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Well, this was a productive week… end. The week as a whole was not particularly inspiring or meaningful (I won an award of sorts at work, and to be honest I… just wanted to get to Friday), but I finally teed up and actually did a bunch...
On 2 August 1833, the famous entertainment venue, Vauxhall Gardens, had its most successful day when an astonishing 133,278 people arrived to visit its paths being noted for romantic assignations, watching tightrope walkers, hot-air...
Once again Maxine and I went to the ‘New Wine’ church festival at Shepton Mallet. There were over 12,000 people camping on the Bath & West Showground near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in the south-west of the UK. Weather was good again –...
The weekend of June 25-26 featured the EU FFXIV Fanfest in Berlin. Here, we got the newest info drop on the Evercold expansion, including the reveal of the new Tank job! I’m going to quickly go over all the important highlights of the...
August is here. Man, how quickly this year seems to have gone by, looking back. On Friday I went to the rooftop to do some stargazing. It was a clear sky (very pleasant weather), and I used an app called Stellarium to keep track of...
If your pub is painted mostly grey or has an industrial look, it probably feels old-fashioned. The best modern pubs are just Victorian enough. These thoughts were prompted by The Crown Inn in Stockport, of course, but also by The Kings...
§ The first fruit on our heirloom tomato plant finally ripened this week. Unfortunately I left it on the vine one day too long and a deer decided to take a big chomp out of it. We were devastated. Elsewhere in the garden the...
The Grafana 13.1.1 Debian package contains an error in the post-installation script. Here is how to fix it and finish the apt upgrade process.
CW: medical brain injury. In the White City, the military pragmatists keep robust records of troop numbers and movements, materiel requirements, leadership postings, and areas of active instability inside the empire. Their strange...
Turkey oak, acorn on the tree, Schenley Park, 29 July 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) 2 August 2026 How many seed capsules can you think of that have “hitchhiker” hooks? #1. I was puzzled by the acorn cup, pictured above, because I don’t...
Croissant Club has been live for about 3 weeks now. It is a personal review blog for croissants. Huge traffic to it, obviously. Over the past few years I have developed an appreciation for croissants, and I thought this would be a simple...
A while ago I got an email from someone saying they found my work while looking through recent “vibe-coded and AI-built games”… And they wanted to feature my games on this AI website. You can imagine the bout of panic. Vibe-coded?? How...
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" by The Band Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that perfectly captures anticipation. - When I Paint My Masterpiece, written by Bob Dylan, performed by The...
I've been reading 'Steal Like an Artist' by Austin Kleon once again. With how much I'm struggling with where I'm at in life, I've been trying to distract myself with books that give a decent pep talk. It's mentioned in the book to choose...
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