Basically what mine said too. I thought that this as a coping mechanism was bad. because nothing gets done. But it's beneficial as it lets your brain stop and unwind a bit.
I turned on the oven earlier, and the RCBO tripped. I turned it back on, and tried the oven again and… it didn't work! The little top oven worked, but the main oven just sat there, no light, no fan, no heat. I thought it was broken (the very similar oven at the old house broke in a sort-of similar way a while back), and was about to either try to use the little top oven which probably wouldn't work very well for baking bread, or maybe even take the bread round to my sister's house to bake, when I remembered a particular stupidity of these Neff ovens. I set the clock, and the oven started working again. Gah! WHY!? Why does leaving the clock unset make the main oven not work!? Why would you design an oven like that? It — just — makes — no — sense.
Wow, that's... bizarre. Is it digital or something and you can't set the temp without setting the clock first? Or maybe you can't use the timer function? Just kind of reaching for what might have been a reason.
Rien the raccoon and Sebastian the kangaroo are having a sleepover during a rainy evening, outside the sound of the storm becoming the background music for their video game marathon. Despite they were told to go to bed early, the decision to keep playing more levels was stronger.
I truly enjoyed painting this piece, capturing the cozy feeling of wanting the night to last just a little longer, and the warmth of the moment of a good company.
This piece is for Sebastian Roo and Rien Raccoon. Digital. Procreate
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Well that's nice, I just checked the graphs and noticed that the batteries in the garage haven't been charging properly yesterday or today. I'm assuming it's the cold limiting them to 800W. I spotted the IHD showing we were exporting 3+ kW around midday and was surprised the batteries were full, but checking the inverter app showed they were only up to 30-something percent and were only charging at 800W - the rest of the juice coming from the panels was going out to the grid. So I dug a fan heater out of the spare room and put it in the garage, pointing towards the batteries, to see if that would help. Turns out the batteries warmed up enough to increase charge rate to about 2.25kW about 20 minutes *before* I turned the fan on, but I left it on for an hour to see how long it would take to bring the garage up to the heater's "frost protection" point. After an hour it still hadn't, so I've turned the fan heater off - it can't be set to any lower temperature so it's probably counterproductive. I'll just have to live with the batteries being a bit useless over winter. Should have gone for the ones with heaters built in. In fact, the installers probably should have suggested them when I asked for the batteries to go in a garage. Oh well, not much I can do about it now. Selling these ones second hand and buying batteries with built-in heaters would be just a bit costly, I suspect. Hmm. I could build a little insulated box around them and just heat that, I suppose. Removable so it could be lifted away from the batteries after winter so they don't overheat. Hmmmm.
oof :( I have the "-WARM" variant of the EP11 batt with a heating element. Haven't had to use it yet but I expect next few days I will. A lot of people say it still benefits from/needs a bit of rockwool around it in winter though.
@Matt Sqwrl @Ret ah thanks both, you're right, a bit of lagging might help! I have dust sheets and foam and stuff I could just pack around the sides and see if it helps. (Need to keep any vents clear, of course.)
Hello there! So this is my first time playing the Otamatone and the Theremin in front of anyone! I received both instruments as presents last Christmas and I...
Baseball and Paco bouncing together on a bouncy castle during the dances, while the music played in the background. A sweet memory, and a drawing that came out of an art jam with @karpour
Pity. If I was more than one person my business would qualify for this kind of thing. (I don't actually have any customers with managed dedicated hosts right now, but could easily do so - I colo machines for some customers, and I do OS-level management for other customers. Could certainly buy a machine, colo it and manage it for someone. But… I don't have a twin. 🤷)
There was a lot of gossip. Not because they were both very old, and famous. Not only because both used the same pronouns. Mostly because they were different species.
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
During BLFC, Kibou was sitting next to me taking commissions with crayons, something truly adorable to see. I understand that feeling, just drawing for the joy of it, not worrying about perfection, not overthinking, but simply enjoying every color and line, and sharing that happiness through it.
