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I learned today that the play Gaslight was renamed Angel Street in the US.

It was being performed as such into the 1970s

The other thing I learned (or, I guess, re-learned since I’ve seen the play twice) was that the ‘gaslight’ in the film isn’t actually part of the gas lighting.

The villain in the film is trying to make his victim think that they are going mad…but the gaslight effect is accidental.

Origin Story - Gaslighting

I’ve got a cold. Please send chocolate and curry.

A small part of me is pleased that Old Street roundabout has retained its character, even if that character is being a bit crap

“Boasting hovering haloes and futuristic forests, Old Street roundabout was meant to be a shining beacon for Britain’s very own Tech City. Instead, we have 120 hefty bollards and paving built to deter rough sleepers”

Total bollards: the iconic ‘eco-Blade Runner’ roundabout that became a grim £132m ‘abomination’

This evening’s Quorn chilli will be enlivened, and hopefully enhanced, by this sauce

I’m slightly dubious about chilli sauces with overly macho branding*, and I’m never quite sure how to use the for-cooking-only ones….so we’ll see what happens

• Psycho Juice is an exception because it’s good

Something I didn’t know…

Henry VIII’s disappointment with Anne of Cleves began when she failed to recognize him when he was in disguise, and they’d never met before.

Six wives | 4. Anne of Cleves - History Extra podcast

" “Processing fee”, “service fee”, “delivery fee” – truly it has 100 ways of saying “because-we-can fee”. If that feels like you accepting a wage for your job, then charging your boss a supplementary “doing my job” fee each time you feel you’re doing your job … try it, see how you get on! "

Process fee, service fee, delivery fee … Who wouldn’t pay to see Ticketmaster rinsed by the regulator? Marina Hyde

Since I’ve seen a few posts about people using or not using Linux, I thought it might be time to explain my personal IT strategy.

It’s this.

Buy a cheap Windows laptop, and keep using it until it can’t run Windows any more.

Then install Linux

It won’t work for everybody, but it works for me.

I’ve been creating a page of podcast episodes I’ve liked

I’ve extracted all of those I’ve commented on on Mastodon

mattypenny.micro.blog/podcast-e…

Took a picture of this to say how much I like the old photos that they’ve got at Salisbury railway station now

….but my inner smartarse can’t resist questioning the date on the caption. It says 1930, but the clock tower was built on top of the structure at the end of the bridge

This has some great photos and clipping about the clock

https://salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/clock-tower/#lightbox[group-32051]/11/

…and this says it was built in the 1890s

www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2346…

I’m sure there have been letters :)

In any case, the old photos are great

If I watch enough tech videos at 1.75 speed, will I start dreaming in 1.75 speed? 😟😟

Ruddy Arsenal ⚽

I always enjoy the annual list of top 10 one-liners from the Edinburgh Festival…but none of them are as witty as Barack Obama’s physical comedy when talking about Trump’s “weird obsession with crowd size”

Mark Simmons’ ship joke named funniest of Edinburgh fringe