Monday, 21 July 2025

Apocalypse Prepping

According to my my research, the best foods to keep in storage if you're stocking up on emergency supplies is honey and dry grains. 
~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT) 

Honey has no known expiry date; a jar of honey was found in an ancient Egyptian archeological site and it was still edible despite being over 3000 years old. 

Similarly, dried grains can last for years and are highly nutritious. You can store a variety of different grains together as long as they're kept dry.  


Saturday, 19 July 2025

A Way Out

In Great Britain, all bar staff and premises that have a licence to serve alcohol are trained to respond to the phrase "Can I speak to Angela?" or "Is Angela there?". It is a code word for people that are being stalked or feel unsafe because of another person. If you say the phrase, they will take you to the staff room and lock you in there and ask if you want them to call the police or if you just want to wait there for a while until the person goes away or if you need a taxi. 
~ image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT)

In Britain there is also has a free telephone number you can call if you're going through a mental health crisis. It is the number 116 123; the number will go through to a Samaritans operator that will try help you escape suicidal thoughts or extreme stress without affecting your privacy. If you're  overcome by grief or dread, you can call them up and they will talk to you. The number is free and there are no strings attached. 

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Emoji Chart

Have you ever looked at an emoji and wandered what it means? Do you know what an emoji is? An emoji is a small image that fits in the space of a text character and is treated like text by media systems. It's usually a smiling face. 

๐Ÿ˜€ = Happy or pleased with an answer.
๐Ÿ˜„ = Happy and amused with an outcome.
๐Ÿ˜ = Happy and excited and cheeky. 
๐Ÿ˜† = Playful laughter.
๐Ÿ˜… = Close shave, awkwardness or relief. 
๐Ÿ˜‚ = Shedding tears from laughing. 
๐Ÿคฃ = Rolling over with tears from laughing. 
๐Ÿ˜ญ = weeping, sadness, grief. 
๐Ÿ˜‰ = Playful, mischievous, fun. 
๐Ÿ˜—๐Ÿ˜™๐Ÿ˜š๐Ÿ˜˜ = kissing, to send a kiss. Romance.
๐Ÿฅฐ = loved, feeling loved. 
๐Ÿ˜ = Infatuation, love, adoration
๐Ÿคฉ = Overcome with excitement, starstruck. 
๐Ÿฅณ = Celebration 
๐Ÿซ  = Too hot, shame, awkwardness 
๐Ÿ™ƒ = Sarcasm, being silly. Playful. 
๐Ÿ™‚ = Happy 
๐Ÿฅฒ = Being touched by joy or nostalgia. 
๐Ÿฅน = Being emotional 
๐Ÿ˜Š☺️๐Ÿ˜Œ = Different degrees of joy and peace.
~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT) 


