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It’s been school Half -Term this week, and so the Wednesday posting day has skipped by unmet yet again. The week has mainly been spent on activities with the kids, so amongst other things we’ve been to Airhop, to the cinema to watch GOAT, and to Think Tank. There wasn’t too much that grabbed their
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A week of faffing around with music apps, severs and players, trying to find the one true music library, again. This time trying out Navidrome. I love the idea of a self-hosted music server, and it really fits so much of what I think I need/want from a music player/library. But, it’s feeling just a
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I mentioned last week about having bought a new EV, and planned to write more about that here. And then I also went and bought a solar panel set-up for the house. So probably also ought to write about that too. And then I watched this video about solar energy. Not because it changed my
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Wow, these weeks sure do fly by, don’t they? Ok, lets’s keep it short and sweet. Game of Thrones: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms continues to be a delight. A short episode this week, but nicely paced with a mix of character pieces and action shots from the Lists. House of Dragons might have
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Okay, back on time and back on track this week! Obviously a short week after last weeks last update, but still plenty of time to get started on some new TV series. First up, a belated start to Series 5 of Slow Horses. Gary Oldman remains an absolutely disgusting gem intros, as he had been
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Week 2 So, here I am, only on Week 2 of the year, and already posting two days late. Not the best start, but I’m going to chalk this one up to the joy of shift work, and just general life stuff. Anyway it’s been a week, like most of them, that just seems to
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Ok. Let’s at least start the year by trying for a blog entry, however short, every week. Even if this impetus only lasts, I don’t know, a week…? I did plan on starting this off with a standard ‘2025 Year in Review’ type blog post, but for various reasons last year wasn’t particularly one to
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I don’t really play basketball anymore. Feels a bit odd to write that. I mean don’t get me wrong, this isn’t Jordan retiring from the ’96 Bulls, but to stop doing something that you’ve done for so long feels odd. It’s not even as if it’s something I’ve done particularly well. I’ve never really played
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Being an iPhone/Mac user, I naturally keep all my photos in a an iCloud Photo Library. That Library is synced in iCloud so that all my photos are accessible on all my devices. What lot’s of people don’t realise though is that whilst iCloud will sync your photos, it’s not really suitable as a backup
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I’ve toyed around with smart home stuff for some years now. My heatings controlled by a smart thermostat, my lights are all Philips Hue smart bulbs, and there’s various other bits and pieces. It’s fun to play with, in a nerdy way. Even if sometimes it’s utility isn’t matched by it’s reliability… But today’s the
