[15:05] happy weekend to all [15:07] finishing up the iMac work today [15:07] https://imgur.com/a/ARaFHko [15:07] before 'n' after [15:08] say what you will about apple they do make the insides of their systems quite beautiful [15:08] not that you can get to them (: [15:09] yeah it kinda ruins the effort put in alright [15:09] next up, it will be time to remove as much of the adhesive residue as possible from around the edges - you can see some of the cruft left behind along the bottom edge metal strip [15:12] the winning strategy seemed to be a cloth and isopropyl alcohol last time [15:20] and not play chess? [16:02] you never know your luck! [16:03] hrmm the LCD seems to be sitting high by about a millimetre on the right hand side [17:43] yo [17:44] \o [17:44] over 24 hours later, i'm feeling fine. a little tired, mild headache. all is good. [17:46] excellent! [17:46] i shoulnd't have done it, but i did go down the pub with a couple friends last night. but i was mid-pint before somebody said anything lol [17:50] heh i decided to play it safe after the first and didn't touch a drop for a fair while, though i don't tend to drink much as it is [19:30] haven't gone to a pub/restaurant since march last year, no intention any time soon [20:37] ditto; very hard to determine when I would [20:38] i'm not liking all the tourists i'm seeing on the island [20:41] if it were <100 cases a day for ireland population 5m i'd think about it. we're ~1200 a day with delta [20:42] now most of population is vaccinated or half vaccinated so that reduces deaths but still way too high [20:47] daftykins: Have you tried pitchforks and burning torches? [20:48] zxm-pi: It could be worse, you could be in Manchester [20:50] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lAsQyi0HyA :D [20:50] or for some reason, even worse, the North East [20:50] we look at the uk numbers and know how bad it can get with an incompetent government and ours isn't that much better [20:51] zxm-pi: No one has any idea what to do with Delta [20:51] numbers going up? yup, lets reopen indoor dining and drinking and make the locations reposnible for keeping people safe [20:51] and with numbers going up the next variant if brewing out there somewhere that will delta look easy to deal with [20:52] *is brewing [20:52] it's evolving alright! [20:52] not truly an appropriate word but you know what i mean (: [21:01] I think they're working on the basis it's going to happen so they may as well let it rip in summer rather than winter [21:03] there' not going to be herd immunity with this one [23:42] can report 2nd dose side-effects are subsiding. [23:54] excellent