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Ruminations About Blogging Platforms

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Since the beginning of the yearI have been experimenting with various blogging platforms. Rather than post my inane ramblings to one platform, I have been cr...

Youve Got Mail

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It’s Thursday night, my other half has gone to visit friends, the children are in bed, and I just spent longer than might feasibly be imagined choosing a mov...

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

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I have a guilty secret. I like reading young adult fiction. Don’t get me wrongI still love reading “books for grown-ups”, but sometimes I just want to switch...

Tending To Be Different

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Following recurring thoughts about separation of blogging concerns in recent days, I finally caved last night and began pulling apart the components I had so...

Calling Home

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If I’m working in the officewhich is only a few miles from home -before leaving todo battle with the evening commuter traffic on the mountain bike I invariab...

The One Where I Empty My Head

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I’ve had so many random thoughts churning around my head recentlyif I don’t get them out of my head and onto a page, it feels like they will just drift awayl...

Strange Attraction

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Last night provided further evidence towards the hypothesis I formed some time agothat I am a strange attractor. I’ve suspected for some time. If you’re wond...

Backing Up

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Twenty years ago, I was working in an office where the only form of backup was a tape drive that we ran every month or so to copy the entire contents of the ...

Thoughts About Blogging

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While reading various posts from a number of different corners of the internet recentlyand no, I’m not going to name anybody, or anywhere, because I’m not th...

Appearances Can Be Deceptive

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You would thinkbeing a professional software and web developer in the daytimethat I would have some sort of kick-ass computer hardware at my disposal away fr...