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started my Job yesterday

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:29:18 GMT

Unfortunately My laptop hasn't arrived so I couldn't do anything.

I did manage to get a temp laptop today so I can start some of my training.

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New YouTube layout sucks

Sat, 25 May 2024 17:44:28 GMT

Thankfully I found a way to get the comments back under the video where they belong.
Well actually I found a video that didn't give the link but was able to type it out by hand and get this.

I did the uBlocker one which seemed to work.

It'll all probably get ruined the next update but at least it's working for now.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day 2022

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:35:50 GMT

It's a bank holiday today & we have enough coverage so I took today off work.

I'm not doing anything so I decided to make this.

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Just messing about

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:10:35 GMT

Did this in between the lulls playing D&D
Had the idea to do it during codextober but didn't have time

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My Internet's back!

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:55:21 GMT

I didn't see anyone so I guess the must have fixed whatever the problem was in the area and just left.

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sigh Rats again

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 12:10:01 GMT

So the last few days I thought I heard scratching in the walls. Of course as soon as I tried to listen it would stop so I wasn't sure if I just imagined it or not.
But yesterday morning I woke up to definite prolonged scratching & I was able to pinpoint it as coming from the ceiling.
Which meant I couldn't just hope it was something from outside, it was definitely in the attic.
Not owning a ladder I wasn't about to attempt to check it myself so I sent a email to the Land-Lord.

I wasn't expecting a reply until Monday since it was the weekend & had kind of resigned myself to having to worry about rats again.

But, around noonish, I got a call from the pest control agency & they said they could have someone out around 3:30.

The same guy who did it last year came round, did some stuff in the attic & said he'd do a check outside to see if he could find out how they were getting in & that was it.

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The problem with old buggy games...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 19:41:36 GMT

..is they're old and buggy.

Why can I sometimes do a leap of faith and land softly in a hay pile but other times the hay pile are suddenly the consistency of concrete & I die?!
And I can't get off the watch towers without using a leap of faith so it means I have to exit the game & come back in to get down.

So annoying.

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ah why not

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:45:59 GMT

Assassin's Creed was on sale for 3 quid so I decided to get it.
(I also got 2 & 3 since they were on sale as well)

It's going to take me a while to play through because I tend to get motion sick from 3D games. At least it 3rd person & not 1st person because I find those impossible to play.

(yes this is totally fanfic's fault)

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sense memory

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:30:41 GMT

Theresa a tumblr post going around about an artist doing amazing pics using just a ball point pen.
Every time I see it I get an immediate visceral smell of pen ink.

Seriously, I don't think the memory of any small so clearly has come to mind.
It must be all the notes I was forced to take in school.

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Spite: A powerful motivator for creativity

Sun, 24 May 2020 11:15:57 GMT

I remember the days before AO3.
I have a steady job now so I don't mind giving some money to them every time they have there drives. I'm fairly sure I still paying less them I would at the library & I used to go through about 10 books a week when I was younger.

But posts going around every time they ask for money about people trying to explain why the money is needed in the first place & someone made a cool song based on "Toss a coin to your Witcher" from the nextfilx tv series.

It's very well done.

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Is this in bad taste? Pokemon Go

Tue, 12 May 2020 06:36:29 GMT

There's a Pokegym about 10 mins down the road from me.
Since I'm stuck indoors all day I've been using it as my excuse to get out & go for a walk every day. (I've never been able go go for walks just for the walk).
I may have an Alolan Raticate that I've named "Rona" that I leave there whenever I take over the gym.

Is that in too much bad taste?

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Huh

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:05:22 GMT

So "actor from a fandom that I never watched the show but still read a whole bunch of fic of (and who's character is a popular pairing with the lead) has a band I'd never has listened to on my own but I found through fandom & now I'm enjoying the music of" is a very specific category but now I find I have two people in it.

Gareth David-Lloyd who plays Ianto in Torchwood who has the band Blue Gillespie.
and now Joey Batey who plays Jaskier in the Netflix series The Witcher who has the band The Amazing Devil.

They're also both British, (from Wales & England respectively) and both have dark hair & pale eyes.

Sorry, it just stuck me as a very specific category & now I'm wondering if I'll ever add to it.

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Easter in quarantine

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:22:02 GMT

I successfully managed to organize a Zoom meeting with the family yesterday. Including a few that are out of the country right now.

We played a few games in Jackbox had a small chat.
Nothing major. But it was nice to see people.

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Time has no meaning

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 06:38:22 GMT

Is it bad that I completely forgot yesterday was April fool's day?
It's not like I was planning anything but still.

There was also a con going to be on this weekend I was going to go to.
Obviously that's cancelled now.

*sigh*

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working from home

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:58:41 GMT

Since there has now been reports of active cases of the coronavirus in my part of the country, management has decided that we might as well all work from home for a while.
We all have to have the ability to work from home in general for availability's sake so it's not that big a deal.
It a bit annoying because the set up in the office is easier to use but I guess I don't have to get up so early in the morning this week.

I have no idea how long this will last but we've been told they'll keep us informed.

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Random sceen I don't have a fic for

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:18:42 GMT

Stupid scene that just popped into my head almost as is. It was short so I decided to write it down. I don’t have a story to stick it in so I guess it lives here now.

