A cat sits on a partially completed Grand Tour jigsaw puzzle
I see you are doing a space-related jigsaw puzzle. I’m not sure what it is of. I could help, or you could get me a snack?
A cat under a sofa looks at the camera
No. No NASA staff under this sofa. Maybe if you got me a snack I might find some and you can watch more rockets?
A cat, curled up in a grey hammock is looking at the photographer
There’s another problem with your Moon rocket? What a shame. Does this mean you have time to get me some more snacks?
A cat is a curled up and asleep on a grey hammock
Yes, you might be very happy that your Moon rocket is not leaking so much, but I have important sleeping to do.
A cat looks at an open dishwasher from above
This magical dish cleaning machine is fascinating. It could only be improved by the addition of a snack.
Got to be the PoE. Not saying I’ve done something similar (but I have done something similar)
Then again, I’ve destroyed a number of Pi Zeros thanks to some really terrible soldering…
Cat on cat tree looking out of a window at garden furniture
No, I am not interested in the Artemis II launch date slip. Your insistence on staying up until the end of the Wet Dress Rehearsal has resulted in the late delivery of snacks and I am sorely vexed. #priorities
A cat in a cat hammock in front of a window
So, you don’t need my help with your Lego. Fine. I am too busy having a rest anyway.
A cat looking at a pile of Lego pieces
I see you have neglected to give me a snack in favour of assembling some Lego. I shall assist.
Cat lying in a cat hammock with a garden in the background. The cat is looking at the camera.
I see you are about to run an errand. I would offer to help, but I have too much to do as it is.
A cat is lying on a white fleece with green kitchen units in the background. The cat is looking into the camera.
It appears that you are trying to watch a popular television show. Might I suggest scritches instead?
Cat on a grey cat hammock with a garden in the background, looking at the photographer.
I see you want to write something about Voyager and it being 40 years since the Uranus flyby. Would you not prefer to give me a snack?
A cat on a lap looking up at the camera
It appears that you have chores to do. Would it not be better to sit down for a bit and have a nice biscuit instead?
A cat sat on the arm of a sofa, looking slightly to the left of the photographer. There is a television in the background
It appears that you are eating a snack. Can I assist?
Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.
That way lies madness. I offloaded three crates of cables at the WEEE place and needed one the very next day.
Did a Christmas thing and saw the mighty Mitch Benn performing A Christmas Carol at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Highly recommended!
No, you aren’t.
I donated my old consoles / home computers to enthusiast groups. The VCR and cables I kept because I have way too much media that I still consume. Right now I’m putting off dealing with museums that want some of the kit because… I’m not that old am I?
Ditch it. It’ll be traumatic, and you will need at least one cable the day after you hand it over to recycling, but you will not miss it and be freed. Take it from one who did it last month (4 decades of cables, power supplies, and mice/keyboards)
A kitten sitting on a worktop looking at the camera from behind a knitted striped garment
And there she is.
Going to visit our first rescue kitten tomorrow. Will send pics. In the meantime @nedpyle.com will ensure a steady flow of pup pics.
So much this. I got rid of three decades-worth of cables and power blocks a few weeks ago. Was traumatic. The following day I needed one.
Sinclair ZX80 in primary school. First home computer was a TI99/4a. First games console was a Binatone TV Master. Got the motherboard of the TI99 framed on a wall in my office.
SQL Query Analyzer in the Windows taskbar was always truncated… unfortunately. And yes, I sniggered every single time.
Memories. My Dad had a loaner Saab turbo while his car was being fixed. It wasn’t until I was into my teens that I realised UK motorways had speed limits.
(a) West Sussex, early 1980s (b) two foot four
Much, much older than that...
Me, now in my 50s, after riding Space Mountain in Disney World youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGiI
*sigh* A 🧵Ok here we go, In May of 2024, remembering the lessons of the past and understanding they now had options with crew safety in this case, NASA made the conservative call to bring the Starliner spacecraft home without crew after the craft experienced a set of thruster issues. 1/
