Blogathon 09/19: Mix tape
About three-hundred years ago I used to make mix tapes. Ankle-deep in C30s and C60s, I’d record music off the radio (usually the Sunday night
Blogathon 08/19: 500 Internal Server Error
Error messages that don’t actually tell you what the error is. What’s the point of that? I’ve been experiencing quite a lot of 500 Internal
Blogathon 07/19: Networking again
There’s little time to write anything good today. A full day at work followed by a full evening of work at home means what spare
Blogathon 06/19: Alexa, stop listening!
Here’s an interesting little nobble that could trip up a person or several. Alexa will allow people/persons within hearing range to order/buy things on the
Blogathon 05/19: Networking
It’s 21.05 and I’m sitting at home listening to a random playlist on Alexa whilst talking to a guy in India, another in Scandinavia, and
Blogathon 04/19: Getting 16 hands between my legs
(Prem is actually 16.2″ hands high in his stockinged feet*. With shoes on he’s probably bordering 16.3hh) It’s about time I did a fulsome Prem
Blogathon 03/19: So Wrong It’s Right
I have been an off-on follower of the BBC Radio 4 comedy game I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue for a decade or several. Humphrey
Blogathon 02/19: It’s Groundhog Day. Again
I could write a detailed academic essay on the film Groundhog Day, but I will make every effort to avoid that level of analysis here.
Blogathon 01/19: Tradition
I like a good tradition. It speaks of culture, and of heritage, and of the ways of the elders and gives examples of how they
New year, new tries
(that’s a rugby pun on the ‘New Year, New Goals’ meme. I suppose I could have taken a cricket line and put ‘New Year, New
In your ears
We have jumped to the digital/streaming music app world. After extensive research (critically viewing three very well-respected tech websites), we decided on Spotify. And then
A day-ish of geek
Today I upgraded the .php of every single website I host to v7.2.12. Then I redesigned the podcast website (the old design relies on some
On a bed of roses
Not the chocolates, obv. We have a new bed. Have I mentioned that we have a new bed? No? Well we do. It’s a bed.
Films, TV. Stuff to watch (or not)
I want to watch ‘Lucy’ again but it’s 18.30 on Sunday and there will be an influx of small children soon. And ‘Lucy’ isn’t a
On thinking about being unfaithful
Commitment. Does it fade? Does it get stale? Do we get tired of the ‘same old thing’ (even if that ‘same old thing’ is what
Top of the forum
My experiment with forum tech continues. I had to burn the TLD where I was running the prototype; it was a target for every Russian
Nerdiaudiophile
It is a word, I checked. In the possibly never-ending quest to find me even more imaginative gifts, I was recently given this to wear
Star light
Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight. There is,
Life. Support?
Set for 240 volts *funny whinny noise going up the scale* *beeping* Clear! *funny whump noise* *body jumps and settles back lifelessly* Hit it again!
A Very Big Day Out
Early Saturday we took a train down to that London. We arrived in St Pancras International where a small selection of ordinary punters amazed and
‘Ullo John, got a new motor?
Well yes I have. Thanks for asking. It’s fresh from the factory, with 100 miles on the clock. I pick it up on Monday.
To me, to you
‘You’ve got a lovely church, Vicar’ ‘It’s Norman’ ‘You’ve got a lovely church, Norman’ Say what you like about the Chuckle Brothers, they were funny
Out of Office
Hi, thank you for dropping by. We are currently away, enduring the hardship of 41c in the sub-Sahara. We are putting on brave faces against
Biker down
Yesterday evening, taking a leisurely trip home on the ZX10R, I was involved in an accident. While travelling around a smaller roundabout in the village,
A foreign country explored
Yesterday, taking advantage of the heat, it being a Saturday, having a spotlessly clean motorbike, and having nothing else to do, I went abroad. A453,
Now that’s what you call a commute
In a fraction under two hours Sam will arrive in Dubai, at half-past midnight. At 02.50am she will get on another airplane and at just
Blogathon 2018: The wrap party
Jesus, what a night! A certain Miss T Swift caught snogging a paparazzi behind the greenhouse. Mr E John making off with 5l of engine
Blogathon 30/18
Concluding the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… This isn’t the post that I wanted to write, but the one I wanted
Blogathon 29/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Here’s an everyday object. It’s an object I look at every day. No idea
Blogathon 28/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… One thing I’ve noticed about my occasional canal walks is the lack of maintenance.
Blogathon 27/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Pets are lovely. (insert joke about ‘yes, but I couldn’t eat a whole one’
Blogathon 26/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… The temple of doom. Everyone who knows me, and I mean ‘who really, really,
Blogathon 25/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Walkies! Because the weather is so awesomely wonderful. Because it’s Monday. Because I’m stuck
Blogathon 24/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Changing gear. Two weeks ago my NAS started to die. One of the two
Blogathon 23/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… No, I’m Spartacus. My name, is Michael Caine. You say tomato, I say tomato.
Blogathon 22/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Nice out, innit? It has, from what I could tell from looking through the
Blogathon 21/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Missing. Our cats come and go as they please. The cat-flap is tuned to
Blogathon 20/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Grow you own. Pick you own. Be yourself. Have it your own way. You
Blogathon 19/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… The Internet plus computers = real-time information and instant transactions/updates. It’s lovely. We take
Blogathon 18/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… It’s ironic that the weather, today, has been gorgeous, but the weather all weekend
Blogathon 17/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Get ahead, get a hat. In 1965, in response to declining sales, those cunning
Blogathon 16/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… The male condition plus ageing brings strange things to our bodies. Middle-aged spread. A
Blogathon 15/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Regular readers (Hello Mum!) might remember that Plusnet and I have been together for
Blogathon 14/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… Now you know that I like a drink, right? No, not that sort of
Blogathon 13/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… So. I went to Weybridge today. Weybridge, for those who don’t know, is dahn
Blogathon 12/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… At about 5.45am tomorrow I will be setting out for Weybridge, the Paris of
Blogathon 11/18
Continuing the everyday look at everyday objects through the camera lens… The subject of today’s photograph of an everyday object is commonly called a sack