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"'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…. except the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation."
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…. except the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation."
Probably third in the all-time list of guitarists I've nicked riffs from. RIP, sir.
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Steve Cropper, guitarist of Booker T and the MGs, dies aged 84
The musician was known for his work on hits including Green Onions and Otis Redding’s The Dock of the Bay.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Probably third in the all-time list of guitarists I've nicked riffs from. RIP, sir.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...
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#Guitar
For almost exactly a year I have owned this wonderful thing. But… it's strictly one in, one out at the moment and it never got played enough to warrant its spot on the rack so it's off to a new home later.
I may have seller's remorse. 😿
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I may have seller's remorse. 😿
#Guitar
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For almost exactly a year I have owned this wonderful thing. But… it's strictly one in, one out at the moment and it never got played enough to warrant its spot on the rack so it's off to a new home later.
I may have seller's remorse. 😿
#Guitar
I may have seller's remorse. 😿
#Guitar
I am sorely tempted by these Jet 7-strings (because cheap, also non-pointy) and I have zero qualms about the super simple control scheme… but if you only have two controls on a chug-box why put them so unbelievably close together?
#Guitar
#Guitar
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am sorely tempted by these Jet 7-strings (because cheap, also non-pointy) and I have zero qualms about the super simple control scheme… but if you only have two controls on a chug-box why put them so unbelievably close together?
#Guitar
#Guitar
I can't work out if "Thundersnow" should be an early 80s show about a one-off AI milspec snowcat and it's ex-cop-turned-vigilante driver OR the next Roland Emmerich disaster B-movie…
either way, I'm available to write the theme tune
#thundersnow
either way, I'm available to write the theme tune
#thundersnow
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I can't work out if "Thundersnow" should be an early 80s show about a one-off AI milspec snowcat and it's ex-cop-turned-vigilante driver OR the next Roland Emmerich disaster B-movie…
either way, I'm available to write the theme tune
#thundersnow
either way, I'm available to write the theme tune
#thundersnow
You're all moaning now, but shonky DNS will be the thing that saves us from the AI apocalypse. Mark my words.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You're all moaning now, but shonky DNS will be the thing that saves us from the AI apocalypse. Mark my words.
First time I've bought myself a factory-fresh Gibson… and it has one of the worst cut nuts I've EVER seen. String spacing is wonky (D & G too close together), the D binds and the low E buzzes in its slot.
In the case were QC cards from both Gibson and Andertons. Good job, everyone! 😂
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In the case were QC cards from both Gibson and Andertons. Good job, everyone! 😂
#Guitar
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
First time I've bought myself a factory-fresh Gibson… and it has one of the worst cut nuts I've EVER seen. String spacing is wonky (D & G too close together), the D binds and the low E buzzes in its slot.
In the case were QC cards from both Gibson and Andertons. Good job, everyone! 😂
#Guitar
In the case were QC cards from both Gibson and Andertons. Good job, everyone! 😂
#Guitar
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A non-functioning pile of parts with vague potential. (But enough about me, here's a guitar I'm putting together.)
#Guitar #Stratocaster
#Guitar #Stratocaster
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A non-functioning pile of parts with vague potential. (But enough about me, here's a guitar I'm putting together.)
#Guitar #Stratocaster
#Guitar #Stratocaster
Have been working on a tune for about 6 months, rehearsed it dozens of times, and only now (while trying to configure a click track to record it) have we discovered that no-one really agrees where the 1 is.
September 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Have been working on a tune for about 6 months, rehearsed it dozens of times, and only now (while trying to configure a click track to record it) have we discovered that no-one really agrees where the 1 is.
Holiday must have been a success because I appear to have forgotten _everything_ about my job.
August 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Holiday must have been a success because I appear to have forgotten _everything_ about my job.
I should definitely be asleep.
August 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I should definitely be asleep.
Halfway down this BBC article is a quote that struck me:
"The Holocaust has filled us all with a high sense of guilt, and so it should because we were complicit. But it also teaches us the lesson that we mustn't be complicit now when we see crimes being committed."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic
"The Holocaust has filled us all with a high sense of guilt, and so it should because we were complicit. But it also teaches us the lesson that we mustn't be complicit now when we see crimes being committed."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Halfway down this BBC article is a quote that struck me:
"The Holocaust has filled us all with a high sense of guilt, and so it should because we were complicit. But it also teaches us the lesson that we mustn't be complicit now when we see crimes being committed."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic
"The Holocaust has filled us all with a high sense of guilt, and so it should because we were complicit. But it also teaches us the lesson that we mustn't be complicit now when we see crimes being committed."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/artic
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To the tune of Eric Carmen's 1975 hit All By Myself:
May 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
To the tune of Eric Carmen's 1975 hit All By Myself:
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🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🎵HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL🎵
Noooo. Not Jill Sobule.
May 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Noooo. Not Jill Sobule.
Apple Health just notified me that my VO₂ max stat has changed from "Below Average" to "Above Average" this month… despite zero change in my levels of exercise.
It turns out the secret to my newfound vigour is the "average" changes quite drastically the moment you turn 50.
WIN
It turns out the secret to my newfound vigour is the "average" changes quite drastically the moment you turn 50.
WIN
April 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Apple Health just notified me that my VO₂ max stat has changed from "Below Average" to "Above Average" this month… despite zero change in my levels of exercise.
It turns out the secret to my newfound vigour is the "average" changes quite drastically the moment you turn 50.
WIN
It turns out the secret to my newfound vigour is the "average" changes quite drastically the moment you turn 50.
WIN
This triggers my inner prepper so much: https://github.com/ericjenott/Evertop
April 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This triggers my inner prepper so much: https://github.com/ericjenott/Evertop
Just finished Kim Stanley Robinson’s “New York 2140”. Weirdly joyful for a post-climate disaster narrative. Best thing I’ve read in ages.
April 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just finished Kim Stanley Robinson’s “New York 2140”. Weirdly joyful for a post-climate disaster narrative. Best thing I’ve read in ages.
It really says something about the state of the USA when Wired feels compelled to post articles like this…
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
www.wired.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It really says something about the state of the USA when Wired feels compelled to post articles like this…
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...