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AMA - Do I See a Future for the Federated Web

In this AMA post, Nigel asks me about the about the federated web and whether I think there's a future for it. It's an interesting question as I'm heavily involved in the federated web by running this blog, as well as Fosstodon and 500.Social.

AMA Opinion

Hmmm I might have to re-think #Vivaldi on my iPhone as it's destroying my battery. Anyone else seen this?

So I bought a new watch for an absolute steal on eBay recently. This morning I received a message from the seller saying "very sorry, the watch is now damaged".

I call bullshit. I think they realised how cheap they let it go for so are backing out now.

I fucking hate eBay.

I just text my mum asking her what she and my step dad want for Christmas. Here's her reply. 😂

[Picking kids up from school...]

Me: So what did you do today boys?

Youngest: I wrote about black heroes.

Me: Oh, that's cool. Who did you write about?

Oldest: Was it Batman?

🤦‍♂️🤣

He wrote about Nelson Mandela, for those who are interested.

A Nun Answers Questions

I watched this video last night and I was utterly enthralled throughout the entire thing. In this video, a nun answers random questions all about her life, religion and a all kinds of other stuff.

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Lonesome Crown

Five Warrior Angels #3

Rating: ★★★☆☆

The final book in The Five Warrior Angels trilogy. It's another long book, but I enjoyed it a lot.

Fantasy Brian Lee Durfee Books Five Warrior Angels

Repairing My Sony Ear Buds

A couple days ago I wrote about how my Sony ear buds were dead and how I was on the hunt for a replacement pair. I ended up replacing the batteries instead, but did it work?

Technology

My wife is now searching "can chickens go out in deep snow". I assume she fears they're going to spontaneously freeze as soon as they step outside of their coop.

... they're little dinosaurs, I think they'll be fine!

Certain parts of the UK have had some snow. We've had about 4", apparently up by the kids school has had a foot.

This obviously means that the UK has gone full Mad Max and everything is closed.

I've been playing with #Vivaldi the last few days - now I'm getting to grips with it, I'm pretty impressed. I think this might stick for me and replace #Firefox.

My Sony Ear Buds Are Dead

Two and a half years ago, almost to the day, I bought my Sony WF-1000XM4 ear buds, but now they won't hold a charge, so I'm on the hunt for new ones.

Technology

AMA - How Do I Cope With Everything

This is the second AMA post I've written. I'm currently sat on a flight to Florida, so I'm wading through these to help quell the boredom.

AMA

I'm getting sick of hearing everyone's hot take on Bluesky, just like I got sick of hearing everyone's hot take on Mastodon a couple years ago.

😴

Watched the Tyson vs Paul fight this morning. Utter shite. Tyson shouldn't be fighting at his age, and it showed.

I suppose he was a paid a shit tonne of money though, so that's something. 🤷🏼‍♂️

AMA - Do I Have Faith In Humanity

I recently mentioned on Mastodon that I decided to take part in the AMA challenge that's doing the rounds, this first question comes from Brandon.

AMA Opinion

Last day in Florida today. It's been a long week and I'm looking forward to getting home.

But don't worry, America, I'll be in New York in January. 😏

I upgraded to MacOS Sequoia last night. This morning I had a popup explaining some of the new feature.

STOP THE PRESS! MacOS finally has window snapping...it's finally caught up to Windows 7. 🤦‍♂️

Was searching for something and I clicked on a Sun link (🤢). Anyway, I got this popup. What the actual fuck, we now have to pay to be able to reject cookies??

Year 2 at the Smallholding

We recently passed 2 years at our 2.5 acre smallholding. It's been another busy year where we got loads done; here's what we've been up to.

HomeLife