Raj Patel :flag_tino:

www.phigmov.co.nz
Mostly here for the cats. Mostly.
Live & work in Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara (Wellington).
Interests include general geekery, sci-fi, beer, cats, coffee, chocolate, film, music, photography & bees.
Also, butler to @solveig

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2025-04-05 20:45:20

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@nprofile…5plc I'll have to give it a go. I definitely use the Closed Caption stuff which looks like it uses on-the-fly captioning but haven't tried the translation feature much.

2025-04-05 19:04:23

My third form French couldn't keep up but it was entertaining to watch...
"Vincent Cassel est dans le Vidéo Club pour la sortie de Banger 🔥🎬"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGs-qd3xpBk

2025-04-02 04:54:23

Some recent photos for #WellyWednesday #PōnekePics
( thanks for the graveyard tip @nprofile…3h99 I had no idea it was there )
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/266/555/963/350/935/original/157f73f585dac8dd.jpg
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2025-03-29 08:09:59

Completed approx 170km of West Coast Wilderness Trail (e-bike assisted) in 3 days with some friends and enjoyed it thoroughly. Can recommend to all ages (we were all mid-50’s and were the youngest on the trail) and skill level (my cornering technique was to crash into a moss bank or ponga tree in slow-motion 😂) Now everything aches. Looking forward to heading home, collecting the cat from the cattery and spending quality time on the couch.

2025-03-24 17:21:39

Was looking at a list of Sci Fi trailers for 2025 and this looked like the most overtly political one on the list... from Disney...
(another) Andor S2 trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duN-KQgOjYs

2025-03-22 22:44:58

Not often I get a front seat on the top deck #WellyThings
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/208/499/153/709/070/original/a9fb39a726491545.jpeg

2025-03-19 18:24:12

Bit grim out there at the moment in Wellington. No rain or wind for now at least.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/190/489/062/666/748/original/4ddd95aeca4b545b.jpeg

2025-03-19 04:26:52

Nice. Be interesting to see if this grows some legs...
"Swarbrick pleads for cross-party support for Israel sanctions"
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545340/swarbrick-pleads-for-cross-party-support-for-israel-sanctions

2025-03-17 04:17:46

If you're in ANZ, Right To Repair submissions can be made until April 3rd... if anyone has some good templates for this, it'd be a good one to support...
https://www.repairnetworkaotearoa.org.nz/right-to-repair-bill

2025-03-15 00:58:14

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@nprofile…hmg2 NZ would likely interpret it to mean -
* 40 hour week in 4 working days
* Or 5 days work in 4 days
* Or 'we can cover Iceland on their day off!'
I still remember when Kiwis bought a second car to get around car-less days during the petrol crisis. That #8 wire ingenuity works in many ways.

2025-03-14 01:03:40

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@nprofile…3qlv it’s funny when mega corps get litigious to silence people but are never held responsible for their platform’s actions when it comes to inciting genocide or hatred or misinformation or electoral manipulation. Sigh.

2025-03-12 04:49:27

Todays #WellyWednesday #PōnekePics are mostly insects spotted around the garden over the last few days 🦋 🐝
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/147/628/862/539/813/original/90cc7ef4e1ed2f64.jpg
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/147/628/910/408/788/original/38e28acaccf23743.jpg
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2025-03-06 06:19:05

I wonder if someone is creating a gap so they can get a sinecure in London when their job goes to someone else?
I wonder if they can appoint themselves before lobbing a grenade into the coalition and leaving it?

2025-02-21 04:59:45

Another band in a film (or at least a band covering a song which was the title of the film)...
Blue Heart - Linda Linda Linda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5cgwB47f7I
#JukeboxFridayNight #ScreenOrStage

2025-02-18 17:44:44

Bit chilly, dark and windy but no rain (yet)
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/026/126/661/722/695/original/dc26954a6c9ffdc9.jpeg

2025-02-16 06:24:38

Just looking at the money rolling into the change.org petition for the removing the charitable status of the Destiny thugs and its a fairly continuous stream. If thats any indication, I think the 'church' may have finally gone too far and fired up quite the backlash. Lets hope it amounts to something.

