Rick's b.log - entry 2024/05/20

Tea v0.11

I feel that Tea is mostly feature complete. It does what it is supposed to and it seems to work reliably - I have it running pretty much all the time and use the scheduler as my memory is crap. This means that we're now into the phase of fixing quirks (rather than outright bugs) and adding little features to improve the user experience.

That's what has been done today, all around the scheduler.

The first enhancement, did I mention my memory is lousy?, is that if you add a programme to the schedule, all other similar programmes will be shown with a cyan background so they stand out (and you will think "Oh, there it is, I'll schedule that"). With literally (not figuratively but actually) hundreds of programmes in the grid, it's all too easy to miss something.
In this example, I added an episode of Airwolf to the schedule, and all of the others appear like this:

Here's a polite suggestion: Da-da-da-Da-da-da-Daaa...

The next, minor change, was to highlight scheduled programmes in the channel listing. Programmes that are in the schedule will be shown in blue. No, there is no colour change for clashing entries (as doing it like this makes it harder to see what it is clashing with, refer to the grid or schedule list for that).

A schedule in the list.

And, finally, following on from CBBC changing the length and start time of an episode of A Kind Of Spark, the re-added one clashed with the now-orphaned original. I'm not going to do anything about that sort of nonsense as changing the schedule like that is a bit of nonsense. However, as it turns out, it wasn't actually that hard to add a pop-up menu to the schedule list to allow you to selectively delete programmes. Indeed, this might be easier for getting rid of unwanted programmes than finding them in the grid...

Deleting a schedule from the schedule.

A few small tweaks here and there round out version 0.11 so, here you go...

Gardening

Potatoes.

I just hope these potatoes are reasonably large, as it's a pain in the arse feeling itty bitty ones. I swear one of these days I'll end up peeling one of my appendages...

In my small planters, I have four basil sprouts (left) and one melon (right). No cayenne, no chive. But it's early days and it's been chilly at night.

The small planters.

Joining them today are two larger planters. On the left, sweetcorn (for corn on the cob) and on the right some white beans (like last year).

The big planters.

Out in the field, the farmer recently (last week) sowed the maize (corn), and the sunflowers in my back field. Actually, his sowing the sunflowers was, uh, bizarre. He had a think belted to the back of a quadbike that sprayed the seeds out of a big plastic tub, and he just tore up and down the field chucking out the seeds. At one point he slammed on the brakes, got up, kicked the bucket, and then was off again.
My neighbour... is like that. ☺

Looking ahead

And right now? I'm going to fry two burger patties (Charolais, actual dead cow pieces), pop a slice of cheese on each, and then slip them between pieces of ketchuped toast. That'll be dinner sorted.

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David Pilling, 20th May 2024, 23:18

"Wednesday, at 5.20pm, my MOT" that's what they call the annual NHS health check for the over something or other.    One of those bulb cultivation things, how can you get one or two big potatoes rather than loads of little ones.

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