๐Ÿ™‚‍↕️ = Agreement, agreeing to a statement. 
๐Ÿ™‚‍↔️ = Disagreement or Disagreeing.
๐Ÿ˜ = Feeling smug or a sense of irony. 
๐Ÿคค = Drooling, a craving or lust. 
๐Ÿ˜‹ = Craving food or drink. 
๐Ÿ˜› = Joking or Just Joking 
๐Ÿ˜œ = Joking and teasing 
๐Ÿคช = Joking teasing and sarcasm. 
๐Ÿฅด = Feeling dizzy or disoriented. 
๐Ÿ˜” = Disappointment.
๐Ÿฅบ = Seeking or feeling sympathy. 
๐Ÿ˜ฌ = Feeling nervous or discomfort. 
๐Ÿ˜‘ = Lack of interest or boredom. 
๐Ÿ˜ = Not wanting involvement. 
๐Ÿ˜ถ = Speechless or lost for words. 
๐Ÿ˜ถ‍๐ŸŒซ️ = Being confused or absent minded. 
๐Ÿซฅ = Being excluded or hidden. 
๐Ÿค = Keeping a secret or silence.
๐Ÿซก = Agreement and promise formal. 
๐Ÿค” = Pondering or to ponder. 
๐Ÿคซ = Keep it a secret, don't discuss. 
๐Ÿซข = Feeling shocked or Surprised. 
๐Ÿคญ = Pleasantly shocked or Surprised. 
๐Ÿฅฑ = Normally tiredness. 
๐Ÿค— = A hug or gratitude. 
๐Ÿซฃ = Surprised in a nervous way. 
๐Ÿ˜ฑ = Fear or shock, negative. 
๐Ÿคจ = Scepticism or disbelief. 
๐Ÿง = Pondering sceptically. 
๐Ÿ˜’ = Mostly for irritation or annoyed. 
๐Ÿ™„ = Disbelief or impatience. 
๐Ÿ˜ฎ‍๐Ÿ’จ = Feeling relieved or exhausted. 
๐Ÿ˜ค = Mostly Frustration. 
๐Ÿ˜  = Angry and Annoyed. 
๐Ÿ˜ก = Very angry and annoyed. 
๐Ÿคฌ = Anger 
๐Ÿ˜ž = Disappointment 
๐Ÿ˜“ = Disappointed and frustrated 
๐Ÿ˜Ÿ = Worried 
๐Ÿ˜ฅ = Worried and Stressed 
๐Ÿ˜ข = Worried and Sad 
☹️ = Sadness, Feeling sad.
๐Ÿซค = Confused and Annoyed.
๐Ÿ˜• = Unsure or slightly annoyed. 
๐Ÿ˜ฐ = Stress 
๐Ÿ˜จ = Surprise and fear. 
๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿ˜ฆ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฒ = Different levels of surprise.  
๐Ÿ˜ณ = Shame or embarrassment. 
๐Ÿคฏ = Mind blown, amazed. 
๐Ÿ˜– = Being overwhelmed by negative feelings. 
๐Ÿ˜ฃ = Feeling helpless. Out of control. 
๐Ÿ˜ฉ = Frustration 
๐Ÿ˜ซ = Exhausted and Frustrated. 
๐Ÿ˜ต = Physically overwhelmed. 
๐Ÿ˜ต‍๐Ÿ’ซ = Dizziness. 
๐Ÿซจ = Being shocked by news.
๐Ÿฅถ = Feeling cold or cold personality. 
๐Ÿฅต = Feeling Hot. 
๐Ÿคข = Feeling sick
๐Ÿคฎ = Being sick. 
๐Ÿ˜ด = Sleeping, going to sleep. 
๐Ÿ˜ช = Sleepy. 
๐Ÿคง = Fever or sneezing.
๐Ÿค’ = Fever only 
๐Ÿค• = Injured 
๐Ÿ˜ท = At hospital or doctors 
๐Ÿคฅ = Telling a lie. 
๐Ÿ˜‡ = Kind or innocent.
๐Ÿค  = Cowboy related. Dualing wripped off. 
๐Ÿค‘ = Excited about recieving money.
๐Ÿค“ = Geeky or Intelligent 
๐Ÿฅธ = Hidden personality or humour.
๐Ÿคก = A fool or a literal clown. 






Thursday, 10 July 2025

Mc Nugget Tetris

In China in 2023, McDonald's released a fully licensed Tetris computer games console with its chicken nuggets meal. 

~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT)

It is a black and white LCD brick game similar to the stick man LCD games released by tiger electronics. It was flogged as the mc Nugget Tetris Game and even played the Tetris theme tune. 

I was happy with the Uno playing cards myself; I thought they were quite cool. Around the same time here in the UK I recall McDonald's giving away Uno card deck with the children's happy meal. It was smaller than the original Uno playing deck but it worked fine. 

Sources

1) Google Gemini 

2) video https:https://youtu.be/y1rKPQxxpM8?si=7r2aHzjKvdQ1CEGd (you tube sometimes plays adverts before the video starts). 


Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Texas

Recently there was flooding in Texas. Here is some interesting facts about Texas. 
Texas is the 28th state of America and it existed as an independent country before it joined the union.
~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT) 

Texas is absolutely huge. Many countries would fit inside Texas. Germany, United Kingdom, Italy would all fit the area of Texas at the same time. 

Texas has a surface area of 695,662 km². More than half a million square kilometres. 

Sunday, 6 July 2025

Buy House Online

I searched Amazon and noticed it is possible to buy a prefabricated house for less than £10,000 
~ image generated by artificial intelligence 

You would need to buy land and have planning permission but the whole house would come through the post. Very cool. 

The price goes up with size but a lot of them are around £10,000 and have plenty of space. 
This one is twice the price but it has a porch and 2 or 3 bedrooms. 

Friday, 4 July 2025

A Tea for an AI sketch

I asked some artificial intelligence systems how much energy they use when summoned to draw an image. 

They all came to the conclusion that is varies from 100th of a kilowatt-hour to one tenth of a kilowatt-hour. 

It takes AI roughly enough energy to heat up a cup of coffee to make one image
~image generated by artificial intelligence (chatGPT) 

The AI systems agreed that the human brain uses about half a kilowatt-hour per day. The human brain is constantly processing image and sound information and controlling the body at the same time. The Human Brain does more processing work with less energy. It is a whole little world powered by an egg and cress sandwich. It hosts consciousness itself and countless thoughts.