A new monster (or maybe one that just woken up for centuries of slumber) is being shown around a bar full of cryptids when they spot a human. They ask the monster showing them around about it.

“Oh don’t worry about that one, he’s a bard”

“A what?”

“Well I guess they’re just called musicians or artists or influencers these days but their basically still bards. Your better off not bothering them.”

“But all humans are prey.”

“Of course. But there are some humans it’s best to stay away from.”

“Ah, hunters.”

“Pfft, forget hunters. They either get killed off eventually or end up as monsters in denial. Who cares. No, let me give the same advice my progenitor gave to me. When it comes to humans there are 3 things to remember. Don’t tangle with Witches. They’re tricksy, it’s not worth it. Don’t f*ck with Bards (I’d say don’t f*ck them either but no one seems to listen to that) & stay away from Blacksmiths.”

“What are backsmiths?”

“You don’t need to worry too much about them, there aren’t many left nowadays. Just remember, a hot iron poker tends to cut through bullsh*t no matter how magical you think you are.”

The way I figure it, in old-school tales Witches are crafty, Bards are lucky and Blacksmiths always have something either heavy sharp or hot around & they don't take any nonsense.
If I could figure out a story for this it'd be something about how this'd translate into modern times.
But I've got nothing.

(Maybe I should have used the line ‘YouTubers or Vloggers or influencers’ instead of ‘musicians or artists or influencers’. Oh well.)

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I'm not going to pay for email

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:47:46 GMT

I've had the same email address since I started using the internet.
I've had problems with is but it's lasted me literally decades.

Only now it turns out that eircom is going to start charging for it.
Not much but I'm not going to pay for something that barely works anyway.

I get that this is probably their way of phasing it out but it's still annoying.

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Chocolate

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:20:30 GMT

As part of my x-mas presents to people I made chocolates.
The fillings were milk, white, lemon (juice mixed w/ milk chocolate), raspberry (crushed & mixed w/ icing sugar), pop rocks, marshmallows, wine gums, jelly babies (cut up) & a failed attempt at ganache that was too watery so I added choco powder.
I ran out of chocolate so I didn't get a chance to test them but people said they turned out ok so I guess I have to believe them.

But I forgot to take any pics of it.

I had a notion to make chocolate today but this time I cheated w/ the fillings & used the middle of some Fry's Cream bars that I scraped out. Orange & raspberry since I got a bunch of bars cheap from the pound shop.

Slightly cheating making chocolate by t-me1 on DeviantArt

They turned out all right, but I'm not going to be able to eat them so I think I'll foist them off at work.

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NSP

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:03:10 GMT

Me & my sister went to the NSP concert yesterday.
It was great fun.

It was a long trip down but we booked a hotel about an hr out from Dublin (much cheaper then getting one in Dublin itself) & checked in on the way down so we could just sleep there on the way back.
The best idea we ever had.

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I played VR

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:11:47 GMT

They were doing some sort of health & wellness thing in work today.
I wasn't really paying attention for what it was for but the had things like free fruit, a basketball toss & a draw you could win prizes in.

The also had an oculus rift playing Beat Saber.

I've never played a VR game but I have seen clips of it on YouTube & it looked like a lot of fun.

I got have a go on my first break & my lunch break & got the high score both times.
I don't know if I kept it as they were gone by the time I'd finished work but I got over 111,000 points on my last go.

I does kind of make me want to get one even though it's an enormous waste of money.

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Finished

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:26:44 GMT

So I finally caught up on all the episodes of Dice, Camera, Action.
Watching/listening to about 3 eps a day in work helps you tear thought things.

It's a pity the drama means it's unlikely to ever be finished but it was a good show.

I also watch all of Dark & Dicey.
A very different type of D&D since that were more on the evil side of things but absolutely hilarious.

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I made a thing

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:03:11 GMT

My random creativity hit while I had some free time.
I made this.

SamSepticeye-hairsticks by t-me1 on DeviantArtHairsticks made from poundshop chopsticks, paint & fimo

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SNOW!

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:46:59 GMT

We have a red weather warning where I live right now so the building were I work is closed.

However...
Being an international tech company means I can work remotely so no day off.

When the storm hits I might lose power but I'd take working over being frozen so I can't even hope for that.

*sigh*

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I am employed!

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:44:19 GMT

I finally have a job in the IT sector.

I've only got an 11 month contract but it's a step in the right direction.

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Finished my exams!

Fri, 12 May 2017 08:59:03 GMT

Now I just have to wait 'till next month for the results. I know I made two big mistakes in the last test because I was hurrying to get it all done in the time allowed and misread the question but hopefully I'm not docked too many marks.

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xt1me

started my Job yesterday

New YouTube layout sucks

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2022

Just messing about

My Internet's back!

*sigh* Rats again

The problem with old buggy games...

ah why not

sense memory

Spite: A powerful motivator for creativity

Is this in bad taste? Pokemon Go

Huh

Easter in quarantine

Time has no meaning

working from home

Random sceen I don't have a fic for

I'm not going to pay for email

Chocolate

NSP

I played VR

Finished

I made a thing

SNOW!

I am employed!

Finished my exams!

sigh Rats again