Martin Smith
@transmithim.bsky.social
The opposite of whatever a bon vivant is. First person in Britain to eat a Toblerone. Officially the third best Visionaries fan. Probably joking but who knows.
https://linktr.ee/TransmitHim
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Firefox helpfully let me know that my Facebook password is older than a data breach that occured and that I should change it. Nice little feature.
Went to Facebook (eugh) to change it and was presented with this:
Same PC I always use.
Went to Facebook (eugh) to change it and was presented with this:
Same PC I always use.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Firefox helpfully let me know that my Facebook password is older than a data breach that occured and that I should change it. Nice little feature.
Went to Facebook (eugh) to change it and was presented with this:
Same PC I always use.
Went to Facebook (eugh) to change it and was presented with this:
Same PC I always use.
Man, those early, slightly off-brand, UK covers for Goosebumps books were great.
There were embossed for the texture in the slime and the logo.
There were embossed for the texture in the slime and the logo.
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Man, those early, slightly off-brand, UK covers for Goosebumps books were great.
There were embossed for the texture in the slime and the logo.
There were embossed for the texture in the slime and the logo.
"Make car go fast"?
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Make car go fast"?
Hmm, mixed results on the de-Danning. Back went wonderfully using dry erase markers. Did a test spot on the label and it cleaned off without issue. Traced over a “dan” and instantly the colour around it faded, ruining it. Did some more and it’s not even shifting all of it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hmm, mixed results on the de-Danning. Back went wonderfully using dry erase markers. Did a test spot on the label and it cleaned off without issue. Traced over a “dan” and instantly the colour around it faded, ruining it. Did some more and it’s not even shifting all of it.
I bought a used copy of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. If only there were some way to know anything about the previous owner, even just their name…
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I bought a used copy of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. If only there were some way to know anything about the previous owner, even just their name…
Set aside all the AI shite, has Google also broken the quote mark search syntax? None of these results include the word I've put in quotes. I had to add "-wordle" to get the correct results.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Set aside all the AI shite, has Google also broken the quote mark search syntax? None of these results include the word I've put in quotes. I had to add "-wordle" to get the correct results.
I don’t want to single out Super Play for this but % review scores are just stupid, aren’t they? A scale of 0-100 yet anything below 70 is considered bad and to be written off. Why have most of your scale be gradations of “don’t play this”?
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I don’t want to single out Super Play for this but % review scores are just stupid, aren’t they? A scale of 0-100 yet anything below 70 is considered bad and to be written off. Why have most of your scale be gradations of “don’t play this”?
Reading through Super Play, I’ve reached their (import) Mega Man X review and ex-fucking-cuse me? 70% for sound?! On Mega Man X?! Where every song is an absolute banger?!
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reading through Super Play, I’ve reached their (import) Mega Man X review and ex-fucking-cuse me? 70% for sound?! On Mega Man X?! Where every song is an absolute banger?!
I mean, how would anyone be able to tell the difference.
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I mean, how would anyone be able to tell the difference.
Gen4 Formula E car (debuting in late 2026/early 2027) looks pretty cool. Official photo that I've brightened so you can actually see the damn thing properly.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gen4 Formula E car (debuting in late 2026/early 2027) looks pretty cool. Official photo that I've brightened so you can actually see the damn thing properly.
I bought some cheap alcohol markers (like dirt cheap - 60 for £15) and have been doing some colouring in of scans of original comics art on some bristol board I’ve had hanging around for ages. It’s fun.
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I bought some cheap alcohol markers (like dirt cheap - 60 for £15) and have been doing some colouring in of scans of original comics art on some bristol board I’ve had hanging around for ages. It’s fun.
Well I certainly feel safer online now!
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Well I certainly feel safer online now!
I sailed the high seas and found it in Arak: Son Of Thunder #40.
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I sailed the high seas and found it in Arak: Son Of Thunder #40.
Love this Aldi brand Ryu in a mail order ad in an early issue of Super Play.
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Love this Aldi brand Ryu in a mail order ad in an early issue of Super Play.
I really didn’t expect Vision to be so Borat in the 70s and early 80s. Constantly saying “my wife”, usually to his wife.
October 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I really didn’t expect Vision to be so Borat in the 70s and early 80s. Constantly saying “my wife”, usually to his wife.
Forget policing what’s by the tills and on BOGOF deals, supermarkets shouldn’t be allowed to do this:
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Forget policing what’s by the tills and on BOGOF deals, supermarkets shouldn’t be allowed to do this:
I made the voyage from Tewkesbury to Leicester and was rewarded with the opportunity to play Dactyl Nightmare on a Virtuality VR machine, (as seen as Catch The Flag on GamesMaster s2e10) It is… rough. @underconsolepod.bsky.social described that challenge as “1m10s of nothing happening”.
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I made the voyage from Tewkesbury to Leicester and was rewarded with the opportunity to play Dactyl Nightmare on a Virtuality VR machine, (as seen as Catch The Flag on GamesMaster s2e10) It is… rough. @underconsolepod.bsky.social described that challenge as “1m10s of nothing happening”.
YouGov is constantly trying to get me to sign up to their “faster way to earn rewards” which is literally installing spyware on your device for them to freely track.
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
YouGov is constantly trying to get me to sign up to their “faster way to earn rewards” which is literally installing spyware on your device for them to freely track.
Well, it’s better than him being Goliath, I guess.
September 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Well, it’s better than him being Goliath, I guess.
I’m no fan of Alex Ross either but there’s no need to call him names.
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m no fan of Alex Ross either but there’s no need to call him names.
I've been watching Robot Chicken on 4OD the past few weeks and it's got loads of ghosting artefacts in it, which I swear have only appeared in the past few days (on all devices) even on episodes I watched previously. Very weird and distracting.
September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I've been watching Robot Chicken on 4OD the past few weeks and it's got loads of ghosting artefacts in it, which I swear have only appeared in the past few days (on all devices) even on episodes I watched previously. Very weird and distracting.
The filter for collected editions isn't working, but I spotted these three together in "everything in release order". I assume the same prices as Kindle.
September 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The filter for collected editions isn't working, but I spotted these three together in "everything in release order". I assume the same prices as Kindle.