2025-02-14 04:36:17

I like to remind people that the only country this went to #1 in the mainstream charts was NZ... says a lot...
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No
#JukeboxFridayNight
#SweetHeartsAndHeartAches

2025-02-07 06:37:48

Watching an American sit-com and hearing someone say 'knickers' and 'for fucks sake' and then checking wikipedia and seeing its based on an Irish authors book. They could have tweaked the slang... or maybe these words have reached global vernacular status now?

2025-01-19 01:42:25

Not often I get a front seat on a double-decker… usually leave that to the young ‘uns
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/852/468/524/458/155/original/f4774abeb65d3423.jpeg

2025-01-17 04:48:02

I should pick up more of their stuff... Rhiannon Giddens makes everything she is in extra special...
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Don't get trouble in your mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzombejhLUo
#JukeboxFridayNight
#Trouble

2025-01-17 03:07:01

Rohan with a new video on a forgotten element of the diaspora...
Roma - "Europe's Favorite Scapegoat"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8NXfFQ3r_g

2025-01-14 04:35:32

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@nprofile…xq49 Its annoying they go to the NZ Initiative for commentary without mentioning their bias/backers (they never do). Even the goto opposition people will need to up their game to put this into 'person on the street' sound-bite speak.TPM, Green & Labour commentary was also conspicuous by its absence in the article.

2025-01-13 18:31:35

I wonder sometimes if there is a career to be had as a cat-pillow?
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/822/466/800/768/970/original/9d9f09008d8088bf.jpeg

2025-01-13 05:22:17

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@nprofile…5ljf @nprofile…5wev @nprofile…fmzj
Nice! Thanks for the reminder.
I had no idea NZ had a trapdoor spider. Also the camo pattern on the Ātaka (aka Exquisite Olearia Owlet) needs to be turned into a fabric!

2025-01-10 05:33:47

White Rock farm in the Wairarapa. Nice walk but I struggled on some hills and you just need to embrace the water - comes up past your knees for most of the chasm part of the walk (45m or so) although someone that’s done it three times before reckoned that was the highest she’d ever seen it. Very nice walk but you need a modicum of fitness and agility to get past a few slippery bits (a 78 yr old lady was in the group before us & completed it so it’s not super hard).
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/802/410/499/138/221/original/a6d75007f4457927.jpeg

2025-01-07 08:34:16

Inspired by, and with content cribbed from various people on here, I emailed through a brief RSB submission. Definitely the easier route compared the the online form.

2025-01-03 05:13:21

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@nprofile…l5w8 I really enjoyed the live action series but I dipped my toe into some of the OVA anime movies and found it a little impenetrable.

2025-01-03 05:12:34

Gotta look after your peeps...
Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg
#HelpingPeople
#JukeboxFridayNight

2025-01-03 02:01:47

Read Forest & Bird's submission on the Treaty Principles Bill in the linked PDF.
"This describes how, over the last 50 years, a better understanding of our Treaty obligations has developed alongside Aotearoa New Zealand taking steps towards a more sustainable relationship with the natural environment.
Over that time, the Waitangi Tribunal has cast light on how Treaty breaches are connected with the taking and exploiting of New Zealand’s natural resources."
https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/sites/default/files/2024-12/F%26B%20Treaty%20Principles%20Bill%20submission.pdf

2025-01-02 17:21:12

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@nprofile…3qlv Read one in the series out of order. Seemed OK but I missed a lot of context/back-story. As someone else mentioned in the thread, there is a lot of what feels like a knowing side-eye, wink-wink going on as part of the inner monologue. I'll try tracking down the first one to see if it gels but I don't feel compelled to do that before working through other books in my 'to-read' pile.

2024-12-30 23:34:18

I don't use AliExpress but I do occasionally see cheap film from China on eBay so this was interesting. The TL;DR is it seems to be re-spooled/rebranded 'name brand' stuff in most cases.
I'll need to keep an eye out for some of these brands...
"Trying $1 35mm Film From AliExpress"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqy3H4izN0g

2024-12-29 22:31:01

OK, mea culpa, its clouding over on the south-coast... hope you packed a raincoat...

2024-12-19 20:03:49

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@nprofile…5wev Not the one we need but the one we deserve 😂

2024-12-18 19:20:54

New Cunk is coming...
"Cunk on Life" – Trailer - BBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByCxxZOwQUI

2024-11-21 01:28:00

I need to find a drying rack for zip-lock bags.
Anyone else re-using theirs over and over again to reduce the waste in landfills & contributing to the micro-plastic apocalypse (or apocaplastice?)

