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I feel somewhat fortunate not to have children, and deal with the challenges they face with peer-pressure. I read, with interest, Kevin Quirk's post about giving a mobile phone to his young son. It made me think about the ever-present...
I had the oddest phone-call tonight. Firstly, let me set the scene. I'm away from home at a conference related to work. I spent seven hours travelling the length of Scotland last night. The conference is also in the hotel I'm staying in....
I'm always a sucker for fun blog posts. Inevitably offering you a little more of my personality. I spotted this one the other day here, which started here maybe. This kind of follows on from the idea from my own mini-series of posts I...
There I was minding my own business, plodding through the working day, getting on with my tasks. A colleague asked me to proof-read his report and offer feedback. I am the kind of guy that lets a lot of things slip. I appreciate we all...
It's time for another fun, get-to-know-me, blogging challenge. This one was set by Zachary Kai I love the versatility of the humble sandwich and it's my goto lunchtime meal. How Many Sandwiches Do You Eat Per Week?When I worked in an...
My blogging platform provides me with some limited stats. It's enough to let me see if people are actually reading articles. It doesn't drive my blogging, or make me change my content or style. I write for me and for fun, on a wide range...
In a change of plan this morning, my day dramatically pivoted. I was quite happily lazing in bed at 8:30am, reading the internet. My mobile phone rang -- it was the elderly neighbour next door. I knew something was wrong! In as few words...
Nolto appears to be styling itself as an alternative service to LinkedIn, but connected to the fediverse. Quoting some of their own text: A professional social network that runs on the ActivityPub federation protocol, focusing on...
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...