It’s 9.16 on Monday 22 June 2026, the day after Midsummer’s Day, and everybody is expecting Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister. The excitement has caused me to reflect on my personal links with British prime ministers. Winston Churchill was the prime minister when I was born in 1952. I have no personal connection with him, but my father, whose father was at Gallipoli, who fought at El Alamein, and was in Colditz with Churchill’s nephew, didn’t like Churchill. He had the working class…

Thanks to James over on the Coffee Blog for this pure noughties nostalgia quiz — Blogger Archetype Quiz. I answered the ten simple-ish questions and was duly informed of my archetype; shared below. What I love about these quizzes, as I have said before, is discovering the similarities between people of such differing demographics. Thanks, James! You are a Author You love writing and have a growing backlog of posts on your website! Words are your best friend and you're always thinking about what…

This weekend, I attended my first artist expo at Jackson’s The Sparks summer open house. Jen Dixon from my Artists In Jackson 2 project asked me to join. A free table around a bunch of artists and community members provided a great opportunity to promote my portrait projects and sell a few prints. And that’s […]

Let's start from the basics: can you introduce yourself? I'm a developer and dad to two girls living in Portsmouth on the south coast of the UK. By day I work for a SaaS company and in my own time I work on my many side projects. In a previous life I worked at a certain clown's restaurant which is where I met my wife some 15 years ago. Although developer is what I get paid to do I'm trying to move towards more making; websites, stickers, shirts, art, whatever. I have no idea what that looks…

i emerge out of the fog the body survived the mind i believe has changed peering into myself i see everything that is broken years of covering it up with preoccupation gave myself no space for growth the mastery of my skill to pass through time and exist just enough that my ego is satisfied at the expense of others deep down i do not like who i see inside i wish i was either courageous enough to change myself or not so self aware that i find ways to live with it frozen actions in observations…

I have been sitting in front of my screens watching various agents perform tasks for me, like I have been for several months now. It just struck me what a change this is compared to how I was working nine months ago, a year ago. I wouldn’t say that we have reached anything resembling AGI (or whatever the catchword is these days) although these tools are remarkable, today. I still feel it is important to retain a healthy dose of skepticism about the output of these models. There are still many…

I’ve always liked to play. There’s this saying “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” — if that’s true I’m definitely a young person albeit having been here for 41 years. Making running more fun by introducing games into it has been a guaranteed bringer of joy to me in these past 17 years I’ve been a runner. There have been several different games, such as collecting all streets in my city, going on a run streak, and I consider the tough long races…

Have you ever wondered which microformat best suits your personality? If so, this quiz is for you! Answer the following questions to find out which microformats2 classes best embody your personality. Also: happy belated 21st dt-bday to microformats! (Celebrated on 20 June, 2026) Question 1 If you could choose a career from the following options, which would you choose? Cartographer Explorer Musician Restaurant critic Writer Biographer Surfer Photographer Web developer I'd want to spend all my…

If the Slack instance has lost it's icon in the dock, you might need to correct the casing on the StartupWMClass to lowercase: #linux

I’ll leave it to Ed Davey, of all people, to sum up what I think. “The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of prime ministers while nothing really changes,” Davey writes on X.“This time must be different. It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it has to be about changing our broken politics so we can fix our country.” Amen. Once again the UK will be led by someone NO-ONE VOTED FOR. Yes yes, you vote for a party but let’s be honest, you vote for…

Germany - The German Rail Network from 1835 Until Today Ireland - Irish Railway Stations 1834-2000 Switzerland - A Journey Through the History of Swiss Railways Japan - Japan's Railway from 1872 to todayin 1825 George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 pulled the world’s first steam-powered passenger train along the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Within a decade, the United Kingdom

A black cat, courtesy of today’s TDC Black Cat flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Amiibo: Mega Man by SHYCITYNikon, shared via CC BY-NC 2.0 / Dithered with a gradient overlay I don’t know why but Mega Man has never appealed to me. Sure he looks cool, the franchise has a ton of great characters that I recognise via 2000’s YouTube Poop osmosis, and they even based a Pokémon on it (partially anyway). But my brain decided he was just a little dude in a blue mech suit and that’s wasn’t my style. This weekend I decided to prove myself wrong and with the help of Sean Seanson’s…

This morning I woke up feeling pretty good. It was humid, though, so I was eager to get my squats in as soon as I thought would be a reasonable hour to do so. The air conditioner is not in the garage window yet and I don’t see myself needing it anytime soon. We have just had a few humid days so far this year. Today was one of them. I drank and enjoyed my coffee while browsing the web a bit. About 7:30 this morning, the garage was bright enough from the daylight that I decided it was a good time…

What comes around, goes around – 因果応報

There are not many things I am properly proud of, so writing this one down feels a little odd. I did my first triathlon on Sunday and came away with the win in my age category, and I have read that back enough times now that it still has not really sunk in.My last post was one long admission of how scared I was, going over how swimming had kept me out of this for years and how the fear of the unknown was the last thing left standing in my way. Triathlons have always been something I quietly…

