Dave

@dflite.bsky.social

dflite on here & Twitter. @dflite@twit.social on Mastodon. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/dfluff I fix things on your telly when they break. Like music. Like photos. Like comedy. Like computers. Like work. All views are my own, RT != Endorsement

me: I'm going to build a time machine him: *eating the last donut* what you gonna use it for me: *eating the last donut* righting wrongs

a man and his son are in a car accident; the father dies but the son is taken to hospital. the surgeon says, “i can’t operate on this boy - i am a horse”. how is this possible? find out on DOCTOR HORSE, thursdays at 9pm on cbs.

I was bullied by another boy at school and only knew one swear word so repeated it in an angrier and angrier tone. To help my own kids avoid this problem we do a weekly swearing test. I describe a scenario and they each describe the swears to use and why.

Hello YouTube. Remember yesterday when I told you to Show Fewer Shorts? And 4 days before that when I told you to Show Fewer Shorts? And the week before that when I told you to Show Fewer Shorts? And a month ago I definitely told you to Show Fewer Shorts? It was the week after I’d told you to Show F

Robert Noot, 24, a professional stuntman who performs under the name Ootvel Knootvel, displayed this feat to a packed crowd of 1,200 autistic guests and confused neurotypical plus-ones at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre.

Autistic stuntman eats two foods at once

An autistic stuntman has dazzled onlookers with his latest daredevil act: eating two foods at the same time. Robert Noot, 24, a professional stuntman who performs under the name Ootvel Knootvel,…

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I've got a chance to watch an episode of classic sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads this morning. I've not seen it before, so no spoilers please!

Yeah man I love classic rock, you know like Korn, Evanescence, System of a Down, etc you know the type of music your dad likes. Dad rock, you know, like Tool. You know, stuff from at least a quarter century ago, or even the last century. Real 1900's bands like Soundgarden or 3 Doors Down.

Been a long term Chromecast user but bought $wife an AppleTV so she could use the Apple Fitness stuff. Oh boy it’s SO much better! Fast UI, no dropped frames on playback (you’d think that was a min requirement for a TV box), remote not disconnecting. Why did I put up with the garbage CC so long?

We really take what we have now for granted: I distinctly remember in the 90s I really craved badly edited snippets of interviews that give no more information than the title already gives. Zoomed in weird. That repeat. And are portrait format. And now we take that for granted.

Today has reached "leaning panels of an old wardrobe against the outside of the kitchen window for extra shade at 8am" levels of desperation.

35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)

Watching the footy on BBC1 with someone who is visually impaired? Switch the sound to Audio Description - you'll get the more descriptive 5Live commentary instead, sync'd with the pictures. #ENGGHA