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Here’s a question I can’t stop chewing on: why is some software so damn good, and most of it so… not? Not buggy. Not slow. Just bad. Bad in a way you feel in your gut the moment you touch it. The answer isn’t tooling, or budget, or...
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved a core function and some recreational mathematics. (Note that this ends today.)
This is the… third? fourth? book by Saramago I read, and can’t wait to deep-dive into its style. *Still in progress* 🏃Hey, thanks for reading my blog via the RSS feed! Feel welcome to get in touch!
I often find myself wanting to copy images in the Bear media library in markdown format, not just the URL, since it's one of those MD options I never seem to remember. This dashboard plugin solves that by adding a handy "Copy MD" button...
Zippy the cat. He doesn't get quite the same exposure here as the other two, George and Bungle. He's very much an individual, hard to catch on camera, no pretty boy poser. He's the one that stays out longer. He doesn't roam too far but...
Porter is a dark beer, right? Pretty much black. Well, that was not always the case, as the late Martyn Cornell explains in his 2025 book Porter & Stout. He describes 18th century London porter as “mid-brown or deep chestnut in colour at...
In a recent digest I linked to Herman’s post post about resurfacing old blogs. In that entry, the posts he chose to resurface were the ones about his journalling[1] journey, and this inspired me to have a go. Of course, I’ve tried it...
I've been through a host of ventures finding god. Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, yet, I found home where I was born. Hinduism. For me, Hinduism isn't just a religion. It's philosophy, it's art, it's science, it's guidance, it's Bhakti...
Today's Snoozles are not so terrible, really - they're just sort of "same old, same old". But I'm happy to see our Mark Twain gleaming in the sunshine on our Big River, it's still a pretty sight. And, ya know, it makes me thankful that...
Quick bits The heat! Ugh! I skipped going to the office all week, because I did not want to die. My initial plan was to use the coworking1 space near me instead, because it has AC, but the AC was turned way down and the cold airflow made...
I don't understand why this generation can't afford a home. When my grandfather was 18, he had already saved enough money from his paper route and various odd jobs to buy his first home. By the time my father turned 26, he was already...
Three weeks at number one from 21st November 1987If there’s one thing very few Smiths singles had, it was a touch of sleaze. They were often contemplative, yes. Weary, occasionally. Sardonic, sure. Spiky and provocative, maybe. Even at...
Years ago, when niche perfumes were hard to come by for testing and our collections were much smaller, samples were actively used, swapped or even sold. These days, I suspect they often stay in our collections to die. Unless you get rid...
The Arcana of Reproduction More to say on this soon as it is invaluable for the book I am working on and is so much more than the old Autnomedia version (alas, Italian was beyond me, I am guilty for not looking up the original). The new...
Wigan North Western Station Wallgate Market Place Market Place Today is one of those occasions when colour produces stronger images, and red appears in every photo.Armed Forces Day produces memorable scenes, but many of them involve...