Ian

Interested in satire, comedy, music, books, go, and ice cream

2025-04-06

why can't we play Go in the park here

2025-02-20

This week I discovered quite a fine film "Colossus: The Forbin project". One of the better efforts of 1970s science fiction.

2025-02-19

I was just about to give up on democracy, and then I learnt that Ukraine was a dictatorship, and the world seemed suddenly like a warm safe place again.

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2025-02-17

Nim recap for week 7/2025

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2025-02-12

Came across some old episodes of Doctor Who, most of which I'd seen before. The characters in the age of John Pertwee were usually quite charming in their way, even if the costumes were atrocious. The spirodons for instance, what on earth is that purple fake fur thing they have going on?

2025-02-11

By the time my working day is over ALL the qualification games for the EGF professional title have already finished

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2025-02-09

UN officials censored criticism of Saudi Arabia at the 2024 Internet Governance Forum, removing remarks from the official record & threatening civil society groups. The UN must stop enabling host governments’ repression. hrw.org/news/2025/02/06/un-cen

2025-02-05

Just learnt that Stewart Reuben died One of the characters you didn't want to lose

2025-01-30

I like the ballad of Lucy Jordan a little more, but this comes very close youtube.com/watch?v=gHrsv0NVa6k Farewell Marianne

2025-01-29

One more sentence added to the script.

2025-01-29

Northern Ireland continues to have a electrical nightmare 😢

2025-01-28

Everytime I listen to Starship's "Nothings gonna stop us now" I feel genuinely uplifted. Clealy linked to watching Mannequin as a young child and finding the concept idioticly hilarious.

2025-01-26

When you look at the damage caused, it really brings home the sheer scale of trouble climate change is bring down on us all. Northern Ireland's infrastucture wasn't able to cope with winds like this, but the winds will be coming back.

2025-01-24

Maybe near to a fifth of Northern Ireland seems to be hit by power outages. Sammy Wilson will probably tell them to cheer up and get down the chippy.

2025-01-23

Absolutely loving the bot stoked rage fest on the internet over the referee enforcing the rules. Idealism gone wild.

2025-01-20

@zaunkoenig I'm afraid that I don't know, because I don't normally use any!

2025-01-19

Rewatching with the kids, it's just so endearing

2025-01-19

When I was young, I used to spend too much time looking up obscure sidelines in chess openings. Now I seem to be able to refute them with Nibbler and LeelaZero in a short analysis session

2025-01-14

What if it unbalanced?

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