Firstly, I made this blog with two key influences in mind: Herman Martinus’ Bear Blog for it’s simple & lightweight ethos InvisibleUp’s unique article banners featured with each post I mentioned this prior in a now-deleted blog post. With that post now gone, I feel it’s best to publicly credit my influences again and this is the best post to do...
The last time my old man saw the northern lights was 40 years ago. A humbling display that made up for the miles spent trudging through the coast of Norway. Tonight we got to see it together, for 30 minutes. And all we had to do was look outside. I didn’t have time to dig out my old camera and figure out how to actually use it, but my...
The last time my old man saw the northern lights was 40 years ago. A humbling display that made up for the miles spent trudging through the coast of Norway. Tonight we got to see it together, for 30 minutes. And all we had to do was look outside...
I handed my notice in recently. Unlike every other blog post which begins with that sentence, everything surrounding it has been amicable and mundane; I simply want to move onto something that’s more applicable to me[^1]. There’s no juicy tale of workplace treachery to be found here, just musings on my insecurities. For the last few years the...
I handed my notice in recently. Unlike every other blog post which begins with that sentence, everything surrounding it has been amicable and mundane; I simply want to move onto something that's more applicable to me. There's no juicy tale of workplace treachery to be found here, just musings on my insecurities...
2023 was a good year for purchases (materialism ho!), I picked up a Steam Deck, built a new PC from scratch, and at one point I could nab a bag of sour cream pretzels for 50p. But none of them were as valuable as this: To be fair, the pretzels were a close second.
2023 was a good year for purchases (materialism ho!), I picked up a Steam Deck, built a new PC from scratch, and at one point I could nab a bag of sour cream pretzels for 50p. But none of them were as valuable as this...
I'm what folk call a Zillennial, which means I'm not quite a Millennial and not quite Gen Z. But it gives me a unique position where I can talk on behalf of the 'young people; plaguing your workplace...
tl;dr: Having information in text means: You can edit & refine it before sharing It provides a clear record of what was said instead of relying on human memory The information sent is verbatim and unchanged by human & technological filters I’m what folk call a Zillennial, which means I’m not quite a Millennial and not quite Gen Z. But it gives me...
2023 was certainly a year. Our Prime Minister got fined for not wearing a seatbelt, Paul O’Grady’s passing left millions of dog lovers and radio fans mourning, and shortly after some bloke got crowned king in a ceremony full of high-definition horse manure. The long-running series of Governmental cock-ups continued as they lost more seats and...
Published 31 Dec 2023 2023 was certainly a year. Our Prime Minister got fined for not wearing a seatbelt, Paul O'Grady's passing left millions of dog lovers and radio fans mourning, and shortly after some bloke got crowned king in a ceremony full of horse manure in high definition. The...
With the WHO declaring that Covid is no longer a global emergency, we’ve quickly been pushed back to life as it was before the pandemic, with barely a thought given to what things were like for a few years. Life was in no way a fun jaunty romp, but when I look back I find myself amazed at how we acted back then – and how in some ways we’ve went...
With the WHO declaring that Covid is no longer a global emergency, we've quickly been pushed back to life as it was before the pandemic, with barely a thought given to what life was like for a good few years...
When I started this blog ~5 months ago, I built it from the ground up with the following priorities in mind: Don't talk shit, remove all bloat, and no ads. Unfortunately I've went against them all...
Part two When it comes to writing, if I can’t keep things concise, I like to keep them entertaining. Unfortunately childhood bullying doesn’t lend itself well to either of these goals, much more when it remains such a raw topic to me. Whilst I’ve already dedicated two posts to the topic, I still have a few things which I either failed to mention,...
When it comes to writing, if I can't keep things concise, I like to keep them entertaining. Unfortunately childhood bullying doesn't lend itself well to either of these goals, much more when it remains such a raw topic to me.
Part one With it being a decade since I was last at school, you’d think I’d be over it. Sometimes I think I am. And then I dream. I’m suddenly back at school, or a face I had forgotten comes back to me, and it all comes back: the powerlessness, humiliation, the anger that someone could hurt me so much for kicks – and finally the horror that I’m...
With it being a decade since I was last at school, you'd think I'd be over it. Sometimes I think I am. And then I dream...
This June marked 10 years since I left school. I was the weird kid. I don’t know if I was innately weird, or if years of bullying turned me that way. Either way growing up wasn’t fun. When I was 7 years old my family had to move across the country, I landed in a new school at the point where friendships and social dynamics were ironed out – if it...
This June marked 10 years since I left school. I was the weird kid. I don't know if I was innately weird, or if years of bullying turned me that way. Either way growing up wasn't fun...
I had a lovely conversation with my mother this week. I can’t remember what on Earth we were blabbering on about, but as I knelt down to give one of the dogs a hug, she shrieked something unforgettable: Your hair is thinning! I couldn’t tell who was more shocked: my mum at the sight of my head, or myself. Especially when I’ve been buzzing my head...
