Phil Mills
@philkmills.bsky.social
Retired software developer. Time over-occupied with music, cats, computers, and gardening.
I'm surprised that you have checkout stations with workers at them. The trend I see is to turn customers into the store's unpaid labour.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm surprised that you have checkout stations with workers at them. The trend I see is to turn customers into the store's unpaid labour.
Though, if Slow Horses had a theme song, you'd think that might be of interest. 😇
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Though, if Slow Horses had a theme song, you'd think that might be of interest. 😇
My first reading tried to make FACT into a verb. As in, "Many countries seem to have political parties that don't fact very well."
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My first reading tried to make FACT into a verb. As in, "Many countries seem to have political parties that don't fact very well."
It was either that or paint it orange and put a giant MAGA hat on top.
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It was either that or paint it orange and put a giant MAGA hat on top.
I didn't know that Reba was a Siberian. I have nothing to say about that except that you're making me wonder about our of-unknown-breeding girl. 🙂
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I didn't know that Reba was a Siberian. I have nothing to say about that except that you're making me wonder about our of-unknown-breeding girl. 🙂
Liked this a lot, but it was gone so fast that I'm not sure I saw all the episodes that do exist. www.imdb.com/title/tt0115...
Dark Skies (TV Series 1996–1997) ⭐ 7.5 | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
1h | TV-14
www.imdb.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Liked this a lot, but it was gone so fast that I'm not sure I saw all the episodes that do exist. www.imdb.com/title/tt0115...
I assume "sot" stands for "some odious troll"; the "bs" is obvious.
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I assume "sot" stands for "some odious troll"; the "bs" is obvious.
It depends...maybe the shooter was aiming for an ear.
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It depends...maybe the shooter was aiming for an ear.
Nobody warned him to avoid playing in Traffic. 🙂
August 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Nobody warned him to avoid playing in Traffic. 🙂
Touch-typing is a goal for many. 😇
August 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Touch-typing is a goal for many. 😇
I've been intentionally misreading "venal insufficiency" just for the cheap laugh.
July 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've been intentionally misreading "venal insufficiency" just for the cheap laugh.
A previous cat here learned that the sound of a flushing toilet had a good chance of waking people early. We spent the rest of his life reminding each other to close that door at bedtime.
July 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A previous cat here learned that the sound of a flushing toilet had a good chance of waking people early. We spent the rest of his life reminding each other to close that door at bedtime.
I frequently feel as if that man should be prevented from using adjectives. I know it's not much, but it would be a start.
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I frequently feel as if that man should be prevented from using adjectives. I know it's not much, but it would be a start.
Washing and waiting for a friend to play with. (Moody Blues)
July 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Washing and waiting for a friend to play with. (Moody Blues)
Think of the savings! Before AI, the designers would have had to drink about a 12-pack each to come up with that.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Think of the savings! Before AI, the designers would have had to drink about a 12-pack each to come up with that.
My attraction to ABC (actually, ABCPlus) was wanting to produce fakebook-style lead sheets, but finding GUI-based notation software tedious. It's a task where just typing a letter or two is more efficient for me than selecting and positioning things visually.
June 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My attraction to ABC (actually, ABCPlus) was wanting to produce fakebook-style lead sheets, but finding GUI-based notation software tedious. It's a task where just typing a letter or two is more efficient for me than selecting and positioning things visually.
I didn't get interested in emacs until I started writing songs. It has an abc-mode add-on that helps with a file format for representing music as text and can trigger external command line programs for MIDI or Postscript conversion.
June 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I didn't get interested in emacs until I started writing songs. It has an abc-mode add-on that helps with a file format for representing music as text and can trigger external command line programs for MIDI or Postscript conversion.