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Everything Changes

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After trying out Medium (the darling of the web publishing hipster crowd) for a few days, and trying to like it, I’ve admitted defeat, returned to WordPress ...

Dark Skies Roast Dinner And Cancellations

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The nights are starting to draw in. While cycling home from work this evening a pervasive blanket of darkness seemed to be readying it’s fall upon the world....

Behold

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I have decided on a new name for this blog (and theTumblr [https://strangecodex.tumblr.com/]account, because I’m a bit insane like that). It only took ooh fo...

All Good Things

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I’m sitting in the study at home while a dehumidifier rumbles away in the remains of the bathroom upstairs. I very nearly went into the office today (the plu...

Working From Home

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I am working from home this week. I agreed it with myself yesterday after discovering my other half had booked a plumber to come and rip the upstairs bathroo...

Thirty Days Until Nanowrimo

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For the first time in recent memory, I have no plans today. No obligations. No expectations. Of course I have still filled the washing machine and dryer, sta...

Resurrecting The Imac

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While my other half was standing at the side of a rugby pitch in the middle of nowhere this afternoon I took it upon myself to tidy up the junk room at home.

Old Friends

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After getting the usual Saturday morning madness of standing on the touchline of football matches out of the way, and tipping colossal quantities of noxious ...

Better Off Dead

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Our middle girl screamed a great many nasty things at us this morning. She claimed she was sick, and couldn’t possibly go to school. We countered that if she...

Prodictivity App Madness

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After yesterday’s carpet-bombing of the various social platforms on the internet, I thought I might move on to ripping productivity apps a new one today. It’...