more pragmatic matters, I like the diagram itself, what did you use to create that?

someone in the UK with the same name as mine has clearly decided that an email address I've had since 2004 is a good one to use to sign up to random stuff in their life ... probably all the while wondering why they're not receiving email ... the upshot of which means I now know things I honestly did not want or need ... sooo tempted to send them a physical postcard with "enjoy your new 512GB black iPhone" and no other details ... the postmark being from over here will blow their mind ...

... it would be nice if the columns in the "first preferences by vote type" sorted numerically properly ... seems to be an asciibetical sort up to the first comma in their numerical representation ...

I tend to think that the Greens are taking on the primal role the Democrats had - to keep the bastards honest

huh ... just got my first political text, from the ALP in this case all butthurt about Greens preferences ... do not care, already voted, different electorate ... fsck off ...

democracy egg+bacon sandwich achieved ...

(opted for that instead of mystery meat on a hotplate with onion)