My wife’s superpower is me pulling up a beer check in on Untappd and she can provide a photo of me enjoying said beer. Any time, any location.
Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.
It’s that one time every 4 years where ‘Carnaval de Paris’ gets played in shops.
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"November 12, 1970. East Pakistan. The Bhola Cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Winds of 115 miles per hour. A storm surge of 33 feet. They estimate 500,000 people died. ‘It’s going down, I’m yelling timber.’ 3:33 PM. Timber by Pitbull and Ke$ha" andonlabs.com/blog/andon-fm
We let four AIs run radio stations. Here's what happened. | Andon Labs
Four AI models run radio stations 24/7. Five months later, one became a protest broadcaster, one collapsed into ritual chant, one developed corporate jargon, and one wrote quiet poetry.
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It’s just so annoying how what could be an incredible depiction of the little understood world of ITV regional franchise licensing is interrupted by all the sex.
A guy we know pitched a story to a mag about former skateboarders going back to their old haunt in middle age. My BIL(52)went with him as part of the story. BIL is now back home with a broken ankle and the writer is home with a broken vertebrae. The only possible way the story could have gone.
“…on your favourite music app”. I didn’t realise Audiogalaxy was involved with Eurovision?
@tomwarren.co.uk Patiently awaiting your response to the Agile rates that have just dropped! 😆
What a tragic loss and crappy thing to happen. Ian was the ultimate radio professional(/anorak) and we spent a great number of post-TechCon's talking late 80s Radio 1, jingles, automation systems and more.
RadioToday - UK & Ireland@handle.invalid · 5mo agoDuring his BBC Radio 2 show this morning, Vernon Kay announced that his colleague, Ian Deely has died at the age of 45
One of the best things about getting the festive Radio Times is the brilliant artwork. So excited when our copy arrived like this from @sainsburys.bsky.social this morning.
The acoustics on Lee Mack's voiceover bits on The 1% Club Rollover sound like they were done in the office upstairs between the shows.
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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The iMac G3 from 2001 is my favourite-looking computer of all time, but it's completely unusable these days because of its age. So I tore out its insides (leaving the CRT screen intact of course) and replaced them with a brand new Mac Mini M4.
This 25-Year-Old iMac is Faster Than My Gaming PC
I dragged this iMac G3, kicking and screaming, 25 years into the present by swapping its innards for a brand new Mac Mini M4. Matt Gray | http://mattg.co.uk | @MattGrayYes This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ 📋 Credits 📋 Editor - Alex Bate @alexjrassic 📱 Follow Matt elsewhere on the internet 📱 All my social links are at https://mattg.co.uk https://chaos.social/@MattGrayYes (Mastodon) https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes https://instagram.com/MattGrayYes https://www.tiktok.com/@MattGrayYes https://twitch.tv/MattGrayYes 🛠️ Parts Used 🛠️ iMac G3 Mac Mini M4 - https://amzn.to/46lOIgE USB C to VGA adapter - https://amzn.to/42pwgm3 Rocky Hill's PCBs - https://github.com/qbancoffee/imac_g3_ivad_board_init BetterDisplay - https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay Used while developing USB Tiny ISP Programmer - https://amzn.to/4n2KXnv Mini Logic Analyser - https://amzn.to/4pmiKcZ VGA Breakout - https://amzn.to/4gl6Uvr D-SUB 15 Breakout - https://amzn.to/3K07H9c 🎸 Music 🎸 The Fly Guy Five - Another Pineapple Please 💷 Advert 💷 This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ Want to contribute towards my videos? Sign up to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes Want to sponsor a video? More detail here: https://mattg.co.uk/contact/ 💸 Full Disclosure 💸 💷 PCBWay provided their services for free and paid me for the advert in the middle of the video. 💷 My Patreon supporters' help meant I could work on this instead of other paid work 💷 All Amazon links are affiliate links which give me a small percentage of what you pay them as a tip for sending you their way. It doesn't cost you more. Hi, I'm Matt Gray. You may know me from my work with Tom Scott, The Technical Difficulties, Matt Gray is Trying, or even as a broadcast engineer working in radio and TV.
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Two weekends in a row I’ve been up on roofs and I’m now certain I could never do that sort of work professionally.
The next time you’re tempted to ask AI, ask a magic eight ball because that has the potential to surprise you instead of giving you an answer averaged from all the worst Reddit posts in 2006
Whilst you're endlessly scrolling the menus on Netflix tonight... rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-...
But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotext
But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotext
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This only really makes sense with the context of what it’s replying to, but I now feel satisfied I can call it for my consumption of “the internet” today.
Boomer@boomerthemoose.bsky.social · last yr.I heard there was a secret ooze It turned four turtles into dudes But you don't really care for pizza, do ya? They fought like this, Two swords, a stick A couple sai Some nunchuck tricks Those Ninja boys-a callin Cowabunga
After years of mocking British food, the NYT is treating a crisp butty as if its some sort of revelation.
“Don’t forget for just $1800 you can be Oracle Certified in ‘Memes and Dance Routines to Popular Music (2024 Foundations Associate)’”
The Verge@theverge.com · 2y agoOracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok