ALAN LAVENDER @lavenderlens@qoto.org

Just watched #Netflix The Wildflower (dir:
Biodun Stephen 2022). Whilst I’m still recovering from such a stark harrowing treatment of a subject as old as time, I thought I’d take a few lines to give praise where praise is due. I think the Nigerian cast and crew should have by now won at least one gong for either writing or performances. Yeah it’s technically flawed. Especially the sound. Which seems like they couldn’t find a gain setting low enough to cope with the explosive motherly wisdom that was Toyin Abraham’s captivating performance. Irony was that possibly the strongest matriarch of the tightly knit ensemble cast met an unfortunate end at the hands of another type of abuse. So sad. And they always say they’re sorry and it’s the last time. Watch this but prepare to be moved. It has light and humour too and is a wonderful window into life in Lagos but by golly is it hard hitting. Literally.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt19800348/

Memory lane. What the iPhone iOS randomly throws at you. Used to hate it. Now love it, kinda. An AI’s idea of your scrapbook life.

Just finished a successful week delivering a mix of JavaScript and Java. Straight outside, in the sun, feet up. Cujo still wearing his Cone Of Shame 🐶🚑

We live in glorious times. I’m talking Alice Cooper re-releases. June 9th. In time for school. Being out. For summer, of course.
https://www.thatericalper.com/2023/04/26/alice-coopers-schools-out-and-killer-to-be-released-as-deluxe-editions-on-june-9/

The people are pushing back.

Bring on a second series of #Netflix The Diplomat. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt17491088/

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We truly live in wonderful times.

@m2m we were/are an agency of trainers, so we used to have a training floor and an admin floor. You could have lunch on either, and I would speak to colleagues from both at least every week or thereabouts whereas now I have to have a definite reason for a Teams call and it could be months.

@jgg toot wasn’t an endorsement. 😎

@controlfreak that sounds a really interesting bio in the link above. Us old-timers have the benefit of having seen The Next Big Things come and go. Hopefully we can recognise true advances in productivity tooling whilst not being sidetracked too much by the fad of the moment.

@controlfreak man I remember Sepultura. A fan of our 90s indie Glasgow band used to be a devotee of theirs (fan is too mild a word, even slave or acolyte is more appropriate) and would make his way up the stairs in our tenement close “singing” their lyrics… Neighbours locked their doors, you could hear the keys turn as he ascended floors. Golden days.

@hilljam @axwax @m2m @controlfreak isn’t that amazing?! If we had known then what was to come… just recently upgraded to M1 MBP myself but my day job, coding, doesn't even scratch the surface of its potential with the likes of Photopea, iMovie, GarageBand

@m2m absolutely and I think hybrid is a good fit for many. I miss the water cooler chats and Thursday/Friday drinks after. For me, though, office-based meant a 500 mile commute from Ireland so WFH rocks. I like the occasional on-site to break it up a little and I now travel door to door rather than through my normal place of work which used to be London.