2024-11-15 18:10:53

MeFi thread on MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading colleagues and members of the public gallery in a haka against the the right-wing governments 'Treaty Principles Bill' - The Bill seeks to weaken the Treaty of Waitangi, one of the foundations of the nation.
https://www.metafilter.com/206318/Ka-mate-ka-mate-Ka-ora-ka-ora

2024-11-13 03:00:21

Some more #BloomScrolling for #WellyWednesday #PōnekePics
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/473/402/935/664/757/original/d7e97b00b98d12f5.jpg
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2024-11-06 06:14:27

"A toxic plant, which can temporarily cause blindness and is threatening to take over large areas of New Zealand's coast"
Don't disturb the plants, because that can spread the seeds. The sap is toxic so don't cut or break the stems. 
Call the MPI hotline on 0800 80 99 66, or report it online at https://report.mpi.govt.nz/pest/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/533036/battle-to-eradicate-toxic-species-silently-established-on-remote-beach

2024-10-12 18:19:49

BBC burying the lede... have to get down to the fourth para to find out... UN Peacekeepers with mysterious bullet wounds... will Scooby Doo and the gang work out who shot them?
"Fifth peacekeeper wounded in southern Lebanon, UN says"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy92zjq508o?utm_source=press.coop

2024-09-13 06:08:36

Doug Hood engineered the Juvenilia EP from which this is taken... video features a very young Graeme Downes (now a Uni of Otago Lecturer) and Jane Dodd (now a great Jeweler)...
The Verlaines - Death and The Maiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96cFKd4irY
#JukeboxFridayNight #YoungAtHeart

2024-09-01 00:49:59

Article reminds me that I need to donate to NZ Forest & Bird... nice sleuthing... a couple of coal-mines & gold-mines... definitely long term sustainability and growth for NZ...
"Petitioner reveals NZ First's original fast track bill, with hidden projects"
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018953322/petitioner-reveals-nz-first-s-original-fast-track-bill-with-hidden-projects

2024-08-26 05:24:08

Neat (for values of 'neat' where my values align...) via MeFi...
"How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism"
"Nestled amid rolling farmland, the Benedictine sisters of Mount St. Scholastica have taken on the likes of Google, Target and Citigroup — calling on major companies to do everything from AI oversight to measuring pesticides to respecting the rights of Indigenous people."
https://apnews.com/article/catholic-benedictine-nuns-esg-shareholder-activism-e8d8111e8d2c00ced463db40863ec45b

2024-08-15 19:55:28

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@npub16uk…pv7k Definitely ahead of its time. I loved that the BeOS BeBox had a hobby-port to let tinkerers interface with it.

2024-08-15 19:36:56

Rocking my BeOS t-shirt today. Got this in a bundle with a BeOS 4.5 bundle in 1999. Strange to think it was briefly in the running to be the new MacOS but lost out to NeXT/Jobs.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/967/699/055/641/288/original/52c5c97ef62068ac.jpeg

2024-08-13 19:30:58

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@npub1fha…3ru0 😂
Would be nice to be more cutting-edge but so pricey these days (also the annoying maintainability/sustainability head-aches of 'modern' devices)

2024-08-13 18:35:50

I generally buy used and stick a couple of generations behind the tech curve so it might be awhile before I see this... nice to know there are alternatives to soldered on RAM coming... will be interesting to see if this gets adopted more widely...
"New Laptop Memory Is Here! LPCAMM2 Changes Everything!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3zB9EFntmA

2024-07-27 05:59:39

Helping to unpack my mums stuff as she makes the move into a retirement apartment - even when you pare things back to a minimum its amazing how much 'stuff' you accumulate. I'm going to be a fecking nightmare for the poor bastard that has to pick up after me when I cark it 😂

2024-07-18 18:44:44

Murky out there this morning in Te Whanganui-a-Tara
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/808/965/498/807/898/original/9e44f47feddbfd71.jpeg

2024-07-16 23:54:29

Womens Refuge in NZ have a SafeNights campaign to gift a safe bed for the night for people/families escaping partner violence - https://safenight.nz/

2024-07-08 18:51:22

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Heh. You should ping him and get some gearing added to the cogs so you can index the content on the display by turning the wheel 😂 ➿

2024-07-08 18:18:08

An sd card in a cassette tape feeding a ZX Spectrum+2... convoluted but fantastic... (via MeFi)
https://unrollnow.com/status/1639658014289305600

2024-07-03 18:48:49

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Ah OK. I'll do some more searching. I know there were a couple of models of these cameras. Mine might need the battery to function or the clockwork mechanism is knackered. I'll need to do some more research.