It was the Northern Solstice last night. Did you notice? There were only 4 hours of ‘night’, and yesterday was the Longest Day. Which means it’s all downhill from here until my favourite season —Autumn— before we plunge into cold wet Winter. I believe there are still some warm days ahead though and, once again, I am thankful I don’t live in the South of England because I do not envy anyone having to go about their day to day in that kind of heat. That’s HOLIDAY heat, not WORKING heat. Anyway,…

The 2026 edition of the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America is now in the books. It was the most intriguing IndyCar race held here since the series returned to this massive 4.088-mile track in 2016. There have been wild finishes, like the year Josef Newgarden lost power on the last lap while leading. There […]

With our 2026 Open Day just six days away, we take a closer look at some of the games that members are putting on. We start with Chris S and Dave S who will be running a game of Legions Imperialis. As a neat twist Chris has been kitbashing units and buildings for the game. A bridgelayer tank has been converted with some parts from other tracked vehicles. Buildings and tower blocks have been constructed from scratch. And a great selection of old toys have been chopped up and reconstructed to…

Hello, and welcome to a Monday Pressing Concerns! We’ve got new albums from Sun Kin, National Photo Committee, and Wade Easy, and a new EP from Chorus Truly. Check ’em out below! If you’re looking for more new music, you can visit the site directory to see what else we’ve written about lately. If you’d like to support Rosy Overdrive, you can share this (or another) post, or donate here. Sun Kin – Bobby’s Voice Release date: June 5thRecord label: Self-releasedGenre: Folk rock, indie pop,…

I find my camera cabinet to be surprisingly full. And I have rule that all of my cameras need to fit in there, and when I buy another camera, if I can’t make it fit, something else has to go. So I’m busy shooting some cameras that have accumulated to determine whether they get to stay. I’ve already decided to say goodbye to my Kodak EasyShare C613 and Kodak EasyShare Z710, both fine performers with great color — because neither can accurately date files anymore, given that the date range ended…

In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Stanley, who runs the StanDoesMath Instagram channel. Channel title: StanDoesMathLink: instagram.com/standoesmathTopics covered: Equity/Inclusion and belonging in mathematics, humanizing mathematics, navigating math(s) graduate school and the unwritten rules of academiaAverage video length:…

MrAnderson 0.6 is out. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s perfectly fine - it’s the kind of tool that’s supposed to do its job quietly and stay out of sight. cider-nrepl has been using MrAnderson to inline its dependencies (bundle private copies of them that can’t clash with yours) for about as long as cider-nrepl has existed, and most of the time you’d never know it was there. The trouble is the “most of the time”. MrAnderson has always had a few rough edges, and every so often one of them…

I aim to improve my Chinese reading through regular practice. This video represents a point on that journey. Text: Friend’s Tea - Chapter 6 (新朋友大红) Source: Du Chinese Level: Elementary

You’re forgiven if you assumed 58 Joralemon Street was just another beautifully restored Greek Revival row house in Brooklyn Heights. Built in 1847, it resembles many of the elegant single-family houses on the block, with its red brick facade, long windows, and brownstone trim around the entryway. But take a closer look, and you’ll notice some oddities. For starters, the windows are black, and no curtains or blinds hang behind them. No personal effects sitin the windows or on the stoop, like a…

What’s going on, Internet? Friend of the site James recently shared a new post Blogger Archetypes which asks a series of questions to help you narrow down your character as a member of the blogging community. A bit of indie web fun. Here are my results: You are a Link curator The web is not just its pages, but the connections between pages. You have internalised this and love spending your time exploring the web and sharing what you find with the world. You are also a Culture maker You love to…

The fox continues to prowl around our chickens. This morning we caught it in the GARDEN a few feet from our favourite chicken. Luckily the magpies warned us and we were able to scare it away. It's not nice keeping the little cluckers cooped up in this heat, but needs must unfortunately. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment.

A wet morning but a nice afternoon. Norman Harris brought 16 sacks of stuff to burn. A new countryman car came. Did some mowing round courts.

I wanted to visit TVC to monitor the construction of the house and help Kiran set up the fiber backbone for internet connectivity. TVC is roughly 90 kms from MG Road. It’s a good distance with variation to test my Yamaha and see how it performs over a long distance. If it can do 200 Kms in a day, it can probably do 350 Kms. And I don’t think I can ride more than that on this motorcycle in a day. I left early at 6:20 AM and took a break in Anekal for breakfast at Raghavendra Bhawan. Then I took…

I took a gamble on some Noctilucents reappearing last night with a 40 minute drive out to the coast, and then a 20 minute walk to find a clear view of the Northern horizon. There is never any guarantee the clouds will show up, but I have read many reports that the summer solstice brings more activity. I'm not really sure why, or if there is a genuine scientific reason for that, and perhaps its just more so that its bang in the middle of a typical Noctilucent season (late May-late July). PS.…