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Clueless SQL.

The Art of the Bullshitter. Fact check: Donald Trump's State of the Union address analyzed Quite long but worth a read. Of course all politicians spin, enhance, obfuscate & evade. Trump simply uses "the BIG lie" method. We have suffered the same in the UK via the (also) billionaire backed Brexit Bullshitters. The only way to resist this utter bollocks requires enough people to be alert, interested & informed. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/state-of-the-union-fact-check-trumps-address-analyzed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/state-of-the-union-fact-check-trumps-address-analyzed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B

This is a great article: Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks https://www.computerworld.com/article/2527153/it-management/opinion--the-unspoken-truth-about-managing-geeks.html

Tip: Always throw in some deliberate mistakes, people don't like it when you are always right. http://dilbert.com/strip/2018-01-27

Berger & Wyse on jazz – cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2018/jan/27/berger-wyse-on-jazz-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/picture/2018/jan/27/berger-wyse-on-jazz-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B

Everyday For 5 Years This Japanese Artist Creates A Fun Miniature Diorama https://www.demilked.com/diorama-every-day-miniature-calendar-tatsuya-tanaka-japan/

The never-ending cycle of new smartphone software: 1. Announcement. "Hey, these new features sound awesome!" 2. Arrival. "SO EXCITING! I'm gonna try EVERYTHING!" 3. Two weeks later. "Uh, what were those new features again?" ((carefree shrug)) https://www.computerworld.com/article/3250847/android/hidden-android-features.html

Om...

Were you there for Mosaic? http://www.zdnet.com/article/mosaics-birthday-25-years-of-the-modern-web/

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.

The Propulsive Intrigue of Counterpart https://trib.al/TcwUq3j https://trib.al/TcwUq3j

Sunday morning, snowing & still frozen outside. Log stove on, drinking coffee & listening to some Bryan Ferry. Is this what retirement's like? I might be ready.

Watched Miss Sloane last night. Very enjoyable, just complex enough and some nice twists/turns. A fairly mainstream movie done right, polished but not too slick. Jessica Chastain with another really strong performance, um and Mark Strong with a Strong performance also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sloane

Yorkshire Dales National Park gets Tolkien-style map Dan Bell has created a Tolkien-style map of the Yorkshire Dales https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42752158#ampshare=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42752158

Roger Eno: “This Floating World” This came out in November, just discovered it. Been enjoying R.Eno's work since the 80s. A short intro & a couple of Soundcloud tracks embedded in the linked page. "The newest solo work by Roger Eno in nearly a decade. This Floating World holds rustic and melancholic piano works, as grey and mossy as a country cottage. I hear the LP chiming from the dark corners of a pub, soaking in the damp wood like spilled ale." http://www.recitalprogram.com/this-floating-world/

When the snow was still fun!

Hey tom finnerty - how's things

This would explain a lot.

Hey Friends+Me​& Player FM​ Here's what I'm seeing in my Google Account "Security Check-up" (prompted via an email from Google). Any reason for you not to comply as expected?

Old Friends. #SortingOutTheSpareRoom

Jack Jumps In! #SortingOutTheSpareRoom

ReDiscovery #SortingOutTheSpareRoom

How we used to live. #SortingOutTheSpareRoom

Logs

Musings on music listening... Commented on a friend's FB post, thought I'd post it myself My vinyl is in the loft. My CDs mostly in plastic tubs (some exceptions like special editions/box sets etc.) My (proper) hifi decomissioned recently. I had it in the living room under 'licence to use' for 'proper listening' (eg an album right through). In 2017 I must have done that about 10 times max. Which is a bit sad, but the reality of it. Most of my CDs I ripped to digital (I went Ogg rather than mp3) and that catalogue I pushed up/into Google Play Music (you can add 50K tracks of your own) which we then subscribe to (family plan: £15/mnth). The service is great & the quality/fidelity decent & I tend to listen via laptop->mini-hifi; phone->earbuds or decent-ish headphones; "casting to telly" So not as good as a CD on decent "proper" HiFi But considerably better than a cassette in a yellow Sony Sports Walkman on (in hindsight) shit hea...

Bit of Arto. https://youtu.be/S_ljECb69Ys

Just watched & rather enjoyed this: American Made. Great fun. Kermode is right about the two Cruises. Review here: https://youtu.be/_QHRJk6u-rM https://youtu.be/AEBIJRAkujM

If I'll never see the English evergreens I’m running to It’s nothing to me It’s nothing to see https://youtu.be/qqW-kvU5cLg

Less Brexit, Less Trump, more World Citizenry! #DavidSylvian @davidsylvian58 https://youtu.be/1oWrsr7yvpQ

Can't wait. #BestThingOnTelly https://youtu.be/lRs72x7Lgtc

RIP DB #Bowie Oh, I'll be free Just like that bluebird Oh, I'll be free Ain't that just like me?

Make America Great Again: The Recipe (by @ZachWeiner) https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-old-days

Thatchcard: I had one of these back in the 80s. #MilkSnatcher

Heading home after a day in Toon.

Smiles of 2017. Nice auto-generated (by Google Photos) compilation of photos from last year. Good mix of family, friends, work & footy. #Smile https://photos.app.goo.gl/JC37RTPckx5NWNAI2

Interesting: This Tube map shows average salaries near each London Underground station http://www.cityam.com/278083/tube-map-shows-average-salaries-near-each-london