Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March 2026.

7th March, 2026.

Right … I hope that video shows up!

The introductory one, that is: I had to upload yesterday’s to Youtube, and embed it in to the post.

Quite why, when Blogger’s been happy to embed into the post, I don’t know.

At any rate … ?

After yesterday’s problems with Final Cut Pro — my music libraries weren’t showing up in the app — I and the agent managed to work out that it was due to lag: as I have my music on an external hard drive.

Lag.

Lag … !

Considering it wasn’t much of an issue under Sequoia, I’m vaguely annoyed!

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One thing I was fond of, growing up?

Was a role playing game called Tunnels and Trolls.

Indeed, I think I still have my copy of the fifth edition: complete with the Liz Danforth artwork.

So … ?

I was interested to hear that Rebellion — the people behind 2000AD, amongst other things — are to produce a new version: via crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.

I don’t know if I’ve got the hang of Kickstarter, or sites like it: there seems a hell of a wait before a project comes to pass.

But … ?

I was interested to hear about it.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2025

7th March, 2025.

Right … 

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’re very aware I’m trying to lose weight.

It’s something I’ve struggled to do for many years.

So … ?

I tend to be interested when something about weight-management crops up on the news.

Medications, lack of medications, what have you.

Today … ?

The Today programme tells us that research at Cambridge University has shown there’s a gene that affects the brains signals that tell us we’ve eaten enough.

And that we share this gene … with labradors.

It’s an interesting bit of science to know.

But I’m tempted — as I was in today’s intro video — to tell you I feel ruff … ruff ruff … ruff ruff ruff … bark … whine … woof … !

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The most senior envoy from New Zealand, to the UK, was fired, yesterday.

As … ?

He’d apparently said the US president’s knowledge of history was flawed: and pointed out that — in his view — the President had never heard of Sudentenland.

The area in what had been Czechoslovakia that had a high number of German speakers: and was annexed by Germany’s Nazi regime, and led to Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace in our time” speech.

A speech that told us Germany had no more territorial claims.

A speech made less than a year before the German invasion of Poland.

A speech that, given that invasion, was deeply unwise.

Given that … ?

I think the President of the USA is going to look like the former PM … 

And that New Zealand’s envoy had a point!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March 2024

7th March, 2024.

It’s official: it’s Thursday morning, the day after the 2024 Budget … 

And I think there’s only so much droning from the Chancellor — Jeremy Hunt: he was just being interviewed on the Today programme — a body can put up with.

Or, at least, droning: without mentioning anything of interest to me: and many others.

Frankly?

It sounds like the Cost of Living payments have been cancelled.

That’s not a good thing.

Thousands of people relied on those … 

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It’s got To be said: I have still not managed to sell the laptop.

Not yet, anyway.

I think a lot of the enquirers came through the few days worth of advertising I could afford.

Something I can’t afford to do again.

Thankfully?

There’s a shop in Brentwood High street that buys in, refurbs and sells on, second hand laptops.

We’ll have to see what they can offer.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2023.

7th March, 2023.

Yes: it’s Tuesday … !

And, frankly?

It’s the time of week when I confess to having an earworm!

I went and looked the thing after the band — Wet Leg — did well in a recent awards ceremony.

With the result?   That the dratted song’s been bouncing around my head, ever since!

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Oh, if you’re following my For All Mankind reviews?

The latest written one is here.

The video version … is here↓.

I hope you enjoy them.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2022

7th March, 2022.

Right … it’s a Monday: the start of a whole, wonderful new week.

Full of promise, hope … and possibly a little too much optimism!

At any rate … ?

I’ve a meeting with my Job Centre: by phone, thankfully.

Hopefully?   I’ll be able to raise some concerns I have: after a recent incident with a job I applied for.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2021.

7th March, 2021.

Yep: that’s odd … !

There’s no birdsong!

There’s an unnerving lack of tweeting going on.

That’s … 

That’s definitely odd!

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You’re not in the UK, are you?

If you are, you’ve possibly seen this piece on the BBC’s news site: about a woman called Sarah Everard.

