A grand day out
After scraping myself out of bed this morning, and standing rather conspicuously in the middle of the kitchen in my underwear sipping coffee - while waiting ...
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A slightly less brave new world
After trying to convince myself that I wanted to live in my own castle for the last several weeks, and after sitting high atop my invented throne, admiring m...
Nosferatu
I just got home from a visit to the cinema with my eldest daughter - to watch “Nosferatu” - a new version of the story inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Alt...
Caverns Measureless to Man
Over the course of this weekend - for no other reason than to satisfy an unending curiosity, I have re-created a simulacrum of a computing platform I last sa...
The Melting Pot
While sitting atop my fence with a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Facebook, Instagram and Threads mud-slinging escapade to calm down, I’ve been trying to un...
Almost daily
For the last several years, whenever asked how frequently I write on the blog, I have replied “almost daily”. I’m beginning to wonder if I should refactor my...
Scammers
I received a message on my mobile phone yesterday - I didn’t take much notice at the time because I didn’t recognise the name. While catching up with email l...
New Years Day
Last night we were invited to bring in the new year with neighbours. We hadn’t planned on going anywhere or doing anything, but thought “you know what - why ...
Brave new world
When the world wide web was shiny and new, causing content to appear within it’s rapidly expanding sprawl required a very specific set of skills. Intrepid au...
In limbo
I find myself in a curious limbo at the moment - anything I post will not be delivered to subscribers until the administrators that run the Ghost infrastruct...