Notes

I’ll leave it to Ed Davey, of all people, to sum up what I think. “The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of prime ministers while nothing really changes,” Davey writes on X.“This time must be different. It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it has…

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It was the Northern Solstice last night. Did you notice? There were only 4 hours of ‘night’, and yesterday was the Longest Day. Which means it’s all downhill from here until my favourite season —Autumn— before we plunge into cold wet Winter. I believe there are still some warm days ahead though and, once again,…

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A quiz! About blogging! Count me in. Apparently I’m: You are a AuthorYou love writing and have a growing backlog of posts on your website! Words are your best friend and you’re always thinking about what to write next. And… You are also a ExplorerTo you, the web feels like a library that’s open all…

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I read a post the other day about why many men don’t want to celebrate their birthday. I am one of those men. I’ve never really given why I feel that way much thought. I’m pretty sure it’s not related to any traumatic birthday from years gone by, so it’s definitely wrapped up in a…

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The sunlight stole softly around the edges of the blinds and drew me, gently into the morning. My son had risen before the day itself seemed properly awake, appearing at six o’clock with the certainty only children possess. It was far too early, and with little persuasion he surrendered once more to sleep. Two and…

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Bubbles —a site I am increasingly fond of as it’s turning up some wonderful posts and sites and people— was recently mentioned on Hackernews. I’ve followed Hackernews for a long time as a way to keep some form of view on the tech world (to which I am adjacent) but only check it every week…

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He’s almost done, big day today then only 6 weeks left then it’s time for school! Wild. Time flies and all that, and I think we’ve done a good job so far. Our boy is smart, thoughtful/sensitive, strong and healthy. He prefers outdoors to indoors, tablet time is self-regulated without us having to peel him…

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For those who subscribed to my RSS feeds you should, at some point, see a new title. It’s taken me far more tweaking and PHP hacking than I would’ve liked but it’s been irking me and now, I hope, it’s fixed. I’ve also removed some plugins around Webfingers, Webmentions, ActivityPub and the like, largely while…

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I’ve recently been looking around for some place that isn’t Instagram, isn’t Flickr, but is a quiet place to share some of (what I consider) my better photos. I am not a photographer but I like capturing moments… So I was delighted when Peter Gombos post I wanted Bear Blog, but for my photos bubbled…

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At last, I am rich!! The Coffee Saga has paid off. Thanks Manuel for the donation who, in his own words, “Donated because your post about donation was nice and also to force you to go edit it since you do have a donation now 😊” I have edited my post appropriately, of course, I’m…

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Scotland win a game at the World Cup (and top the group!!). Knicks win the NBA Finals! Sir Lewis Hamilton wins his first GP for Ferrari! Yay all round!

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I consider myself a fairly run of the mill music kinda guy. I have heard of most bands, even if it’s only a track or two. I did hospital radio for a few years, covered 60s show, 70s show, and mostly requests which were always wonderfully varied —from Jimmy Shand, to Ce Ce Peniston, via…

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We only went and won a game at the World Cup! Tense, not the greatest watch but it disnae matter! Had half an eye on the Knicks game too, been a while since they were Champions! My wife is from New York so I guess they are my second team by marriage? (Lakers for life!).…

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It’s been a long long time. I grew up watching us playing in World Cups, every 4 years we’d snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, like clockwork! I am tempering my hopes, but this squad does feel different, feels like a team, not just the “best 11”. So, yes, I will be getting up…

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Do note that this is a slightly sarcastic post, there is alot of sarcasm on the internet at the moment. Take a moment to reflect if you want to expose yourself to more sarcasm. There are plenty of staid and somewhat boring posts out there as well… Isn’t it odd how people see things a…

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As mentioned before, I’ve been heading to Bubbles more and more to get my little blog fix every day. Hey, I’m an addict, I’ll happily admit that! Bubbles is great, and is definitely having a moment given how often it drives traffic to this silly little blog, but it does have some limitations. I don’t…

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Great, now I have THAT Frozen song in my head.. Do you wanna buy a GooProooo, record all the things arrouuunnddd.. Anyway, GoPro Hero 10 Black, with loads of accessories. I bought it with grand plans of recording my cycling adventures and then, how dare he, my son was born and everything changed (in the…

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As I peruse the thought pieces already spewing forth after the latest round of Apple’s announcements, one thought is blooming in my mind. What cost (mostly) on-device AI? A while ago I read something about the energy usage of an AI query, I can’t find that article now but some searches suggest the following: To…

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