She disappeared on Wednesday night, walking home through Clapham Common.

Can I make a confession?

I’m think we’re going to see reports of a body being found.

Mostly?

Because this report reminds me — a lot — of the late 1970s: when Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, was active.

His victims were all women, on their own, who were out at night.

As were many of the victims of killers, Steve Wright and Levi Bellfield.

I hope the young woman who’s missing is alive: and hiding for whatever reason.

But I’ve a nasty suspicion she’s dead … 

I can only hope that — if that IS the case? — her attacker is caught quickly.

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The Present's Tale: In Brentwood Library ...

7th March, 2020.

OK ...this is possibly getting to be a habit.   Possibly.

I've started a post, without an introductory video.

Debatably, a good thing: if you're not used to my ugly mug.

At any rate?

I've recently been given a cheap, refurbished, laptop.   A Lenovo Thinkpad T-400, so you know.

One I've installed a version of Ubuntu Mate on: as a replacement for the version of Windows Seven the sellers had installed by default.

The installation, I should add?   Was done on Thursday.

I had intended to do that from a version of the installer I'd managed -- after a lot of coaxing -- onto a US?B stick.

One that this laptop wouldn't recognise.

So I eventually installed from a DVD.

The process was fairly easy, and took a lot less time than I remember earlier installations doing.

Bar the odd quirk -- there's one important password that needs resetting -- it's running well.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-3-2020: The Other Place

7th March, 2020

I’m officially a silly person … 

I’ve got a new laptop: a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad, running a version of Ubuntu Mate.

And was slowing transferring bookmarks and job sites over to it, manually.

I made a mistake in doing so, though: and needed to change my password.

Only to find that — somewhere along the line — I’d lost the sixteen digit PIN number needed to change my password.

In a word?

Bugger!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2019.

7th March, 2019.

Yes: I’m officially looking at a boring day … at non-work.

Unemployment has it’s ups and down.

Frankly?   A lack of cash is abysmal.

That’s not necessarily the worst thing.

No.

The downside, sometimes … ?

Can quite simply be the huge amount of boredom.

Yawning one’s head off … ?

Can be lovely … 

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One thing I did do — in between bouts of boredom — was read this article.

Seemingly?   Various Apple execs are taking a somewhat intrusive line with the various execs making content for their upcoming video streaming service.

Apple being the firm it is?

That’s somehow not surprising.

It’s possibly concerning.   Although, possibly not.  There was talks that a famous film company wanted to turn Terry Pratchett’s Mort into a film: but didn’t after one executive asked Sir Terry to take Death — one of two of the book’s main characters — out of the script.

Either way?

I can’t help but feel that this sort of situation is where Apple’s feeling the loss of Steve Jobs.

From what I could understand from his biography?

He kept his hands off the creative process at Pixar* … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2018.

7th March, 2018.

No, it’s true, I’ve got an earworm: and they always seem to turn up at the oddest times of the morning.

And … ?

It’s got to be said, it’s — possibly — one of the odder ones that my brain could throw at me.

Here … 

There’s a distinct possibility that’s going to haunt me, all day … 

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Have you been watching the news?

You’d possibly have noticed the illness of a former Russian intelligence agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia: APPARENTLY poisoned.

You’d think it’s from the pages of a bad spy novel.

Except, of course, it’s happened at least twice before: in the care of Alexander Litvinyenko and Georgi Markov.

You really couldn’t make it up*!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-3-2017

Hmmm … 

Well, that’s Mr Robot season two acquired!

Handily … niftily … 

And relatively cheaply.

And even ripped.

As you know, by now, my usual habit is to pick up a dvd or blu-ray, convert it into a form I can use one my AppleTV, and sell the original discs.

The trouble with that?

Is that SOME of the resulting Mr Robot rips.

Won’t play in Quicktime: but will on the AppleTV, vlc, and MPEGStreamclip.

Why?

I’m blowed if I know: although I suspect it’s something to do with the attempts I’ve made to rip the subtitles.

I’ll HAVE to experiment with the rips: and let you know.

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