2024-07-03 18:19:26

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Neat. I picked up one of these last year and was similarly chagrined about the battery situation. Did you find a local source or did you adapt something?

2024-07-03 08:26:59

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Oh, what make/model?

2024-07-03 07:38:06

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Nice! 72 frames will make the cost a little bit more bearable.

2024-07-03 05:49:20

Looking at the price of film and now wondering if I need to get a padlock for my fridge.
(most of its expired but still)
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/720/978/545/249/908/original/d540db50f4b2f7d6.gif

2024-06-30 06:49:12

"Out of Sight, ‘Dark Fungi’ Run the World from the Shadows" (via MeFi)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mysterious-dark-fungi-are-lurking-everywhere/

2024-06-20 04:45:47

Alcohol and orange snacky carbs
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/647/121/531/142/398/original/96ef746979bb0226.jpeg

2024-05-16 07:14:29

"There's never been a case of an orca harming a human being in the wild.
"If they really wanted to do damage and harm the people on the boat they could easily do that."
So its mainly just yacht vandalism?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmm330y6d2qo
#TeamOrca

2024-05-14 07:56:24

Dr Who in a blue-striped 60's suit may just top Jon Pertwee for levels of sartorial elegance.

2024-04-26 07:21:46

The glorious...
William Onyeabor – Atomic Bomb
https://youtu.be/t7UgkNDAUYQ?si=TwCydacO8dOj2kZM
#JukeboxFridayNight
#WarPeacePower

2024-04-19 06:52:42

Everyone goes through a phase...
Placebo - Teenage Angst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzgZogpuB5I
#JukeboxFridayNight
#Rebels

2024-04-19 06:01:54

Its rare to hear such fiery rebellious rhetoric from a mellow feel-good band, and these guys are no exception, they are largely rebellion free... anti-rebels... which makes them rebels...
Khruangbin - August Twelve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAY1WVZDl2g
#JukeboxFridayNight #Rebels

2024-04-18 19:20:03

Another pleasant autumn morning in Wellington. Forecast seems to indicate we’re in for a good run of weather.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/293/835/367/291/398/original/a7a8f4f7cb41cf3b.jpeg

2024-04-12 23:15:33

I wonder if facial recognition can be broken by wearing a K95?
Just how much of the face needs to be obscured for it to fail?

2024-04-12 05:40:29

Kicking off my JFN...
NIN - Closer
(not actually about animals and offensive in all sorts of ways; viewer discretion advised etc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFwQP86BRs
#JukeboxFridayNight
#AnimalKingdom

2024-04-05 01:59:35

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@npub12nm…wh2s Any young NACT ers? In the crop. I keep think they’ll age out but there always seem to be more to carry the literal torch.

2024-04-04 18:17:16

Pretty dark and damp out there this morning. Feels humid/warm tho.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/214/312/104/838/315/original/956e65b9d2e35700.jpeg

2024-04-04 04:15:10

The latest Andrewism is always an interesting watch... current 'statist' societies seem largely unsustainable in their current form, buuut the alternative (and getting to them) raises questions...
"Why states fail us"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PV02IzWpo

2024-04-01 06:16:10

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@npub12nm…wh2s Thanks you for your service!

