musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68
actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67
Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!
The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
An iconic tourist attraction in Cardiff Bay which has attracted visitors from around the world is to be removed.
Shelves of novels by Stephen King
Someone just asked for the Stephen King book about the scary clown but they couldn't remember the name of It.
As a writer, one of the most useful books I own is Nöfn Íslendinga (The Names of Icelanders). It lists, in alphabetical order, all the names that Icelanders have ever born*. It's so useful when naming characters and it's now online!
*A precedent does not mean that the name would be allowed now.
Initial conditions:
m1=15.7 m2=33.1 m3=38.7 (solar masses)
v1x=1.277 v1y=3.923 v2x=-4.342 v2y=-6.051 v3x=4.264 v3y=-4.674 (km/s)
x1=18.0 y1=2.0 x2=16.0 y2=32.0 x3=27.0 y3=-26.0 (AU from center)
Music: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvmt) – Beethoven
I like these. :)
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#DoctorWho #Buffy #Angel
Also 'The Also People', but the margin isn't that large. #DoctorWho
![Comic. [A chemical formula trailing off the right side] C1076 H1080 Ac1067 Ag1069 Al1075 Am1026 Ar1075 As1070 At1047 Au1069 B1071 Ba1070 Be [caption] The approximate chemical formula for the universe](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiheadwaulk6slb3ao3jmuve4grmz72ri4bjvi2zjfotsxjdgwlji4)
Comic. [A chemical formula trailing off the right side] C1076 H1080 Ac1067 Ag1069 Al1075 Am1026 Ar1075 As1070 At1047 Au1069 B1071 Ba1070 Be [caption] The approximate chemical formula for the universe
Chemical Formula
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Un type est accueilli par un démon dans un paysage en flammes. "Vous êtes ici parce que vous avez voté pour Trump." Deuxième case, tout alentour n'est que ruines, meurtre et désolation. "Je suis mort ? - Nope."
Alex Lévesque avait tout prévu en 2017 déjà
Initial conditions:
m1=71.9 m2=21.9 m3=14.0 (solar masses)
v1x=-2.453 v1y=-4.35 v2x=-4.167 v2y=0.366 v3x=6.236 v3y=-6.95 (km/s)
x1=13.0 y1=31.0 x2=4.0 y2=2.0 x3=-4.0 y3=-3.0 (AU from center)
Music: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor – Rachmaninoff
Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?
London Underground and a pigeon flying
Bird in The Window
I'm very pleased with the outcome of this pigeon puddle photo taken at Barons Court London Underground station. I love that it's a multiple reflection shot, puddle and window!
#photography
More websites should approach UI design like Wikipedia: find something that works and stick with it for a while. Much rather use a good design from a decade ago, than a UI that is chopping and changing to keep up with the latest trends.
"...and Sweden's got saunas but we've got Townsville"
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Initial conditions:
m1=119.9 m2=96.3 m3=115.2 (solar masses)
v1x=-3.116 v1y=-4.137 v2x=-5.739 v2y=1.664 v3x=-6.941 v3y=6.147 (km/s)
x1=5.0 y1=-30.0 x2=29.0 y2=24.0 x3=35.0 y3=-24.0 (AU from center)
Music: Prelude in G Minor – Rachmaninoff
#DoctorWho, mostly.
Initial conditions:
m1=97.8 m2=130.8 m3=89.0 (solar masses)
v1x=-6.806 v1y=-1.184 v2x=3.172 v2y=1.147 v3x=4.488 v3y=-4.358 (km/s)
x1=33.0 y1=32.0 x2=28.0 y2=1.0 x3=-3.0 y3=24.0 (AU from center)
Music: Dune (2021) Medley – Zimmer
I expect the crate of beer will help with that.
Artists, quote with something silly!
Initial conditions:
m1=78.2 m2=75.5 m3=47.0 (solar masses)
v1x=5.958 v1y=5.697 v2x=6.152 v2y=6.715 v3x=5.242 v3y=-4.399 (km/s)
x1=11.0 y1=32.0 x2=20.0 y2=-21.0 x3=-21.0 y3=-12.0 (AU from center)
Music: Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvmt) – Beethoven
Once, many years ago, on the second day, after more than twelve hours of an eight player game, this card was drawn and the player literally flipped the game board. #Talisman
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Happy World Linguistics Day from Canberra, Australia.
Initial conditions:
m1=94.3 m2=43.1 m3=113.6 (solar masses)
v1x=6.431 v1y=1.187 v2x=-4.102 v2y=2.389 v3x=-4.702 v3y=-0.067 (km/s)
x1=-9.0 y1=1.0 x2=25.0 y2=-22.0 x3=-23.0 y3=-29.0 (AU from center)
Music: First Step (Interstellar) – Zimmer
Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and an illustration of a woman who appears to have been caught in the act of cleaning by another woman.
Scurryfunge [SKUR-ee-funj]
(v.)
- To rush around cleaning the house when company is on their way over.
(n.)
- The act of rushing to clean one’s home in preparation for impending company.
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