Have relented and bought an air cooler ready for the next 33c wave at the weekend. In other news my holiday destination is currently on fire.

Minute Cryptic - 9 July, 2025 "Solitary Dancing Queen fan" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=sh…

Windows 11 has a hardcoded hotkey for LinkedIn (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Windows+L). It can't be disabled, even using the registry. It's treated with the same level of sacrosanctity as "Crtl+Alt+Delete".

My bathroom underfloor heating decided 28 ambient was a little cool and decided to turn on, take the chill off.

The thing on the right came in the box on the left. Excellent work Amazon.co.uk . A quick calculation but I think I could fit 32 of them in that size box.

Amazon sponsored products is really starting to irtitate me, I searched for a specific and expensive fuji camera, top of the list is an 85 quid piece of shit - and I quote "Bofypoo Digital Camera"

Whoop. New toy!

Yes Amazon, i definitely want this sponsored "yjzpb" battery that will probably burn my house down rather than the official Fuji battery I searched for.

EE are absolute scammers, have to buy two 7 day passes at 15 quid each for Europe. Insane prices. Also, you can't prebuy, you can only buy when you get there.

Hello Monzo 🏦 i have taken out your home insurance but would like to move the monthly payment from my personal account to my joint account, is that possible, there didn't seem to be an option when setting up

Thanks to EE's ludicrious roaming fees I have switched to travel eSIMs, less than 1/2 the cost!

The Eurostar xray machine has just burned through £40 of photographic film. I am sad.

Minute Cryptic - 23 July, 2025 "Nineties freestyle icon known for his energetic MC work?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 4 under par minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=sh…

My Marseilles uber driver is very safety conscious, he's tested the collision warning system 3 times already!

Hit peak Frenchness - steak tartare and tart tatin

Saw a bloke on the tube at 7.30am peel the cover off a Sainsbury's trifle. People were watching, interested to see how he'd approach it. He got a large Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut bar out of his pocket, unwrapped it, then used it as a spoon to eat the trifle. Sensational viewing

My Nice Uber driver kept the ride running 30 minutes after I got out the car costing an extra 15 € and Uber Support refuse to refund and will only "talk tonthe driver". As far as I'm concerned, this is fraud. Monzo 🏦 i paid using your card, something you can help with?

I'm not an early bird or a night owl, I'm some sort of permanently exhausted pigeon

Carrefour supermarket in Monte Carlo, Monaco. That is a €5000 bottle of wine.

3 days of arguing with uber for stolen money to be returned and then only when I went public here and told them I was going to ask for a chargeback. Why so hard? It's not the €15, it's the principle, you can't run a service where the 1st response to fraud is "tough. no refunds"