: Miscellanea 2 Miscellanea for the weekending 26-Nov-2023: Prime Numbers and Spirals - Plot prime numbers as polar …
: Miscellanea 1 Miscellanea for the weekending 12-Nov-2023: Oort - Learn Rust by programming a fleet a spaceships …
: Lifestyle Choices The unrelenting poison poured into UK society by the current Home Secretary can lead to a sense of …
: Movers and Shakers - a Parkinson's Podcast Rory Cellan-Jones and five other people living with Parkinson’s disease accompanied me as I …
: The Daily Stoic I read “The Daily Stoic” every year, but I have a love-hate relationship with it. Tim …
: Skyward Skyward by Brandon Sanderson 📚 I greatly enjoy Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy novels. His …
: Practical Vim I first used Vim about 20 years ago and have used it as my default editor for both work and play for …
: Jupiter and the Galilean moons I’m really amazed by this picture. In the early hours of this morning I went out into the back …
: DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal in Memory of Dad A big thank-you to everyone who contributed to the JustGiving fundraiser in Dad’s name for the …
: Opuntia Sometime in the mid-1970s a fellow member of the National Cactus and Succulent Society passed away …
: Papaver somniferum 'Flemish Antique' Another poppy from our new poppy bed in the front garden. We’ve always had poppies in the back …
: The peace and quiet of the cemetery... Visited my father-in-law’s grave in Brentwood, Essex this afternoon and heard a very …
: Yesterday's Poppy This is the Opium Poppy that opened yesterday - the beautiful red and black petals not having been …
: Papaver somniferum This poppy is rather special to us. Its seeds were harvested from the car park of my …
: Micro.blog May Photoblogging Challenge The micro.blog May Photoblogging Challenge has been over for just a few days now, and I’m …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Endurance 📷 Teams frantically prepare for the “24 Hours of Le …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fish 📷 A couple of the cold-blooded inhabitants of our pond share a …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Stripes 📷 The Red Arrows at the RAF100 Parade & Flypast, London, …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fair 📷 Motobike stunt rider at our local summer fair.
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Written 📷 “Lets Adore and Endure Each Other” - Stephen …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Schedule 📷 Ever since the heady days of the Psion LZ64 I’ve …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Mountain 📷 So, I’m in the process of mounting the heat sinks on this …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Intricate 📷 Lego Technic 42082 Rough Terrain Crane was a most …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Plain 📷 Some of the footpaths through it like to regularly remind us …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Textile 📷 I loved this piece by The Material Girls, a local group of …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Symmetry 📷 Not quite symmetry in another view of Ravensbourne …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Beverage 📷 Home-made Christmas crackers have the best gifts.
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Indulgence 📷 Mmmm! Dawn has been cooking fairy cakes again… But …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Random 📷 The architecture caught my eye when visiting my …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Hold 📷 I used to be lucky enough to work in an office that had this …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Time 📷 Croydon’s five-faced clock - I’m not sure I’ve …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Clouds 📷
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fence 📷 Mediterranean gulls in their winter plumage. In the last decade …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Community 📷 The community demonstrates against the UK leaving the …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Tranquility 📷 Looking out over London at the end of a long day of …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Maroon 📷 I love this wall in the grounds of Bretons Manor. Built in …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Pot 📷 Time for a nice pot of coffee. Redemption Roasters work with …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Bloom 📷 CGI, the Canadian company I work for, sent us all packets of …
: In memory of John Littlewood A few weeks ago my father, John Littlewood, passed away. He was in his late 80’s and was …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Union 📷 Taking part in the People’s Vote March on 19-Oct-2019 …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Park 📷 The top of the best preserved Tett Turret in our local country …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Silhouette 📷 Crossing the Thames at the end of a long day.
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Earth 📷 Coming down to Earth - Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Thorny 📷 I used to be a member of the National Cactus and Succulent …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Experimental 📷 Just passed 13 million points running a dedicated Core …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Photo 📷 Newly installed digital ad display. Croydon, UK.
: Micro.blog Photoblogging Challenge Today is the first day of The May 2022 Photoblogging Challenge on the Micro.blog platform. There …
: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Switch 📷 Signal box levers at York Railway Museum.
