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One more week at number one on 16th April 1988You can't keep a brilliant track down it seems, and The Wedding Present returned to the number one slot for a further week once Erasure's sales weakened.As ever, we will use this as an excuse...
In the before-times, when Raspberry Pi CM5s were (relatively) affordable, I built a number of Pi clusters (example), and one of the most annoying parts of the build was flashing Raspberry Pi OS to all the Pis. One, two, or even three Pis...
Just a few days ago I shared on my Scribbles space the concept of Ferragosto with my readers. As always happens on the web, on a complete serendipity a friend shared with a (closed) group of readers of a particular newsletter the...
So in all that crazy amounts of free time I have, I’ve been poking through the supplement book in the Crisis on Infinite Earths slipcased edition. Among other things (like the constant drubbing the Flash comic was getting therein,...
The kids are tired of TikTok! They want Pins From the Bag! This first pin is special to me, because it belonged to my dad, who was a big fan of Walt Kelly's "Pogo", a comic strip that ran from 1948 to 1975. Dad had around a dozen books...
Between 1905 and 1943, Stanley manufactured the No. 52 Chute Board and Plane. In 1909, the Chute Board Plane No. 51 was made separately available. While a modern chop saw or table saw can instantly create a glass smooth square cut, hand...
As I do keep saying, books lead to other books… I was unsure what to pick up after the Borges/di Giovanni and did spend a little time reading up on the state of Borges’ literary estate. And this reminded me that I had a book lurking on...
I've been playing through KCD I again (for the 3rd time) and the biggest problem is that I really want to play the second one. Not because the first game is bad, it's really good. It's just that the second is even better. I'll keep this...
The interaction between hardware design and firmware implementation requires strict consistency in embedded systems. Firmware must exactly match the schematic-level component configuration and connectivity. In current workflows, this...
Creech Barn has never really reached its full potential. Sure it has been enjoyable to build a share it over the past four years but despite still deeply loving my European 009 models I just haven’t found a connection with it - not...
When I saw the Slack notification preview, “Matt, I’m literally crying right now,” I must admit my first reaction was “Oh no, what happened…” Matt, I’m literally crying right now. I just read the Baby & Caregiver Attendance policy that...
A bit of a mixed bag this time around with some thoughts on rural pubs and a visit to a classic example of one that is still flourishing, a visit to a local beer festival, and some further consideration on beer scoring. It is actually...
It's been a busy couple of weeks, including attending the D23 Expo, so I'm only now reviewing SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (2026), which I saw earlier this month.BRAND NEW DAY is the fourth of Tom Holland's Spider-Man films of the past...
It takes a village to launch an author!Over the last 20+ years, I've been making enough marmalade to satisfy a rapacious family and have an inexhaustible supply of 'makes and acceptable gift' for friends, relations and random visitors....