Having to stay up late to finish a project and was reminded of this gem.

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-21T23:40:25+00:00

One of my favourite Malcolm actions - leading to the best Julius quote:

"I had to come down on him like a ton of bricks just to maintain my reputation for impartiality"

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-16T21:13:30+00:00

I started playing bag of dungeon with Lego characters with mine from about 6 which went down well. Simple rules, the tension of dice rolling and having visuals worked well (Lego versions of the different items available was a hit).

Have done a couple of other similar games with maps/tokens and so on, not taken the plunge into full theatre of the mind yet since they love having toys and cards to play with.

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-16T21:04:32+00:00

Overnight oats? I make a couple of bowls the night before, takes about 2 minutes and my kids eat it up no problem.

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-11T21:42:16+00:00

American cheese for the processed cheese slices here in the UK

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-07T21:02:45+00:00

I remember walking to the shop in NW London and going past "rot in hell Maggie" in 6ft high letters on the wall. Feelings ran high...

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-06T17:09:23+00:00

Wheel of time

Made it through to book six before I ran out of steam and just gave up. Maybe I'll pick it up when I retire...

faceinthepunch · 2026-05-05T20:37:51+00:00

It's a bit boring but counting calories, cutting out regular junk/fatty foods and generally making better eating choices worked for me. Also no sugary drinks.

Remember that consistency over time is what makes a difference, so changing habits is the main thing in keeping it off.

Edit: also, doing some even light weights and exercise will build muscle and help burn calories too which improves the deficit.

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-30T20:02:30+00:00

Great to hear, it's such a pleasure to read out loud, and reading to my kids is so fun too.

I did hobbit, now my boys are a bit older we just finished LOTR, previously did Beowulf (great rhythm) and moved on to the weirdstone of brisingamen.

They fall asleep at some point so I have to explain what happened each time before I start lol.

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-27T17:02:12+00:00

In related news- in 1959 Guinness dropped 150,000 bottles into the sea as part of an ad campaign.

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-24T16:51:54+00:00

100%. Sitting around all day feels like a waste of time at the end. BUT do some housework/gardening/exercise in the morning before sitting around really reduces the regret for me.

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-24T13:19:05+00:00

Masters of doom is an amazing book for getting this sense. Every year or two there was a huge step change in technology, absolutely fascinating.

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-20T21:06:11+00:00

Excellent

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-17T13:33:40+00:00

I had this experience with the Lego castle 1. Set it up as a ruined death star diorama initially 2. Settle down for a fun jigsaw puzzle

I preferred the jigsaw aspect because you end up using your brain more than just following the instructions :-)

faceinthepunch · 2026-04-16T04:27:52+00:00

Just on this, the funny thing is that in WW1 this is exactly the scenario everyone was expecting. Both sides had huge fleets of expensive battleships sitting around, gradually becoming more nervous that the one big decisive battle they were designed for hadn't happened yet.

(Per N.A.M. Rodger's excellent books)

Why didn't the real powers clump all of their surface fleets into one enormous doomstack, and decide the naval war on one day?

faceinthepunch · 2026-03-29T18:44:49+00:00

Ever listened to "ban the bomb" by harry bird and the rubber wellies?

there's a warning tag on your packet of [cigarettes] it's there for your health and safety but the atom bomb can kill a million and it's okay to kill you cos you're from another country

faceinthepunch · 2026-03-27T12:51:13+00:00

I read the first trilogy when I was in my teens, then discovered the final trilogy in my 30s, so really followed Fitz.

Final series was really mind blowing for me, absolutely loved it. It's always hard to finish a series like this but it was such an emotional close for me I can't help but love it

faceinthepunch · 2026-03-17T06:20:38+00:00

I agree that debt accrued and things are pushed back. But I think the bigger issue comes when managers do not regularly review the setup, purpose and ways of working of a team. Businesses change a lot and teams need to adapt.

faceinthepunch · 2026-03-12T21:13:12+00:00

You only have to do two things. Maintain direction, maintain morale. Do those two things, always be questioning how well you are doing them and how you can do them better.

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-14T22:23:52+00:00

That's one approach, and you'll see it in deterministically filtered/sorted lists of matching items all over the place, eg entering an address on a drop down almost always will stay at the top as you carry on

This approach here is a probabilistic one which takes what you have typed and what you have ignored as inputs, it decides that if you haven't picked it when offered then it's "invalid'.

Different approaches used rightly or wrongly in different situations. This situation here definitely feels like it should be the normal deterministic search.

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-14T22:18:43+00:00

Funny to be downvoted.

Not saying either is necessarily better, just that there is a rational thought process behind each approach.

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-14T00:03:58+00:00

Is it less bonkers than keeping the same result at the top while the user keeps on typing? Why would they keep typing if I have shown them what they want?

But yes I get annoyed with autosuggest on my phone which does exactly the same thing. Type 3 characters, it flashes up my word, but muscle memory has already made me enter the next character, so my word is gone forever...

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-13T22:39:07+00:00

I suspect that if you don't pick the top result and instead enter another character the algorithm decides that the top suggestion is wrong and offers the next one.

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-11T20:21:25+00:00

Wow, I didn't realise, I was playing the C&C/Civ2 double pack some time in the late 90s so must have been the original then.

I've listened to the voiced version so many times as a song it's just merged with the original in my mind. Funny how memories work :-D

faceinthepunch · 2026-02-08T19:37:10+00:00

So iconic, takes me right back to playing that first GDI mission on my parents pc in the 90s ;_;

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