The apple doesnt fall far
A few days ago my other half mentioned that she had a couple of Macbooks at work that were being retired, and wondered if I might be interested in them. I te...
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Week One Run One
After tipping myself out of bed at 7am this morning, I pulled on some running shorts, and headed out of the door to re-start the “Couch to 5K” programme. It’...
Old friends and unread books
I can never quite decide if “having a quiet weekend” is missing out on opportunities to be here, there, and everywhere, or if stepping away from the mayhem i...
Fake it till you make it
After travelling north with several co-workers this morning, we arrived at our destination and temporary home for the next few days - a typical corporate hot...
Preparing to Travel
I have to get up sensibly early tomorrow - to meet at a co-worker’s house ahead of a fairly long journey “up country”. Everybody vaguely technical in the com...
Midnight Again
I’m sitting in the dark of the junk room late on Sunday night, listening to Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s album “Who Believes in Angels”. When I first hear...
In search of the time thieves
Somehow it’s half past midnight - or “half past my bedtime”, as my middle daughter might have said when she was young.
Kind of like an exhale
A little while ago - after receiving feedback that subscribers to my blog weren’t altogether happy with Substack marketing things at them I tried switching i...
Eurovision
I’m not really sure when we started watching Eurovision. It’s become a “thing” that we do each year - setting the evening aside with a few drinks and some fo...
We know how to spend our Friday nights
I answered an SOS call on Friday morning from a neighbour. Their internet was being “a bit rubbish” (their words), so rather than headbang the wall for sever...