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I was tempted to buy a PSVR2 in the recent sale so borrowed one first just to check it out. Basically I wanted it for Gran Tursimo and that was about it. I played it and it was absolutely amazing (I have a wheel/seat setup already) apart from one thing… the damn tightening bolt on the back meant you had to hold your neck forwards to the point that it made me feel sick. Real shame it’s not like the Vision Pro, I’d almost certainly have picked one up if I could sit comfortably with it.

With Disney it does not surprise me at all that they would go to this level of insanity to get what they want. Will be very interesting to see the outcome and whether something like a service agreement can be so far reaching.

That football one where the ref takes the hardest hit and is up immediately vs. the players rolling around on the floor in agony is great. Most of those I wouldn't really think of as bloopers though, just sport.

Oh that sounds good - you should post some of your works!

Our weather has turned today and it’s wet and cold. I’d definitely trade it for hot and humid.

Have you managed to read much of these? Look very interesting.

This sounds absolutely awesome! We never get weather that good here.

I was totally annoyed by the BBC coverage the whole way through, issues compounded by the fact my Dad only mentioned he had Discovery+ on the last day of it. Still we got one day of decent coverage in the end. What we did get to see I absolutely loved, the Olympics is definitely one of my favourite sporting things. Watched a lot of canoe stuff, the new 4 person slalom race was excellent. Got into modern pentathlon a bit (without the horses it’s something I’d love to do myself) and then of course the athletics as usual. Caught a fair bit of the velodrome action where it seemed they’d brought the referees in off the street because they’d forgotten to get anyone in that knew how the sport worked? Looking forward to the Paralympics now!

I don’t follow much Star Wars stuff nowadays as I just can’t keep track of anything. I’m not sure what the general feeling is but Rebuild the Galaxy seems to be one of the most interesting things in a while, I’m actually really looking forward to it. I would post something about The Acolyte but can't for the life of me figure out what is going on with spoiler tags.

I don't think I do anything that would really count as art and crafts. I've 3D printed some stuff to build into a model train set but never got round to painting anything. I've built some Tamiya Mini-4WD cars but also I don't think that counts as crafty. My son is just about the age where he's starting to do more painting and things, been thinking I can use that as an excuse to do something together. Probably will be just badly painting clay models but maybe something more interesting will come up and we can do that together. I quite like the idea of taking cards from TCGs and cutting them out to do 3D versions using multiple cards. Might give that a try too.

If she can keep things sensible then I totally agree. There is the old issue of “you can’t win an argument against an idiot” and Trump will just continue to spout utter drivel that is hard to come back against because you just can’t prepare for it. That being said, at this point I don’t think any of it matters. Trump supporters will vote for Trump and Democrats will vote for Harris. The selections on each side are now very interesting as each will galvanize the other to go out and vote in huge numbers to keep the ‘wrong’ side out. This is probably the first bad move of Trump’s campaign, I’d have said he was pretty much certain to get in before this but now he’ll have a real battle on his hands.

Feels like a weird one for me, I don’t particularly consider any form of dance to be something I’d expect to see nor be interested in at the Olympics. I’m not sure I could tell good vs. bad if I was watching it which basically takes away any reason to watch. I do understand trying to bring in younger more diverse sports but I’m not sure this is the right one. Also, I believe they’ve already dropped it from the next Olympics so seems like a bit of a waste if they want to make something of it.

I’ve always loved the Olympics, I think with Tokyo I managed to watch pretty much everything and I intend to do pretty much the same again this time. It would definitely be on in the background the whole way through. From that BBC site the things I’ll actually make an effort to watch will be: Opening ceremony: 26 July, River Seine Archery: 25 July to 4 August, Invalides Athletics: 1-11 August, Stade de France (track & field), Trocadero (race walks), Invalides (marathons) Beach volleyball: 27 July to 10 August, Eiffel Tower Stadium Boxing: 27 July to 10 August, North Paris Arena & Roland-Garros Stadium Canoe slalom: 27 July to 5 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - White water Canoe sprint: 6-10 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Flat water Cycling track: 5-11 August, National Velodrome Diving: 27 July to 10 August, Aquatics Centre Fencing: 27 July to 4 August, Grand Palais Marathon swimming: 8-9 August, Pont Alexandre III Modern pentathlon: 8-11 August, North Paris Arena (ranking round), Chateau de Versailles Rowing: 27 July to 3 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Flat water Sailing: 28 July to 8 August, Marseille Marina Shooting: 27 July to 5 August, Chateauroux Shooting Centre Swimming: 27 July to 4 August, Paris La Defense Arena Triathlon: 30 July to 5 August, Pont Alexandre III Weightlifting: 7-11 August, South Paris Arena Wrestling: 5-11 August, Champ-de-Mars Arena Closing ceremony: 11 August, Stade de France Actually that makes me realize just how much of it actually interests me. As a showcase for sports that don’t usually get much attention the Olympics is great.

We’re at the hospital to have the baby, it’s not coming just yet though. Everything still seems to be total chaos, no idea what is going on but one thing I do know is that there is no sign of a baby.

I don’t carry cash around at all anymore. I don’t even carry any bank cards, just do everything through my phone/watch nowadays. The only place I’ve actually needed cash in the last couple of years has been the Japanese Embassy (of course!) but other than that not worrying about taking anything out makes life much easier. I’m in the hospital at the moment (wife is having baby #2) and it’s absolute chaos. Nowhere can take any payments, they can’t get any test results, appointments are a mess etc. etc. We had to wait 3 hours to start being seen and everything is massively delayed. They’re doing all they can though and everyone is lovely. Interesting watching all of it play out, as has been said it’s amazing how one small issue can grind the whole world to a halt.

I have to say I’m super happy this upgrade has finally happened. Should have done it years ago! I’ve not been around much lately but I will try and stick around for a bit now I see you have this lovely new software.

I just got my order processing notification! With a bit of luck it will have been delivered by the time I get back from my next trip.

As @Fierce_LiNk and @Hero-of-Time already said I think it's very sad for the family, though I’m sure they will find much happiness looking back on her legacy. From the coverage last night it seemed he was in the country but didn't make it up there before the end. Yeah, this. There are not many people around that have known anything other than The Queen. It's going to be very odd for the next few years... New money, new stamps, new national anthem, a whole load of other stuff too I'm sure.

Anyone watching the Artemis launch today? Super excited to watch this mission progress - should be the start of something amazing.

Great to hear everything is progressing well. Sounds super promising for the future.

Looks brilliant and I’m super tempted to buy it for myself. The problem right now is that there are a ton of awesome things. I want that pyramid. I want the anniversary castle. I want this. I want the rollercoaster. I want the new trains. Godamnit Lego!!!

Which to be fair, is how our system has worked for the hundreds of years it’s been around. We’ve also generally had an election pretty soon after a new idiotic Tory leader is elected in recent years. I imagine this will be no different. The biggest problem right now is that we have no electable opposition. Generally, the country has become so partisan that the lack of a strong alternative means we’re doomed to an early election that the conservatives will win and then we’re just back at square one. As happy as I am that Boris is gone, I’m not feeling super enthusiastic about our near-term future.

I thoroughly recommend boycotting everything about this thing.

The prices are insane! Double (at least) what we paid for Wrestlemania a few years ago. I know people will be desperate for this as we haven’t had a big event for so long but it really seems like they’re taking the piss a bit with the prices. I’m still kind of tempted though…

Great fun tonight, thanks all!