Untitled Value Game (2026) pub:SoftBank

oh no.
Stphen Hawking's famous time-traveller party...
what if they saw Epstein connections and just plain declined to be associated with him?

sooo... does this mean Venezuela get to yoink Trump to free the USians from their apparently dodgy president?
"Trump to be tried under Venezuelan child-abuse and corruption laws"
hmm.
and for all those saying this gives Putin a carte-blanche to grab Zelenski, I'd also say that the reverse is surely also true if more difficult to pull off...
not going to bet against Ukraine managing it though

pretty sure I've just spotted @mattround 's hound outside the samosage place. if so, howdy :D

okay, I spoke too soon... SSL woes should now maybe be done with.

blimey that took a bit of a while. nearly running again... nearly :)

time to down this instance, hopefully temporarily, to perform a minor geographical shuffle.
optimistically a couple of days, connectivity at the other end permitting :)

I'm getting some entertainingly strange achievement comments from the other half as she plays Odd Giants. Many thanks to @eclectech for pointing her towards it :D

it prints!

I may have done a silly thing getting a 3d printer, but building, fettling it and testing it with the lad (9yo) made for a great weekend.
he now Has Plans.
they are substantially more ambitious than mine, and yet still fit inside the 22x22x25cm print area somehow.
he also asked whether we can print in metals or just plastics right now.
uh oh...

apologies for some brief offline time there...
the mightiest of UPS powers and dual resilient links all bow before the accidental application of tea.
tea has now been removed from the area and everything cleaned and dried off again.
we mourn the loss of a cheap D-link 5-port gig switch (that conveniently ran so well off a USB-to-jack cable).
its duties have been taken on by its identical twin.
£6.99 well spent on having a backup I feel.

Merry Christmas!
If the office Secret Santa gives you novelty mugs, make robots...

ah, there it is. rapid temp-drop ftw.

tiny droplets, big rumbles...
getting there slowly

finally! big rumblies happening over Leamington.

next up, some water-cooling please!

(yes, @eclectech you can yoink it and add googley-eyes if required)

Festive times, have a seasonally-adjusted anger-borb

@IamHappyToast how long are your powercuts hitting for? sounds like a right pain in the backside :(

We do have some impressive wall-art around these parts :)

Comparing Sony A700 DSLR with external flash gun to Casio WQV-01 wristcam