Picture for Kibou. Traditional. Color pencils over toned tan paper.
I was trying to remember whether I posted this link before. A search suggests that yes, I did, a few months ago, but I've made some edits since then. As I'm mostly happy with it now, here it is again! A short (approx 12 minutes to read), fursuity, time-travelly, cuddly, science fictiony story. See what you think!
Holy flip… and this guy's 23 years old. Twenty-three. And I can still remember the excitement of the first time I took Kelsey out (my first time ever in fursuit), at Megaplex in 2003. How time flies.
@Xoa Gray Oh yes, I remember you must have been there because photos you took there are on Timduru's archive. Doggo desperately needs a rebuild but he's still wearable as is - just!
I have now watched A Minecraft Movie. I really am not sure what I think of Jack Black. While I can't imagine anyone else voicing Po as well as him, most of the things I've seen him in, he's just so over-the-top it doesn't seem credible. My disbelief just doesn't suspend far enough. Pity, because by all accounts he's a really good guy.
When I had a stroke I was actually quite shocked at the lack of information from NHS when discharged.
When I had a fall I had like four separate "you broke, or nearly broke, this that and the other" type advice sheets. Very good stuff.
For a stroke I only had one thing on speech issues (with a number to call if I had problems, yes, really!). Nothing on what is a stroke, or why, or what to do next.
But it seems that if ever I have a hip replacement the NHS has detailed advice for me... Phew.
I was once handed a pre-op advice sheet and a pack of alcohol wipes for a contemplated surgery that had not even been scheduled, nor had the consultant surgeon even seen me. That was after an appointment I showed up for which consisted of them saying "your imaging hasn't been done, why are you here" (to which I said "because you sent me a letter with a date and time, and I showed up as I was told").
I realize that folks who grew up here have a touch of Stockholm syndrome about it but the NHS really isn't a well run system, if it ever was. I will get shouted at for saying so, but wanting socialized medicine to continue to exist and considering the NHS fit for purpose are two different things.
100 days for the beginning of next NordicFuzzCon Next year's theme is Cirque de Nord. Mausie and Iris already have their entry tickets.
Illustration for registration announcement of NordicFuzzCon Important side note: Mausie and Iris are cute!
Digital. Procreate
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That moment when you can't quite remember how long your NAS spends in firmware mode after reboot, but you do know that:
a. It has done some sort of update b. It is not responding to pings on any of its Ethernet interfaces c. The status lamps indicate something involving disks is happening inside the box
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Museum chee! I highly recommend checking out small local museums - it feels wonderful to support them and you might be surprised what you can learn! ❤ #FursuitFriday
Welcome to the new me. :) The new suit had its grand debut last weekend and I couldn't be happier. Having a full suit will make me overheat and get tired faster, but being fully covered in fluff and softness is a wonderful and immersive feeling. And oh my goodness all the new fluff and the life in that face... I'm so happy. @selkiesuits absolutely knocked it out of the park.
@rawenwolf *wiggle* I am very very okay with this reaction ^^ it feels like being a giant plushie and it's so good, I just want to be sof and hug people and make them feel better.
I never thought I'd be nostalgic for the tech era that had Steve Ballmer jumping around on stage yelling "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!", and yet, here we are. It was better than whatever the hell this is.
A complete remake of my 2010 YTP "Steve Ballmer Sells Clean/Dirty Windows", except it's almost nothing like the original aside from preserving some classic j...
Wow, I didn't know that picture of Beastie predates FreeBSD. I just always considered him their take on the character, before all BSDs insisted on modernising their logos to something that has very little left of him. NetBSD had probably the most radical take.
It's nice to see that this is still going. Way back in the mid-'90s I actually collected up patches and put together a release of the FreeMiNT kernel, when no one else seemed to be working actively enough on it to do so. It looks like I'm still in the changelog to this day. Noyce.
