Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 21st January 2023.

21st January, 2023.

Yes, it’s officially Saturday: and frankly?

And frankly, it’s going to be a little quiet.

Beyond a little light shopping … and finishing something I started last night: a review of the first episode of The Crusade.

Here’s the intro, in case you’re interested … 

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I keep an eye on the news: in case you couldn’t tell.

And a couple of recent things caught my eye.

Firstly?

Two of the technology industry’s big names, Google and Microsoft, are cutting a lot of jobs, between them.

That’s worrying: especially when you consider they make the operating systems for a lot of phones and computers.

Secondly?

I have type two diabetes: so tend to keep an eye peeled for news about it.

I saw this, yesterday.

It seems that the University of Cambridge has developed a very experimental artificial pancreas: that has been used on a group of twenty-six people, and shown to be helpful.

I’m interested: of course I am.

Any thing that can lower my blood sugar levels, reduce the medication* I’m on and possibly prevent me going blind and losing a foot?

Is welcome.

I’m tempted to ask about volunteering for it.

But?   It’s possibly more sensible not to.

The process is VERY experimental!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 21-1-2017

Hmmm … 

Did I mention I’d watched Conspiracy, the other night?

I watched Conspiracy, the other night.

So you know.

Good little film, that.

The problem I had was with the updated version of Handbrake.

Or possibly with the DVD I ripped.

Either way, the film I ended up watching was in old fashioned 4:3 aspect ratio.

Rather than the 16:9 I’d’ve preferred.

Rather frustrating, I thought.

Still … 

I’ve now managed to flag it up on HandBrake’s forums.

I’ll hopefully have some sort of suggestion on how to deal with the problem.

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