: Four Thousand Weeks I’ve just started to read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, which was recommended to me …
: Eclipse Nipped out into the back garden between meetings to see if I could see today’s eclipse. I …
: Lego 'Women of Computing' need your support Just spotted and supported this wonderful proposal for a Lego Women of Computing set. It would be so …
: Lego 42082 Rough Terrain Crane I started building this Lego crane on (checks notes…) Boxing Day 2019. Three lockdowns, a …
: SSD for my Raspberry Pi project Just spec’ing out the storage for my new Raspberry Pi project. The price looks good, but $29 …
: 🌟🎄 Merr Chrisrmas and a Detailed Vector Frame to you all! 🎄🌟 It was Christmas Eve and I was wrapping my wife’s presents when I noticed something strange …
: Small Reward Offered for Safe Return After a month of feeding and caring for my #Movember moustache the ungrateful wretch has escaped and …
: The Last Day of the Moustache Today is the last day of the Movember challenge - though you can still continue to donate. A month …
: The Curse of the Exploding Knee Cap! Here’s the latest image of the horrific growth on my top lip for #Movember - you can see why …
: Science Shambles The Movember challenge has encouraged me to walk a bit further each lunchtime and that has allowed …
: Movember Progress Report So, more than a week into Movember and my wife (who doesn’t follow me on social media) has …
: Movember Selfie I thought I should share with you the luxuriant growth on my upper lip after a mere five days. So …
: Movember starts here... First day of Movember and a quick photo to prove how lovely and smooth my upper lip is… what? …
: Movember… Coming to a micro.blog near you…
: Ni No Kuni Remastered: Wrath of the White Witch for the Switch is just £7.99 for the next few days I’ve been tempted by “Ni No Kuni Remastered: Wrath of the White Witch” on the …
: A Wiggle from Morag Myerscough My daughter Rachel Littlewood is tidying up her studio and came home this evening with this …
: Food Poverty in the UK Apparently here in the UK we can’t afford to subsidize hungry children, but we can afford to …
: Whenever! A Programming Language with Random Execution Order Having spent the week being chased by project management over deadlines, I’m relaxing this …
: Tax Efficiency Of course GoFundMe campaigns like Katy Brand’s Hungry Children Christmas Fundraiser are not …
: Fundraiser to support hungry kids over Christmas After the UK Government decided that funding the feeding of hungry children during the school …
: The Orthogonal Universe of Greg Egan I’m close to finishing the Audible version of Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan 📚 and have already …
: From Crime to Punishment Just finished the University of York’s free “From Crime to Punishment” course on …
: Carers Trust survey The Carers Trust are doing a survey in the UK about adults who provide unpaid care to family or …
: End child food poverty petition update Wow! Marcus Rashford’s petition asking the UK Government to end child food poverty has reached …
: An encounter with a Pale Tussock Moth caterpillar I nearly tripped over this attractive little fellow while out on my lunchtime walk in a London park …
: Marcus Rashford's Food Poverty petition Demand for food banks this winter is predicted to be 61% higher than last. 10% of UK kids have …
: As everything moves to being online, it was only a matter of time: /dev/null as a service (and the …
: A Day in the Life 21:38 British Summer Time, London, UK My wife spent this evening finishing her latest batch of face …
: Sakhalin Island I’m currently reading: Sakhalin Island by Антон Павлович Чехов 📚 I first heard of …
: Just watched the Montalbano episode “The Patience of the Spider” and in one of the …
: An Instance of the Fingerpost Currently reading: An instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. I’m only about 20% of the way …
: “In another trouser leg, in another pair of trousers, in a different shop on a different …
: Why I won't be watching "The Watch" I’ve just seen the first trailers for “The Watch” and I have issues… IGN …
: Fun little career guidance beta https://beta.nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/. Asks you 40+ questions …
: Norwood and Brixton Food Bank Fundraiser This Saturday, London promoters Wrongpop and Chaos Theory team up to bring you an amazing night of …
: The Visitor If you are familiar with the roof tops around Kings Cross, London, you may have noticed the recent …