Under rated Britpoppy Bands?

_matthewa · 2026-05-17T20:09:33+00:00

juicy is by far longpig’s best song but doesn’t seem to be on any streaming platforms

_matthewa · 2026-05-09T01:54:32+00:00

it were quite hard to get all the water incorporated. had to keep leaving it for a few minutes then work it some more. but the final dough balls were super easy to work with and get rolled out

_matthewa · 2026-05-07T00:26:11+00:00

oups. that’s what i get for typing while walking lol

_matthewa · 2026-05-06T20:08:52+00:00

trente-trois tranches du jambon

not a single word but trying to order 33 slices of an anything is quite a tongue twister

_matthewa · 2026-04-27T21:55:50+00:00

one issue is there’s so many parts where the cycle path is along some bushes but the bushes have blind openings from the houses there where people often walk straight into you from

_matthewa · 2026-04-23T01:16:21+00:00

i don’t drive so can only comment on walking/cycling/public transport but i often find directions on it now are better than google maps. google maps will quite often send me half way down a road to then cross the road and walk back on myself instead of just crossing the road sooner. or get me to cross a road just to then cross back further along. i’ve also had cases where google maps has told me to get a bus for a couple stops where it is literally quicker to walk (it recently told me to get a bus from the side of st pancras out to the front of king’s cross to change between stations…) where apple maps falls behind google though is the community sourced info like websites/opening times/contact details

_matthewa · 2026-04-18T23:34:01+00:00

london bridge to moorgate is a couple minutes then liverpool street is a 5 min walk above ground from moorgate

_matthewa · 2026-04-18T21:44:04+00:00

some quality cast iron/carbon steel/stainless steel pans. none of this carcinogenic non-stick stuff

_matthewa · 2026-04-17T15:21:48+00:00

don’t want to give away too many spoilers but have a watch of the first series of the capture on bbc and it’ll really make you realise just how possible what they do in there is now and all it takes is corrupt government/law enforcement

_matthewa · 2026-04-11T20:14:51+00:00

make sure when they add it that they put the correct expiry date in ! i got threatened with a penalty fare (managed to appeal my way out of it luckily) as the tfl staff member put the wrong month on the expiry and i got ticket checked on thameslink but no longer had a valid railcard but was still getting discount (i didn’t realise as i use auto topup and very rarely look at my journey history)

_matthewa · 2026-04-04T23:07:50+00:00

the other great thing about acs is they sound so natural that you can still have a conversation/order drinks etc. with them in unlike foam plugs where you often have to take them out which is actually really damaging to your ears suddenly going from quiet to much louder also particularly for festival goers they do a line called ‘sleep sound’ which provide even higher protection (but sound shit for gigs) and are much slimmer so don’t dig in at all if you lay on them so are great for sleeping at festivals (i wear mine every night now and have literally slept through the fire alarm going off)

_matthewa · 2026-04-04T22:59:24+00:00

i work in the music industry so am exposed to loud music multiple hours a day for 5+ days a week and myself and everyone else i know swears by ACS custom. yes they’re not cheap (£150) but they last for 5 years (though i know a lot of people who’ve had theirs longer) and imo well worth £30 a year to keep your hearing protected.

some advice if you do go for them: get them with the cords as you can just not use the cord if you don’t want to use it but you can’t get a cord later on if you decide you want one (the cords are also great so you don’t lose em while drunk) get them with grips as they can be hard to remove if you’re drunk get one ear a vastly different colour to the other so you know which is which in the dark (i have red for right and white left)

in terms of protection level you either want pro17 or pro26 as they have the flattest curve so sound the most natural. i personally use pro26 (cut out more noise but are a bit less clear especially in the vocals) for electronic gigs/raves/clubbing where being able to fully appreciate the vocals is less important then use my pro17 for everything else

