Since I spent last Monday getting up at 4.30 then travelling…I’m having today off.
Have cycled 45km around East London on the sun and am now having a pint.
I really do need to organise the new bike for fun and relegate this one to commuting.
But I can’t do that until I can resolve bike storage. And I’m not allowed to start on bike storage until I finish the wardrobe project.
Critical paths, innit?
I find just buying a new bike resolves a lot of these issues more quickly..
Amy also has a day off since its her birthday and has gone for a walk. I'm trying to de-germanify some construction documentation.
I wish i was having a pint.
I’m at Howling Hops…
You’d be here in 20 minutes on one of your bikes… 15 with a bit of effort…
new Half Man Half Biscuit album
For those of a disposition:
All Asimov And No Fresh Air
Tis indeed great news
Although wish they'd sort out a Bandcamp page, as I don't want a physical CD (or to pay the stupid postage to NZ), but would like to give Nige and the boys some monies
yeah
bandcamp feels like a natural place for them to hawk their wares
send me a blank C60
and I'll sort you out
I’ll bring you a CD for Christmas if you wish?
??
Maybe?
It's more that I don't really collect CDs any more, so getting FLACs from Bandcamp is the perfect solution. And a great way to make sure money goes to the band, especially on a Bandcamp Friday
I celebrated my birthday
by having a 7-9pm meeting with someone in Wales.
To be fair, that was on me, as I totally forgot about the meeting I'd organised last Monday.
I did have a nice Baylands fresh hop IPA afterwards though
I've hardly been cycling recently
but that's partly down to doing lots of paddelboarding- I can now paddle most of the whitewater course at Nottingham, which i'm happy about.
I am, somewhat unfortunately, going on a ride the weekend after I get back from Greece, as a memorial ride for
a friend that died recentlyI now need to sort wardrobes now this is actually my place. Also i need a bigger shed
Sorry to hear about your mate.
I find the trouble with sheds is that you always need a bigger one.
I built a raised shed-like thing for storing our trailer tent under which has storage space above it. I went a bit cheap and it's looking a bit saggy, and if I'm replacing that then I want to do the whole side of the house and replace my office shed too. but MrsJam isn't keen on this and wants me to wait til next summer.
we cleaned up our shed at the weekend
it feels much better to have a tidy shed.
Don't let your mum hear that,
she'll never let you live it down
ah ffs
a guy i knew when I was regularly sailing, but hadn't seen in a few years, has also died. Fucking young too, only 37.
fucking cancer can fucking do one
that is pretty rubbsih
..
Fuck
.
Cancer is a cunt
37... that's grim.
That is a complete cunt, yes
fuck cancer
I am on the Heathrow Express.
Nobody much remembered my birthday yesterday, which is unusual, and it was my fiftieth, so I am particularly put out about it.
Travel always makes me maudlin.
Please tell me how you achieved this?
I keep asking people to not bother about my birthday at all, but they won't stop it. I need to know how you achieved this state of perfect bliss.
I like people to care about me.
Back in England now, hanging about at Paddington, because the tornadoes delayed trains and I arrived here during peak times. I could spend £220 of Reddit’s money to get home 27 minutes earlier, but it felt decadent.
Reddit's money?
Not sure what that means...
the money belonging to Reddit
the money specifically provided by Reddit
That was certainly how I read it (some pun intentded)
One assumes on his latest jolly that he was in the empoy of them
Manley is a big knob at Reddit
he's so dead important to the running of it they don't pay him, but will fly him to sit in a room and talk about how to ban people.
That is pretty accurate to be fair
(although they do pay me)
I've spent the last couple of months arguing against giving staff raw data
and instead giving them reports which have done the analysis for them. There's been resistance because staff like playing with their days for the reports they write. I've argued that this is a waste of time with risks off missing things and staff deciding what they want to say before they've looked at the data. To my superiors I've made it clear that unless people are very clear about what they're doing they're going to make mistakes. I was told to provide raw data anyway because that's what staff are used to.
Today it was discovered that we have been reporting that a particular bad thing had been happening at roughly 10x the rate that it actually does because someone buggered up pivoting the raw data.
