Some middle-aged guy on the Internet. Seen a lot of it, occasionally regurgitating it, trying to be amusing and informative.

Lurked Digg until v4. Commented on Reddit (same username) until it went full Musk.

Was on kbin.social (dying/dead) and kbin.run (mysteriously vanished). Now here on fedia.io.

Really hoping he hasn’t brought the jinx with him.

Other Adjectives: Neurodivergent; Nerd; Broken; British; Ally; Leftish

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  • I don’t see Danger Mouse or Count Duckula on there. Classic British series by Cosgrove Hall. Danger Mouse has had a reboot relatively recently, though I haven’t seen any of the new ones.

    Other than that, Mr Magoo and, separately, the Pink Panther show.

    And back to the UK for Mr Benn if you can find all the episodes.

    No idea where you can watch any of these, but I’m sure they’re out there somewhere.




  • Due to recent viewing habits, I’ve been revisiting the idea that I’m basically science-uniformed Picard from the Q-generated alternative timeline where he never did anything rash or exciting, but lately I’ve realised that even he’s above my level. He was still on the flagship after all.

    Now I’m starting to think I’m more like whatever small mammal he was turning into during that whole retrograde evolution episode.

    Basically can’t handle stress, constant need to be somewhere safe, warm and dry, ASAP.
















  • I happen to have first.middle.last@acertainfreehost that I use for government things. I wanted first.last, but there are a few of “me” out there and one of them beat me to it.

    Which is partly to say that you might find that now you’ve posted your ideas here that someone has taken them all before you, so I hope you didn’t use your real name. And I still feel sorry for ol’ Dennis if you didn’t.

    One alternative might be to get your own domain name. Plenty of hosting companies will do a domain and mail forwarding if not some tier of hosting for cheap. Many give a handful of accounts in the base price. (Though it should be noted that it’s a well-known money grab because it’s usually very simple to have <anything>@domain go to one mailbox for collection and sorting elsewhere. Storage management does not have to be at the mailbox level either.)


  • You’ve probably had your chilli by now, but no-one else seems to have mentioned that canned goods are often fine long past their printed expiry date.

    Exceptions might include: rusty cans, because rust outside could also be inside; dented cans, because that might have created a weak point that could compromise the contents; and those cans with the ring-pull easy-open lids - ring-pull seals aren’t as good as the full seal of a can that needs a can-opener.

    And finally there’s always the look and smell test. Tip them into a separate bowl before putting them in the chilli. If they look and smell fine, then dump em in the chilli, with or without any liquid they might have been stored in.