Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 18th September 2026.

18th September, 2026.

Can someone do me a huge favour?

Play this list to my nephew, Jude?

Just skip past “Plaistow Patricia”!

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Just as a thought … ?

I watched “The Eyes”, last night: the first episode of For All Mankind spin-off, Star City.

Or, at least, tried to.

I managed to watch the first half hour, at any rate.

I’ll be honest: I may have to try again.

But this first episode struck me as very slow … 

We’ll see.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 17th September 2026.

17th September, 2026.

Ye gods: adverts are something else!

I suspect I’m like a lot of people I know: and have a habit of playing some of the sillier games on Facebook, to pass the time.

Or, at least, pass the time … while I’m waiting for a page to load.

I get ads thrown at me.

Who doesn’t?

There’s the usual: dodgy hard drives, second hand retails who’ll pay you cash for your unwanted stuff … 

And the inevitable ‘male enhancement products’!

Most of which are … um … well … inoffensive.

A few, a thankfully small few, aren’t.

They’re definitely not ones I want my nephew seeing: I’d never hear the last of it!

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Oh, I caught “Circle of Life”, the first episode of Slow Horse season 6, last night.

No, I’ll not be reviewing it.

But … ?

I think it’s worth watching it, if you can find it.

No: I’m not going to tell you to use Pirate Bay or other torrent tracking sites to get hold of it.

You can go straight to AppleTV, like everyone else!

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Just as a last thought?

An old friend has pointed this post out to me: from former Dr Who girl, Anneke Wills.

Anneke Wills on recovering more Doctor Who episodes in Doctor Who Magazine: "I've heard a 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 hot whisper."

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— Doctor Who Production News (@doctorwhopn.bsky.social) 17 September 2026 at 02:41

She’s heard what she calls a ‘hot whisper’: about potentially recovered Dr Who material.

I hope there’s something to that: it would be nice to see something!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 16-9-2026 — A Night at the Opera

16th September, 2026: A Night at the Opera.

OK: that’s macOS 27 Golden Gate installed.

Yes: I know I was planning to leave it for a couple of days: to get past the inevitable slow download speeds you get  when a major update’s released.

But … ?

I had an afternoon, free!

There’s pros and cons to the OS, I think.

Visually, it’s gorgeous: window corners are far more consistant, the Liquid Glass language is nice, and the traffic light buttons have a nice, Aqua-style sheen.

On the downside?

On the downside, the system voice settings seem inconsistent, compared to earlier versions of the OS.

I’ve got one voice doing most of them: and one or two others doing the rest.

And can’t figure out how to change them.

There’s also space.

I had some seven hundred and sixty gigabytes of space left on my machine’s main hard drive: under Tahoe.

But now have some six hundred and eighty (~680) gigabytes left.

I’m assuming that space is chewed up by the large language model used by SiriAI.

I’m aware of a couple of things.

First?

I’m not sure what’s going on with the voices: but yes, I have filled out another entry on Apple’s feedback page!

Second?

The Golden Gate update is very big.

It’s going to give those of us with smaller internal drives a headache.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15th September 2026

15th September, 2026.

Right … it’s official.

Apple have issued updates to both macOS Tahoe — my machine’s been updated to macOS Tahoe 26.7 — and released macOS Sequoia 15.8.

Which would be a step backwards for me.

It’s also released macOS Golden Gate 27.0.

Which I’ll take my time updating too, I think: it’s going to be a long process.

I’m told the visual updates to the operating system are quite impressive.

We’ll have to wait and see.

Either way … ?

The updates give me an excuse to by cynical.

And reiterate what I’ve said in today’s introduction video.

OS updates are like buses.

You wait ages for one … then three turn up at once … 

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Did I mention I was due a gas safety check, the other day … ?

I was due a gas safety check, the other day.

I was quite happily sitting right here, could see the van — and the engineer — from here … when I got the text message from the team that said the engineer had missed me, and would had rebooked the appointment for the 6th October … 

It turned out there was a problem with the intercom connected to the button board at the building’s front door.

At least, that’s what the doorbell engineer my landlord sent, last night, told me.

I think I’m going to be on the phone all day: phoning the engineers, my landlord, the gas check people … … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 14th September 2026.

14th September, 2026.

Right … it’s Monday.

So, of course, I’m up early, again.

Yes: it’s weigh-in time.

As ever, I’m hoping I’ve lost weight: as opposed to lost my mind, wits, sense or, you know … stuff!

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I have a firm belief.

That, if you have an earworm floating around your head, passing it on is a good way to get rid of it.

So, with deep apologies … ?

Have a tweeny-bopper song … 

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