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Those of you who stop by regularly may remember a previous dalliance with North American N a year or so ago ended in disappointment when I just couldn't get on with the Microtrains couplers and hands free operation I was used to in HO...
Too hot to hit the rivers, but a couple of quick trips to the commerical - the first with my Dad, the second with my mate Wayne. Loads of carp - shooting fish in a barrel! Nice to have constant action - but probably time to try and bag...
If you were designing a counter for the service of beer would you put a row of posts between the person serving and the customer? Would you also put large display cards on each of those posts, and a charity collection tin to one side,...
Got up just after nine. Nell went for Jane on the bus. Got back with her at 10.30 so had a nice day with her. Batchfords came in the morning.
AI (or rather LLM’s) use is becoming more & more common and one of the issues with it (amongst many) is that when you ask it to summarize/process/or whatever something you have to upload that content to servers that are outside your...
I spent much of June on holiday, my longest break in years, visiting Jake and Scarlett in Wales. The plan was to spend some time helping to renovate an old school into an arts centre. Doing physical tasks day after day took its toll, but...
So, am I fully recovered? No. I still have visible scars where the two incisions were made I still have visible marks where the chest tube was inserted Both of the above will continue to heal, but there is a chance some of the scarring...
Mt Takatsuma (高妻山, takatsuma-yama) is one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains located in Nagano’s Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. This National Park is home to four hyakumeizans (Mt Amakazari, Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko) and this was...
Earlier this year, after mapping Wenzel's bakeries in North London, I wrote "I really should draw some Coughlans maps one day." Alas I'm too late, they ceased trading on Tuesday. Coughlans were a family bakery chain based mostly in south...
Here we are, another Sunday, another Meals of the Week post. The one where I share with you all the main meals I have cooked and enjoyed over the past 7 days. If I eat out for one or two of them, I also always share a homemade...
This June was characterized by a complete lack of intentional writing in my journal. I have nothing but fragments. June was distracted, out of my head, thinking about the easy things and avoiding thinking about the difficult ones. I have...
⚠️ **SPOILER WARNING:** FULL SPOILERS In "Project Hail Mary" (2026), a lone astronaut awakens to an uncertain mission, fighting for humanity's survival amid the vastness of space and the unknown. **My Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐½ (3.5/5 stars) ---......
We live in a world of sound. Sound is everywhere. It is prolific. And much of that sound, I will confess, is not the kind of communal sound that a recent guest on my radio show, Professor Alex Fisher, spoke about. He talked at length...
I've found myself on the path of least resistance lately. I go to work. I come home. I stuff around on the internet before and after work. That seems to be it. It's a yearly thing for me. It's during the time it's cold. This year it...
Every time I have given up on America, it has been a mistake. And yet, America has never, ever given up on me.