Pic from themanc.com. This was Easter Sunday or Monday, taken from the top of Winnats Pass, looking down to Castleton. Utterly mind-boggling. A narrow two-lane road trying to turn into three lanes… Probably created by idiots parking up by the roadside. Happy Easter, folks!
The Peak at Easter… Read More »
I think I’m entitled to a little self-indulgence… I came across the letter I got from Oxford letting me know the results of my Prelim exams in 1969. Which includes the infamous 123% I was given for the maths paper. All I can think is that the examiimers must have set a limit on the
So I really did do that… Read More »
Having been on Gmail/Googlemail since 2005, I decided it was time for a change to something more decent (and less nosey). I’ve had a free account with Proton Mail for ages, but have now gone the whole hog and got a paid-for account. Took a little getting used to, but, after a couple of days,
The to-do list grows and grows… It seems that the phone was just the beginning…
Things can only get better? Read More »
Exactly one year to the day after the TV screen got smashed, I managed to drop my phone and cause a web of cracks in the screen. Not as colourful as the damaged TV screen – and, surprisingly, the phone still worked! How can it do that?! I have just a small crack in my
Smashing anniversary Read More »
I think this must be the most Likes I;ve ever had for a Tweet. It was my reply to @NoContextBrits asking “Name a bigger downgrade than this..” Update 6th May 2024 @’NoContextBrits posted the same thing again, so I did the same – got just 7 Likes this time!
Mel bought these as a random purchase earlier this week. Just had a nibble. First impression was “yeah, it’s OK”. But then the full taste hit – and it was absolutely delicious. Never had a Madeleine before AFAIA, so not a truly Proustian moment – but certainly an unforgettable experience!
Came across a glowing review of the Thorium browser yesterday, and decided to give it a go. No installation process as such – just unzip to wherever you want and then run it. Not perfect, but certainly seems faster than my other browsers. Niggles are: But nothing too serious, really. And Youtube works OK with
This week Youtube has started complaining about watching videos with an Adblocker enabled, and threatening a ban. So, today, I finally got blocked! Do they realise how counterproductive this is going to be? If they’re giving me a choice between watching Youtube videos and disabling my adblock to allow unwanted and (as has happened in
Surprised to see a rook in the back garden, hanging about with a magpie. Rooks are not as plentiful as jackdaws and crows in the area, so the surprise was a pleasant one. It didn’t hang around for long, but long enough to verify.