Notes

Notes are my shorter posts; kinda like my own little microblog. They have their own RSS feed and are automatically syndicated to my social profiles.

10 January 2025 at 15:09

Picking the kids up from school today (which is at the top of a massive hill) and it's utter carnage with all the snow. Glad I got here early, but I'm worried I'm gonna come back to a damaged car...

5 January 2025 at 16:29

Thank you, hooman, for lighting the fire for me.

5 January 2025 at 14:13

Just logging in to catch up on work emails ahead of going back tomorrow. I know I'm going to regret this...

5 January 2025 at 09:12

It's so cold even the chickens don't want to go out! 🐓🥶

5 January 2025 at 07:36

First day back to school/work tomorrow. The kids did NOT like being forced awake at 7am this morning to get them ready for tomorrow. 😂

4 January 2025 at 11:17

I really hate the dark version of my site. I'm thinking about removing it completely and going light only, but don't want to burn people's retinas at night. I suppose there's always reader mode for them... 🤔

3 January 2025 at 19:38

Ok, so I just watched The Godfather. Yeahhhh it's pretty good.

2 January 2025 at 22:33

Just looking at Manton’s new Micro.one service and I don’t understand it.

It looks like Micro.blog, less the cross-posting stuff, for the same price. Colour me utterly confused. What am I missing?

https://micro.one/

31 December 2024 at 23:33

Been in bed since 10pm on #NewYearsEve and that’s perfect. 👌

31 December 2024 at 17:52

I think that's the closest I've ever come to running out of fuel. The car stopped reporting miles remaining around 8 miles from home. 🫣

Managed to limp it home just about though.

27 December 2024 at 12:46

Love a winter walk in the hills. The views are beautiful. 😂

27 December 2024 at 11:39

Today I need to:

  1. Take the dogs for a walk
  2. Service the lawn mowers

But I can't be arsed doing anything. I always get really lazy and lose motivation when I have extended periods of time off work (I've been off for a week at this point).

God help me when I retire!

26 December 2024 at 08:55

Mentioned recently that my iPad was on its last legs after nearly 6 years of faithful service. So started thinking about a replacement. I only use it for reading RSS and some YouTube before bed. Instead of looking for a replacement, I just decided to stop watching YT before bed, and read RSS on my phone. 🤷‍♂️

Now I pick-up my Kindle instead, which is far better than watching crap on YT.

20 December 2024 at 15:48

Out of office is on, work phone is switched off, and that's me for 2024! Merry Christmas, all! 🎉

20 December 2024 at 12:00

Well this doesn't look good. 🫣

I hope to find the time, energy, and money to reopen all of this sometime in the new year.

"Sometime in the new year" doesn't sound like a holiday break to me.

https://wordpress.org/news/2024/12/holiday-break/

19 December 2024 at 17:32

You know what would be great? If websites stopped embedding links from fucking #Twitter.

Because, you know, the billions of people on this earth that don't have Twitter accounts can't see the post...

19 December 2024 at 15:06

Nah, I think you're good thanks, Alex.

16 December 2024 at 07:21

So after 2 weeks with the Pixel 8, I'm back in my iPhone 13 Mini - the Pixel is getting returned today. I'll write something about it all soon. Probably.

13 December 2024 at 07:40

So my iPad is like 6 years old at this point and it's really starting to creek. I only use it for some YouTube and reading before bed, so don't need anything fancy.

I'd love an iPad Mini, but no chance of me paying that much! Thinking maybe an Amazon Fire tablet. Any other recommendations?

12 December 2024 at 07:38

I have man flu. It's been nice knowing you all. ☠️

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