Grahame

Why do a lot of uk tv shows only do 6 episodes a ... " UK shows are written like a novel. American shows are written like a franchise" 13 episode shows would give you a season, four seasons would give you a year-round franchise. A short series makes sense in this case as the source material is a novel. Quality over quantity? Or just what the UK based production is used to?

Brit Bites Followed by a waterside walk

RIP Niklaus Wirth https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth Much discussion on his impact and legacy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012

Happy Birthday Dan, May your day be filled with quirky lenses and thrift shop finds.

Happy Birthday!

Fish & Chips # @ https://samscafe.com/

Binged our way through season 3 of Slow Horses Gary Oldman is a delight as Jackson Lamb, who is anything but delightful. And Season 4 is in the can (According to Gary Oldman , on various publicity talks / interviews)

Run the Android app, (on your laptop, rather than on your phone) on Windows? (Who makes non feature equivalent apps 🤬 ) /https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-run-android-apps-on-windows-11-3048569/

Use phone as source with USB DAC, and "proper" amp / headphones ?

Download to cache locally, and play "offline" ? https://www.tidabie.com/guide/listen-to-tidal-offline.html#:~:text=Tap on My Collection.,tracks you want to download. Radio Paradise App let's you cache listening blocks. Or how about local media, like those vinyl hipsters?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/28/taylor-swift-and-rolling-stones-drive-christmas-surge-in-uk-vinyl-sales

https://www.techradar.com/audio/audio-streaming/why-i-decided-to-ditch-digital-and-fall-in-love-with-vinyl-all-over-again

It's alive!

If you need to make it a (Bad?) Birthday Double Bill

Christmas appetizer's fr fr

There will be bacon! 🥓🥓🥓

Happy Birthday Ric. So many films to choose from.

Happy Birthday, Ken!

And an unadulterated, half (semi virgin?) batch, As why should the drinkers have all the festive fun / calories.

America's test kitchen eggnog https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/1381-holiday-eggnog

"17 YEARS OF VINYL GROWTH:" 🚀🚀🚀 "ONLY HALF OF U.S. VINYL BUYERS OWN A RECORD PLAYER:" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ https://www.billboard.com/pro/vinyl-album-sales-rise-growth-slowing/