Wife and I finished the second season of House Of Dragons tonight. It was a crap as the first season; very little happened (again) and it ended on a massive cliffhanger.
The Blackest Heart
Returning to the kingdom of Gul Kana, Princess Jondralyn has suffered a devastating loss, discovering that not all fortunes are to be assumed, not all scripture to be trusted.
Windows 11 Is Shite
I recently had the pleasure of being upgraded to Windows 11 in work, and it's utterly shite.
I went to bed last night feeling fine, but this morning I woke up and my back hurts, my knees hurt and a can’t bend down without groaning.
I checked my phone and there are multiple “happy birthday” texts. Ah yeah, I turned 40 today. Bollocks.
Kids are at their Nan’s and we went to CostCo yesterday. That means we end up having shit like this for breakfast. 😂
Wife and I went to a spa today. I had a facial treatment (my first ever). The conversation with the therapist (is that what they’re called?) went something like this…
Her: what’s your daily skincare routine?
Me: mmmm, I wash it?
Her: Okay. What type of skin do you have?
Me: Wrinkly? 🤷♂️
I don’t think I was her target demographic. 😂
Building a Simple Journal
I saw a post from Will recently about the CLI journalling tool, jrnl. It looked cool, but had some limitations for my needs, so I decided to build my own.
Morning walks in the field with the dogs are my favourite time of day. All I can hear is sheep bleating, chickens crowing and birds chirping. It’s the best.
I've just been upgraded to #Windows11 on my work machine, only to find that there's no longer an option to move the taskbar to the top. What the fuck is that all about??
The pea collector… 🫛
Ending the PenPals Experiment
I've decided to end my PenPals experiment. It's been 9 months, and it's been a lot of fun, but it's time for it to end.
How Much Does It Cost to Charge My EV for a Month?
Back in June I wrote about whether I've saved money by switching to an EV. But I charge my car at work quite a lot, so how much does it actually cost to charge my EV For a month?
Spent today re-laying part of the drive, but I ran out of gravel. Apparently 4 tonnes wasn’t enough. 🤦♂️
Another tonne is coming Wed, so I’ll finish it then.
My wife sent me this picture yesterday. Growing your own food is pretty fucking cool. 🥕 🫛 🥚
Three Years With My M1 MacBook Air
I've had my M1 MacBook Air for 3 years now. It's the most expensive laptop I've ever owned, but was it worth it?
Politics and Communities
After launching 500 Social to little fanfare yesterday, Jack and Dave have been having an interesting conversation about politics in communities, and I wanted to chime in, since it's focussed on 500 Social.
I can think of worse places to sit and read. 🤓🍻
Chores are pretty much done for the day. I was gonna go out on one of the motorbikes as it's a beautiful hot Sunday, but that means all the Power Rangers will be out. So instead, I'm gonna pour myself a beer, grab my #Kindle and sit under the apple tree to read.
So today there are 2 anniversaries:
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My 5 year wedding anniversary
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The 0 anniversary of 500 Social :-)
Introducing 500 Social
I've decided to go for it and start that deliberately small online community I was talking about. It's called 500 Social.