I had a lovely conversation with my mother this week. I can't remember what on Earth we were blabbering on about, but as I knelt down to give one of the dogs a hug she shrieked something unforgettable: Your hair is thinning!...
After almost a decade of running my current desktop, I’ve hit the point where I ought to cut my losses and start with a fresh build for my needs rather than attempt upgrading. And with a prospective part list and a new build on the horizon, the bittersweet task of backing up files1 and choosing what I want to carry on to a new computer rears its...
After almost a decade of running my current desktop, I've hit the point where I ought to cut my losses and start with a fresh build for my needs rather than attempt upgrading. And with a prospective part list and a new build on the horizon, the bittersweet task of backing up files and choosing what I want to carry on to a new computer rears its...
I work with a lot of materials and substances which come with a warning saying that they have been found to cause cancer in California. Thankfully, I don’t live in California.
I work with a lot of materials and substances which come with a warning saying that they have been found to cause cancer in California.Thankfully, I don't live in California.
I’m not a linguist. I’d like to say I wish I was, but the thought of spending 4 years at university to call myself one isn’t too appealing. Still I find linguistics interesting, and based on some observations in the last few years I’ve had something on my mind: Is there a term for when a sudden cultural event highlights a relatively unknown word...
I'm not a linguist. I'd like to say I wish I was, but the thought of spending 4 years at university to call myself one isn't too appealing. Still, I find linguistics interesting, and based on some observations in the last few years I've had something on my mind...
If you’re in the UK and you need to access medical help, you can do one of two things: for an emergency you call 999 or walk straight into A&E, and for anything else you ring your GP to get a doctors appointment. It’s a simple process, but in the wake of the COVID pandemic, it’s been buggered into a Kafkaesque circus known as the phone call...
If you're in the UK and you need to access medical help, you can do one of two things: for an emergency you call 999 or walk straight into A&E, and for anything else you ring your GP to get a doctors appointment. It's a simple process, but in the wake of the COVID pandemic, it's been buggered into a Kafkaesque circus known as the phone call...
Video game genres can be a tad awkward. While basic terms like First-person shooter and Platformer are serviceable for many games, we live in a world where increasingly wilder games are releasing faster than we can apply descriptive genres to them. If you’ve kept an eye on trending Steam games in the last year, you may have noticed the likes of...
Video game genres can be a tad awkward. While basic terms like First-person shooter and Platformer are serviceable for many games, we live in a world where increasingly wilder games are releasing faster than we can apply descriptive genres to them.If you've kept an eye on trending Steam games in the last year, you may have noticed the likes of...
You’ve all read long-form posts and threads about Elon Musk’s takeover of and subsequent failures with Twitter, so I’d rather keep this relatively short. Twitter blew up as a unique and extremely simple microblogging site, its lightweight and casual approach made it a great tool for keeping up with friends and sharing things on a whim. But the...
You've all read long-form posts and threads about Elon Musk's takeover of and subsequent failures with Twitter, so I'd rather keep this relatively short.Twitter blew up as a unique and extremely simple microblogging site, its lightweight and casual approach made it a great tool for keeping up with friends and sharing things on a whim. But one of...
Original post here. Rumours, hoaxes, conspiracy theories. Like many other teens who grew up on the internet, that part of the web has always captivated me – the hushed tones, fighting the power, uncovering the REAL truth. The subculture of secrets is hard not to find fascinating. 1 As I grew up with that seedy underbelly running parallel to...
Rumours, hoaxes, conspiracy theories. Like many other teens who grew up on the internet, I had a odd fascination with the weird and wacky that could captivate people into the wildest beliefs. How vast swathes of people on a whim could lose themselves and let go of everything they mentally rely on to pursue hearsay...
Dear iPhone users… What if I told you there was a simple trick that would not just improve your life, but also improve the lives of everyone around you? Something you could do right away, with any mobile phone from the last 30 years. Well this may be a surprise, but: CHANGE YOUR DAMN RINGTONE And while you’re at it, change your notification sound...
What if I told you there was one simple trick that would not just improve your life, but also improve the lives of everyone around you?
So, let me get one thing straight: I often have issues with figuring out what I want to focus on at certain times, and when it comes to anything serious I want to do I have to grab my laptop and physically move myself to a different environment where I won't be tempted by the wider world of distractions (looking at you, desktop PC)...
To put this bluntly: I am not a smart person.Okay I'm smart enough to figure this out, put my basic HTML + CSS skills to work, get a domain, host, push it live... And I'm certainly smart enough to know that making a blog in Jekyll or Wordpress is a better idea than botching together a website by myself, but here we are...
If you're reading this, we're live. Or the rootkit you installed is letting you read this as I type it. Either way, hello!
If you’re reading this, we’re live. Or the rootkit you installed is letting you read this as I type it. Either way, hello! Let’s see how long we can keep this going before it all comes crumbling down. Alternative title: i am in way over my head