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Chris D.

@chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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Always in search of a microcontent happy place. (In memory of toot.cat/@toby - one of the best cats.) 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@chrisd, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

I do not like the phrase “spooky season” but let’s go all in on it and split the whole year up: Snogging season Sucker season Study season Sweaty season Spooky season Santa season

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[Cars! They offer novel and expensive ways to be a numpty…] I loaded up my car’s boot with an old cat tree and had to drive, boot open, to the local recycling facility. I drove there slowly and safely, then relaxed when I got there, forgot I had my boot open […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My old car, with its rear window (and wiper) completely smashed

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Pretending that the West Indies are a single nation that is made up of all the nations whose cricket boards are members of Cricket West Indies: The three men's Test cricket-playing nations with the largest nominal GDPs are the UK, India and Australia. In order, what are the next three? (The UN […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

This may be abject folly but I request no untagged spoilers for the finale of Jet Lag the Game: Japanorama, please, for those of us who are neither going to the theatre show nor watching it on Nebula. I mean, one possible outcome looks fairly likely, but you never know.

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

[re: my late husband] My computer's being fixed, so I'm using his, and opened Photo Booth. I've found some lovely, happy photos of him with our late cats Toby and Xander from v early 2014... and a *very* personal video in my precise love language (euphemism) that he recorded at 2am, surely […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I did not go and see the Union Jack Classic college football game at Wembley this weekend; it featured two teams about whom I am indifferent and was at the same time at which that Georgia are playing. A prediction for 2030-ish: if Birmingham City, part-owned by Tom Brady, do build a 60,000+ […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

You might recall that months ago I said (*) I had a great time at #voidspaceLive in London. There's also Voidspace Online at the moment with online immersive theatre for another 10 days. I've been to two shows in two nights and they've both been total bangers. Tonight's show, Lab Rats, which […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I wasn't aware of this trampolining discipline but find it greatly impressive and spectacular: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGpCDuWhAI (One source suggests it comes from Montreal in the '80s before being popularised by Cirque du Soleil in the '90s, so the "wake up honey new x just dropped" […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Best random encounter for aaaaages tonight: Tom Cashman, "Lesser Tom", the Tasmaster's assistant on Australian TM, on the District Line at about midnight. He was with someone and talking so I kept it very brief: told him I'd seen clips and was a fan, got a handshake, got back out of his way and […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

My story of this year is... I *really* wasn't feeling it, and ended up camping for one (1) night and playing zero (0) games. Ningún juego. This was absolutely not the event's fault and not critical of the event or its people at all. However, I made some commitments to the event before it […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

It was the Strange Games Festival - see strangegamesfestival.co.uk for details - this bank holiday weekend. I wrote up my experiences last year at chris.dreamwidth.org/39366.html - this year's event was bigger still and I think most people will have found it better yet. I'm […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

At the weekend I enjoyed listening to a podcast about Dame Steve Shirley - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley - of whom I was ignorant or had forgotten; I really, really should have known about her already. A hero, a rock star, a (complimentary) total baddie. The podcast, an episode of […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Would 48 cubes of storage (4x6 facing 4x4, with 4x2 on the back wall on top of a sideboard) be too many for one moderately sized room?

"It is the nineties and there is time for..." followed by a picture of an Ikea KALLAX unit. (It's a slight variation of a line from a faintly obscure video game, obviously.)

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

For what it’s worth, I got the alarm at about 7pm tonight but I *didn’t* get the text message… and half way through writing the message I’ve just got the alarm again, this time *with* the text message. I am on the tube and we’re all getting it at slightly different times over the course of about […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Here’s an interesting and very hopefully meaningful address: Activate 26 Games Way TOPLAYINTOWN PS5 2CD (not a postal address)

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Apparently it’s a travel agency and not, as I had assumed, an umpire at a Savannah Bananas game

“GOOFFICIAL” plus a bit of a QR code

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Looking for personal recommendations for paid computer repair in London (ideally east but I’ll travel). Laptop freezes at a black screen instantly when booting into Ubuntu, within 2 sec when booting into Ubuntu in recovery mode, freezes within a few sec when […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ubuntu freezes at a black screen

Ubuntu recovery mode freezes within 2 sec

Windows also freezes very quickly on boot up

Laptop keyboard is in terrible shape, there’s probably internal hardware damage

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

My long-form (4,000+ words) write-up of my experience at #EMFCamp 2026, including my participation, my highlights, my lowlights and my tips for future visitors: chris.dreamwidth.org/39662.html

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

They are completely different things, but I idly wonder if anyone attended both Null Sector at this year's #EMFCamp and also #Neotropolis - www.neotropolis.com - as well. I'm curious to know how the aesthetic vibes compared. i suspect context dictates that they need to be more […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

I probably shouldn't say this, but as a fan of lemon-lime and the colour chartreuse, I really like the gradation from green to yellow (not gold) on the Australian kits at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The men's gymnastics kits are probably my favourites that I've seen to date, but they've all […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

I just ate the rice. Said: I just ate the rice. Some black dahl on top, and it was fairly nice. Dinner? Not the best, here's what I have to say: ((Just could not be arsed today)) Bowl needs washing up So it gets sent away, bye-bye #earworm

Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

In other exciting news - far too exciting for one day - I have bought and received my work diary for the next year (or next academic year as I started work for this employer mid-year) and it turns out that this year’s colour is orange. Don’t tell the Dawgs fans.

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

While I have reservations about Powerball's jackpot sizes and expense - the (UK) cost and cadence make it a more expensive regular lottery game than we've had so far - I'll probably play it once for the novelty and again if we reach GBP 10^9 territory, not that wealth should be so skewed. It's […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

#EMFCamp was full of brilliance, beauty and wonder; it's a visit to another place where more is possible. While the event is not beyond fair criticism, I think it is beyond criticism more significant than that the cherry atop the metaphorical cake has become sticky in the considerable heat […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

In a good way, or at least a probably-good, hopefully-good, seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time way, I have pulled a rather significant metaphorical trigger today. This initiates a very busy 10-ish weeks, after (most of?) which I will be in a position to toot in a less vague fashion. However […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

The "don't knock it until you've tried it" department has devastating but delicious news for those, like me, who identify as not being fans of pineapple. Barbecued pineapple is far more different than raw pineapple than you would expect. It loses most of the bitterness and sourness, and it ends […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Two years ago I went to the Electromagnetic Field festival - details at www.emfcamp.org - and had a wonderful time as described at chris.dreamwidth.org/38013.html at the time. The next one's next week and i'm very excited. Tickets are sold out but you miiiight get very lucky if […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Labour, Greens, Conservatives, Lib Dems, Communists, Plaid Cymru, Official Monster Raving Loonies, Elmo, Restore Britain, and everyone else: please have too much class to stand in Clacton. What this country needs is an undistracted, head-to-head contest of Nigel Farage vs Count Binface.

Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Two songs whose melodies are _just_ about similar enough to get conflated with each other in my head: (1) At The River by Groove Armada (used in an M&S ad years ago) www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-uztVX6QFQ (2) the original Catchphrase theme tune […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

In my fridge: water, milk, orange juice, Coke, diet lemonade, 7 Up, 7 Up pink, Sprite Mint Chill, Tango Orange, Tango Cherry, Tango Apple. And that's just the drinks I might choose. There are some random alcoholic drinks and maybe a Diet Coke or an Irn Bru for guests as well. I like all of the […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

I am currently on 36 Discords. 14 of them are practically entirely muted and other 14 of them are very low traffic. Nevertheless, this feels like a fair bit. Maybe this is how people are choosing to keep in touch in practice in a way where Fediverse and bluesky aren't scratching the itch. I […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

The pictured wizard is www.mairispaceship.com Nolan. Being concise to a fault, Mairi is a BNF in the UK escape room and puzzle game fandom, and *many* other things besides. Mairi designed a thoroughly delightful game for their birthday party today and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Mairi Spaceship Nolan in full boarding garb

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

One of my dearest friends said the nastiest thing about me tonight that they had ever said: the look I gave in a particular photo made me look, just a little bit, like Michael Gove. Even worse: once suggested, never unthought. He is far too close to being correct for my liking.

