Monkey Raptor V.2

Nostalgia Back in the early 2000s, when I first got my hands on a proper internet connection at university — studying Electrical Engineering, no less, with a focus on Control Systems — I genuinely believed that typing something into a search engine meant it was out there, live, rummaging through the actual web in real time. Embarrassing, really. Like sending a little scout off into the wilderness and waiting for him to come back with news. — Quite, honourable user of search engine. Please give me a moment to fetch the exhilarating answer of your... sort of... question! — Skittering about with his tiny legs and coming back with information. Indeed, I thought it was like that! Well, I didn't discuss it with anyone back then. Just searched for materials from the internet, went back glaring at the books and screen, no — Prithee, good fellows, when I didst query Yahoo!, was it truly scurrying about the great web, fetching results in earnest? ⬆️ No. Absolutel...

Hello I heard a line from a YouTube video "G.I.JOE Operation Dragonfire: The Movie!" Here's the YouTube link . It starts at 25:20 . The original line: Well guys, we can't go in the front door because it's protected by the force field. I thought the line would go: Well guys, we can't go in the front door because there's a DOOR. It's locked, guys. 🤔 Comparable to: Well guys, we can't go through the wall because there's a wall. Quite solid, that. It's protected by the force field of concretes.

Hi. 👋 You know the trumpet emoji. This exhibit below: 🎺 Lovely little brass instrument. Iconic. Cheerful. The Lineup Let's take a tour, shall we. Windows — upward. Proud. Dignified. Directionally makes sense. Sound travels upward, bounces off the ceiling, fills the room. The audience hears music. Completely alone in this position. ✅ Trumpet emoji on Windows (Linux distros.) OpenMoji — horizontal. Anatomically accurate actually. Precisely correct. Also alone in this. ✅ Trumpet emoji on OpenMoji (Linux distros.) Noto — downward. And before you ask — yes, Noto is Google's own font. Trumpet emoji on Noto Apple (iOS, macOS, iPadOS, every device with a bitten fruit on the back) — downward. Beautifully rendered. Photorealistic. Lovingly crafted in exquisite gold detail. Aimed squarely at the floor across every single Apple device on earth, with magnificent, unwavering consistency. Trumpet emoji on various Apple platfo...

There was once a hero in the Daily Mirror. He ran from 1943 to 1997. Fifty-four years. His name was Garth. This is his complete biography, more or less. The Wardrobe Garth wore a T-shirt. Trousers. Occasionally shirtless and even au naturel, when the situation called for it — or simply when he couldn't be bothered. That was the full extent of the deliberation. No cape, helmet, armour forged in a secret underground facility. No glowing chest emblem requiring seventeen minutes of explanation. No iconic silhouette recognisable from a distance of four hundred metres. Plenty of no's. Just Garth, dressed approximately like a bloke who'd nipped out for a pint and stumbled into a crisis. He dealt with the crisis. Then, presumably, continued to the pub. ⬆️ A CAPE! You said no cape! A HELMET! YOU SAID NO HELMET! Well, hanging cloth rather than cape. Look at it — it's barely doing anything. It's just sort of... there! Hanging of...

I Played White Hi! 👋 The "Bird Opening" position: ...Black boldly plunged the queen deep into White's territory, only to be confined. So in this, ... ⬆️ That is a description done backwards. Let's observe. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Bird Opening Bird Opening is taken from Bird's Opening , named after 19th-century English master Henry Bird (1830–1908) who championed 1.f4 for decades. As chess authorities moved toward standardising opening nomenclature, the possessive was dropped in favour of treating the name as a descriptive label rather than one of ownership — much like "Victorian" rather than "Victoria's". 🤔 The Nomenclature Continuing "Victorian" rather than "Victoria's". Well if we're genuinely following the ...

I Played Black This is the "Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit" position: What made it properly rogue : I sacrificed material twice. The f-pawn gambit itself (well... err...), then the bishop ( 15...Bxh2+ ). I castled queenside into an open position while launching a kingside attack. White's queen walked into 14. Qxc6+ . Well, back to number 1. Honestly, White had a reasonable position until they got greedy with that queen. I was baiting for it actually. That innocent looking 13...e4 ? — Greetings, gentlemen. Please do capture me. These are my hands. Ah. Let's watch. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board. Calabrese So "Calabrese" refers to a place — specifically Calabria, the region at the very toe of the boot of Italy. The countergambit is named after Michele...