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The first thing to say about this book is that it’s definitely not the light summer read you would probably expect from the cover and title. It’s actually a tale of lies, betrayal and treason set during the rise of the Nazis in 1930s...
Somewhere in the wheat belt this season, a farmer will bring in several hundred hectares in the time his grandfather needed for a single paddock. He will do it largely alone, from an air-conditioned cabin, above a header that steers...
August 3, 2026 Time to drop in on our graphic and typography expert. You just have to imagine that she has a clear view of how things look on paper or on screen; that doesn’t necessarily translate into a crispy-edited wardrobe! But we...
The beer range at Marks & Spencer is something I tend to pick at, rather than actively pursue. But there's a bigger range of them in the UK, and I couldn't help but grab an armful of randomers last time I was passing through that way....
Well I’m not going to kid myself and claim that I’m going to post every day this month as per the Blaugust challenge. That’s okay. What I will do is try to post a lot more frequently than I have been to try and get back in to the habit...
Not quite so bad today. A nice sunny afternoon. Cutting hedges again today, only the top of the big hedge to do now, thank goodness. Should have it done tomorrow.
So last time I told you mostly about what was supposed to happen in Fantastic Four #296, the triple-sized 25th anniversary issue of The World’s Greatest Comic. (And the time before that I just kept yappin’ about the Barry Windsor-Smith...
It's time for another selection of BUPIX! Photos from the personal collection of GDB friend Bu, from his days in the 80s, when he worked as a balloon vendor, and in Guest Relations, AND as a Tour Guide. He has kindly provided some fun...
During the pandemic, we completed one of our largest projects at work. To celebrate, since we couldn't meet in person, we all ordered food on DoorDash and played an online escape room game together. We were on a Zoom call, helping each...
The first time I reached for testing/synctest, I assumed it was a sleep helper with better manners. The public API is small enough to support that assumption: synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) { ... }) synctest.Wait() synctest.Sleep(d)...
On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. While eclipse chasers in Spain can enjoy totality, there is one potential problem. By the time the Moon's shadow reaches the Iberian Peninsula,...
The usual clear lines between reality and fiction blur almost instantly in Nanashi no Game (“The Nameless Game”). I play as, um, me. I look out at the world exclusively through my own eyes and I am the kind of person who not only owns a...
I’ve always been fond of a good essay, and a search through the archives of the Ramblings would no doubt reveal a number of essay collections I’ve covered. Some of these would have been via indie publisher Michael Walmer’s...
I have now been inside a second tunnel... a different tunnel from the tunnel I blogged about previously!! I super can't say where this one is. The facilitators who got me into this tunnel were very concerned that we not reveal its...
Not every Rapido Manning Wardle due to cross my bench this summer is having a cab conversion (!). This example started out as Forward and has just been renamed and detailed and weathered, demonstrating just how good the original model is...