Oh amazing, I absolutely loved Reply All, I gave the first one a listen (Gwen can't drive) and I love it. Subscribed for the year ❤️ Thanks for the wonderful show (and all the past wonderful shows)
Oh yes! I loved Reply All and didn't know about this, I do now and I already love it
Oh no, I'm wrong, that's for the 64 special edition. Sorry!
I don't know if it's intentional, but Funstock already has pre-orders open
It's almost ludicrous how absolutely incredible the Greaseweazle is in comparison with the cost. I've had one for a while and used it a bunch of times, and it's just amazing
A monstrous troll 🤣 bravo
The question from this Brit is, how do you take your tea?
If you haven't read The Gritterman (The Storygraph thinks you haven't otherwise I wouldn't suggest it 😄), I'd highly recommend it if you're reading picture books. It's beautiful and touching app.thestorygraph.com/books/3030fa...
CSS is DOOMed!
I've build DOOM in CSS and every wall, floor, barrel, and imp is a div, positioned in 3D space using CSS transforms.
cssdoom.wtf
Try it out! But... not every browser can handle it. This is taking the browser to its limit. Chrome has some issues. Safari too. Bugs will be filed.
Just finished Us Against You by Fredrik Backman, the latest in my Backman subscription from @bertsbooks.bsky.social. What an incredible book, I think even better than Beartown.
As well as the moving story, the style really stands out from his other books and gives them a distinct Beartown feel.
Having now finished it, I absolutely adore this book, I'm so glad I gave it a go and persisted through the initial background set up. I'm even more glad there are further books in the series and I can continue the adventure (at least when my order arrives in my friendly local book store).
#Manchester - want to learn about SQL Expressions in @grafana.bsky.social and be part of our first ever Manchester Meetup? We also have a talk about Beyla and Open Telmetry. Thursday at Autotrader Hawkshaw St. We'll have food and swag. www.meetup.com/grafana-frie...
It's The Bone Ships by R J Barker. They are a guest of honour at Eastercon so I wanted to read something by them before then :)
Another 70 pages further and I am absolutely loving this book now. I'm so glad I gave it a go, and I can't wait to read more. Sadly it's a weekday, so I have to sleep! But tomorrow our adventure continues!
Now at page 101, I would say overall I'm enjoying the novel, largely for the plot and the characters. I still don't get on with some of the descriptions, I've always wondered if having total aphantasia makes me not appreciate detailed descriptions. Anyway, enjoying enough to continue. Onwards!
Reading a Fantasy novel for the first time in many years. I've generally been of the opinion "I don't like Fantasy", so far it's holding true, but I'm only 20 pages in. If I get to 100 still feeling this way I should allow myself to stop reading it and move on
I've been watching Stargate SG-1 on sky, unfortunately it isn't on there anymore, probably because it's just gone onto @netflix.com , but the Netflix version is awful, loads of stuttering in sideways motion, like a terrible conversion up to 60fps. Feels unwatchable
I saw a microbiologist today...
They were much bigger than I expected...
I finished Notes From Underground by Dostoevsky, I did not enjoy it one bit! I will still give another of his a try, maybe House of the Dead, but now for a total change of pace I've started We Are Legion (We are Bob) app.thestorygraph.com/books/cbf80f... which a friend recommended as something fun
I'm thinking of giving up on a book I'm reading, and I wonder on @thestorygraph.com if giving up and marking as "Did not finish", or if finishing (for real of course, actually read the rest) and giving it a 2 star review would better steer the recommendations away from this type of book.
What's everyone reading this weekend?
The book My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Frederik Backman
Currently reading the first of my Frederik Backman subscription from you, My Grandmother Sends her Regards and Apologises. Just over half way through and it's utterly brilliant so far. The themes of grief make it a real tear jerker at times, but in a wonderful way.
Delivery of in stock books from Blackwell's (I had tried bookshop.org and all my usual indies first and no one else had it) is so unbelievably slow, 10 days since I ordered it, and this is not abnormal. 7 days until dispatch notification, but Whistl didn't actually get it until day 9.
The @grafana.bsky.social SQL expressions (grafana.com/docs/grafana...) which are in public preview, are absolutely amazing. It's so much more powerful than using the in built transformations (which are still useful, but the SQL Expressions allow you to do things they cannot)
Boy saves family with 2.5-mile swim in shark-infested waters MANA SHEPHERD/ASAP, ALA James Salmon Perth A 13-year-old boy who swam for four hours through shark-infested Western Australia's waters to save his mother and two siblings after they were swept out to sea has been described as "superhuman" by rescue services. Austin Appelbee swam 25 miles to shore to raise the alarm after getting into difficulties with his mother, Joanne, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said. He then ran 1.2 miles to find help. Paul Bresland, Naturaliste Volunteer Marine Rescue commander, said that Austin's efforts were "superhuman". The family were on holiday last week Quindalup near Dunsborough. coastal town about 150 miles south of Perth, where they live. Making the most of what appeared to be calm conditions, they paddled out into Geographe Bay 3. Family rescued 9 miles from shore Indian Ocean 1. Austin swims 2.5 miles to shore Geographe Bay 2. He runs 1.2 miles to call for help in Dunsborough Quindalup Jetty 3 miles in the Indian Ocean on Friday morning on a kayak and inflatable paddleboards. At about llam conditions became rougher. They lost their paddles and their kayak flipped over and started sinking as it filled with water. Austin's mother realised their best chance of survival was asking her elder son to swim for shore while she tried to keep her other children from drowning "One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, "Try to get to shore and get some help, this could get really serious really quickly she told the broadcaster ABC. *I knew he was the strongest and he could do it." For the next few hours, she and her rounger children clung to their paddle boards. Austin set off on an inflatable kayak wearing a lifejacket. He abandoned the kayak after it took on water, and took off the lifejacket. Austin said he tried to focus on positive thoughts as he swam through rough seas. "The waves are massive and " he said. "I just I have no lifej…
sorry to be sentimental but this is the most amazing heartwarming story
I whole heartedly agree, I've already read A man called Ove, Beartown (just number 1) and Britt-Marie was here. All three were wonderful
A copy of My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederick Backman which is tied up with a ribbon with a beautiful bow
Lovely to greet the postman and see that @bertsbooks.bsky.social packaging. I opened it to find the first book in my Frederick Backman subscription so beautifully packaged
From an @thestorygraph.com recommendation, I just started The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn
I went to collect a reservation from my lovely local provincial library: "Hi, I've got a reservation to collect" and the librarian/staff member paid me possibly the greatest complement I could ever hope for "Oh yes, when unusual and interesting books come in I always know they are for you"
