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  • Split Slate and Fiction

    A little bit of gaming, and a little bit of DIY. The dry stone walling workshop at Quince Honey Farm was fun, and though the stones were heavy, the detail was light. The most important messages I took away were to just give it a try. And backfill. Lots of backfill. In this context it’s…

  • Reading on a Deadline

    Because what better way is there to relax than a threat of impending confiscation… The Library No, I’m not talking about your Steam Library. Or your PlayStation catalogue. We are discussing brick-and-mortar (and sometimes chassis in the case of vans) libraries. I have an on-again, off-again relationship with the library system. It was a convenient…

  • Travels and (Almost) Total Solar Eclipse

    There are plenty of reasons to holiday in the Catalan capital. Sangria. Tapas. Gaudi. Xocolate. Our summer holiday was a re-do of last years washed out trip to Barcelona. Surely it couldn’t rain the entire time in August? Thankfully this time we only got an hour or so over the duration of the holiday. X…

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  • Sheffield Bound (Again)

    Another road trip. The Polestar 2 is racking up the miles! Sheffield. It’s quite far from Plymouth, but don’t let that put you off! Many places are. It’s sort of the deal with living at one extreme corner of the United Kingdom. Sheffield is a vibrant city with a surprising amount of green space, and…

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  • The Lazarus Monitor

    You might be able to get a hint from the title… A brief disclaimer. Don’t do stupid things with electronics and electrical items unless you understand how they work. Don’t discharge capacitors with a screwdriver. If in doubt, leave things unplugged, depress the power button, and leave for hours to days (depending on the item)…

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  • Liverpoolestar (is that anything?)

    Screw your CCS cable to the sticking place… I am in Liverpool for a conference and the two realistic transportation options were to take the train, or drive myself. You probably realise by now that I’m a big advocate of both active travel and public transport. Getting cars off the road makes things better for…

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  • Jurassic in the Park, and Jury-Rigging Monitors

    We had an ambitious plan for the late May bank holiday. To keep a three year old up to midnight watching Jurassic Park in an open air screening at the Eden Project. Madness, you might say. You’d be right…mostly. Jurassic in the Park? The evening started with a two course dinner in the Mediterranean biome.…

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