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I caught a Herring Gull
Monday was my first day back in work after a three-week vacation. Luckily for me, it was quite an easy day and my time in work was largely uneventful. The same couldn’t be said about the trip home. Since it was a nice, sunny day, I decided to walk home. It’s maybe a 45 minutes…
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Dice & Crab
An internet friend of mine has started to produce and sell custom dice sets made with epoxy resin, alcohol inks, and other glittery bits. Whilst I don’t play anything like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), I do have a few other tabletop board games that can make use of custom dice, so have purchased a custom…
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1 Year Anniversary
Today, 14th July 2020, is the one year anniversary of the Vestengen-Cox wedding. Looking back through the photos from the day brings back memories of how perfect the day was and how beautiful my wife looked. A traditional gift for the first year is something cotton or paper. I’m looking forward to the day we…
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Oh, baby.
In what is going to be quite a random update where I share some random thoughts, I will also share some news; my wife is pregnant with our first child. It’s so exciting. I am so happy! My head is busy with so many thoughts of parenthood and how old I am becoming, but this…
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For some reason, having spent the vast majority of my time indoors and in front of a computer screen, I’d anticipated that I would update my blog more regularly than once a month. Alas, it was not to be. Here I am, over one month since my last post, with some random musings: I am…
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Links of the week: don’t touch your face, online card games, coronavirus painting
In a week where half the world is taking the advice of their respective governments and staying home a lot more, I have been sat at home coughing, fending off heavy headaches and wheezing my way around the apartment. I’ve not been tested, but can’t help but wonder if I have had the newly-famed COVID-19…
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Links of the week: Planting trees, hacker news & self-reflection
Some weeks you can feel like you can do a lot but have nothing to show for it. This week almost feels like one of those weeks. I have been busy, but I can’t tell you what I’ve done. And not because I am keeping it a secret. This weekend is coming to a close.…
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Links of the week: Evil tech, hot stuff, good posture
A while ago I bought a health tech device; Upright Go. It’s meant to correct your posture by giving you a little nudge when you’ve been hunched over too long. Last time I used it, all was going well until I messed up my back playing football and then I put the device in the…
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Twenty-twenty
We made it. The year is 2020 and if you are reading this I’m going to presume you are one of the lucky ones who made it through Christmas and New Years celebrations in one piece. This is the first blog post of the year, a mere 14 days in. With any luck, I’ll remember…
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A Year of Music (2019)
Come the end of each year, you often find services like Spotify showcasing a round-up of your listening habits over the past 12 months into a nicely presented package. But, since I switch between a few different services, I try to send most of what I listen to to Last.fm and so now I can…
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Top 100 albums of 2019
Independent record store Piccadilly Records published their end-of-year review, in which the staff plucked out a comprehensive top 100 albums of 2019. I’ve flicked through all 100 albums and selected one track from each release to make the Apple Music playlist: 🎙️ Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2019 If you like what you hear…
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oslo.town
Previously, on this blog, I have mentioned Mastodon – the free and open source social network that is akin to Twitter. The more keen-eyed reader might have also noticed that my username on Mastodon was @lychee@mstdn.io If you have never heard of Mastodon before and wonder how it’s different from Twitter or Facebook, then you…
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Fuck the Tories.
This year is the first time in an election that I haven’t voted The Green Party of England & Wales. In a way, I feel sad about this. My vote is counted in a part of the country where there is traditionally a Labour Party stronghold and the next contender would be The Conservatives, who…
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Back to basics
For a while I felt like I was spending way too much time staring at my mobile phone. From the minute I would wake up in the morning, to going to bed at night, I clearly was addicted to the bright lights of the screen. This was confirmed when I installed ActionDash on my mobile.…
