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In days of old, link shortening tools were all the range. They addressed a specific issue with early social media services; especially Twitter, which had a character limit of 140 (remember those days). If you included a long link to a...
A few days ago, The new York Times (owner of Wordle) announced that from 2 February it would start reusing some words from previous years. Their announcement started: Hey, Wordlers! We have some exciting news to share and continued...
I'm trying to get into soup. It's winter, and it's a warming, simple, food. I was brought up on soup every day so when I left home I rebelled against the molten liquid and never really went back. However, I feel it's time to embrace it....
I generally don't read or write poetry, but I wrote this a few years ago, randomly. I live by the sea, and when the tide is low you can walk to a small uninhabited island via a natural causeway. I penned this after one such visit. I...
Potato scones (also known as tattie scones in Scotland) are simple to make, surprisingly filling and very versatile. Looking back at past posts Original post date: 27 January 2013 (13 years ago) Title: Potato Scones The recipe is mostly...
I've always enjoyed a word puzzle. For many years I have been playing Words With Friends with a few of my chums. We're not seriously competitive, but we enjoy the game; it's a nice distraction from life. Similarly, when Wordle came along...
After reading Thomas's post, it inspired me to do a reply post with my own list. I then started to wonder about the parameters: is it something I have bought, or something I have been given? Or something within my lifetime? Let's exclude...
For those who follow along with my ramblings, you may recall my relationship with the Kagi search engine. On testing it, I loved the idea but was on the fence about paying for my search results. After the trial I returned to my more...
Last year I reflected on if I should grow up, as I notched another year around the sun. And here we are a year later. Last week I continued my annual rotation. I can say with some conviction that I am happy that I have not morphed into a...
Like many others, I seem to have amassed a number of domain names over the years, and I just can't seem to let go of many of them. Currently I have 48 registered domains. Some are for projects which are current; others for old projects...
It's time to clip my trotters! I've never been a nail-biter, which means that every few weeks I need to get the shears out and clip the trotters 😁 I tend to pay little attention to them, but there is always a day when I am suddenly aware...
Why do people feel the need to post spoilers and clues about daily puzzle games? What do they hope to achieve? All it does is ruin someone else's fun as they now have more information than is required to complete the game. I see it for...
Perhaps I am being a judgemental asshole -- hey, it does happen; I am not always Mr supportive, full of sugar and cheer! I have a problem with businesses using free email addresses. So you want me to pay your hourly rate to fix my...
Today when I visited the supermarket, there was a lady at the entrance handing out leaflets. She was asking people to buy a few extra items and place those in the box to be donated to the local foodbank. The leaflet gave ideas on the...
The last month or two have been extremely busy for me — work wise. I seem to have had little time to socialise and have been working much more than usual. I blogged at the end of last year on how I completely changed my career — it's...