"and that's why industry pay statisticians £100k/year"
in general terms I think I'm with you, but you're going to take a while to live that one down.
I was in a management team meeting yesterday and someone said "but we've always done it that way" and 12 people visibly winced.
mind you, i've just had to do 8+6 on my fingers
so don't listen to me
You've got 14 fingers?
Are you from Norfolk?
He could just think 8+6
equals 10.
I'm far closer to Naaaarfk
than Matt is, I keep having to clip off extra fingers with side cutters.
Also dangerously close
to drive by shoutings
14!?
dammit.
I used to have a mental image of old people on cruises listening to vera lynn
but that's now changed to old people on cruises listening to Pixies and HMHB
i've been asked to do a meeting in Cambridge
in itself not a problem what with me living here and that. however, I'm at a conference in London the day before and day of the meeting. the options as far as I can see are:
1. move the meeting.
2. get someone else to do the meeting.
3. get someone else to do the conference.
4. I come back from the conference, do the meeting, then go back to the conference to finish it off.
do you want to guess at which option is currently the most likely?
4
..
5: they presume you're doing the meeting
while you presume they're getting someone else to cover it, and you get in shit for not being able to clone yourself
Dial in from the conference?
..
I've got to be there, well, someone has
And I want freebies
I am at chess club.
I am not playing chess, kids are.
It has further reinforcing my long-held dislike of chess because the people who want to play chess with you always take it far too seriously.
I was in chess club in high school
it was a good way out of the rain at lunch, and it was usually fun, but it was amazing how often the games against my friends weren't "serious" games for the ranking ladder when I won, but definitely were when they won
Try suicide chess.
where you use the rule "if you can take a piece you have to"
and the aim is to loose all your pieces.
and you forget about the whole king/check/checkmate thing.
It starts off as a fun alternative that only takes 5 mins to play.
Ends up in some psychological torture for fear of putting a foot wrong once you play it too much
I quite like chess
in that you can play it while drinking and you don't have to run about too much.
my daughter's cricket team played their first round of matches at the weekend
they kicked bottom and currently sit at the top of the league. they also battered the team that we were most worried about who are made up of mostly posh kids who go to private school.
hurray!
.
Happy birthday
to both Amy and Manley!
Frankly not the most festive feeling birthday here. Way over stressed at work, aged parent concerns too and generally not feeling it at th moment
Happy birthday to you all!
Your year is going to end brilliantly because we’re coming to visit!
That is definitely
something to look forward to!
Happy early birthday to you,
and as ever, an advance happy birthday to Manley, rawedge's son Nye, my godmother and my friend Caro.
Just been reminded of another two birthday twins through Facebook,
and learned of a new one (not a brand new baby, just someone I didn't know shared our birthday)
happy birthday to all
woop
Happy birthday to you both.
50.
Does that mean your mid-life crisis is over?
...
I am old.
Actual old.
Not from where
I'm looking from (52)
55 here!
But the beautiful Spaniard is 42 so go me.
on the plus side
you can now go on a Saga cruise. Maybe we should organise a bash. Who else? Me, you, scoff, Witchy...
Basically everyone except Jammers and
Toby.
Al's very young as well
.
But also
not actually real.
I just worry
That someone might literally get in the sea.
Reggie Perrin style
at this point
heheh
Geriacticruise
It's now
a life crisis
happy birthdays to all those who celebrate
SATs start today. my daughter is more excited that she's been allowed to take her phone to school.
Happy birthdays!
..
Happy birthingdays
to all! And indeed, milestones where they're deserved.
What would your pope name be?
I think I'd go for Pope Hope. Phope for short
Edit: watching live coverage, the new port is giving a speech. They've got a computer translating. You'd have thought the BBC could manage an actually Italian speaker for this.
assuming it is italian
you're sure it's not latin?
Pretty sure
It will be Latin
Italian would be way too modern for the church
it was
italian
Wow
this must be the "modern" church I've been hearing about!
The announcement was in Latin
The pope's first speech was in Italian.
