Onion
I planted and grew an onion, and harvested it (I think this is the word despite some misgivings based on the scale of this operation) a few days ago. It started out about 2-1/2 months ago as 2 stems and Continue reading Onion
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I planted and grew an onion, and harvested it (I think this is the word despite some misgivings based on the scale of this operation) a few days ago. It started out about 2-1/2 months ago as 2 stems and Continue reading Onion
I’ve just watched a recording of this week’s BBC Question Time, a Thursday evening tv show that assembles a few people who can speak about whatever subjects the audience (both in the studio and having submitted questions beforehand) think are Continue reading Question Time
It’s 1997, March the 23rd to be precise. A Sunday afternoon. I’ve not long returned from PC World in Stretford England, the closest store that I believed would stock everything I need. Everything I need: a US Robotics Sportster Flash Continue reading 1997-03-23 Internet
💡 This is a test of publishing a public page from a private Notion, er… whatchamacallit. I’ve been using the Obsidian notes/’second brain’ app for a few months and like what I’ve found. I triaged then imported all the notes Continue reading Notion
Prompted by the Free Talk Friday post in Reddit’s r/Browns on December 10 2022: My best ever gift was a shiny plastic space rocket with a shiny red nose. A pointy shiny red nose. I’m sure it wouldn’t be allowed Continue reading Best ever gift
Frequently portrayed as a job most likely to be seen in the gaslit streets of the grim mill towns in the industrial north of England, but more likely a viable profession anywhere large numbers of people worked for large employers, Continue reading Knocker upper
[!Info] This is a test of the Obsidian to WordPress plugin. I’ve been using a really great notes app called Drafts on my iPhones since 2013, and lately on my Mac. Someone I know on Mastodon mentioned a couple of Continue reading Obsidian
Some 8 years ago I asked the Internet for help finding a computing book I bought at the beginning of the nineteen eighties – over forty years ago. (I’m spelling those numbers longhand because it’s an age ago and that Continue reading Computer book acquired
Just over a year ago I ran a Minecraft server on a used Windows 8 tablet converted to Windows 10. It soon became apparent it wasn’t the best solution so I looked around and eventually figured out https://mcprohosting.com would give Continue reading Minecraft
Call this my rationale for becoming a fan of the Cleveland Browns American Football team. Or even my credentials. It’s a mangled regurgitation of words I’ve written since 2015-ish, originally intended to be posted at the start of the 2019 Continue reading Fandom