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James Stapley
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Ichthyologist doing IT.
You could say I moved from fish into chips.
At this stage, I start writing extra labels on things so my brain can process them as the-thing-I-know-them-as.

Of course, first you have to find the Rosetta Stone that turns CLI name into electrical interface name....
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Ent disposing of an unwelcome caterpillar. Bet they itch something awful gnawing on your leaves.
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I seem to recall at least one group of cannibals had a name for the resulting prion disease, and it was "Kuru". From Papua New Guinea, IIRC.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Clearly another forgotten member of the Beatles.
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Hor.net now internet enabled.
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere there is a reconstruction of a hippo from its skeleton done like most dinosaur reconstructions used to be done. Nightmare fuel.

I think it may originally be from the "All Yesterdays" book.
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 AM
My luggage is somehow always like the last off the plane. No point rushing :D
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Makes your carp hairy, or it should with that name. Keep away from pet goldfish.
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Makes a change from beans :D
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Or maybe it's Spineless LLC, as it's not just spiders...
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Arachnocorp Inc.
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Swole jar-jar binks.
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Double-union ball valves are a thing.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I survived until Xmas morning, when my mother in law put it on as her first pick of the day.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"She glowed dimly in the corner, like the old halogen bulb from the follow-spot the lighting director just couldn't bring themselves to throw away. It might do in a pinch, when all other lights went dark."
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A lot of Ark and Arks.
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Now if we can just work out a pasty of time, we'll have size, weight and time neatly sewn up.
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Punkin' instigatah.
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Got onto a crowded underground carriage in London last week and some bellend had the temerity to say "COVID's over, mate" to my masked face.
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If this is an option, sign me up.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Star tree-k
December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
(heat pump to heat things up to useful steam turbine temps).
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Or do low temperature heating to nearby buildings.
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The problem is the exhaust temperature is too low to do useful work. You might be able to do like a heat pump on that heat, but I suspect the energy required to run the heat pumps probably doesn't make this economically feasible.

You could dump the heat into a swimming pool.
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM