• dickturpin (65)in #film • 9 days ago

  The Zone of Interest

  image source I watched the film The Zone of Interest last night. This is a film about the commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss or to be more accurate, his family and their time at the infamous concentration

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• dickturpin (65)in #raspberrypi • 11 days ago

  Cheap NAS

  I suspect this post will interest about twelve people? But here goes. A few months ago, one of my favourite online shops for Raspberrypi stuff Pimoroni announced the release of a single NVMe baseboard.

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• dickturpin (65)in #animals • 14 days ago

  There's a rat in the kitchen.

  ♫ ♪ "There's a rat in the kitchen; what am I gonna do? There's a rat in the kitchen....." ♬ ♩ Walking Charlie this morning, he suddenly started pulling down the entrance that leads to our local

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• dickturpin (65)in #raspberrypi • 3 months ago

  Raspberry Pi 5 with NVMe Boot

  Having seen Jeff Geerling's video on YouTube about installing and booting a Raspberry Pi 5 from an NVMe I stuck my name down on the waiting list not only for a Pi 5 (8GB) but also for Pimoroni's NVMe board

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• dickturpin (65)in #christmas • 4 months ago

  Christmas escape

  Going away for a few days after Christmas is a great idea, you should try it. We booked three nights at The Blue Ball Inn, Countasbury, Devon, from the 27th to the 29th, basically the day after Boxing

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• dickturpin (65)in #christmas • 4 months ago

  Christmas in the bin!

  image source The wife asked me for a Crosley record player for Christmas, AKA the record killer! Now, dear reader, I did pug my face. "Eew! Not one of those?" But the wife insisted I never said

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• dickturpin (65)in #christmas • 4 months ago

  A different Christmas

  I'm a classic Traditionalist when it comes to Christmas; I like to open presents and then have a Christmas breakfast, usually smoked mackerel, juice, etc. Cook the Christmas dinner and have all my family

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• dickturpin (65)in #screamsfromthedark • 4 months ago

  I was right the first time!

  source Me: "Can you create an account and invoice this IT company for £10.00, please?" Accounts: "They [The actual customer] pay quarterly." Me: "I know the customer pays quarterly;

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• dickturpin (65)in #screamsfromthedark • 5 months ago

  Combien

  And these people are in charge! image created by MS CoPilot Me: ✉️ Afternoon, Dave, the following products are due to expire. Can you let me know how many years you wish to renew for? ESET PROTECT Essential

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• dickturpin (65)in #books • 6 months ago

  Berserker by Adrian Edmondson

  image source "I've got a leg! I'm supposed to write an essay about it, but I think I'm gonna mount it on the bonnet of my car."Vyvyan -The Young Ones With those immortal words, I was hooked. Back in 1982,

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• dickturpin (65)in #ufo • 7 months ago

  UFOs Two Questions

  So, let me plant my flag firmly in the ground before we start. I believe there are (Note I didn't say "Has to be.") other lifeforms Out There. I'm not an astronomer or knowledgeable on solar systems and

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• dickturpin (65)in #dreams • 7 months ago

  Weird Dream

  I had the strangest dream last night. You know how they're generally the most weird and, in some cases, impossible situations or actions. So I dreamed I was working in a big open-plan office with a load

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• dickturpin (65)in #gardening • 8 months ago

  I thought it would only kill weeds?

  When we first moved into our house, within a few days, we discovered that the next-door neighbours were druggies! Unfortunately, in the UK, we do not have a disclosure law like…

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• dickturpin (65)in #life • 9 months ago

  Three weeks and a complaint

  I'd noticed my vision was getting bad. I only wear glasses for reading, however, now I have to wear them for driving too. Apparently, I'm long-sighted, which seems weird when you…

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• dickturpin (65)in #scams • 9 months ago

  Don't give anything away!

  I had a text from an unrecognised mobile number yesterday, and my Spidey senses immediately went on the alert. Now, dear reader, you need to be careful in these circumstances;…

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• dickturpin (65)in #sales • 10 months ago

  This is terrible, and I'm a Salesperson!

  So a customer of mine reported a faulty laptop. Very strange behaviour; it looked like a 1980s disco with lights flashing all over the place even when the battery was…

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• dickturpin (65)in #people • 11 months ago

  Do the maths

  So I'm an ESET Anti-Virus Silver Partner. Last week they sent me a spreadsheet of around thirty customers who were oversubscribed. Now there's a multitude of ways this…

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• dickturpin (65)in #shorts • 11 months ago

  Mobiles confuse me.

  I work in IT, and yet mobile phones confuse the hell out of me. It's like the dark arts designed to hide pricing, service and, in some cases, functions behind smoke and mirrors…

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• dickturpin (65)in #work • 11 months ago

  ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY!

  A month or so ago, a dartboard appeared at work. This was in response to music that was being played at four hundred decibels with the outrageous excuse of, "It's boring!" not…

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• dickturpin (65)in #thoughts • 11 months ago

  There's a Starman waiting in the sky

  source - Star Trek "First Contact" We've tried great leaders and dictators; we've had inspired statesmen and women. Wars have taught us nothing. It seems the only hope we have…

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