afgavinstan wrote:

Mowgli's was not Chaakoo. Was decent enough but levels below. And it turns out it's a chain and they have a branch in Glasgow! Across from fuckin Chaakoo! The cunts!!

Missed all this but I didn't really rate Chakoo all that much when I went. It's no Mother India anyway.

Aw the Wee Curry Shop, gone but not forgotten. The definitely-not-knock-off Little Curry House on Byres Road is still good. Local to me we've got Clay Oven and The Indian, both of which are aces. Mother India still top though.

Aye, Mowgli is a chain now but it's an independent chain. Their chickpea coated chicken wings in tamarind (I think?) sauce is goodness.

Was in Brum Dishoom in November. Very fine indeed. I wasn't paying so it was even better and got to try loads of stuff.

cockbeard wrote:

Hey guys, I'm doing a weird little side project thing. It involves looking at a text and how it has evolved in it's various iterations. Being a dev, I'm thinking the best tool to do this in would be github, however if there are any writers, proofreaders, editors whatever here who can recommend better ways to do this, then I'm all ears. I'll be wanting to track complete text, chapters, and changes over time. Realised I've not worded this perfectly but hey ho

I am fuck all help but interested in the output - is it a business or a book?

I'd be surprised if there wasn't a dedicated editor for that. Ms Word can track document changes and manage comments., inserts etc but that's more for multi authoring or collaborative work.

Adobe might have something.

poprock wrote:

Have you looked at Scrivener, Cocko?

Scrivener's interesting.  I use it for writing stuff, and it's great for long form as it's easy to break into chapters, flick back and forth, squirrel ideas off to the side and so on.  As for what you're specifically looking for...   It has a "revision" mode which allows a degree of tracked changes. The changes it records though tend to be additions (in different colour text, depending on whether it's the first, second third change etc) - it doesn't strikethrough deletions by default.  (Though you can tell it to do so).

Info here if you want it.

You can also take "snapshots" which allow you to capture a document at a particular time (you can then get it to compare them).

I much prefer Scrivener for writing on, but if I was purely looking to track changes I can imagine opting for Word instead to be honest. Scrivener feels less untidy than Word, but has less functionality when it comes to tracked changes. (Depends what you need to do).

Of course, if you know your way around GitHub there maybe something to be said for sticking to what you know...

I'm not sure exactly what you need, but Obsidian might be useful?

GooberTheHat wrote:

I'm not sure exactly what you need, but Obsidian might be useful?

Hey Goobs, not heard of that either, seems interesting. Can imagine using it as part of a data visualisation suite. To create word maps etc to find unseen insight

Cheers Charlie, here's hoping there ends up being something moderately worthwhile

I'm looking for some software to put together a photo montage to music.  I tried canva but it doesn't appear to allow a slide to appear for anything less than 0.1 second which is too long (I want to flash a single frame of white before certain pictures).  Powerpoint is too fiddly.

I'd happily pay for the right software although I'd prefer one off payment rather than a subscription.

Maybe a video editing software might work better.

Adobe express is essentially Canva for simple videos. Easy to use, free trial 30 day trial if you want access to snazzier effects. The sound editing on it is shite though.

You have to search "Adobe express" though, otherwise it'll throw it's other products at you instead.

Elmlea wrote:

Any London badgers around this evening or tomorrow?  I'm probably stuck here until Saturday AM, so at a loose end.

Deffo not today, conceivable cheeky one after work tomorrow if you're likely to be somewhere near central/city 5:30 ish??  There's also e.g. Yoss who's on whatsapp...

Don't change for me! I deffo can't do dinner and there's a chance I'll end up WFH and not able to even manage a pint!

Yo lads. So I'm ringing today to start booking some viewings for moving soon. Most properties, naturally, require a deposit, but some say zero deposit. I've looked it up and read about the scheme for no deposit, making it easier to move but maybe paying a small annual fee or something added to rent.

Is this a 'typical' thing or something I should be wary about? There's one listed that is perfect, furnished etc but requires no deposit so should I be squeaky bum time or embrace it? It's literally perfect location, 2 bedrooms, furnished, half mile to all amenities and transport etc.

Is the rental price per hour?