Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

total cost: maybe £1.10 total because I used some paracord for the handle 'cause I'm fancy like that

and I still have two other ring spanners spare

for carving things like spoons or bowls out of wood it's usually suggested that you use something called a "hook knife" to get the round sort of hollow shape

they cost about 20 quid

I didn't want to spend 20 quid, so I got a set of 3 ring spanners from poundland and spent some time with a dremel (other rotary tools are available) and made this ring knife type thingy that does the job fine

remember when you had to have separate crossover cables for stuff?

that bloody sucked

the label for Peat Monster whisky is fantastic

occasional reminder to always wear your PPE when you're doing anything where it's advised

Loud noises? Earplugs
Stuff flying around? Goggles
Dust and aerosolised stuff? Mask

Bird box: don't let them be seen by you
A quiet place: don't let them hear you
every zombie film: don't let them taste you

Right, got 2 of the 5 classical senses left, touch and smell, get on it hollywood

the british army is currently doing a recruitment campaign where, to get more young people to sign up to be shot at, they're calling them "snowflakes", "selfie addicts", and "phone zombies"

certainly an interesting advertising decision, let's see how well that works out for them

I forsee "badly"

yeah, looking up food recipes on the internet might be annoying to USAians but over here, in addition to scrolling through someone's entire life story to get to the recipe, I have to:

- convert all the measurements from US imperial to UK imperial so my mum can understand it because she's usually the one who wants the recipe
- convert all measurements to metric so I can understand it
- translate the USAian to English

reminder that scooter's back in the UK is just the miss marple theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWDhvIb7BQs

alternatively someone put in canals so I can take advantage of more of @SuricrasiaOnline 's River Basin Network Architecture

I fancy mucking about with networking gear again but my current setup works entirely fine for the forseeable future

Someone provide really cheap gigabit fibre to my house so I've got reason to mess about with stuff plx

honestly I was expecting more people yelling at me for that epic of gilgamesh joke earlier

In 100-200 years time there are going to be groups of people doing historical reenactments of the 90's

"Ah", the curator said, "I believe this is what the youth of today call an Epic fail"

any time NASA does anything cool the whole fediverse turns into the damn space core from portal

I can just hear all of us going "SPAAAAAAAACE"

So millennials, which industries are we killing this year?

happy new year!

assuming you're using a calendar that switches year now of course, otherwise happy new year in advance for whenever your year increments

literally the fediverse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg