She’s back!
This morning I picked the Ninja up from the workshop (SPR Racing, Ruddington, highly recommended!). I rode her home again and yes, there were a
Leaving Spot for Buz
I’m staring down the barrel of a fairly lumpy change. Spotify has become irksome. The pittance they pass on to artists rankled, but my discontent
Watery logic?
We’ve had a water meter installed. We didn’t know it was going to happen/had happened. The first notice this change had been carried out was
Idiosyncratic idiosyncrasies
Dearest Reader, It is with some regret this author can barely contain oneself when viewing the period drama Bridgerton and careless errors are abundant. Idiosyncrasies
Unsent messages #1
“Well, thanks for showing everyone on the group you don’t know the difference between an API hook into a 3rd party payment system, and a
Blogathon 28/26: Memories
A very large envelope arrived with a big bundle of photographs and documentation. It had been retrieved from my sister’s house shortly after she died
Blogathon 27/26: Gear
Like a number of dog-owners, I suspect, there are a number of dog-leads of different design in the house. There is the static, colour-and-pattern-coordinated and
Blogathon 26/26: Weird
It’s been a weird kind of day. Disjointed, if you know what I mean? Whereas normally I’m very organised and there’s a logical flow to
Blogathon 25/26: Out (again!)
I went out last night. By myself. To a pub! I know, me out, and without my handlers? It was the turn of the village
Blogathon 24/26: Only fans
I’ve heard a lot (as I’m sure you have) about the Only Fans thing. A special corner of the internet where certain things can be
Blogathon 23/26: Stupider
A staggering piece of research from the US has demonstrated that, with the loss of books and the growth of tech, the current generation of
Blogathon 22/26: Bang bang
In a massive swerve of behaviour, the weather decided not to rain on us today. The huge amount of water in the field behind the
Blogathon 21/26: Mikey
I give the charity we fostered (then adopted him from) a briefing now and then (now he’s settled). The briefing was daily during December and
Blogathon 20/26: Wet
It has been the wettest January/February for 8 million years, or something like that. I know this is true, I heard it on the radio.
Blogathon 19/26: Granted
I have not seen every film Hugh Grant has appeared in (not even the one where he was billed as ‘Hughie Grant’ which, I take
Blogathon 18/26: Minus 2c/hot
Last night was a night of sleep I can only categorise as ‘disastrous’. It was gone midnight before my body felt cool enough to sleep.
Blogathon 17/26: Out!
Stand by with your smelling salts, kids, last night I went out and yes, it was as much a traumatic experience for the rest of
Blogathon 16/26: Serviced
Today our central heating boiler was serviced. It’s just the annual thing, it’s still under warranty from when it was installed in January 2020. The
Blogathon 15/26: Stock
I’ve been playing around with a bunch of custom CSS and some newly-created database fields because I had a really good night’s sleep last night
Blogathon 14/26: Predictable
Well, it’s the 14th of February and you know what that means. Yes, that’s right. The world didn’t end on Friday 13th. So, and only
Blogathon 13/26: Superstition
Well, here we are. Friday the 13th (catchy title for a film or several, yes?). I’m not really superstitious (Morning Mr Magpie, how’s the wife
Blogathon 12/26: Parts
I’ve been working on a fantasy project for a while and when I say “a while” I mean I’ve been picking it up, playing with
Blogathon 11/26: Ryan?
The greatest anti-war film ever made is Saving Private Ryan and I will accept no arguments on this. The first 35 minutes which graphically show
Blogathon 10/26: Got wood
The doorbell did its thing. The dogs did their (very noisy) thing. I set aside the laptop, walked to the front door, opened it, and
Blogathon 09/26: Backing up
Yesterday evening I kicked off the weekly housekeeping back up processes. You know how it goes: It doesn’t take that long. Our download speed is
Blogathon 08/26: Writing
The desire was strong, though the flame of creativity dimly flickered, so I set aside the in-hand projects and decided to turn a page (haha!).
Blogathon 07/26: Radio Gaga
When I’m working, whether it’s campaign stuff (of which more at a later date), writing, reading, doing housework, or whatever else I get upto, I
Blogathon 06/26: Dreams
My stepfather had a rifle I didn’t know about. It was a proper, bullet shooting rifle, a bolt-action .303 which he kept at the back
Blogathon 05/26: Woofle
Pugsley is proper crook (as they say in the antipodes). Soon after tea yesterday he honked it all back up. Later, in the night, the
Blogathon 04/26: Fez
I have a Fez! It came back from Marrakesh with me. I seem to remember I wore it all the way home because I couldn’t
Blogathon 03/26: Busy?
Since I gave up work, I’ve never been so busy. I’ve tried explaining this oddness to those who care (nobody) and tried explaining it to
Blogathon 02/26: It’s Groundhog Day. Again
(It wouldn’t be Groundhog Day if I didn’t repeat this one again) I could write a detailed academic essay on the film Groundhog Day, but
Blogathon 01/26: Ah me, ah my
Well, here we are again. The Wunth of February. The second month of 2026 and it’s been a heck of a year already. And why
Tech update!
I have completed my quest for 2FA greatness. A little plugin called WP 2FA (with some settings turned off and and linked to Authenticator –
And while I’m…
Talking about cross-genre music, Oli Parker’s jazz-funk trumpet solo across the top of Rosé/Bruno Mars K-Pop song ‘Meet Me at the APT’ is a thing
Music, folk
One (of the many) lessons I learned later in life was that categories of music are, like the words of certain politicians, not to be
Plugged out
We have a couple of smart-ish plugs downstairs. They’ve been installed for approximately 3 years and they work pretty well. I’ve hooked them up to
Doggy dogz
You know how it is when strange things happen and then strange things happen and then strange things happen and something strange happens as a
Gym/no gym
I’m a member of Pure Gym. It’s a national chain. The nearest one is in Colwick which is 8 miles or 20 miles away. I’m
3rd time lucky?
I fitted a new dogflap into the kitchen door today. “New” because Robyn broke the old one. She broke the old-old one too. It’s not
It’s impossible
I’ve noticed a growing trend of the word ‘impossible’ being incorrectly used. It’s right up there with ‘decimated’, but the misuse of ‘impossible’ is actually
Spotifedup?
Spotify have been making a really big PR thing about finally shifting their streaming to lossless, but enquiring minds have been aware what Spotify are
Microsoft Madness
When a respected tech journal such as El Reg feels it has to inform its readers of 11 Registry hacks to make Win11 less annoying