Darren

Quality Ass Man by day, tired by night.

#iPod nerd, #ADHD brain, fundamentally lazy.

He/Him Cishet, but pronounced like it's French.

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2024-08-28 12:22:37

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@npub1q0f…rdcz I had that same issue a while back, so took to the high seas.

2024-08-14 12:36:11

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@npub1mpw…4h3u Oof, I hate doing that.
Did a few freelance podcast editing jobs a couple of years back. Flat £250 fee, which, when I broke it down ended up netting me about £6 a hour. Really not worth the arsehole.

2024-08-13 11:44:11

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@npub1q0f…rdcz To get away from it all?

2024-08-13 10:56:20

I still stand by this. https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren/112950797891355858

2024-08-11 12:10:12

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@npub1q0f…rdcz So essentially, the British are Australian children?

2024-08-11 12:03:11

One of the great things about Britain is how badly we fundamentally misunderstand air conditioning, because it’s not something we usually rely on.
I’ve walked past a number of shops today where I’ve had a blast of cool air because they’ve left the doors wide open.

2024-08-01 10:04:17

@npub1q0f…rdcz Saw this and thought of you.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/886/191/981/495/533/original/7b0ad31ab20b0d72.webp

2024-07-30 09:02:23

There's a good number of #Linux dudes/nerds on here, so I'm wondering if anyone can offer any advice on how to copy a Windows file path in Linux?
Or convert a file path from Linux to Windows.
If there's a way that works with macOS too, then that's even better.

2024-07-23 06:20:23

Is there anyone out there who has an LG TV and an Apple TV? If so, do you also suffer the problem of the screensavers freezing occasionally?
For weeks now, we've thought it was tvOS, but it would appear that it's actually the TV causing the issue, but can't find a fix for it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/18pj4n2/screen_saver_freezing/
#TechSupport #LGTV #AppleTV

2024-07-23 05:27:07

It’s on mornings such as these, when I’m incredibly tired through shortened sleep, that I try to remind myself that no day is a foregone conclusion.
Yes, I’m tired, but it doesn’t follow that the day will be bad because of that. My day is a blank canvas, waiting for me to paint it however I see fit. I don’t have to smear it brown and declare it to be shit.

2024-07-19 20:43:47

Note that the BBC didn’t go offline today.
That’s because their entire operation is run from a bank of half a million BBC Micros all linked together in an enormous basement under Broadcasting House.
The whole of greater London takes its heating from that basement.

2024-07-15 18:04:21

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@npub1afz…wdvg Yeah, that kids are stupid and naive. Get some hatred in you, boy!

2024-07-15 17:48:50

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@npub1x6a…d5cx It was beautiful here yesterday. Absolutely stunning.
Today I got home from work looking like I’d been in a wet t shirt competition.
It’s bullshit.

2024-07-15 17:40:12

July.
British summer time.
July.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/791/729/533/447/266/original/ab1da29f9a753e33.jpeg

2024-07-14 07:33:57

Live your life in such a way that, upon hearing that you survived an assassination attempt, people don’t quietly mutter “what a shame”.

2024-07-11 06:21:46

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@npub1437…ranm Big fan of him campaigning for no propaganda on a song that’s pure propaganda.
Also, Bridgen is apparently not a fan of, well, anything.

2024-07-08 19:01:32

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@npub1afz…wdvg This video sums it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVRnQSzFYw

2024-07-08 18:42:59

Paid a visit to my favourite derelict pier today; Birnbeck pier in Weston-Super-Mare.
There are plans afoot to restore it, but Christ knows how long that’ll take.
#UKDerelictPierScene #SilentSunday #ButADayLate
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/752/340/232/466/243/original/edab9a7c07cf1759.jpeg

2024-07-08 16:23:47

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@npub1afz…wdvg Ah, but David, a good amount of ass is good ass.

