[14:17] <zxmpi> another monday, another day to decide if it's worth chewing through the restraints :-P
[14:18] <daftykins> they'll run out eventually!
[14:18] <daftykins> :D 
[14:18] <daftykins> also oops forgot to do a channel greeting today, hellooooo!
[14:18] <zxmpi> someone has to keep the leather industry going :-P
[14:19] <zxmpi> how's the health?
[14:19] <daftykins> i honestly don't notice a thing now day today, can't even be sure the pills have an impact - but maybe! :D
[14:20] <daftykins> i've mostly been putting my attention on my cat's health drama that kicked off, she seems to mostly be on the mend now
[14:20] <zxmpi> so easy to tell with a sick cat. when they can fight off every attempt to take their medication, they're cured :-P
[14:20] <daftykins> hehehe
[14:20] <daftykins> yeah she did not want to take the second daily dose of laxitive yesterday, that's for sure
[14:21] <daftykins> my folks come over especially to give me a second pair of hands to keep her weapons restrained whilst administering
[14:21] <zxmpi> i remember my dad delivering pills with a bic pen used as a pea shooter 
[14:21] <daftykins> *GLOOMP*
[14:22] <zxmpi> first dozen times it was quite gentle, last few times we half expected end of her tail to explode and pill to be found on ground :-P
[14:23] <daftykins> such was the force?
[14:24] <daftykins> brace yourself before you look at what's left of the Psion... https://i.imgur.com/MWDCMOj.jpg
[14:24] <zxmpi> she learned what she was doing and blew the pill into my dads mouth
[14:24] <zxmpi> very broken but still works. psion. 
[14:25] <MattJ> That looks familiar
[14:25] <MattJ> The keys on mine are more worn though ;)
[14:25] <daftykins> hehe
[14:25] <daftykins> considering i think we were talking about them in May when i went to pick up the replacement backup battery, the rechargables i put in to try her out must have failed in short order, then between May and now it lost all data
[14:26] <daftykins> *although* i may've disconnected the battery for a moment when i spun it around to read the label, reminding myself of the type it uses... so that could've done it too
[14:26] <MattJ> Store all the user's data in RAM? Sure, why not! What could go wrong?
[14:26] <daftykins> ah it did us well at the time :)
[14:27] <zxmpi> i used a psion from 94-99 as my main home computer, never lost a file MattJ 
[14:27] <daftykins> i got one because i always wanted a laptop as a kid but they were of course still in the thousands of pounds back then
[14:27] <MattJ> zxmpi, then you're more organized than me :)
[14:27] <MattJ> Can't say it happened often, but I lost stuff on a couple of occasions
[14:28] <zxmpi> i have a 1mb ssd to backup everything to and a spare 1mb ssd in case 1st goes awol with psion
[14:29] <daftykins> i think people started sending postcards with their packages to RMC, so i need to pick one up as well as some local fudge as is my personal tradition
[14:29] <daftykins> before i send the whole set over to him :D
[14:29] <daftykins> hopefully with how busted it is, he won't consider it using him as a dumping ground xD
[14:30] <daftykins> she might just have to be more of a display cabinet piece rather than one to use...
[14:30] <diddledani> https://youtu.be/SsmVgoXDq2w
[14:31] <daftykins> diddledani: had a website query from a client today, not sure if you have any interest... she wanted to implement a members login function, didn't get as far as what resources would be behind it, but it could mean work if you have any room for some? :D
[14:32] <daftykins> you're the only honest web dev type i know! :P
[14:32] <diddledani> hah! honest...
[14:32] <diddledani> :-p
[14:33] <zxmpi> wonder if these help for medicating cats https://twitter.com/kellyAREKAYyeo/status/1428231619828015105
[14:33] <daftykins> diddledani: could put you in touch if you're game though, right now they just have a skeleton template on wix
[14:33] <zxmpi> honest: once bought, stays bought :-P
[14:34] <diddledani> I know absolutely nothing of wix and its capabilities - anything I develop will have to be outside of wix
[14:34] <daftykins> Tux help you when you try to release that cat
[14:34] <daftykins> diddledani: oh yeah definitely, would absolutely say to escape
[14:35] <daftykins> her predecessor spoke to some folks who wanted to charge the earth for a wordpress site
[14:35] <zxmpi> well obviously you have a tuna decoy for that moment
[14:36] <daftykins> i don't quite see the bathing one working xD unless you're just washing the head
[14:36] <diddledani> there's a good plugin (I've not had the requirement to use it yet tho) for WordPress that does membership stuff: https://memberpress.com/plans/pricing/
[14:37] <zxmpi> well when we had to give a cat a flea bath in 70s we wrapped her in towel and swished cat and towel in the water till she was good and damp and could then take her out and finish her bath. hardest part was getting her into the bath
[14:37] <diddledani> there might be simpler ones but that's the one I've heard most about
[14:38] <daftykins> sometimes it pays to go with what's more common!
