Why is the vacuum cleaner cable never quite long enough!?
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🏴 Made in Scotland, from electrons and wine 🍷
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 caught her nail quick. She never even flinched but she did bled slightly, on and off for a few hours. Last night I received...
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 beach for a walk with friends and dogs for two hours, then back home for lunch with our chums. The wind was bracing but the...
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 reasonable sunshine. I think that may be the first this year. It did guilt me into doing some post-winter garden tidying. A few hours later...
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 this modern era it is the norm to have a ring-pull style gizmo on the lid for easy access. I had the A&E department on...
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 not appreciate I had 8,324 images on my phone. Too many?!
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 apparent that I (and probably you) are slaves to notifications. As soon as your Desktop or Mobile device pings, you can't resist having a look. ...
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 of wisdom, grace, and mischief -- right until the end. I collected her after a brief hospital stay mid-December, where she learned she was poorly...
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 be made via my post on the Fediverse
🍏 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 significant signs of life. Comments can be made via my post on the Fediverse
🍏 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 am I to deny its ambition? I have potted it and await the first fruits of my love. I have a feeling I may also...
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 a linear chat; people join, ask a question, and expect an immediate response. Is that really possible? Shouldn't we be managing expectation better? The question...
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 Fediverse servers. On a daily basis the delivery queue can build up as it tries to deliver to non-responsive servers. I need to know if...
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 later and it is regularly probing every fediverse instance. An interesting exercie. Currently, the stats are: 72,098 known servers 25,273 are dead 24,210 are erroring...
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 ideas. I just can't deal with having an omg.lol address. A .lol domain is like Comic Sans font -- cringe. I appreciate loads of peeps...
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