2024-07-03 06:48:45

I'll tell you what though, I am fucking SICK of hearing about the US election.
If I'll say one good thing about UK politics, it's that our elections are announced and held quickly. Six weeks, start to finish. Four weeks too long in my view, but two months every four or five years.
US presidential elections are - literally - continuous. No sooner has the incumbent been sworn in than their opponents begin jostling to run against them in a couple of years.

2024-07-02 08:49:41

An obvious choice for #TuneTuesday, I’m sure, but the perfect track for #SilverScreen should surely be
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen (Shower Scene)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJvatGfD9Pg
#NowPlaying

2024-06-30 12:57:52

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@npub1437…ranm Is it a stile that the farmer’s put barbed wire on?

2024-06-25 06:26:51

Just been inspired to make this.
#CatsOfMastodon
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/675/827/430/154/703/original/1c805a84abb04cd1.png

2024-06-23 09:25:17

@npub1437…ranm Your new avi is splendid.

2024-06-18 07:00:33

I think I was talking about this on here a couple of weeks ago, but something I’ve really come to value about Mastodon (or, I suppose, my curation of my bit of it) is that I’ve heard almost nothing about Nigel fucking Farage.
Getting a lift home yesterday, the news bulletin on the radio opened with a story about Reform’s manifesto and it wasn’t my car, so I couldn’t turn it off.

2024-06-17 13:02:11

I’m not really one to buy into conspiracies about Apple killing the battery life on older phones, but it is suspicious that, with the new phones being only a couple of months away, and mine being a little over a year old, the battery life has fallen off a cliff.
I’ve barely touched it today, it’s been in my pocket while I’ve used my Mac and iPad, yet the battery has gone from 100% to 65%.

2024-06-16 09:49:48

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@npub1q0f…rdcz It’s Father’s Day here today, so while mums get a lie in and breakfast in bed, dads get encouraged outside to play.

2024-06-16 09:44:37

A lot of tired looking men in the park with their little kids this morning.

2024-06-13 06:13:44

Seeing the news that Françoise Hardy has died has reminded me of the French version of To The End she recorded with Blur.
They could have just re-recorded the vocals in French, but no, they redid the whole track, and it’s gorgeous.
#RIP #FrancoiseHardy #NowPlaying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPUb2At3ixQ

2024-06-09 09:41:47

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@npub1437…ranm Unless what DMX meant was X gon’ give ya depression.

2024-06-08 19:29:22

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@npub1pvf…093g Maggie had a sick figure to match her sick beats.

2024-06-03 09:55:59

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@npub1p6m…jpny Perhaps Duo is a monotreme, and as such can make its own custard.

2024-06-03 09:13:45

Currently listening to something where they've noted that there's no coherent timeline in the Mad Max movies, that each one essentially stands on its own as just another story where Max is the central character.
Which has got me wondering; are there other movie series where this is the case?
I guess there are Batman movies that don't share canon with others, but generally they exist in series with other instalments.

2024-05-30 08:11:52

The general manager just took a call in the office kitchen from a customer who wasn’t happy at how long a job is taking.
I asked him how much of his day is spent placating angry customers.
“Oh, about 50%. Because we’re shit”

2024-05-26 08:05:57

Morning, champions!

2024-05-25 14:31:12

Yes yes, we’re all rightfully mad about AI and genocides and all that, but no one is talking about the biggest issue we’re facing: the proliferation of chocolate bars that aren’t segmented into neat lines.
Fuck you Tony, for the chaos you’ve wrought.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/502/208/509/444/246/original/b0f49be204e4393e.jpeg

2024-05-25 13:01:27

Here’s my photo for this week’s #WeekendPhotoChallenge.
The theme this week is “Road”
#Photography #NewForest
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/501/855/607/102/899/original/4db424bb1839efd5.jpeg

2024-05-24 06:04:41

Morning, scrubbers!
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/494/554/522/845/552/original/fe195e28be3764ad.mp4

2024-05-19 16:56:49

Met these excellent flowers on our walk yesterday. A lovely, purple thistle, and some bright yellow irises.
#Bloomscrolling
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/468/806/907/294/578/original/1f8169cc6663a396.jpeg
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/468/807/294/138/943/original/654c72e112300f2b.jpeg

2024-05-14 12:22:12

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@npub1afz…wdvg Summat to do with lions or summat, init. That’s what Baz down the Nag’s Head told me anyway, and Baz has got a black mate.

