Rob
@chiroho.bsky.social
Geek, worker drone, gamer, stylophile, reads a lot. You get the picture.
That sounds terrible! I hope you recover quickly.
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
That sounds terrible! I hope you recover quickly.
Mine was "The Empire Strikes Back". Do we all end up force choked? Frozen in Carbonite? Or carrying a weird little creature on our back while we train?
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mine was "The Empire Strikes Back". Do we all end up force choked? Frozen in Carbonite? Or carrying a weird little creature on our back while we train?
By all politicians, regardless of affiliation.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
By all politicians, regardless of affiliation.
Keep piling on those unexpected birthdays. And soon enough you'll just be old. 😉
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Keep piling on those unexpected birthdays. And soon enough you'll just be old. 😉
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Agreed. There is no "objective" engagement with art. I can objectively review a tool or something based on how well it performs a task for which it was designed, but we all bring our life experiences to art. You may love a book I bounce off completely. Does that make the book bad? Hardly.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Agreed. There is no "objective" engagement with art. I can objectively review a tool or something based on how well it performs a task for which it was designed, but we all bring our life experiences to art. You may love a book I bounce off completely. Does that make the book bad? Hardly.
Absolutely true. Although with Blake's 7 over time you started to question whether the "good guys" were actually achieving anything "good" in terms of helping people and making their lives better or if they themselves were basically terrorists. Plus it had an historically bleak ending.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Absolutely true. Although with Blake's 7 over time you started to question whether the "good guys" were actually achieving anything "good" in terms of helping people and making their lives better or if they themselves were basically terrorists. Plus it had an historically bleak ending.
There was some outstanding writing on that show, perhaps because it flew a little under the radar.
In some ways I like it to Blake's 7, one of my favourite SciFi shows ever. The team were the good guys fighting the "fash" but the clarity of purpose became increasingly grey.
In some ways I like it to Blake's 7, one of my favourite SciFi shows ever. The team were the good guys fighting the "fash" but the clarity of purpose became increasingly grey.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
There was some outstanding writing on that show, perhaps because it flew a little under the radar.
In some ways I like it to Blake's 7, one of my favourite SciFi shows ever. The team were the good guys fighting the "fash" but the clarity of purpose became increasingly grey.
In some ways I like it to Blake's 7, one of my favourite SciFi shows ever. The team were the good guys fighting the "fash" but the clarity of purpose became increasingly grey.
I would use this break to reevaluate. Talk to your boss to see whether the days in lieu for working weekends are likely to be a possibility next year. Explain to them what you want and see how you can get there. If it seems likely that next year will be like this work wise that informs your decision
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would use this break to reevaluate. Talk to your boss to see whether the days in lieu for working weekends are likely to be a possibility next year. Explain to them what you want and see how you can get there. If it seems likely that next year will be like this work wise that informs your decision
But they're the "Peacekeepers". How is that not a good thing? Plus they have cool leather uniforms! Plus plus I had a major crush on Claudia Black. 😳
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
But they're the "Peacekeepers". How is that not a good thing? Plus they have cool leather uniforms! Plus plus I had a major crush on Claudia Black. 😳
I also discovered that you can probably pick up an airworthy F-104 for under a million. Although if airworthy isn't a requirement it could be as little as $350k. 🤷♂️
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I also discovered that you can probably pick up an airworthy F-104 for under a million. Although if airworthy isn't a requirement it could be as little as $350k. 🤷♂️
Anywhere from 66,000 credits (TIE) to 220,000 credits (X-Wing) or more.
Did every cradle of civilization even use swords? Probably depended more than anything on their access to raw materials. Not sure if Polynesians or many South Americans did.
Did every cradle of civilization even use swords? Probably depended more than anything on their access to raw materials. Not sure if Polynesians or many South Americans did.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Anywhere from 66,000 credits (TIE) to 220,000 credits (X-Wing) or more.
Did every cradle of civilization even use swords? Probably depended more than anything on their access to raw materials. Not sure if Polynesians or many South Americans did.
Did every cradle of civilization even use swords? Probably depended more than anything on their access to raw materials. Not sure if Polynesians or many South Americans did.
Exactly.
Well, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. If only Earth hadn't been destroyed seconds before the calculation of the question was complete. Darn Vogons!
Well, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. If only Earth hadn't been destroyed seconds before the calculation of the question was complete. Darn Vogons!
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Exactly.
Well, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. If only Earth hadn't been destroyed seconds before the calculation of the question was complete. Darn Vogons!
Well, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. If only Earth hadn't been destroyed seconds before the calculation of the question was complete. Darn Vogons!