ABSOLUTELY NOT Michael Gove

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

[I feel like I've broadly lost the battle over taste in game shows and thus a lot of passion for the field. However, I still love the very best, and dropout.tv's _Game Changer_ is perhaps the Western hemisphere's pre-eminent work of the 2020s in the genre for sheer ambition and hilarity. Spoiler […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

You may know that I am weakly atheist and have not had faith for at least most of my adult life. (If you wish to pray for me, please do me the favour of not letting me know about it.) Nevertheless I made up the numbers in the school choir and woke up this morning with part of an orchestration […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026

I believe I may be in arrears on paying my cat tax, and this is a photo from tonight that I particularly like:

Hamish (left) and Arlo (right) cats on the upstairs landing

Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

There is more and more evidence that the kids are all right but this does not stop me from feeling profoundly pessimistic about political prospects in the short and medium term. Time for bed.

Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Very unusual voting experience in the Newham mayoral and council elections today. UK local elections normally get about 30%-35% turnout. This time, I had to queue for about 35-40 minutes in order to get to vote. Granted, I went to vote at about 8:15pm, which must be prime time, but I wasn't […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

The full show base ticket price is £65/day plus fees (or more with donations, or less for self-certified concessions) which is not cheap, but the Art Show Pass at £15/day is an absolute steal. Many of the things that I am most attracted towards, and several of which I have already enjoyed at […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

You might recall I went to Voidspace Live last year and considered it to be an absolute banger, as reacted to here at discord.com/channels/10366576339077… - the 2026 programme is available at […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

[Newham politics] First past the post is a terrible system, though Arrow's Impossibility Theorem shows there are no perfect voting systems. (I'd like one of the Condorcet-derived ones, despite faults; I'd settle for AV. Both would probably actually help the Independent I don't like, but it's […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

[Local politics gloom] It's hard to know how cynical to be about local politics. newhamvoices.co.uk/2025/11/05/serio… (etc.) suggests at least some is necessary. Social housing, and who gets it, is a huge issue. There may be sectional - […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

[Newham politics] The Independent here has campaigned saying "Car is a necessity not a luxury" (sic). For those with mobility issues, maybe; more generally, in London, I consider this to be a take so bad to earn disqualification from consideration, especially in a borough where most households […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

[Newham politics] The election for Mayor of Newham this week is troubling. While there are eight candidates, it's probably really a (nearly) three-horse race between incumbents Labour, a pro-motorist populist Independent and the Greens some way behind. I went to a hustings today nominally […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

I've not got into 3-D printing at all and it's always felt "not for me", though I know 3-D printer owners and suspect that if I looked into it that I could find one available for use at a local library, workspace etc. One thing I know I'd like is a good phone holder for my car; I have one for […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

[food, remembrance and cussin'] An Emerson story that I've long meant to tell: I can remember him swearing in awed, appreciative admiration of food exactly twice in all the years I knew him. A hamburger from MEATliquor once organically merited a "Goddamn", and Chick-fil-A had a […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

[food] The Chick-fil-A food was authentic and as tasty as I remembered it. No ice dream, some uncertainty over the sauces, but otherwise exactly what I had hoped for. I wore my UGA shirt and nobody inside got the reference, but I did get an exceedingly rare […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Me and two friends outside the Kingston-upon-Thames Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A burgers, waffle fries, sauce pots and drinks.

Chick-fil-A in Kingston happens to be next to a pedestrian crossing that had long ago been painted with Pride stripes - now somewhat faded, but still nevertheless clear.

Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

[food and remembrance] Emerson would have turned 46 today. I struggle to some extent to the concept of separating the art from the artist. While Emerson and I were, and are, opposed to evangelical conservative Christian politics, he loved Chick-fil-A's food, and so did I. (Mainland) Great […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

I am a private motorist, slightly reluctantly, but I drove my '58 reg Toyota Yaris only 1,815 miles since my last annual MOT test. This is lighter than usual, but my average genuinely only is around 3,000 miles per year these days. I'd like to be able not to own one at all but public transport […]

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Chris D. @chrisd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

I also spent a good 30+ minutes going through www.alistairaitcheson.com/games/the… which uses the interface of a paper shredder and a simple controller as the player defaces a physical book as prompted by animated characters who reflect upon loss, grief & growth. You can […]

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