2024-05-14 06:16:52

Oof, today’s Wordle is an utter shithouse. Might see a good number of broken streaks.

2024-05-12 21:04:23

Shaved my beard off this evening, and have only just worked out why Face ID isn’t working.
I am not a smart man.

2024-05-11 23:27:15

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@npub1xm9…26zl It’s almost like they weren’t actually watching and are all bots coming out of Tel Aviv.

2024-05-11 23:06:27

Been following the #Eurovision tag all evening, and through the whole evening have just seen 1 (one) post in support of Israel.
So I blocked them.

2024-05-11 22:50:15

Hol up, the UK voters gave 12 points to Israel?
A-mazing…
What a shithole rock full of cunts I live on. #Eurovision

2024-05-11 07:05:09

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@npub1jtm…rxtn Is that the Death Star in the top left?

2024-05-10 06:27:27

Morning champs!

2024-05-05 15:17:57

Not for the first time I find myself browsing the internet for a cost effective thunderbolt 2 adapter for my old MacBook, and once again I’m amazed at how much that shit still costs.
Also, how it’s almost impossible to find among the reams and reams of thunderbolt 3 /usb-c devices.

2024-05-05 12:06:21

This week’s #PhotoChallenge word was ‘Yellow’, so we went out to the New Forest to find some gorse.
#BloomScrolling #Photography
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/388/392/746/149/310/original/6f0472ad55820ce7.jpeg

2024-05-05 08:07:16

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LB: I was intrigued by @npub1437…ranm’s post, so went looking around and found this Cracked piece from 2015.
https://www.cracked.com/blog/how-90s-pop-band-secretly-sold-nazism-to-america

2024-04-29 11:43:31

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Further to this, as I get older and (hopefully) more wise to the world, one of the things that’s really hit me is how everything has a price. Everything.
In this situation, Apple has decided that it’s worth them giving someone a £150 discount on a new phone in order to guarantee that they’ll make more money selling newer phones.
As someone who never really thinks about economy, it’s amazing to me that people’s brains work that way on an industrial scale.

2024-04-29 10:29:19

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According to this article, they shred literal tons of devices, regardless of whether they’re serviceable. Just yoink the battery and shred the rest.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/apple-iphone-recycling-program-has-secrets?embedded-checkout=true

2024-04-29 10:25:07

It’s just been pointed out to me that the reason Apple runs a trade-in programme for older devices is so they can reduce the size of the used market, and has fuck all to do with recycling.
That’s blown my tiny mind.

2024-04-25 09:21:26

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Oh, no one murdered me. It’ll have been my own gross negligence somehow.

2024-04-25 09:10:32

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Entirely possible. I’m like Bruce Willis, but instead of being a child psychologist, I’m stuck in an eternity of having to troubleshoot Mac issues.

2024-04-25 09:07:51

Having a really odd experience with Music.app.
Imported an album as normal, which plays as normal. So far, everything is fine.
Try to copy to my iPod: no dice.
Try to edit the metadata: nope.
Right click > Show in Finder: It either shows it as being in the SSD’s root folder, or does go to the correct folder in the Music library, but the folder is empty.
Tried restarting the app, but it’s doing the same.

2024-04-24 10:28:19

Virgin Media are - and I can't emphasise this enough - thieving cunts.
We're about to go out of contract with them, having been in contract for the better part of three years. We're leaving them to go to Toob.
We're currently paying them around £32 a month for 350mb broadband. That's all. Just broadband.
The out of contract price they've quoted us - for *just BB* remember - is £75 a month.
SEVENTY FIVE POUNDS A MONTH
Which we're on the hook for because we have to give them a month's notice.

