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<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p>Hosts:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0201.html">MrX</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0225.html">Dave Morriss</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We recorded this on Monday September 12<sup>th</sup> 2022. We have a list of talking points each time and <em>never</em> get through them!</p>
<h2 id="topics-discussed">Topics discussed</h2>
<ul>
<li>Places visited:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District">Lake District, England</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lomond">Loch Lomond, Scotland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge,_Edinburgh">Stockbridge, Edinburgh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_of_Leith">Water of Leith, Edinburgh</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II">Death of Queen Elizabeth</a>
<ul>
<li>Died September 8<sup>th</sup> 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, aged 96</li>
<li>State funeral 2022-09-19</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Navigation by phone:
<ul>
<li>Dave’s phone battery out of charge on the outskirts of Liverpool on the way to OggCamp.</li>
<li>MrX’s old Garmin GPS used weird routes when travelling</li>
<li>Dave once met a lost driver going down Donkey Lane<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1" role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a> to the pedestrian railway crossing due to bad GPS directions</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Domestic stuff:
<ul>
<li>Dave’s house has been painted. It’s covered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harling_(wall_finish)"><em>harling</em></a> (aka <em>rough-cast</em> or <em>pebble-dash</em> in England) which has very sharp stones embedded in it, and this paint covers these sharp stones.</li>
<li>Plumbing issues: stopping a dripping tap, replacing the washer, or with modern taps <em>the module</em>.</li>
<li>Advisability of calling in a plumber!</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>COVID-19, and related:
<ul>
<li>The virus has not gone, even though there are many who pretend that it has.</li>
<li>MrX and MrsX visited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bees">St Bees</a> for a wedding with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A8ilidh">Cèilidh</a> and MrX caught COVID there, though it wasn’t serious. MrsX did not catch it!</li>
<li>Immunology is hard to understand! Some cold-like illnesses may be caused by other corona viruses and may help protect against SARS-CoV-2.</li>
<li>Dave has an Immunology book, but hasn’t read it yet! See the links for details.</li>
<li>MrX mentioned <a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/">Richard J Murphy</a> in the context of being realistic about COVID-19 and continuing to take precautions.</li>
<li>Reluctance to go shopping. Dave makes a weekly trip, wearing a mask. MrX uses <em>Click and Collect</em>.</li>
<li>Dave has lost weight so some of his clothes are too big. MrX has trouble finding smaller sized clothes when shopping.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Old technology:
<ul>
<li>MrX recently found a box in his wardrobe with six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3#Psion_Series_3c">Psion 3c Organisers</a> in it, in various states of disrepair. From these a functioning organiser was made, which is in regular use.</li>
<li>MrX used to have a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3#Psion_Series_3a">Psion Series 3a</a> but the hinge failed.</li>
<li>Dave had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5">Psion Series 5mx</a> for a time, as did MrsX. Dave’s failed either because of a screen fault or a failure of the ribbon cable connecting to the screen.</li>
<li>The Series 3c, and the later 3mx, have an Easter Egg available through a particular key sequence. This is a rendition of the anthem “Jerusalem”, and is included at the end of this episode (and is responsible for the show title).</li>
<li>Dave had had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Organiser">Psion Organiser II</a> at work in the early days of organisers, but it was not particularly useful.</li>
<li>MrX had an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio">Atari Portfolio</a>. He describes it as: <em>a dreadful machine running DOS 2.11<br />
It regularly crashed, losing all its memory. I decided to ditch it after having to type out my contacts list every time it crashed.</em></li>
<li>MrX also had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N810">Nokia N810</a>, an <em>Internet Tablet</em> running Linux.</li>
<li>Dave couldn’t quite remember at the time of recording, but he bought a used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet">Nokia 770</a> on eBay, which was the predecessor of the N810. This was also a Linux-based system, but it didn’t last more than a couple of weeks sadly.</li>
<li>Both bought - and still have - the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC">ASUS Eee PC</a>. Dave’s is the 1005HA model.
<ul>
<li>MrX still uses his from time to time</li>
<li>Dave is thinking about installing a BSD flavour on his, but doesn’t use it often. It currently has <em>CrunchBang</em> installed.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)">Telegram</a>:
<ul>
<li>Dave runs it on his desktop (and laptop) as well as two phones. The phones run KDE Connect and are configured to tell the desktop when a message arrives!</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>HPR New Year show:
<ul>
<li><em>HonkeyMagoo</em> (of the <a href="https://linuxlugcast.com/index.php/category/podcast/">Linux LUGCast podcast</a>) does a lot of the work with the recording in conjunction with Ken. He divides up the audio into shows, and in past years has prepared show notes.</li>
<li>This year a LUGCast listener <em>HPLovecraft</em> did the notes, and they are very good!</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="postscript">Postscript</h2>
<p>MrX found the <em>Easter Egg</em>, mentioned during our chat, on his Psion Series 3C, recorded it via Audacity, and sent me the resulting <em>Easter Ogg</em>! It has been appended to the main recording.</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>Various Wikipedia links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District">Lake District, England</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Lomond">Loch Lomond, Scotland</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge,_Edinburgh">Stock Bridge, Edinburgh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_of_Leith">Water of Leith, Edinburgh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II">Death of Queen Elizabeth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bees">St Bees on the coast of Cumbria, England</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harling_(wall_finish)">Harling wall covering (aka rough-cast)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A8ilidh">Cèilidh, a traditional Scottish social gathering</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Book:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/How+the+Immune+System+Works,+6th+Edition-p-9781119542124">How the Immune System Works, Lauren Sompayrac, ISBN 9781119542124</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/">Richard J Murphy</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/08/10/the-strangest-feeling/">Item mentioned in the blog</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Organisers (all Wikipedia links):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Organiser">Psion Organiser II</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3#Psion_Series_3a">Psion 3a Organiser</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_3#Psion_Series_3c">Psion 3c Organiser</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5">Psion Series 5</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio">Atari Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N810">Nokia N810</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet">Nokia 770</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC">ASUS Eee PC</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Instant Messaging:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)">Telegram</a>
<ul>
<li>Owned by a Russian billionaire.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
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<li id="fn1" role="doc-endnote"><p>Donkey Lane is a public right of way, possibly since the 1700’s. It starts as a pedestrian-only pathway then turns into a narrow tarmac-covered roadway with a pedestrian-only railway crossing.<a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
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