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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email...
Ever since I’ve had a website, I’ve been curious to know who is visiting it and what they do while they’re there. Am I posting into an empty space, or is somebody actually reading? I don’t need (or desire) to write about the development...
Today is Gibson's third birthday. He has really grown a lot in the past 12 months, having quite a burst of speech starting back in January of this year, and since then getting more and more verbal. He loves to identify colors, talk about...
When I initially set up my personal website, I started on GitHub Pages. While I don't particularly like GitHub: I already had an account, and know how to use it I was facing a bit of analysis paralysis around choosing a web host and...
Meta, in a press release called “Meta’s A.I. Glasses: Your Questions Answered”: Can’t people just cover up or disable the LED? The camera is disabled when people try to do this. Beginning with our second generation of glasses, the camera...
This is a response to James Zhan’s blog post about pros and cons of having a comment section on a personal blog. The purpose of your blog Having a comment section depends on the purpose of your blog and what you want to get out of it. If...
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I started the summer’s scything this week. It’s the fifth consecutive year we’ve let the lawn grow into a meadow and then I’ve scythed some/all of it over July and August. This year I have a deadline of the end of July to have enough...
Cockatoos? Five sulphur-crested cockatoos, foraging beneath the Norfolk Island pines of Botany Bay? Well, all right, if you insist. #BirdsOfAustralia #WildlifePhotography #FeatheredFriends
Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great...
The post “There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen.” appeared first on Garrick van Buren.
On a day out exploring I went to see Coverack. It's coastal village with a fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula. It's also got some amazing rocks on the beach and is very interesting geologically. But of course I was...
I don’t like it when "human nature" gets blamed for evils that are actually the fault of very specific rich and powerful people or very specific economic political or aesthetic systems that are neither inevitable nor universal but really...
Today is Sunday, July 12, 2026. It is also the last day of my vacation. Well, stay-cation really. I've been off since Thursday the 2nd of July and - if I'm being honest here - I'm not really ready to "go back to work". It's unusual for...