2024-04-23 17:59:50

TIL that there are beans that are considered not kosher.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/321/834/953/983/950/original/cac620c7a7b3314c.jpeg

2024-04-21 07:37:13

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Like some kind of fat waif.

2024-04-21 07:32:10

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@npub1q0f…rdcz But it’s chilly! And the only shop that’s open right now is the Co-op, which is quite expensive.

2024-04-21 07:25:07

Morning champions!
Was about to make a fry up, then I realised that I have no mushrooms or baked beans.
Bugger.

2024-04-12 12:35:52

Met these splendid, tiny flowers this morning. They’re growing up from the moss between the bricks on a bridge and seem to be having a great time.
#BloomScrolling #Mosstodon #Flowers
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/258/275/696/483/758/original/58e5c8e571d371b6.jpeg

2024-04-12 05:23:28

It is Friday my comrades.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/256/575/422/453/877/original/e67dcbdc5c54acf5.mp4

2024-04-11 06:39:01

I'm quite aware that bitching about self-imposed tech issues with my work Mac has become my groove on here, so with that in mind...
Over the past couple of days, for reasons I cannot possibly fathom, Universal Control has chosen to stop working. No matter how many times I sleep/wake my iPad, or reconnect the Mac to the network, it refuses to work.
In typical Apple fashion, there's no way to troubleshoot it, because "It Just Works". Until it doesn't.

2024-04-08 07:55:16

Can any #Excel experts offer advice on simple ways to make it send an email if a particular condition is met?
A quick search suggests needing to code something in Visual Basic, which is well out of my field of experience.
#LazyWeb

2024-04-03 06:52:23

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@npub1mpw…4h3u Florida was the first to ban it, and no one kicked up a fuss.

2024-04-03 06:40:52

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@npub1mpw…4h3u Given how many fancy transitions I have in my presentations, I’m not entirely sure how I’d send mine as a PDF. Not that I’m sending them to anyone, mind.

2024-03-31 08:53:58

Anyway, happy Easter/clock setting day.

2024-03-27 07:06:20

For absolutely no reason that I can ascertain, I am bereft of spoons today.
I slept ok, I’m not especially tired, but it took all my effort to make the 1 mile walk to work and now I feel like jelly.
So that’s Good Fun.
Fortunately, I have nothing pressing on my calendar today, so hopefully I’ll be able to spend the day just doing mindless admin tasks.

2024-03-24 09:52:23

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@npub1q0f…rdcz You’ve just reminded me: I heard about this on 6 Music yesterday and thought of you - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001x6pr

2024-03-23 18:43:32

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Is it to introduce you to the concept of ‘meats’?

2024-03-23 16:08:07

Won’t lie, I’m not feeling great right now.

2024-03-22 13:23:26

Personally, I’m all for Threads federation. I think it’ll be really good for Mastodon.

2024-03-22 10:25:02

Just been asked “Is [the health and safety manager] in today?”
“Yep”
“Ah, ok. I won’t do that then”
“Do what”
“Don’t worry”
Ok…

2024-03-20 08:05:04

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@npub19lt…qfjk This is just another thing I blame Amazon for.
Time was that you might not even think about selling at double cost to make a profit, because that was just normal business at that scale. But Amazon - and latterly Ali, etc… - has conditioned us to expect to pay damn near cost for all the cheap items we want. The result is small vendors being either priced out of the market altogether, or made to feel like they’re ripping off their customers.

2024-03-18 08:43:18

Time for a nice, hot cup of Socialist Tea.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/115/803/447/375/741/original/52bc7f8a2bf8c232.jpeg

2024-03-17 12:16:37

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@npub1mpw…4h3u There was a great interview with Johnny on @npub1sk5…dp8q’s podcast a couple of months back.
https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/johnny-marr

2024-03-14 18:20:02

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@npub1437…ranm Topical tooting.