[14:38] <daftykins> diddledani: what do you think then, have you got enough on or shall i introduce you?
[14:38] <diddledani> here's a free one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/
[14:38] <daftykins> it's kind of like a charity/not for profit, so they'd probably just be keen on knowing pricing up front before committing
[14:38] <diddledani> pop an email over :-)
[14:39] <daftykins> okie dokie
[14:40] <diddledani> hah @ this pricing: excluding no vat: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/ZS9BaYwA/image.png
[14:41] <daftykins> none of none of it!
[14:41] <daftykins> as a tax dodging islander, that's what i like to see ;)
[14:41] <diddledani> haha
[14:43] <diddledani> depending on their needs, this might fit: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/YG6OiWm6/image.png
[14:43] <diddledani> thta's ultimate member
[14:44] <daftykins> Goldmember!
[14:44] <diddledani> platinum!
[14:44] <diddledani> or the British Platinium
[14:44] <daftykins> since i quickly dismissed doing any web work, she only got as far as saying memberships and charging subscription-like fees, so yeah - would need a bit more chatter
[14:45] <diddledani> gotcha
[14:45] <daftykins> i've just fired her an email and said i have a dodg... er i mean trustworthy dev in mind, so we'll see if she's game for an intro :)
[14:46] <diddledani> trustworthy. such a joke. ;-p
[14:46] <daftykins> well as far as we can throw you anyway - bearing in mind we're offshore
[14:46] <diddledani> eep
[14:46] <daftykins> 8D
[14:46] <diddledani> might get a bit damp
[14:46] <diddledani> moist
[14:46] <zxmpi> daftykins fee will be a package wrapped in bubble weap and duct tape and a small sail dropped in english channel :-P
[14:47] <daftykins> diddledani: well i was more thinking that we can't reach you easily
[14:47] <daftykins> zxmpi: ah so you're familiar with Guernsey Post
[14:48] <diddledani> sure you were.. you totally weren't thinking of throwing me off the pier at all.
[14:48] <zxmpi> i was just thinking, it would work with a rasp pi zero in a bottle :-P
[14:49] <daftykins> hmm i wonder if a low spec Pi would overheat in a bottle
[14:49] <diddledani> bubble weap: when you're crying so much that you need to pop bubbles to offset the sadness
[14:49] <zxmpi> or it's short for weaponised bubblewrap :-P
[14:50] <diddledani> :-o
[14:50] <diddledani> RUN AWAY!!!!
[14:50] <zxmpi> i wonder if there's a pi hat for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_burst_communications
[15:55] <daftykins> ah magic, managed to get the perfect size bar of local fudge to fit in the box with my Psion to gift :D
[17:22] <m0nkey_> afternoon peeps
[17:22] <daftykins> heya \o how goes it?
[17:23] <zxmpi> just hope the fudge dog isn't on patrol at customs :-P
[17:25] <daftykins> those are a highly trained edition
[17:28] <m0nkey_> it goes. woke up this morning, so there's that going for me i guess :) 
[17:31] <daftykins> hehe
[17:31] <daftykins> fingers crossed to it only getting better from there!
[19:59] <daftykins> diddledani: sweet, got a late evening reply there - i will PM you the domain to have a poke around!
[21:01] <m0nkey_> OK, this is amusing. I'm calling my bank and I'm on hold, they're playing the theme tune from Jurassic Park, or at least it sounds like it. lol
[21:01] <daftykins> :D
[21:02] <daftykins> "bankers found a way..."
[21:02] <zxmpi> hey, it's in honour of all their cobol programmers :-P
[21:03] <m0nkey_> Yeah, but your bankers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. 
[21:03] <daftykins> xD
[21:03] <daftykins> i quote that line to clients all the time, about daft tech - like one the other day had a smart fridge 
[21:05] <zxmpi> never know when there'll be a hostage situation with a disgruntled printer user and you have to send for help with a tweet from the fridge :-P
[21:05] <daftykins> :D
[21:05] <m0nkey_> lets hope they never invent a "talky toaster"
[21:06] <m0nkey_> wtf.. now I have star wars
[21:06] <m0nkey_> empire strikes back
[21:07] <m0nkey_> https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/tgPqWjGX/talkie.gif
[21:08] <daftykins> i named a VM that, i love getting emails about services on it because the name is just gold to read in otherwise mundane support queries