There's a very good chance that this time
the pope knows who slipknot are
In relation to him getting out of bed
.
exactly
this
do you reckon as soon as you're on the shortlist you start thinking about a name
Or have you got one in your pocket as soon as you become a bishop?
Pope Adope
..
Ouri.
.
I finished my ADHD assessment a few minutes ago
I just feel relieved now.
Diagnosis is that I exhibit traits but I am functional enough to not be medicated.
which probably means
you have developed a ton of coping mechanisms which they didn't account for properly. nobody really "needs" to be medicated for it, but way more people can benefit from it than ever receive it because the testing's skewed, and often fails to check properly whether you're saying you don't have an issue with specific things because you don't have an issue, or because you "had an issue but have a system now" - which means you developed your own coping mechanism, because you have an issue
also there's nothing wrong with medication for *any* reason
I saw an excellent analogy about socks
except it wasn't an analogy, it was literal
yup
they come up surprisingly often! (especially when you grab the tops and pull)
The testing was skewed towards
Am I coping?
Which I am.
am I allowed to use my current middle name
but causing chaos with "Pope William" would be funny
everyone
would be mad at me
especially in
northern ireland and west central scotland
Short Notice cycling
The Giro d'Italia Starts tomorrow.
if anyone fancies a go at velogames, stick in your guesses here.
velogamesuse this league
45137819
velogames leagueEDIT: you have until 12:15 on friday
comes round quicker every year
I'm in
the result is being fixed
by the incumbent government, in an extraordinary mixup where they meant instead to fix sunday's general election
*both* brothers Yate?
you're a madman
yeah, what of it?
.
a better choice than Landa
it seems
I'd be a better choice that Landa
The 21st century's Christophe Moreau
Arse! I missed it.
Bugger.
Fucking week in fucking Saudi with no sleep Thursday-Friday…
General arse.
Of course, what I really mean here is that I’m giving you all a chance
After my sweeping overall victory last season…
I've been in Scotland for the week
It was my little sister's 40th on Thursday, we took a trip by train from Helensburgh to Oban for lunch at an excellent seafood place on the north quay.
Did try to get some white water paddling in. Met up with a friend at Grandtully and had a good session there, but an attempt to run the Awe yesterday was thwarted by low water in the Loch meaning the release from the dam scheduled was cancelled.
All the Lochs look really low, almost all the rivers are more or less empty, it's weird for this time of year and I don't like it
Weird.
I was in Scotland the week before and it pissed down most of the week!
a few days isn't enough
one of the big contributors is lack of snow all winter
Of course.
Just a weird contrast.
yeah my mum was sayin how weirdly dry
the spring has been..
In the Algarve it's been pissing down all spring.
will we finally get to see Nessie?
I know a lot of the ones near my parents in Yorkshire aren't full enough, but it's been pissing down recently, so hopefully they'll start to recover.
Yeah but it's April, it's supposed to be wet all month
..
Bone dry
Around Norfolk.
We've had one day of rain all Easter break. All the boggy dog walks are dusty.
I have a tooth that needs to be removed
I'd very much like it to be gone without having to go through having it removed.
keep the tooth where it is
but remove everything else instead
Very well.
I shall start with Tories.
Edit: then funerals.
Funerals are great
the reason for them is not.
The actual funeral was good.
Arriving at the church over 2h early was not, and I'm glad I had the kids as an excuse to dip out of some of the socialising afterwards.
Shortly off to the crem where there's a bit more service.
Edit: 6h from arriving at the church to leaving the crematorium was a bit much for me, though I did meet two lords.
I agree with you
however apparently you now need to apologise to the nation
I sort of agree with that.
It was a bit rum.
I'm still at my BIL's in Bristol.
He has an expensive orbi mesh WiFi system. The internet has gone down twice so far this morning. I suspect it's the old openreach ADSL modem but better my work laptop or home laptop have a LAN port so I can't plug straight into the modem to see. Tis a tad annoying.
Better?
Neither?
I'm pretty sure it's a modem problem.
I used my mobile got work internets instead.
I left my bil instructions on calling his isp about it.
modern?
modem?
m
..
Right, it's stupid question time.
