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Showing posts with label Ada Lovelace. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10th December, 2020.

10th December, 2020.


Right … I’m going to be stuck indoors, today.

Which means I’ll be able to get some Teaser/Phoenix writing done.

Oh, and possibly get some videos made.

But I’m going to be stuck indoors … 

Waiting for an engineer from my landlord to do the annual Gas Safety Check … 

Ho … hum … !

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Are you much of a one for computer games?

I’m not.

But I do keep an eye on it: technology’s interesting, after all.

I’d also grown up around pen-and-paper roleplaying games: including Cyberpunk 2020.

Which has been turned into a video game called Cyberpunk 2077.

There’s a twist in the tale.

On release, Cyberpunk 2077 has been shown to cause epileptic fits.

Which is worrying.

And mildly ironic.

The original roleplaying game was the first to suggest that inducing fits would used to protect computer systems against hackers.

Who said life couldn’t reflect life … ?

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Monday, 10 December 2018

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10th December, 2018

10th December, 2018.


Yep: that’s me in the Introduction video: with Echo the White Faced African Owl, and Katness the Reticulated Python.

It was my nephew’s 8th Birthday Party, yesterday: although, strictly?   His birthday’s on Boxing Day.

Either way?

It was rather nice.

Hmmm … I’m not necessarily convinced he wasn’t bored: someone was running around in the street with his friends.

At any rate?

I got the snake and the owl … 

Jude got to play with both … 

AND the African Pygmy hedgehog … 


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Just as a quick point of news?

I voted Remain in 2016: as you may or may not know.

For plenty of reasons, I should add.

So a bit of breaking news caught my eye.

The European Court of Justice has officially decided that — should the UK decide to — it can revoke its Article 50 decision, its decision to leave the EU, without consulting other EU members.

I’d love it, personally: but don’t see it happening.

But?

Its nice to know the option’s not going to cause problems.

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Saturday, 10 December 2016

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10-12-2016

I have to admit I want to go back to bed.

But there you go: that’s what happens when you work evenings.

You get in late, and go to bed late.

One thing I DID manage to do, hitting the sack, last night … ?

Was a little more bedtime reading.

Last night … ?   I got started on Tehanu, the last of four books about Earthsea written by Ursula K LeGuin.

It’s … 

Phew … 

Beautiful … !

If you get the chance to visit the world that invented boy wizards?

Go get a copy of the collected series.

It’ll repay you … 

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