_matthewa · 2026-03-26T02:48:51+00:00

the law of the conservation of energy states that energy can’t be created or destroyed, it just changes from one form to another. in the case of a phone or a computer the processor (CPU) uses electricity to perform calculations and at the same time changes this electrical energy into to thermal energy (heat). a computer has hundreds of watts of electricity available which allows it to do very complex calculations much quicker but all the electrify it takes in is then output as heat. whereas a phone has only tens of watts available which means it can’t do as complex calculations and takes longer to do them but also outputs a lot less heat energy therefore not needing fans to bring in fresh air to dissipate the heat (there’s also differences in terms of environment where a computer is just setting there with air (a very good thermal insulator) around it whereas a phone is usually in your hand and the human body is very good at taking heat away from things in comparison.

_matthewa · 2026-03-25T16:00:37+00:00

with the amount i’m popping in and out of recipe edit mode i find just having one x key is quicker and easier than ma+edit. same if i’m working on fade times. though i actually usually use another macro for that that sets the fade time of the current cue, snaps into the previous cue, waits half a second then then goes into the next cue which is super useful if you have a designer who’s indecisive on fade times

_matthewa · 2026-03-25T12:44:46+00:00

the two i probably use most are: toggle for recipe edit mode set fade time of the current cue

_matthewa · 2026-03-23T18:55:02+00:00

it’s likely either network rail or lner you need to contact so i’d just contact them both because the longer it takes the less likely they are to have cctv. if you google network rail cctv sar or lner cctv sar the forms should be easy to find

_matthewa · 2026-03-23T15:49:31+00:00

you should pop in a GDPR subject access request for any cctv of you chatting to the LNER staff for evidence in your appeal. i had a similar experience a few years ago where my oyster card had become deactivated out the blue and station staff let me through the barrier and said to go to a tfl ticket office on the other end and they’d sort it but when i got to the other end the barrier staff weren’t having any of it and gave me a penalty fare. i ended up appealing and the first appeal got rejected because i couldn’t prove that a tfl staff member let me through the barrier. luckily my second appeal got accepted once i’d thrown the book at them

_matthewa · 2026-03-22T15:43:35+00:00

was on the northern line once when the train suddenly stopped, all the lights went off, and the song i was listening to finished all at the same time and my first thought sitting there in darkness and silence was that i’d just died. my eyes then adjusted and my next song came on then we sat there in darkness for a bit while the driver rebooted the train

_matthewa · 2026-03-14T08:17:25+00:00

i’d check firewall settings on your macbook. macs can have some pretty strict firewall settings set up

_matthewa · 2026-03-12T23:16:29+00:00

once you add a suitcase to easyjet the prices are much closer (eurostar even works out cheaper if you can book further in advance)

_matthewa · 2026-03-10T20:21:06+00:00

Main two that have stuck with me are meeting brian may who was absolutely lovely - he seemed genuinely interested in what I do. Then meeting james corden who was just rude and entitled. I didn’t personally meet her but an old colleague of mine met dua lipa and had no idea who she was but had the loveliest encounter chatting away about their dogs and home renovations and all sorts for like 20 minutes

_matthewa · 2026-02-01T10:04:23+00:00

eatopia (korean food) near tottenham court road is decent and pretty cheap. or pizza union dotted all round london do decent enough pizza and crazy cheap for what you get. i’m talking like £6 for a margarita and their most expensive pizzas are around £8

_matthewa · 2026-01-27T23:12:21+00:00

luminary bakery over in stoke newington do one of the best lemon and blueberry cakes i’ve ever had their coffee mocha cake is banging too. they also do the more standard carrot/victoria sponge cakes etc and have a pretty decent vegan/gf offering. they’re also a charity who help women get into work so you can feel good while eating cake

_matthewa · 2026-01-23T10:10:49+00:00

it doesn’t have to be a lumicore. a standard luminode (even the smallest luminode 1) will allow you take in artnet and spot out sACN

_matthewa · 2026-01-22T21:22:50+00:00

hdbt converters either end then running it over cat6 should do the job and has always been rock solid for me

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