life

  • Butterfly brain

    Yes, I got side-tracked. Well and truly. The MacBook arrived and, first things first, wow! It’s an absolute flying machine. I was bemoaning the Apple fanbois (of which I’m one) a couple of weeks ago – with their endless chasing… Continue reading

    Butterfly brain
  • 404

    Nope. Not the page not found version, but the number of bits to this Meccano set that her Ladyship “lovingly”(tm) got me for Christmas …….. and it’s been the creation of many a new swear word too. (Not to mention… Continue reading

    404
  • Well!

    Blue sky. Not a cloud in sight! (Having said that, it’s now hacking down with sleet/rain, and hovering just over zero) Update on the Enduro vs UWA; Sticking with UWA at the moment. RunGap is sending _some_ of the info… Continue reading

    Well!
  • “Smart Home”(tm)

    Great fun yesterday morning. No. Honestly. TV dicking around, Homebridge dicking around, Home Assistant dicking around …. Figuring (wrongly) that the Decos were playing up somehow, I rebooted them which – for a short while – fixed the TV. Homebridge… Continue reading

    “Smart Home”(tm)
  • Quiet day ….

    …but something weird happened (briefly) this morning. A strange glimmer of blue in the sky. I’m not sure what it was, but it’s gone now, so nothing to panic about. Other than that, I’ve solved an (hang on, just checking… Continue reading

    Quiet day ….
  • It’s the little things

    I got back from walking Clivedog, went into the office to take his lead off, and the lights turned on. My work here is done (for the office anyway) For those of you who are normal, that was probably a… Continue reading

    It’s the little things
  • Lots going on

    Not only has there been a houseful this weekend, but the rain continued. I couldn’t walk along the river yesterday, as it’s flooded over onto the fields now and, with the forecast this week, it could be another year that… Continue reading

    Lots going on
  • It’s still raining

    Take a seat Time to wax lyrical then. I was going to potter down to iKea to grab some of their new Matter bulbs, but got side-tracked with other stuff. So, before I head off for my post-lunch constitutional, and… Continue reading

    It’s still raining
  • Grey

    It’s still raining – pretty much as it has been for most of this year so far. All the fun of living up North, Scotland or Wales, but without the mountains. Today’s fun so far has involved Hive (ง’̀-‘́)ง deciding… Continue reading

    Grey
  • Never easy

    Ups and downs so far. The fine folks at WordPress (“Happiness analyst” or something?) spent hours trying to work out why I seem to have – he could see three, I could see two – multiple duplicate sites, and seems… Continue reading

    Never easy