Do you think it'd be possible to run an ethernet or fibre cable through open reach conduit to another house on the street?
My recently deceased father in law bought a house on our street. Our Ukrainians are going to move in but until probate is completed we're testing it as the West wing of our house. Council tax and utilities will come out of the estate and the Ukes will reimburse. But they can't do new contracts during probate which leaves the question of interwebs.
I know there's a conduit from the houses to the street because I watched a chap put fibre in and a wired connection would be ideal. But I don't know how illegal it is or how easy it is to push a cable through a pipe (fnar)?
Failing that I'll have to look at wireless.
That would not be legal.
Even our local ISP isn’t allowed to use the OR conduit and had to run their own.
And they're likely to notice cos we've only just got fibre
So it's likely more ppl on the street will upgrade.
Shame.
Unlawful, rather than illegal,
I would imagine.
while I don't mind you being pedantic
If you're going to do it, do it properly. Even the OED recognise the interchangeability of the words.
There is a lot of interchangeability,
but illegal means against a law, whereas unlawful means not allowed in law. If there is a law against it then it is illegal, but there seems not to be, whereas there are broader rules which may make this unlawful.
The point I was making was not intended to be pedantry, however, I was rather saying 'Surely this is something akin to trespass, where you probably have no legal right to do it, but if you do then you likely will at worst see them remove it'.
I did not mean to correct your words, I was just using the words. I am struggling at defining these -
Google will do a better job.
if they're close enough for wireless
you may be able to use a cable strung like a washing line instead of down a hole - this would have the added advantage of being shorter so less signal loss, but you'd need one that's properly weatherproof and shielded
There are other houses in the way to string a cable up
CFB (sfw)I've ordered point to point wifi. The bedroom at the front of our house (on the right) has a sticky outy window so I can attach it to the side of there.
Yes, point to point is the best option.
Good line of sight, assuming you mount externally on the upper-right house.
What kit did you go for, out of interest?
A shitty one from amazon
AS I am on mobile, I am relying on someone else making it a link, thank you Pedantichrist.
I fell for the lie of 800mbps. It has a 10/100 ethernet port on it. I'm going to set it up and see what the speed is like then probably send it back and get a pair of these:
What am I, your link creatin whore?
I got 17mbps unobstructed line of sight
So I've ordered those bits from scan, which will invoice a nice trip to scan tomorrow.
The amount of shite on Amazon is horrific. It may actually be enough to get me to stop using it. I wanted a microphone but unless you know the brand and model you want it's difficult to see part the unending shite and fakes.
Yes
Amazon has become a shitshow of trash from China, with no way to filter it out, because they lie about their location and get away with it - though the "UK" on the end of a seller name has become a bit of a clue.
Not heard of "BrosTrend"...
The TP-Link will be ok, they tend to have more features than they advertise too. Fair warning though: they often use odd names for things in the settings, so "point to point" might not be immediately obvious. Something like "wireless bridge" maybe. Should be a guide on YouTube I'd think.
If it were me I might be tempted to set it up as a client to AP arrangement instead, and make sure the other house was "internet only" (DMZ on your main router), rather than sharing the same LAN/subnet.
wasn't BrosTrend
Grolsch bottle tops on your shoes?
I'm here all week, try the fish
Perhaps strangely, you might be falling foul of a regulation or two.
The deeds for my house specifically mentions that 'beam-forming broadcast devices' are verboten, which is why I'm having to put fibre down to the cabin.
I doubt very much that anyone would ever check or enforce that.
..
Is that more to stop you
installing the frickin' lasers?
I made your picture a little smaller -
I hope you do not mind?
Not at all
..
Scotland can have some of our rain
Not only has it been windy AF* its just been pissing down for days now
*Welly is often windy, with gusts over 100 kph, but steady over 100 kph and gusts over 160 kph is pretty unusual. No damage here, but plenty about the place.
So in other cowjam news
A friend has had her 4yo removed. We hope this is short term but we're being assessed as foster carers for him which comes with the possibility of having him till he's 18. Which is why the Ukes are moving out.
you and Manley
Live very exciting lives