Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@noelle I think I might have that in zimbabwean dollars somewhere

@natalie@masto.ninja @Jo oh wait, it allows digital and analog broadcasts at the same time?

In that case it's better because DAB only broadcasts in digital with no analog fallback for when it's being shit

@natalie@masto.ninja @Jo different standards but as far as I can tell from a quick look just as bad

@Stutterhug or like Alan Partridge

@Jo I still contend that switching over to DAB was a mistake

I think Sadiq Khan may have missed a trick by not turning up at that balloon thing today in a yellow bikini

I mean yeah, "dignity" and everything but it would actually have been a bit funny

@nielsk There's also Mensch on a Bench for Hanukkah!

(no, there really is, I swear to god I am not making this up)

Since we already call the fediverse "the 'verse" does that mean that the bigger instances are the alliance and the small instances are browncoats?

@polychrome @noelle that's the story I'd heard as well

@hfrazey it was indeed the same one

luckily it's one of the larger ones who could certainly cope with missing a couple of meals and they found it eventually

When life gives you lemons, life probably stole them from the computerfairi.es lemon tree the thieving bastard

@maple we shall form an adventuring group to protect the citrus!

I swear to god that one of our hedgehogs is the dimmest creature to have ever lived

They were trying to find the biscuits

They were snuffling about for quarter of an hour no more than 20cm away from the dish trying to find the damn thing

They looked straight at it and sniffed it no less than three times before eventually cottoning on to the fact that yes, the biscuit dish was in fact the biscuit dish they were looking for

I love the adorable lil bugger

@maple aaaaa!

Oooh, shiny

New Grand Seiko models, quartz, yeah, I know, but these are the high accuracy quartz ones with the limited edition (middle) being +-5 seconds per year and the standard models at +-10 seconds per year

Also, I'm a sucker for a good GMT complication

In the UK, the HSE requires that all portable electronic appliances used for businessy things be tested for safety, this is colloquially known as a "PAT test"

I have no idea what this actually consists of, but I'm going to believe that it involves softly patting the appliance on the top while saying "aww you're such a good lil appliance, aren't you a good lil appliance, you're not going to give anyone a shock are you 'cause you're such a good lil appliance!"