Showing posts with label The Carpenters. Show all posts
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Thursday, 27 August 2026

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-8-2026 — LAcon V

27th August, 2026: LAcon V.


Good lord … they are dropping like flies from the flies!

It turns out Tim Curry’s died!

I’m … saddened to hear it: The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a personal favourite.



As was his performance in the TV version of The Colour of Magic.


What with Dolly Parton and Yayoi Kusama dying … ?

They’re dropping like flies from the flies*.

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Saturday, 5 April 2025

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-4-2025 — First Contact Day.

5th April, 2025: First Contact Day.


It’s officially official: I am not complaining … 

Yet.

As you know, I've — and many others — have had issues with blu-ray copying app, MakeMKV: after Apple issued an iffy update.

The makers have now issued an update.

An update that will hopefully resolve the issues.

Although I am very aware there’s been at least one report on the relevant forum thread: saying they are still having issues.

We will have to see.

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That update tells me a few things,

My more panicky side … ?

Tells me that buying a refurbished Windows laptop as an extra, back-up, machine — ha! — would be helpful.

Something that I could do … except that my less panicky side has told me that a little patience would be cheaper.

What will I do, if this update doesn’t help?

Bar reminding myself patience is a virtue?

I have no idea … !

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One minor thing I know?

Is that — from what I had seen of affordable laptops? — was that eBay did or do plenty of refurbished ones.

At around the £75 mark: about €88, or $96.

That — to me — seems a reasonable price on the money I have.

I also know — courtesy of a news report from the BBC, today — that Nintendo have released their new Switch 2 console for pre-order.

Along side the newly updated version Super Mario Kart.

Which — in the UK, at any rate — they’re offering at £74·99.

To me?

That seems a hell of a lot!

Especially as you can get a refurbished laptop for that money.

You can get the various limited-edition, classic Dr Who boxsets for a lot less.

Even some of the games for my nephew’s PlayStation 5 are less!

I’ll be honest, if that were a movie on blu-ray?

For £75, I’d be expecting all the versions available in 4k, please a shed-load of extras … and a signed photo of Terry Pratchett!*

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Monday, 2 March 2015

The Daily Teaser — 2-3-2015

You know, I’m glad I spent most of yesterday — at least, when I wasn’t working — indoors.

Tidying, mostly.

But also … humping furniture around … !

Basically, the second-hand Mac Pro I bought, last year, isn’t wi-fi capable: so I’d had it on a dining room table, near to the router.

Which got a bit … cramped.

So, yesterday … ?   Yesterday, I manage to move a spare set of mini-shelves I’d had for years.

Handily … ?   Handily, that’s freed up a bit of space.

But, boy … did I find a lot of dust … !

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