Things can only get better?

The to-do list grows and grows… It seems that the phone was just the beginning…

Smashing anniversary

Exactly one year to the day after the TV screen got smashed, I managed to drop my phone and cause a web …

Twitter record

I think this must be the most Likes I;ve ever had for a Tweet. It was my reply to some Tweet asking …

Madeleine moment

Mel bought these as a random purchase earlier this week. Just had a nibble. First impression was “yeah, it’s OK”. But then …

Browsers again

Came across a glowing review of the Thorium browser yesterday, and decided to give it a go. No installation process as such …

No way, Youtube!

This week Youtube has started complaining about watching videos with an Adblocker enabled, and threatening a ban. So, today, I finally got …

Rook luck

Surprised to see a rook in the back garden, hanging about with a magpie. Rooks are not as plentiful as jackdaws and …

Edale?

Glorious sunny early autumn morning, so decided it was time to revisit Edale. Unfortunately, the plan came unstuck when we discovered that …

Elementory Ignorance

Been wondering why a Container is not showing up as an option in Elementor, even though others see and use Containers. Assumed …

WordPress Ignorance

Just discovered Softaculous’ WordPress Management over the weekend… Why did I not know this existed?! I’ve been fiddling about with a separate …

Gallery redone

jAlbum produces pretty output, but it’s so clunky and a slog to configure galleries and update albums. So, I’ve moved all the …

Move? Or maybe not…

Was thinking seriously about moving to a free hosting service (InfinityFree) and abandoning this paid-for setup. It seemed very straightforward until I …

ChatGPT At Work

Asked ChatGPT to “write the first two paragraphs of “The Colour Of Magic” in the style of Franz Kafka”. And this is …

Amazed by AI

It’s quite incredible how much AI has advanced since I first encountered it in the early 70s. Photoshop has introduced Filters that …

Geosleuth

Decided to try some geolocation detective work on a (“random”…) pic. Australia was the obvious country… Somewhere touristy? So Sydney a good …

We All Reach Our Summit…

I guess mine was Huangshan… the Yellow Mountain… This is about 5900′ (1800 metres), and a long slog to the top! A …

… for the first time in 30 years! “Yes, to dance beneath the diamond skyWith one hand waving free,Silhouetted by the sea,Circled …

For Mastodon Verification

If you’re on Mastodon, you can find me at @Ivor@mastodon.online

There was this bang and crashing sound. Sat pondering for a while, trying to figure out whether it was inside or outside, …

Good Enough

My subscription to Outdoor Active ended last month, so I’m now just on the free version. The OS Maps app is perfectly …

How Did I End Up Here?!

Quite by accident, I discovered why I must have lost my fixed IP address – Origin are now part of Talktalk! And …

Network Upgrade

Had been considering moving away from Origin back to AAISP (in spite of the cost) as there seemed to have been funny …

Scorchio

I do get too lazy to blog about things that seem obvious and unforgettable, so I’d better say a bit about this …

Time for a VPN change

Had an alert from ExpressVPN that it was due to renew in 7 days. The renewal price was $99.99, which is totally …