The Daily Teaser — 3-8-2014: The Commonwealth Games

You know, I didn’t actually get much writing done, yesterday.

Well … 

Not as much as I could’ve done, certainly.

Saying that … ?

Well, saying that, I did manage to catch myself a movie, last night.

The French film, Chrysalis.

Well recommended, that one … 

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Chrysalis: Tech Noir … In French … !

2nd August, 2014.

You know, I like movies.

No, really.

I don’t know if I’d say I’m a film critic.   Or buff.   Or fan, even.

But I like watching films.

Legally, for preference.   Using file sharing applications like Transmission to download copyrighted material is iffy, to say the least.

And impractical.

Especially if you — like I — have limits on how much you can download or upload.   Peer to peer file sharing can eat your monthly limit, like there’s no tomorrow.

My point , here … ?

Is that, occasionally, even in VERY cash-strapped times … ?   I occasionally have a little to spare on renting a film from iTunes.

Tonight … ?

Tonight, I actually felt adventurous to go exploring around iTunes, to see what it had.

What I found … ?

What I found was the 2008 French film, Chrysalis.

Yes.

I think tech noir is the right phrase, thank you.

I also think ‘quite good’ is another phrase to use.

Mostly where Chrysalis is exactly that.

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The Daily Teaser — 2-8-2014

You know, ALL of a sudden … ?

All of a sudden, I’m looking at the weekend.

A weekend that, frankly, is looking fairly quiet.

Quiet … 

With fairly little to do.

Still … ?

Still, it does mean I can get some writing done: and polish up my stock of questions.

I’ve Pages, Keynote and Numbers — Apple’s iWorks suite — for my day to day needs: but had originally used, and still do use, NeoOffice.   Back in the day when Planamesa released it for free.

Of the free office suites?   Of the free suites, it was the most Mac-like.

These days … ?   These days, it’s £20·99 on the App Store.   Which is a bit of a come-down, frankly … 

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The Friday Question Set — 1-8-2014

Hmmm … 

Have you been following the Daily Teasers I do … ?

You can find them here, if you’re interested*.

At ANY rate, if you’ve been following them for any length of time, you’ll know I’m jobhunting, at the mo.

And just had an interview for a local bookies.

Which I DIDN’T get … !

That’s … 

Well, if nothing else, it’s nothing I’m not used to.

But it’s frustrating: especially given the job was very close to where I live.

Frustrating …

And depressing … 

Oy veh

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The Daily Teaser — 1-8-2014: London Bridge Is Standing Up

Drat … !

That’s a blow.

You’ve probably worked out I’m job hunting at the moment.

And that I had an interview — or, at least, attended a screening one  — on Wednesday: for a local bookies.

It fell through.

Seemingly … ?

I didn’t get past the test on the company’s website.

Which surprised me.   The first half of the test were basic, timed, number recognition: something I’m usually ok at.   The second half consisted of a given series of statements that you had to grade from one to five: with one meaning ‘I strongly agree with this,’ five meaning ‘I strongly disagree with this’ and the numbers in-between being … well, shades of in-betweeness.

You know … I’ve a funny feeling I may well not have done well, there.

I don’t know.

Either way … ?

Either way, it’s a blow: one that’s given my confidence a kicking.

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