Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

I am truly a benevolent hedgehog monarch

The Hedgehog Cafe has now been upgraded to the Hedgehog Restaurant and Ballroom

"Where should we aim the missile Vlad?"
"I dunno Ivan, maybe this massive tower covered in antennas that doesn't officially exist but has a souvenir shop and a rotating restaurant"
"Yeah, probably that one Vlad"

Fun fact about Post Office Tower (aka BT Tower, Telecom Tower, and GPO Tower):

Its location was designated an official state secret as it was of considerable importance to the UK telecommunications network

This was despite the fact that it was a just under 200m tall building in the middle of London and was, at times, open to the public, with a restaurant at the top

Yeah, it wasn't until 1996 that anyone could legally tell you where it was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Tower

there's a hedgehog being all snuffly in the bushes somewhere

Something that endlessly amuses me; Anglicans going on about the sanctity of marriage

Entire church was founded so a bloke could get a divorce

lil hedgie doin a drink

Yes

The collective noun for a group of hedgehogs is a "prickle"

The hedgehogs are surprisingly fond of lamb flavour cat food

Which has of course given me the mental image of a prickle of hedgehogs chasing and utterly failing to bring down a sheep

The house two doors up has two kittens

We know this because both of them are currently in our house

The Cray-1 supercomputer also functioned as a comfy chair

More servers should also function as comfy chairs

"and this is our big data facility..."

*opens door to a warehouse with "DATA" in really big letters like the hollywood sign inside*

You should comment your code

Thus spake the octopus

YAY! NEW TECH DIFF THING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um7Nfjac5To

Six Eurasian lynx set for trial return to Northumberland

http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2018-08-09/six-eurasian-lynx-set-for-trial-return-to-northumberland/

I really hope this happens

BIG KITTIES!

Sinn are putting their prices up on the 1st of October to account for rises in manufacturing costs (parts, labour, etc.)

So if you are after a really nice technical German watch now would probably be the time to put the order in