Ian Kendall
@iankendallmagic.bsky.social
Magician and Uber-geek. Tall Tales is on Kindle. Several other books for magicians on Lulu.
As opposed to a medium who >wasn't< making it up?
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As opposed to a medium who >wasn't< making it up?
My gran was a forthright Geordie who died at ninety something after ten solid years of Alzheimer's.
I'm not sure it would be worth the subs to hear 'Ian who?' every day...
I'm not sure it would be worth the subs to hear 'Ian who?' every day...
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My gran was a forthright Geordie who died at ninety something after ten solid years of Alzheimer's.
I'm not sure it would be worth the subs to hear 'Ian who?' every day...
I'm not sure it would be worth the subs to hear 'Ian who?' every day...
I did my first few pages in Notepad (around 95ish). Then I got HotMail (the editor, not the email) which helped, and then Dreamweaver. About twenty years ago I was selling teaching VCDs, and the front end was Notepad HTML again :)
I don't miss those days.
I don't miss those days.
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I did my first few pages in Notepad (around 95ish). Then I got HotMail (the editor, not the email) which helped, and then Dreamweaver. About twenty years ago I was selling teaching VCDs, and the front end was Notepad HTML again :)
I don't miss those days.
I don't miss those days.
It's not an impression, it's a New Year's Resolution!
*Peter Buckley Hill
*Peter Buckley Hill
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's not an impression, it's a New Year's Resolution!
*Peter Buckley Hill
*Peter Buckley Hill
On a third frustrating call the recording started saying 'you can end the call now' and in frustration I shouted 'NO!' and was immediately put through to a human :)
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On a third frustrating call the recording started saying 'you can end the call now' and in frustration I shouted 'NO!' and was immediately put through to a human :)
I'd ask, but my séance kit is in storage at the mo. Also, don't really want to talk to her... :)
Also, probably not.
Also, probably not.
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'd ask, but my séance kit is in storage at the mo. Also, don't really want to talk to her... :)
Also, probably not.
Also, probably not.
My step-grandmother, Nellie McEwan of Arbroath, had salt water porridge (oats, salt, water) every day from weaning to death aged ninety something. Made in the same wee black pan. Absolutely the reason she was so flipping miserable all the time...
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My step-grandmother, Nellie McEwan of Arbroath, had salt water porridge (oats, salt, water) every day from weaning to death aged ninety something. Made in the same wee black pan. Absolutely the reason she was so flipping miserable all the time...
Well over 100 times. And counting.
a man with curly hair and a mustache is making a funny face
ALT: a man with curly hair and a mustache is making a funny face
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December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Well over 100 times. And counting.
One hour on Elite, and two on a Qix clone?
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One hour on Elite, and two on a Qix clone?
Did you ever try Lemmings on a Gameboy (I still have the cart here). Unbelievably hard if you're used to the PC version...
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Did you ever try Lemmings on a Gameboy (I still have the cart here). Unbelievably hard if you're used to the PC version...
A few years ago, during a clearout, I gave my >very basic< telescope to the kid next door. He was quite excited, but not sure how much it's been out recently :)
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A few years ago, during a clearout, I gave my >very basic< telescope to the kid next door. He was quite excited, but not sure how much it's been out recently :)
Late 90s I was doing a Space show for the EISF. Hale-Bopp was in the sky at the time, and on a staff trip to the observatory we set up a telescope so people could look. One woman said she had first look at some Hubble data, but it was the 1st time she'd looked through a telescope.
I was surprised :)
I was surprised :)
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Late 90s I was doing a Space show for the EISF. Hale-Bopp was in the sky at the time, and on a staff trip to the observatory we set up a telescope so people could look. One woman said she had first look at some Hubble data, but it was the 1st time she'd looked through a telescope.
I was surprised :)
I was surprised :)
The closest I ever came to this sort of thing was tabletop wargaming at school with 1/72 Airfix troops, but I will defend to the death niche interests. Train spotting? Go for it. 60 year old men doing needlepoint? Excellent.
Life is too bleak at the mo to deny that quantum of joy odd hobbies bring.
Life is too bleak at the mo to deny that quantum of joy odd hobbies bring.
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The closest I ever came to this sort of thing was tabletop wargaming at school with 1/72 Airfix troops, but I will defend to the death niche interests. Train spotting? Go for it. 60 year old men doing needlepoint? Excellent.
Life is too bleak at the mo to deny that quantum of joy odd hobbies bring.
Life is too bleak at the mo to deny that quantum of joy odd hobbies bring.
*remembering to take them back afterwards...
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
*remembering to take them back afterwards...
Played a fair bit of Asteroids this evening...
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Played a fair bit of Asteroids this evening...
And that would be seven shades of awesome :)
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And that would be seven shades of awesome :)
I >so< want to see that!
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I >so< want to see that!
I've had the number three thousand nine hundred and eighty seven lodged in my head for as long as I can remember. I have no idea where it came from, or its significance...
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've had the number three thousand nine hundred and eighty seven lodged in my head for as long as I can remember. I have no idea where it came from, or its significance...
I saw the source mosaic in Pompeii last year :)
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I saw the source mosaic in Pompeii last year :)
Good plan Rustles. Have a fantastic day.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Good plan Rustles. Have a fantastic day.
Strange how Rusty seems to agree that thieving is 'scummy', but seems to reject the lived experience of an artist who is constantly stolen, or at least completely dismiss the frustration.
I wonder if he'd go for a walk and blow off some aggression if someone kept loading his lorries without paying?
I wonder if he'd go for a walk and blow off some aggression if someone kept loading his lorries without paying?
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Strange how Rusty seems to agree that thieving is 'scummy', but seems to reject the lived experience of an artist who is constantly stolen, or at least completely dismiss the frustration.
I wonder if he'd go for a walk and blow off some aggression if someone kept loading his lorries without paying?
I wonder if he'd go for a walk and blow off some aggression if someone kept loading his lorries without paying?
Spielberg does it a couple of times in Saving Private Ryan, and not to the detriment of the film. Lost in Translation is another example (complete with ironic title); maybe the director might >want< us to feel some empathetic connection to a protagonist who cannot understand. It's not all about you.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Spielberg does it a couple of times in Saving Private Ryan, and not to the detriment of the film. Lost in Translation is another example (complete with ironic title); maybe the director might >want< us to feel some empathetic connection to a protagonist who cannot understand. It's not all about you.
The original series of Shogun deliberately didn't subtitle the Japanese, so that the viewers began to pick up the language in the same way that Blackthorn did (and it worked well). It was mostly translated by characters, so you didn't miss anything, but got the same feeling of helplessness...
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The original series of Shogun deliberately didn't subtitle the Japanese, so that the viewers began to pick up the language in the same way that Blackthorn did (and it worked well). It was mostly translated by characters, so you didn't miss anything, but got the same feeling of helplessness...
I loved Quake - I played through it fully again a few years ago, and it stood up well. Q2 is a much better game, but that was to be expected.
I never got into Half Life. I've got Black Mesa installed, but never got far into it.
Need to have another crack at Quake 4 now (we don't talk about Q3...)
I never got into Half Life. I've got Black Mesa installed, but never got far into it.
Need to have another crack at Quake 4 now (we don't talk about Q3...)
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I loved Quake - I played through it fully again a few years ago, and it stood up well. Q2 is a much better game, but that was to be expected.
I never got into Half Life. I've got Black Mesa installed, but never got far into it.
Need to have another crack at Quake 4 now (we don't talk about Q3...)
I never got into Half Life. I've got Black Mesa installed, but never got far into it.
Need to have another crack at Quake 4 now (we don't talk about Q3...)