My copy of The Crow Road is similar to the one featured in Good Omens but not nearly as silver and shiny, which is thoroughly disappointing to me personally.

Successfully made a pot of French press using whatever ground coffee was floating around in my parents’ cabinets.

I’ve been learning Airtable for work because everybody loves using it to make their own bespoke database groaning under the weight of too many linked records, so I made a little proof-of-concept writing tracker for my own stuff. Might have to tweak it a bit more to get it just right, but it was an interesting challenge. It also made my computer sound like a helicopter taking off despite containing hardly any records. I already want to rebuild the same thing as my own web app instead.

Wow, the @phanpy client for Mastodon is really slick even though it’s an only available as a progressive web app. Kind of wish all of my various posting apps looked this good.

The Dead Take the A Train is not for the faint of heart, but if you have a strong stomach, you'll enjoy the ride.

https://fullofwords.com/reviews/dead-end-jobs-the-dead-take-the-a-train/ #books #reading #review

In F. Paul Wilson's Double Threat, an encounter with a strange creature in a cave has bizarre consequences for a con artist on the run.

My review: https://fullofwords.com/reviews/inside-man-double-threat-by-f-paul-wilson/

#books #reading #review

Basically what going into the office means for me now is that I spend too much money on lunch and/or coffee and/or snacks that I wouldn't have spent if I stayed home. Also I sit in a car for two hours and hang out in a mostly-deserted office building for much of the afternoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNrt1FWmPA4

a cinematic pot of gold

I bought a Brother laser printer in 2013 and I'm reasonably sure I've only ever replaced the toner one time back in 2017. A few years ago I spilled a giant beer into the printer and it made horrible clunking noises for a while until I cleaned out all of the sticky bits, but IT STILL PRINTS FINE. https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine

Made for Love was such a great show with a downright amazing soundtrack. Damn shame you can't watch it legally any more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0kZI1LNi3Y

I saw a review of The Recruit that compared it to the sort of shows that the USA Network used to make about ten or so years ago, and that was so on the money that we watched all of it in a week and immediately wanted more.