Notices by dan 💾 (billgoats@bitbang.social), page 8

A few weeks ago a #HeatPump appeared outside the house, so it got plumbed in and the radiators all got made larger, et cetera. But there was no electrician available to wire it all up. Today the electricians have arrived and are working their magic, and so hopefully by the end of the day I'll have central heating again for the first time since about April :D

@thomasfuchs It's absolutely fine once you're there, but getting there is a big ol' chore to figure out. At least joinmastodon dot com has made things a lot easier there…

Erh mah gherd. Had a quick look at peertube as a possibility for uploading videos, and it's a good reminder of how genuinely awful and baffling the fediverse onboarding experiences are.

The topics of the first servers in the list:
* ancient Latin
* something in the Netherlands
* gaming in French
* contemporary Slovenian art

Thanks, zero of these sound relevant to anything I might ever upload.

The BBC continues sharing its cost of living top tips... avoid baggage charges when flying by just wearing all your clothes onto the plane instead.

The Northwest Territories has the best license plate design. They're shaped like polar bears instead of boring ol' rectangles. (photo snagged from wikipedia)

Me, casually to myself: Is Minix still a thing, I wonder?

Wikipedia: All Intel chipsets post-2015 are running MINIX 3 internally as the software component of the Intel Management Engine.

Thistly #sunset

@thomasfuchs When I lived in southeast London, there were *loads* of shops that would advertise human hair wigs 💁

Tag yourself*

• iphone 11 glass screen protector
• mystery box
• sunglasses women 2022
• human hair wigs
• massage gun
• netflix
• gel nail polish

* today's #aliexpress quick search suggestions

Some truly terrible dim evening photos from the terrible aliexpress toy camera tonight. Might need the alt text to help tell what's going on 'n' stuff. #ShittyCameraChallenge

Have started keeping a bit of an eye on Mac Pro trash can models on popular auction web sites. Prices seem to be coming down to the point where it's not entirely implausible that one might go within my self-imposed relatively low upper price range… The retro of tomorrow, today!

@mingo @hypertalking There are some on for surprisingly low here at the moment. Of course, it’s eBay so the price means nothing until the last 10 seconds ;)

Hey buddy.

The only X for me.

And a van with German plates today! 🚗

Saw a car with Italian plates this morning... they've clearly done a bit of a road trip 🚙

@thomasfuchs What a treat :S

A few photos from yesterday's walks taken with the ultra-cheap toy camera from aliexpress. #ShittyCameraChallenge

One of the wheel valve caps seems to have gone walking, so I searched the ebays to see how expensive a single replacement would be... All the top results are glow-in-the-dark ones, and honestly, why not?

GREASE NIPPLES!
THERE IS A LISTING THAT CALLS THESE THINGS GREASE NIPPLES!
#GreaseNipples