2024-03-14 11:27:38

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@npub1q0f…rdcz I maintain that, on their 13th birthday, all children should be given Dookie, Insomniac, and Nimrod and told that this is what life sounds like.
I love Insomniac, though I was 15 when it came out which probably explains a lot.

2024-03-14 08:06:46

@npub1x6v…0g4e I really *really* love following you, but can’t boost any of your photos because they never have alt-text. Could you add some in future please?

2024-03-14 07:59:55

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@npub1437…ranm In a world where we can’t block ourselves, filtering is all we have.

2024-03-13 07:48:08

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Afternoon!

2024-03-13 07:42:05

Morning, comrades!

2024-03-11 22:14:53

I regret to inform you that the dietary reply guys have found me.
If you need me, I’ll be in bed reading Dr Atkins Diet Revolution and fiddling with my fully automated luxury calorie counter while doing calisthenics.

2024-03-11 18:58:03

It occurs to me that, when I first joined Mastodon, I was keen for the big accounts on Twitter to come over so it could feel like a proper replacement.
But here I am, almost eighteen months later somewhat glad that they didn’t. Because bigger accounts means corporate accounts, means advertising and bullshit. And there’s none of that.
No Burger King account throwing corporate shade at McDonald’s for The Numbers and “LOL”s.
It’s nice.

2024-03-10 09:05:36

Hey @npub1qw5…037m: Was just watching the latest @npub184x…rgdg vid, and saw a familiar name…
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/070/592/626/304/803/original/cb89b3ed0264bfca.jpeg

2024-03-07 07:08:36

Morning comrades!
Back in work today. Need to finish off my exam paper and get it submitted by 10am.
What could possibly go wrong…

2024-03-05 07:37:13

Good morning, champignons!

2024-03-04 07:04:19

Morning comrades!
When smashing the state, make sure to wear adequate eye protection.

2024-02-29 07:30:26

Really struggling this week. A few separate things are all culminating at the same point and I’m feeling really overwhelmed.
Got my NEBOSH exam next wednesday, so I’ve been trying to beaver away on the practical element of it that has to be submitted at the same time.
And I found out yesterday that after literally a year of faffing about, it’s looking likely that our landlords will finally be replacing our shed next week, so I need to empty that out too.

2024-02-28 06:35:04

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Not to excuse the ignorant shit, but (according to his Wiki) he was a self medicating bipolar, existing in the bullshit of the music scene. That’s gonna twist most people’s heads.

2024-02-28 06:28:50

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@npub1q0f…rdcz Oh man, RIP Peter Steele. His voice was unreal.

2024-02-26 08:12:05

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@npub1437…ranm I’m chuckling like a twat at that, so thank you for bringing it into my head.

2024-02-26 08:08:10

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@npub1437…ranm Reasonably easy, I’d say.
https://mendeddrum.org/system/media_attachments/files/111/996/756/765/122/239/original/5aeb34d2745f145a.png

2024-02-25 08:56:49

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@npub1437…ranm Nah, Whitesnake wouldn’t have him. He’d be more suited to being in Eric Clapton’s band.

2024-02-25 08:37:43

While it’s incredibly funny that Lee Anderson has lost the story party whip, it’s important to remember that it’s also absolutely hilarious.

2024-02-22 18:19:19

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@npub1437…ranm That’s her latest bop, isn’t it?

2024-02-22 18:15:36

What’s the oldest song that your brain has filed under “Fairly New”?
For me it’s Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Which was released in 1993…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqIACCH20JU

2024-02-22 07:13:16

Man, this article screams to me.
Vox - ‘Everyone’s a sellout now’
https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

2024-02-19 13:41:48

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@npub1psd…9sr7 So it turns out that HP is a dystopian horror, where our hero, Voldemort is thwarted in his quest for pure blood by the vicious wokerati.