I haven't yet seen all the outfits in game, but the Houndsmaster is fantastic. Managed to pick up all the pieces for it and your team did a great job. The tiny hounds are great as well. If annoying as heck for how hard they are to kill! 🤣 Fantastic job by your team and the folks in Bucharest
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I haven't yet seen all the outfits in game, but the Houndsmaster is fantastic. Managed to pick up all the pieces for it and your team did a great job. The tiny hounds are great as well. If annoying as heck for how hard they are to kill! 🤣 Fantastic job by your team and the folks in Bucharest
Although that doesn't stop other creatures, such as Indomitus Rex, despite being raised entirely in a cage, know exactly how to hunt, use camouflage, etc., just like it's been doing it for it's entire life.
October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Although that doesn't stop other creatures, such as Indomitus Rex, despite being raised entirely in a cage, know exactly how to hunt, use camouflage, etc., just like it's been doing it for it's entire life.
But you're right though. Even the whole goat thing is nothing more than an appetizer at best for the T-Rex. Although the way many reptiles work is they gorge themselves and then don't eat for days/weeks. So maybe it was about keeping it hangry
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
But you're right though. Even the whole goat thing is nothing more than an appetizer at best for the T-Rex. Although the way many reptiles work is they gorge themselves and then don't eat for days/weeks. So maybe it was about keeping it hangry
But it's so much more exciting when big, scary dinosaur chase small, puny human!
Although it's amazing how much our knowledge of dinos has changed since JP was made. Raptors were covered in feathers not scales. T-Rex was most likely a scavenger. Pretty much no dino behaved as in the movie.
Although it's amazing how much our knowledge of dinos has changed since JP was made. Raptors were covered in feathers not scales. T-Rex was most likely a scavenger. Pretty much no dino behaved as in the movie.
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
But it's so much more exciting when big, scary dinosaur chase small, puny human!
Although it's amazing how much our knowledge of dinos has changed since JP was made. Raptors were covered in feathers not scales. T-Rex was most likely a scavenger. Pretty much no dino behaved as in the movie.
Although it's amazing how much our knowledge of dinos has changed since JP was made. Raptors were covered in feathers not scales. T-Rex was most likely a scavenger. Pretty much no dino behaved as in the movie.
I haven't read a detailed account, but he probably did have access to alcohol, like saki, so that probably helped partially disinfect things.
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I haven't read a detailed account, but he probably did have access to alcohol, like saki, so that probably helped partially disinfect things.
With a pocket knife and a mirror. And then sutured himself using whatever he had to hand which was basically "jungle fibre".
The guy was a veterinarian between WWI and WWII but even so ...
The guy was a veterinarian between WWI and WWII but even so ...
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With a pocket knife and a mirror. And then sutured himself using whatever he had to hand which was basically "jungle fibre".
The guy was a veterinarian between WWI and WWII but even so ...
The guy was a veterinarian between WWI and WWII but even so ...
Gus March-Phillipps who Henry Cavil played in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and was the likely inspiration for James Bond.
Billy Sing, an Australian sniper in Gallipoli.
Jock McLaren who escaped the Japanese in WW2, fought as a guerilla, and even gave himself an appendectomy!!
Billy Sing, an Australian sniper in Gallipoli.
Jock McLaren who escaped the Japanese in WW2, fought as a guerilla, and even gave himself an appendectomy!!
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gus March-Phillipps who Henry Cavil played in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and was the likely inspiration for James Bond.
Billy Sing, an Australian sniper in Gallipoli.
Jock McLaren who escaped the Japanese in WW2, fought as a guerilla, and even gave himself an appendectomy!!
Billy Sing, an Australian sniper in Gallipoli.
Jock McLaren who escaped the Japanese in WW2, fought as a guerilla, and even gave himself an appendectomy!!
Douglas Bader who learned to fly again after losing both legs in a plane crash in 1931 & became famous in the Battle of Britain. When captured after bailing out in 1941, tried to escape so many times he ended up in Colditz.
Violet Jessup who survived the sinking of the Titanic and the Britannic.
Violet Jessup who survived the sinking of the Titanic and the Britannic.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Douglas Bader who learned to fly again after losing both legs in a plane crash in 1931 & became famous in the Battle of Britain. When captured after bailing out in 1941, tried to escape so many times he ended up in Colditz.
Violet Jessup who survived the sinking of the Titanic and the Britannic.
Violet Jessup who survived the sinking of the Titanic and the Britannic.
Huge congratulations!
Not only is that a long time to be at a games company, it seems to be a long time to be anywhere these days.
Not only is that a long time to be at a games company, it seems to be a long time to be anywhere these days.
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Huge congratulations!
Not only is that a long time to be at a games company, it seems to be a long time to be anywhere these days.
Not only is that a long time to be at a games company, it seems to be a long time to be anywhere these days.
Congratulations! Very pleased for you, and thoroughly deserved.
September 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Congratulations! Very pleased for you, and thoroughly deserved.
Wizards really need to find something better to do. Isn't there a Balrog somewhere that they have to stop from passing? 😆
September 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wizards really need to find something better to do. Isn't there a Balrog somewhere that they have to stop from passing? 😆