Watching the rugby with my wife. I can join her in cheering for Scotland safe in the knowledge that she'll be cheering for England against France. Scottish and English wins today will make Scotland tournament winners.
A yellow chalk drawn penguin on the footpath with the word Linux in pink above its head.
Spotting this on the footpath while out with the dog has made my day.
Most electric showers have a cord switch. I always turn the shower to the setting I want then step out to pull the cord, only getting in when it's up to temperature.
Image of a comment from the article by SubwayPrinceBlock in London that says "Has she not met Michael Gove, creepy attendant of some questionable night clubs in London with his male friends?!!"
Couldn't read the article. No way I'm subscribing to that rag. Had a quick swatch of the comments though. Had to laugh at this one.
Did anyone else have to watch an advert for Scottish Labour before this video played?
I love it when I discover other people do the same weird stuff as me.
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Get a VPN that has servers in Australia. You can then watch it at sbs.com.au
Sounds like you're finding your backup system a bit puzzling?
Getting strong Charlie Kirk vibes here.
Repton 3 was easy enough. It was just one level at a time, similar to the first one but with more features and a level creator. Repton 2 was the tough one. One long game with a restart necessary for any mistakes. I used a replay tape-to-disk device that saved memory state to complete that one.
It then switched to a menu offering "Chuckie Egg", "Dare Devil Denis" and two other games.
The only comeback was that Mr. P said to my younger brother during class "You're brother's a bit cheeky, Ward."
So that you are not too bored we have included some games to keep you amused. Goodbye."
A laser came from the UFO, the "JP" ship turn into an explosion and vanished. The alien disappeared and the UFO rose to the top of the screen and beyond.
We have computers on our planet, and software written for a Vortex 5000 will not run on a Bambleweeny brain. It is the same on Earth where software for a ZX Specturm will not run on a BBC Micro. As punishment for your error we will maroon you on earth by destroying your ship.
A large speech bubble was drawn and a message scrolled along the screen from the alien, something like the following.
"I am an envoy from the planet Sartor and we have heard you have been a silly boy.
He booted up the disk and watched my program run its course.
A small space craft with the initials "JP" sat in the corner of the screen. A UFO scrolled down from the top and an alien with long antennae appeared next to it.
I agreed, took the cassette and floppy disk home and got to work.
On the last day of my final year at high school I delivered the cassette, floppy disk and got him to sign my leavers sheet. I claimed I did not have time to demonstrate there and then and made my excuses.
Some of the other more nerdy pupils had already said it could not run on a BBC but he was insistent on trying. He knew I had a BBC with floppy disk drive, so asked if I could transfer the ZX spectrum software on cassette to a floppy disk that would run on a BBC Micro.
One day he approached me to ask a favour. The science department had a BBC Micro computer and he wanted to try out some science software that he had acquired. It was on cassette and stated that it was for the ZX Spectrum.
Mr. Phillips was an odd man. If I were being kind I would say 'eccentric'. Certainly his teaching method was far less engaging than the physics teacher at the school I was at previously. He delighted in claiming to be an alien, a Sartorian if I remember correctly.
Origin stories appear to be a thing today, and @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social reminded me of our old Physics teacher. So I thought I'd share my story of him.
Miss Howard for me, who gave me extra maths tuition to fill in the gaps caused by moving School mid 4th year.
Met him when I first went to Oak Farm in 1986, so no. Although I do have an amusing Mr Philips and the Science software story if you're interested.
Since we're doing origin story books, I got this one along with a BBC Micro for Christmas 1983 which started me off on my current career.
Start at Muckle Flugga, and I'll see you in Stirling.
I know you're a southerner, but there is still a lot of the country to the north of Leeds.
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a GIF
How can you work with Microsoft Azure regularly if you despise Panto?
Oh no you dont!
