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103 days on.🍏

Since our last visit, Alice the Apple 'tree' has been busy.   She is 103 days old now. I think it's time to upgrade her...

Am I doing it wrong?

I often wonder how effective social media is at being social? I am a GenX baby (I only recently learned that when I had to...

A smile and some luck

I'm feeling very lucky today.  I was stopped by two policemen for speeding. I was driving through a village on a rural road. More of...

Radio Silence!

It has been a few weeks since I scribbled.  Its amazing how life gets in the way of a good plan. I've got so many...

Too Many Teams

Microsoft Teams has become a Google mess.  You know, Google having so many chat apps! In the early days, when Teams exploded (during lockdown), it...

Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?

Do dogs have shoulders?

I think I have been forgiven by the dog.  Yesterday I was clipping her nails and I was perhaps a little zealous with one, which...

And on the 3rd day ....

As expected, the dry spell did not last, and on the third day it rained.  However, we were  able to make it to the local...

Mark the moment -- two days no rain

I feel I need to mark the moment, and mention that as of Easter Sunday evening we have had two days with no rain, and...

Step back in time 🥫

I had call to make use of a can-opener today.  I do not recall my last encounter with such a devil of a device. In...

Too many photos? 📱

I recently moved my backup solution, which meant that all the photos on my mobile phone had to be re-uploaded by the software. I did...

I was a slave to emails

I've done something quite radical -- I've disabled notifications for my emails. 🔕 There, I feel better now that I have confessed. It has become...

End of an era

This morning was the funeral of my lovely elderly neighbour.  She was a gem of a lady.  I called her the duchess.  She was full...

A label to make you smile

Tonight's red wine is: La Cuvee des Copains Cotes du Rhone  🇫🇷🍷🐖 A charming vivacious red with raspberry notes and a juicy texture. Comments can...

🍏 Two leaves make a tree?

It's all happening with the apple tree! If you missed the first instalment, check it out. The youngster is progressing.  After 6 days we have...

🍏 The struggle is real 🍏

I came rather close to one of the seeds while eating an apple earlier.  It would appear it was making a bid for life. Who...

Instant Support?

Why do many of the Open Source projects offer support/help via chat services like Discord ? Honestly, it's a dogs breakfast (aka mess).  It's mostly...

Checking the Fediverse

Following on from my last Scribble about probing the Fediverse, I'm now ready to launch the project into the wild. I run a couple of...

Probing the Fediverse

I working on a small project, and as part of it I need to know if a Fediverse instance in live.   Some python scripting...

What's in a name?

Have you seen omg.lol ? I love the idea; love the site;  love all the little offerings; would happily pay twenty bucks for these great...