[Note] Chicory, Coffee, and Code 🔗
Now that we've finished our move into the Chicory House, I have for the first time in over two months been able to set up my preferred coding environm [...]
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[Article] My Salary History 🔗
Inspired by Jeremy Keith doing the same, I've made the salary history of my career transparent. [...]
[Note] Good morning, Goldfinch 🔗
A goldfinch came to my bedroom window to say hi, this morning. Good morning, Goldfinch! [...]
[Article] Chicory Keys 🔗
There's a special spot in my wallet where my "front door key" lives, but - despite the practical reasons to do so - I've resisted adding the Chicory H [...]
[Note] Unpacked Kitchen 🔗
Today's mission in what we're calling the Chicory House - our home while our actual house gets repaired - was to unpack the kitchen. I think it's look [...]
[Reply] Reply to: Sent to Coventry: Who is Princess Victor Duleep Singh? 🔗
In a longer article about the less-known Duleep Singh princesses, my friend Sundeep argued that it was inappropriate to describe Irene's death as her [...]
[Note] 100 Days to Offload × 7 🔗
I remain a huge fan of Kev Quirk's "100 Days To Offload" blogging challenge. And today... I just completed it for the seventh time! Kev announced t [...]
[Repost] The machines are fine. I’m worried about us. 🔗
Minas Karamanis has produced a fantastic article about his experience of the use of LLMs for research in physics, and the concerns that he has about i [...]
[Note] The Lost Art of the Amusing WiFi Hotspot Name 🔗
Long ago, you could move to a new area, scan for local WiFi networks, and fully expect to see a wonderful diversity of different network names. Some n [...]
[Note] Woof! Burglars! 🔗
The dog is concerned. Why, despite all her warnings, am I still letting these men take all of our (surviving) furniture? [...]
[Note] F-Day plus 55 🔗
It’s fifty-five days since my house flooded. Since then, I’ve lived in hotels, with friends, on volunteering retreats and – mostly – in a series of on [...]
[Note] Indian Food 🔗
On our last day out at our current AirBnB, we searched for a takeaway. Google Maps found me a Chinese takeaway, but it had an unexpected suggestion [...]
[Note] Surprise Pig 🔗
It's my final day in the cute garden office of the AirBnB we're living in, this week, and every time I step through the door I catch a glimpse of our [...]
[Note] Garden Office 🔗
I’ve lived in a LOT of different places these last few months while we’ve been arranging a place to live for the next six months or so of our house re [...]
[Note] Tesco Assistnace 🔗
I guess I’ll need some “assistnace” from Tesco to explain why my (long-neglected!) Clubcard didn’t work when buying some emergency sunscreen this morn [...]
[Article] Letting Games Die 🔗
Inspired by Mike Cook's argument that old video games should be allowed to die, I was inspired to jot down some of my own thoughts and experiences in [...]
[Note] Easter Eggy Breakfast 🔗
Today I had a Cadburys’ Cream Egg… for breakfast. I am a monster. [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GC1FNVT SideTracked – Kingham 🔗
Found successfully on an Easter morning dog walk from Bledington. The geopup and I came out across the fields, trying to get outdoors early before the [...]
[Note] F-Day plus 50 🔗
The final of the short term lets we’re staying in (before we switch to a medium-term one!) while our flooded house is repaired is also perhaps the pre [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GC1ZEKG Church Micro 2809 – Bledington 🔗
QEF for the geohound and I as we came out for a walk from the house we're borrowing this week - the latest of many AirBnB-like week-long lets we've ha [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q did not find GC4M7C4 Scouting About 🔗
The elder geokid and I had a search in all the likely spots we could find after attending her cousin's 2nd birthday party nearby. No luck for us today [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q did not find GCARTHJ Knock Knock, Who’s There! 🔗
Ran out of time and had to give up.. Nice view of our accommodation for this week from this hill, though! [...]
[Note] Predictions in a Hat 🔗
Two decades ago this month my friend Matt posted five predictions about the future of the world. I've revisited these predictions twice since: ten yea [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GCARTHE Rope Swing 🔗
Found without difficulty while the geokid amused himself on the swing. Shame about the litter near the GZ, may be a CITO opportunity up here! Loving t [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GCARTHN The Bird in Hand 🔗
Not a fan of this kind of container, but I must admit that I enjoy a decent-sized cache! TFTC. [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GCARTHR Coton Hill Community Orchard 🔗
We enjoyed sitting on the nearby bench while we cracked open this decent sized cache (and emptied out the accumulated water!). Log still in good condi [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GCARTHZ Coton Grange 🔗
Quick find with the boy (thanks to the hint!) as we stopped for a sandwich break. TFTC! [...]
[Checkin] Dan Q found GCARTJ3 Gone Fishing 🔗
Incredibly easy find for the younger geokid and I: we could see the cache before we even reached the GZ. TFTC! [...]
[Article] Wood-Fired 🔗
This year's 3Camp venue had a wood-fired pizza oven, so I signed-up for a shift of cooking for my fellow volunteers and thoroughly enjoyed making and [...]