I have completed my quest for 2FA greatness. A little plugin called WP 2FA (with some settings turned off and and linked to Authenticator –
Category: Stuff
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
Microsoft is takin’ the pee
Well, Windows 10 is out of support in a couple of weeks and those of us with laptops which (Microsoft tells us) won’t run Windows
Occasional cleaning
This morning I did a whole-system (data and databases) backup of the NAS. Then I did a safe powerdown, removed the disks and carefully vacuumed
Red Kite at day
I’ve been standing in the garden this afternoon, painting a fence panel and listening to the ‘kee, kee, kee‘ calls of the Red Kites which
Not being dead (still)
I missed this anniversary but what the heck. 9 years and 1 week ago today (as I said, I missed the anniversary) I was sitting
The Online Safety Act is awful (v2.0)
With the predictability that Summer follows Spring and idiots are plentiful in this country, there are now calls from people with all the IQ of
Not France!
The cross-channel motorcycle trip was booked and paid for. So was the return leg. The first two hotels were booked and paid for. The other
The Online Safety Act is awful
The Online Safety Act (a terrible piece of legislation which has been made law in the UK) brings into focus a group of people who
New cover spoiler
cross-posted from my writing blog because If you read my FB page you may have already seen last night’s announcement that the paperback, Kindle and
New arrival
A few days after the Superdream departed for the balmy shores of Birmingham, the good lady wife her indoors took delivery of her new two-wheeled
Road closed?
Cadent are digging up the lane which runs through the village. They’re laying in a new gas main right down the middle of the lane.
Prepping for the season
Everyone (in the North Wales area) agrees that the 2024 sailing season was terrible. If it wasn’t storm this it was storm that or storm
Blogathon 28/25: End
Well, it’s the last day of February in 2025 and that means it’s the end of this year’s Blogathon. I didn’t drop any days so
Blogathon 27/25: Bikes
I keep a reasonably keen eye and ear on motorbikes in films and the TV, you’d kind of expect that, really. I’ve just finished watching
Blogathon 26/25: Bump
A few days ago, during one of the very many dogwalks I do each day, I was walking past two lads who live on this
Blogathon 25/25: Films
I’m a sucker for ‘based on a true story’ action films. I’ve recently watched ‘Close’ (a 2019 British-made, internationally-financed, Netflix-released film which is worth a
Blogathon 24/25: Will
A couple of days ago a letter came flooding in from not my solicitor. The letter said that my company of solicitor(s?) has been taken
Blogathon 23/25: Books
My world, in the last few years, has become dominated by books. Paperbacks and eBooks in about equal quantities. But when I make this sweeping
Blogathon 22/25: Poster
This afternoon I went to a meeting in the Boardroom of the Broadway Cinema (yes, on a Saturday) in the centre of Nottingham. It was
Blogathon 21/25: Honestly
Last night’s rehearsed play reading in Newark was an interesting experience. The play was a three-handed affair called Honestly. It was presented by Dogwood Productions,
Blogathon 20/25: Out2
In a rare occurrence the world hasn’t experienced since my teens (probably), I am out again this evening, in Newark this time. Two back-to-back nights
Blogathon 19/25: Out
We are in a public house. We’ve come for tea. There is a dog at the next table. A collie. A very well behaved collie.
Blogathon 18/25: Bike
I took the Ninja out for a little bit of a trundle yesterday. The weather was bright, sunny, and there were hordes of brass monkeys
Blogathon 17/25: Leftovers
Every other Sunday lunch we have a roast chicken dinner/lunch/tea (delete as appropriate to one’s upbringing). Every other Monday evening for tea we have Chicken
Blogathon 16/25: Cursive
I’ve been working on documenting my family tree for about three years. It’s been, frankly, one step forward, one step back except for the times
Blogathon 15/25: Smart
All our dogs are clever. More competent than the current President of the United States that’s for sure. They’re not all equal in this regard.
Blogathon 14/25: VD
Well, it’s Valentine’s Day. Again. The good lady wife her indoors and I have a standing agreement we don’t ‘do’ Valentine’s Day. I’m sure the
Blogathon 13/25: Cables
This is only being covered by the mainstream media as a peripheral item, but there’s a lot going on in Scandinavia. There’s a GPS jamming/spoofing
Blogathon 12/25: Spanglish
When I’m writing I usually have the radio, a podcast or the TV playing in the background. If it’s the radio or a podcast playing,
Blogathon 11/25: Infra
An organisation I do a little unpaid governance for expects people in my position (there are a few of us) to use the organisation’s basic