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The last couple of times that I’ve been strimming the back lawn, a (young?) male blackbird has come to have a look. He seems very unafraid, getting within a metre of me while I chat random nonsense to him.

Quite charming, really Read More »

Blimey – 100 interactions to a TwitterX post! 97 Likes and 3 Retweets. We live in exciting times. There were other titles I thought of doing, but maybe best not to push my luck… Perhaps the best of the rest was “In Search of Lost Time: Frenchman remembers things; in tediously long sentences.”

Ton up! Read More »

Much as I’ve enjoyed using Adobe Photoshop over these past 4 years, it’s now time to ditch it and return to Affinity. Adobe are becoming a pain in the arse with their policies, and do not inspire trust or belief at all now. Affinity have an offer of £59.99 for Photo + Designer + Publisher

Bye Bye, Adobe Read More »

Great to catch sight of a pair of buzzards circling for ages over the west side of Greno this afternoon. Not rarities, but they’re magnificent birds. And another one the next morning, very clear in the bright sunshine. Didn’t hang around long, though, as it was being harassed by a couple of jackdaws.

Rather wonderful Read More »

Not sure which is the more surprising – that Easter pic of gridlock, or this pic of an open-topped doubledecker (Peak Sightseer) about to tackle a clear Winnats.

The Peak at Spring Bank… Read More »

… some time… Had an e-mail from Openreach this morning to say that they’ve added our address “to our build plans”. I suppose it’s reason for mild optism (and nice to know that Grenoside has not been forgotten in the grand scheme of things), but would be truly amazed if it happened this year. I

21st Century Coming To Greno… Read More »

Weather this year has been atrocious so far. cold and rain almost every single day. But today looked promising, so an impromptu visit to Castleton. Would have preferred Edale! But too late starting off, so took the easy option. Turned out to be a glorious day weatherwise, so that was much appreciated! Didn’t do any

Brief Hint Of Summer? Read More »

Been using Proton Mail for a whole month now, and not a single bit of spam has managed to get through to my account. Gmail still gets the usual garbage filtered into its Spam folder, but PM has been gloriously clear of infestation. Very impressed.

Spam? What’s That? Read More »

I really should have done more checking on people’s experiences with the HP Instant Ink scheme. I don’t print often (use scanning more than printing), and £0.99 per month for 15 pages with free replacement ink seemed bearable. But the price rocketed up to £1.49 in January, so I foolishly thought I could empty the

F***K You, HP Read More »