happy equinox [1]To all those who celebrate. A few days ago, in a moment of mild frustration, I listed my works in progress, or projects[2], and roughly organised them into four categories. not yet started / ideas started paused...

I made a gallery. And I think I've finished tinkering with it. It's static. There ain't no js here. motivation To have somewhere to put my maps. And maybe, maybe, this will motivate me to make a few more. At the moment it is mostly...

links a very cool game: The Evolution of Trust mapping OpenFreeMap: a nifty way to for getting OpenStreetMap tiles Mapterhorn: public terrain tiles webmap viz. Will inc. High-res of Europe. Chronotrains: everyone loves trains. And who...

.hike { font-family: 'Nimbus Mono PS', 'Courier New', monospace; font-weight: normal; } preamble Firstly. Let me apologisfe for the length of this post. It is long enough that I feel it needs a preamble. Secondly. In addition to the...

Tomorrow evening we leave for Italy. Thankfully. At last. The journey is both long and quite straightforward. One huge day and then an easy few hours, on the next. The possibility of doing it in a single day is tantalisingly close, but...

It's July. That means the tour is on. That's a good thing. I read this piece on watching the tour de france a few days ago, which does a good job of explaining the tour's appeal to those who might not get it. Bonus points for referencing...

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why The below post on mastodon by goat farmer & astronomer Prof. Sam Lawler got me thinking. Post by @sundogplanets@mastodon.social View on Mastodon It made me wonder how far back does the collective memory, or willingness to search,...

I've had a kindle for a half a decade or so , but I don't tend to use it too much. I'd been meaning to jailbreak it for a while. Finally, I got round to giving it a go. I'd read that newer firmware versions couldn't be broken....