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Marine cone snails terrify me. I've never actually seen one but they inject conotoxin which is game over. Lots of marine things are very bad for you. I used to keep a marine coral that was one of the most toxic in the world too and was concerned about the live rocks I was buying hiding...

John Hamm in Your Friends and Neighbours. Really good start to this series on Apple TV so far. Over time I've come to really like Hamm as an actor. In Mad Men I thought he might just be a pretty face in a trendy hit show but he actually has depth. As a villain in Fargo that became apparent...

Don’t use mine as much since I got an Insta360. The 360 degree view thing is just so nice.

I think I'm going to just try to work through these. I've found reviews don’t always give you an idea if the film is for you as I've found some poorly reviewed films to be great and some with rave reviews I hate. If I can’t take the first 10 mins I'll give it the boot. Just watched The Ballad...

Looked at this today.. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250423-the-best-films-of-2025 Already watched one on this list. The others look great so this is the template for the next few weeks.

I see this as good news. The untalented complaining about the even less talented taking over in a social media space full of bollocks. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3wyplnev1o

Boxing Day has usually been good for cheap subscription deals for channels but it’s a bit of a bust this year. Just got another free week of Apple TV but was hoping for a deal on Fubo TV like last year. Amazon Prime has Paramount for $5.99 a month for 3 months but I don’t know if that's worth...

Been running this mini split heat pump for a week now and I'm seriously impressed. It's completely silent and the way it heats isn’t something I'm used to. Get up close to it (to see if it’s actually on) and the air that comes out doesn’t “feel” that warm at times but the entire room is...

I don’t know about Godzilla but this is my guru… https://www.facebook.com/reel/1148744767244137/?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&fs=e&fs=e

Make sure you change all your credit cards to reflect the new title and next time someone shouts “is there a doctor on board?” on a plane don't forget to shout out “yes” before sitting back down.

Under 5k all in for a 12k BTU Fujitsu 10 year warrantied unit mini split heat pump/AC being fitted this week. In this day and age that isn’t too bad in my book. If I’d have done it myself it would have been 3k+after consumer chinese unit purchase/ materials and electrician fee and that would...

Also while she's still very young take her food bowl away from her every now and then and give it back after a short period. What you're tying to do here is take away food protection issues and also teach the puppy who is alpha. You don’t have to do this for long just a few times. It may have...

Here's a tip for you. Go get her groomed while she’s still very young so she can get used to the noise and the people etc. Lovely looking dog btw.

You can go down a wormhole with coffee. I have mid tier Breville stuff that works well for me and whatever Costco has that's freshest for beans that isn’t Starbucks over roasted/burnt nastiness. I do like visiting coffee plantations while I'm on holiday as they are interesting and the off the...

My Garmin mountain bike doohicky tells me how much air I get on my mountain bike. I think it’s broken.

I think sometimes they may not think things through. The biggest issues locally in our areas are problems surrounding homeless encampments that are set up near dense neighbourhoods. These are mostly illegal and have been cleared for the most part but the church/charity groups decided the local...

That Wacaco espresso thing I posted would make a good Xmas present. There’s add ons you can get to make double shots etc.

Little known fact, lighter roasted beans have more caffeine in them by volume but by weight light and dark roasts are practically the same level of caffeine. So you don't need the treacly black stuff for a jolt in the morning.

When I'm away I have a hand grinder and a Wacaco Handpreso portable espresso machine. Packs down very small and it's a great little luxury to have. https://wacaco.com/

Can’t beat Costco's prices for fresh beans.