Ross of Ottawa

"12 years ago today, #Apple published a web page with one job: to make a U2 album go away." –MacRumors Funny, if they'd just given out a "download for free" coupon code, or let you delete it with a click, it probably would've been widely seen as positive. Just goes to show how a lack of control in the situation can feel like an abusive user experience. But I'm sure they learned their lesson… *Watches as Siri/AI options are rammed into every experience* #mandatoryU2day #UX

New US tariffs go into effect today for Canadian products but they're *lifting* tariffs off certain products like salt, sugar, concrete… Hey Cdn Gov, they're *telling us* what their sensitive items/sectors are! We just need to slap punitive export tariffs on those things to increase the pain on the US gov until they see sense on the trade front. #tariffs #UStradeWar

Breaking a hole in a concrete floor today. Started out with masonry bits in a hammer drill and a diamond saw blade on a grinder, but have since relented and got a demolition hammer (aka jack hammer). I've done this a few times before and the one I did a few years back with drilled holes and a sledgehammer was way more effort than I want to expend this time. #DIY

@zazzoo@mstdn.ca yes, garage. My hole location choice seems to have worked out well, intersecting with the drainage tile, so the sump pump should be well supplied. Whew, demo hammer work is dirty and tiresome. Lots of breaks.

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social lots of trade hurdles to resolve first, but it would be funny to see us closer to the EU than the UK is. 😂

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca @zazzoo@mstdn.ca power uses a dedicated receptacle nearby (eventually a battery backup too) and drain goes through the wall, under driveway pavers out to the ditch.

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca @zazzoo@mstdn.ca sump pump, yes.

@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world @mariellequinton@ottawa.place I like glass better myself too, but I think beverage manufacturers like the economics of light-weight cans for reduced shipping costs and no post-consumer responsibilities for empty container handling.

@zazzoo@mstdn.ca @johnefrancis@cosocial.ca nothing too bad but enough water ingress to make me worry about more in future, and how to get rid of it if it does.

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca @zazzoo@mstdn.ca (receptacle is up high to avoid catastrophic floods, though unlikely)

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place AccuWeather tends to make things look a little more intense.

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place I've been a bit frustrated with Enviro Can's radar in recent weeks, as it often seems to be down as a storm approaches. Hasn't been handling traffic load very well it seems.

No alerts yet, but I'm not hanging my hat on that.

@Nonilex@masto.ai that's just nuts

I was promised tentacles. Hoping the secret room is full of tentacles. #monsterdon

Oh my goodness, it's a cave full of gems. #Monsterdon

So the Old Ones are going to start their plunder of the Earth with farmer browns decrepit barn? #monsterdon

"It's all over now, Nancy. By the way, do you know anything about being a receptionist for a country doctor?" #monsterdon

@stux@mstdn.social we'll be able to tell by the instant global party.

"My husband is insane with jealousy. That's why I've latched on to the first strange man that I met in the hallway." #monsterdon

Checking some online inflation calculators, it suggests the $10k payoff in 1959 would be about $53k today. Hmmm, seems a little low. #monsterdon

Oh no, Stanton got away from us. #Monsterdon

It's a #Monsterdon movie night. I'm a little under the weather, but might give it a watch. A 1970 adaptation of an HP Lovecraft story? Sounds tentacular!

"Two of the guests ended up in the big vat of acid. So… breakfast anyone?" #Monsterdon

Looks like each of these people operate a single switch. #Monsterdon

I must say that one of the elements of #Monsterdon I enjoy is the pre-showtime chatter! 😊 I used to enjoy the post-watch comments and summaries a lot too… but they've become a casualty of the double bill, which immediately switches attention to the next movie. I usually don't watch the second pic (too late for me) but it'd be nice if the hashtag changed so that post-watch comments worked again. Probably impractical to pull that off now.

Doing the #Monsterdon group movie watch and toot event. Use the big old mute button if you wish to avoid my stream of toots, starting now!

Ah, a lava chamber. We can just make our own rubies from scratch. #Monsterdon

At this point, may I recommend just shooting wildly around the house? #monsterdon

Pinning the #monsterdon hashtag column and waiting for the feed to start. Go #Monsterdon

Those are quite the early TV-quality titles! #Monsterdon

What is this "laser" you speak of? Ha - 1968 it was still a new concept. Their science definitions are pretty good so far. #Monsterdon

Their kingdom for a photocopier. #monsterdon

For a minute I thought we were going to see the whole script carved into stone blocks. #monsterdon

Check the upstairs room! There's fried calamari for anyone who wants it! #monsterdon #tentacles

No smoking in the time vault car! Jeez. #Monsterdon

That security guard is no match for a student of the occult! #monsterdon

That hanging harness would fetch top dollar on the runway in Milan. #Monsterdon

"Wouldn't you like to freshen up?" "Do I look non fresh to you?" #monsterdon

Six more hours? The last two hours sure went past quickly. #monsterdon

Well, the feature tonight on Monsterdon was a time travel flick, which is one of my favourite sci-fi genres, but this one really earned its IMDB rating of 3.7/10. 😂 Totally abandoned logic in the last quarter, contrived a long drawn-out footage-replay montage, then abruptly ended, just dropping any remaining thread of a plot. But the terrible movies are what makes #Monsterdon fun.

Way to go, Mark. You just sent us to the centre of time! And just before lunch! #Monsterdon

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social similarly if Biden's son had done what Kushner is doing, to the tune of $billions, he'd have been impeached

Our time circuits have fused again, and we're stuck on the PBS feed again. #Monsterdon

I see #Monsterdon tonight is "Night of the Comet" (1984) which I recall seeing just in the last few years, so I'll prob skip it this week. It wasn't too bad, actually. Low budget and rather hokey 1980s.

That's some classic architecture. I recognized Wright's 'textile block' structures. Okay, drifting off the spooky movie topic here. #Monsterdon

They've got very effective candles in 1959. #monsterdon

If they try to "bring back" the accidental time travellers to the present plus or minus 24hours, they could come back yesterday, which is before they left. #Monsterdon