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Microsoft announced Friday it is shutting down Skype after a 21-year-long run. The tech giant, which bought Skype in 2011, warned users they will not longer have access to their accounts on May 5, 2025 and urged them to migrate to its free Teams app as soon as possible. Skype's last report showed it had 1.95 billion registered accounts. But Microsoft assured users that Teams will meet their needs with its one-on-one calls and group calls, messaging and file sharing. Skype shared a message on its X account, saying: 'Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account to stay connected with all your chats and contacts. Thank you for being part of Skype.' Users can export their Skype data leading up to May, but monthly subscriptions will not longer be sold starting today. Skype launched in 2003 and quickly gained popularity as a way for people to talk to each other without paying a phone company. But once the smartphone-era hit, its users declined and this was exacerbated as similar services such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A picture is worth 1000 words.

Interesting to hear this morning how important Hackman's pacemaket will be to solving some of the questions. They store a lot of detail in addition to pinpointing the exact time of death.

A guy goes to the dentist to have a tooth pulled. The female nurse goes to give him a painkilling needle. The guy says, "No. no needle. I hate needles." So she goes to dive him gas. "No gas," he says."I get claustrophobic with the mask/" The dentist says, "How about tablets?" He replies, "Tablets are fine." She says, "Here, take trhis viagra." He says, "I didn't know viagra killed pain." She says, "It doesn't, but it will give you something to hold onto while I pull the tooth."

Apparently there was decay and mumification of the bodies indicating they had been there for some time, possibly a couple of weeks. The front door was open but no sign of robbery. Gene was found in a mud room, his wife on the bedroom floor with pills scattered around, and the dog nearby in the ensuite. The dog may have eaten some of the scattered pills. Two other dogs were found alive and well outside.

Legendary Hollywood star Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their Santa Fe home. The couple, who had been married since 1991, were found alongside their dog. Local media has reported that no foul play is suspected. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza did not provide a cause of death, nor did he say when the couple might have died, when asked by local media. It is rumoured to be a murder/suicide.

Spacey, I said old, not ancient.

Well. I'm back home again after my surgery. I was told at breakfast yesterday the job would be at 1 pm. 1pm came, all packed up ready. 2 pm, no gurney. 2:30 pm, no gurney. Finally turned up at 2:45 pm. Moved up to coronary care ICU. Further testing and consulting between the team. Finally pushed into operating theatre at 3:15 pm Oxygen mask over nose, plastic sheet over face and they start. Done under local anaesthetic so awake through the whole procedure. A lot of pushing, pulling, probing before it's all over. Came out of theatre at 4:45 pm. Shoulder strapped up like a footballer with a dislocated shoulder. Can't raise my right arm above the shoulder for two weeks while the incision heals. Made eating a meal interesting. Surprising aside: When I was first pushed into theatre, the senior nurse picked up my paperwork folder and said, "Do you pronounce your surname 'Huff?'. I said, "Yes." She asked "Do you have a son named Andrew?" I said "Yes." She said, "I went to primary school with him." Makes you feel old.

Bend over and bare your a**e and give him what he wants. What does it matter?

WA cricketer and WAFL footballer Keith Slater died 24/2/25 aged 89.

The only Indian-giver is Trump and the US.

A young couple get married. After the reception, they go to their room for the night. The bride goes to the bathroom, showers, and comes out in a beautiful dressing gown. The groom says, "Darling, we are married now. You can open the gown." She opens the gown and he says, "You look amazing. Let me take a photo." "A photo," says the bride. "Why do you want to take a photo." "So I can carry it next to my heart for all time." "OK" she says. He takes the photo, then goes to the bathroom. After taking a shower, he comes out in a dressing gown. She says, "We're married now, you don't need a gown." So he drops the gown and she looks surprised. "Oh," she says. "let me take a photo." "Why do you want a photo?" he asks. "To get it enlarged."

This is from X. Who knew Musk had two left feet?

I see some teenaged home invaders got in through the dog door. Pity the dog wasn't on the other side waiting for them.

A woman goes to a tattoo parlour and has "Merry Christmas" tattooed on one upper inside leg, and "Happy New Year" on the other upper inside leg. As she was about to leave, the tattooist asked why those greetings tattooed there? The woman said, "My husband always complains there's nothing to eat between Christmas and New Year."