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I try to do my best with my technology stack, by ensuring it meets my own morals and standards for life. I do this via a combination of informed choices; supporting independent developers; self-hosting. A combination of these help me...
Last night I received an email from one of the large supermarkets. It was a product recall. I've never had such an email before, but it was quite clear that I had bought the product. I wondered how they knew, but quickly realised they...
She may well be correct, but let's have some context. I live on the outskirts of a small village, which has one road in. There's no out unless you want to drive into the sea, so you turn around and come back the way you came to leave the...
I had my first ever mention on a Spanish online radio/podcast show tonight. I'm feeling very "international" 😊 Esta noche me han mencionado por primera vez en un programa de radio o podcast online español. Me siento muy "internacional" 😊
Over on James’ Coffee Blog he has a Blogger Archetype quiz. I thought it would be fun and interesting to answer the ten simple questions to analyse my blogging style and character in the community! The results are in: You are a Author...
Read time: 4 minutes. 927 Words I'm old enough to have seen the Internet become a thing. From the early days (for me) of simple emails and web pages, and squealing dial-up modems connecting to the web, to what we have now. Over that time...
Hello follower(s?), I'm just checking into say I have been crazy busy for several days -- hardly a moment on the information super highway. I've been away a from home, at two different events. Very long days, and short sleeps have only...
I scrubbed the oven this morning until it looks brand new (almost). I've twice walked past and opened the door just to admire it How sad am I? Simple things. Haha
84 years ago today a thirteen-year-old girl was given an autograph book, bound with red-and-white checked cloth, for her birthday. She decided to use it as a diary and chronicle her life; tragically, only for the next two years. That was...
A few days ago I was introduced to someone. It was a brief encounter while I passed through a room of people with a friend. My friend introduced me: "Hi Colin, nice to see you again. This is my friend David" Colin: "Ah, good to meet you...
I recently took part in the excellent Over/Under weekly series, hosted by Hyde on LazyBear. I was asked to rate and comment on a few topics, and over/under rate them. As part of my response on Hyde's blog I had the opportunity to pose...
Can anyone tell me anything about these? I know almost nothing about them. They were my dad's, but I have no idea when he bought them, why, or how old they are. He passed away six years ago. Mum moved house four years ago, and as part of...
Another weekend, another Saint's Day in our village in Spain. Someone arrives very early in the morning and creates this just outside our door, at the foot of a set of about fifty steps up towards the church. There will be a procession...
It watches over me, constantly. I feel it judging me, intrusively. From above, assuming. Taunting me, regularly. Overseeing me, intentionally. With regularity, pulsing. The desire to touch it, possibly. Press the red button, boldly. For...
Each week Hyde at Lazybear asks a fellow blogger to respond to a set of prompts, deciding if each topic is over- or under-rated. There's also one random question set by the previous week's participant. Hyde also responds to the cues. It...