2024-03-29 05:33:07

Feminazgûl was founded by Margaret Killjoy, a transgender anarchist author, in 2018... they're pretty rockin'...
Feminazgûl - I Pity the Immortal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxGpupmu3hQ
#JukeboxFridayNight
#BeYourself

2024-03-26 18:07:27

Whats going on with Shipping - "MV Dali Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore - Track and Video Analysis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39w6aQFKSQ

2024-03-22 06:19:40

The very lovely Mogwai with the seasonal (& noisy, but in a contemplative and scouring kind of way) "Summer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUX5Ge91xkA
#JukeboxFridayNight
#ChangeOfSeasons

2024-03-15 02:35:35

Another pleasant Friday autumn afternoon in Wellington
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/112/097/365/469/129/708/original/e6a70261775aaef1.jpeg

2024-03-09 07:54:39

Aotearoa Tech Union AGM is coming up... if you're in tech in NZ in some way shape or form and are hankering to unionise, be sure to check them out and join if so inclined to support your colleagues...
https://www.atu.org.nz/

2024-03-01 21:45:49

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@npub1fha…3ru0 Interesting. Makes sense to move a small TC element to focus rather than a big/heavy tele zoom. I imaging weight would be the limiting factor on the modern adapters... would be hard to shift anything too heavy.

2024-03-01 21:07:36

Ah, I wondered how these things worked... moves the lens in/out rather than trying to twist the barrel...
"Autofocus with a Manual Lens?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdqHVY8IBkA

2024-03-01 05:32:27

Probably best to lock up the cutlery when these guys show up... 'Around the Fur', 'White Pony' & their self titled 'Deftones' were such a fantastic trio... here they are with 'Knife Party' (RIP Chi Cheng)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibeFnxKiom8
#EatDrinkBeMerry
#JukeboxFridayNight

2024-03-01 05:07:36

Av it large!... Happy Mondays with "24 Hour Party People"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWpHxfQvtk
#EatDrinkBeMerry #JukeboxFridayNight

2024-02-29 04:55:29

Chlöe Swarbrick tears the government a new one regarding the Smokefree Environments & Regulated Products Amendments bill designed to poke holes in smokefree legislation (amendments pretty much sponsored by the Tobacco Industry)
(via @npub1pch…2wdc excellent newsletter)
https://vimeo.com/917353468

2024-02-18 02:50:11

Finished my first 'Murderbot Diaries' book. Was the latest in the series as that was all the bookshop had at the time. Was not bad. Martha Wells does action really well. Will have to track down the first book. Not as good as Becky Chambers in my list of favourite sci-fi authors read in the last 5 years but an entertaining read all the same.

2024-02-17 22:50:15

"Opinion: I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation" -LA Times
"On one occasion, a handful of children, all about ages 5 to 8, were carried to the emergency room by their parents. All had single sniper shots to the head. These families were returning to their homes in Khan Yunis, about 2.5 miles away from the hospital, after Israeli tanks had withdrawn. But the snipers apparently stayed behind. None of these children survived."
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-16/rafah-gaza-hospitals-surgery-israel-bombing-ground-offensive-children

2024-02-16 04:57:03

Classic protest song... " is an Italian protest folk song from the late 19th century, originally sung by the mondina workers in protest against the harsh working conditions in the paddy fields of Northern Italy "
Penny Stone - Bella Ciao (Arabic, in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbb2jUMrlEQ
#JukeboxFridayNight
#LivePerformance

2024-02-16 04:14:41

First heard of RL Burnside when he appeared on Matador (purveyers of fine alt-rock back in the late 80's & 90's) with 'A Ass Pocket of Whisky' with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. But he'd been around for 40+ years before that... here recorded for the Alan Lomax Archives...
R L Burnside - See My Jumper Hanging on the Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M
#JukeboxFridayNight
#LivePerformance

2024-02-14 03:58:20

Been pretty lucky with my between-meeting-backyard-macro shooting over the last few days. The super-fluke BIF pics might be the best for the year...
#BloomScrolling #Bees #Bugs
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/111/927/808/866/762/292/original/c7b9b33666e8f918.jpg
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2024-02-03 17:41:36

Seems like we've gone from unbearably hot mornings to a pleasant Spring chill in the air within the space of a week.

2024-02-02 05:20:42

I'm a huge fan of sonic overload and look for any excuse to plug my current pop-tastic exponents of noise with The Armed - All Futures
"All futures, destruction
Maybe a race to nowhere, still hope that I win"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbo21aWFbhQ
#PastPresentFuture
#JukeboxFridayNight

2023-06-24 03:15:48

TL;DR - Glass... also turns into a wonderful appreciation of lab glass-blowers that will knock up whatever you need for your work (it turns out there are very famous glass-blowers that specialise in this stuff)...
" the most important material in science "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUI38MpiYo