For various reasons too dull to go into, I have procured a new device. I shall be RTFMing and then setting it up and then
Category: Stuff
Dad music?
Dire Straits (not dire straits, that’s something else). They seem to have been around for a hundred years or thereabouts. I can’t remember what the
Guilty pleasure
I subscribe to a couple of YouTube driving channels. Exposed UK Dash Cams Compilation 12 is the latest to roll into my inbox. I particularly
Robbing barstewards
Pet insurance. It’s one of those things you’ve just got to have. Mavis recently had treatment from our regular vet followed by a night in
Blogathon 29/24: Last one
And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain. My friend I’ll make it clear, I’ll state my case, of which
Blogathon 28/24: Not going blind!
On Sunday I had my two-yearly eye test. I went to the Boots optician in West Bridgford because I used to work for Boots and
Blogathon 27/24: Stats!
Well, the period of advertising is over and the count is in. FB provides some good stats and can convert advertising stats into a variety
Blogathon 26/24: Uncertainty!
Sometimes I have left-over meals for lunch. Chickenish leftovers, for example. It might be a bowl of (formerly) fried chicken, herbs, spices, and pasta waiting
Blogathon 25/24: Fencing!
Our neighbours are preparing their house ‘for the market’. They’ve had work done inside and are almost complete on having work done outside. The outside
Blogathon 24/24: How many?
Yesterday morning Ken Bruce spoke to a listener on Greatest Tits Radio who had been to see Mamma Mia The Musical fifty-six times. That stopped
Blogathon 23/24: TIL/on ice
Today I learned that (one of) the local estate agents will accept a commission to sell your house, pop round, take internal and external photos
Blogathon 22/24: Break
I have been doing a lot of thinking recently. I do a lot of thinking normally, but recently I have been doing a lot more
Blogathon 21/24: Spam fritters
Although the Internet is full of spam, Facebook seems to be fuller. I have an author profile on FB which is there solely to talk
Blogathon 20/24: Book find!
I meant to blog about this one a few months ago but, you know… We went to Hay-on-Wye (not Hay-oh-Why, that’s a place that doesn’t
Blogathon 19/24: Awayish
We want to return to the far east. Back to China, and Vietnam. Particularly Vietnam, I’d love to see so much more of the country,
Blogathon 18/24: Ads!
We play the lottery. We vary where our weekly tipple goes. Maybe £2.50 on the Euros, or perhaps three Thunderballs, or maybe a couple of
Blogathon 17/24: SMRs everywhere!
This morning I read an interesting article on the electrical power demands of datacentres, and how those demands have massively increased (and is continuing to
Blogathon 16/24: Car
I have had my Insignia from new; it is now six years old. The websites that know these things tell me how much it’s worth
Blogathon 15/24: Rooting tooting
A few months ago, over on the Geekblog, I rambled on about how I had to change the name of the 2.4Ghz Band on our
Blogathon 14/24: VD
We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, it being a DolManSaxLil-esque* conspiracy of shoe-buying proportions, but for gift-card-buying not shoe-buying. Obviously. Anyway. Today is Valentine’s Day, the
Blogathon 13/24: Overreacting much?
There are lots of memes going strong over on TikTok, in fact that app is where a lot of new stuff (features, functions, memes, etc)
Blogathon 12/24: Ham on the moon
On 24th January 2024, Japan successfully landed ‘SLIM’ on the moon. SLIM is the Japanese small lunar landing demonstration vehicle. This made Japan the fifth
Blogathon 11/24: FMP for infrastructure?
I have a Find My Past account; my sister and I have been burrowing away from different directions; her using Ancestry, me using FMP. It
Blogathon 10/24: Changing numbers
I’m going to point participants of a writer’s group on FB at this post because the subject recently came up. Hardcopy books (paperback or hardback)
Blogathon 09/24: Teach tech!
Whatever you think of him, our Prime Minister (currently Sunak of the House of Slytherin) has decreed that school pupils must learn mathematics until the
Blogathon 08/24: Captured!
There are few films that have so perfectly captured my imagination that they went on to have a profound, moving, and long-lasting effect on my
Blogathon 07/24: Boodle
I am a fan of reading. Not Reading, the town in Berkshire. I am not a fan of that place. What I am a fan
Blogathon 06/24: Alrite Guvnor?
In my continuous quest to find even less time in which to do the things I need to do, I have assumed an additional role.
Blogathon 05/24: That’s Infotainment
My Insignia has had a run of bad luck lately. Just before Christmas an oncoming motorist crossed the white line to overtake a cyclist. And
Blogathon 04/24: Cold
As I write this in the wee small hours, young Mavis spaniel is deeply asleep beside me, Pugsley spaniel is over there in his chair*,
Blogathon 03/24: Bangers gone!
Yesterday’s annual Groundhog Day post concluded with these words:“Let’s make the most of the time we’ve got, eh?” It’s these words I want to build
Blogathon 02/24: 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 01/24: It’s here!
Every year Young Masher sets the Internet ablaze with a large box of matches, a packet of firelighters, and the crazy, crazy, craze that is
Stupid idea
A very, very long time ago, not long after I was demobbed, I dabbled with a type of civilian RT commonly known as CB Radio.
It’s a little bit geeky
WiFi banding
A full life
Jules Verne’s book Around The World in 80 Days was published in December 1872. It must have taken an immense imagination, not to mention years
Pets At Home
Today I attempted to place an order with Pets At Home. I have an account with them, I’ve had it for ages. I’ve got one
Writing update
Copied from Facebook: ‘I’ve been paying attention to other things’, is one of the early sentences a new character (Ainsley Hayes) opens up with in
With Honours
As you may have guessed from my train woes, I recently had a trip to Bristol. The reason for going through the self-inflicted meat-grinder torture
Train/Strain
Well, I took the train down to Bristol (and back). The route down was Nottingham -> Derby, then Derby -> Bristol Temple Meads. The route
Simple pleasure gone mad
Every weekday I set aside an hour for lunch. It’s one of the moments of quality I try to give myself in my combined occupation
It’s the age of the…
Train? *updated/edited below* I have to go down to Bristle in a couple of weeks. I thought I’d look at doing the journey by train
Nowt as queer as
You bump into some odd people on the Internet. The village FB page is no exception. Below is a rant against speed cameras (and also
Eavesdropping
I have blown the dust off my Trident TR-1200 scanner. I played with it for a while and then got bored. But the reason for
… after a short illness
Nothing serious, nothing at all, but I have been briefly unwell. An episode of gastroenteritis, with all the nasty symptoms. Seen the doc. Confirmed as