Thirty one
As of today I have achieved the old school / traditional goal of Blaugust: posting 31 times in the month. My current count across my three blogs, not counting this…
About /now
One of the posts I came across during Blaugust was this one by David Somers aka Omz13 about Nownownow. It piqued my interest but less for the discussion of Nownownow…
Python comes with batteries included
Another Blaugust post, another bit of inspiration comes my way... Juhis posted on their blog about Python's philosophy of "batteries are included". This is a design philosophy I can respect,…
What I won’t talk about here
An excellent post on Roger's blog, Contains Moderate Peril, delved into the subject of what topics individual bloggers may self-censor. The short answer for me is I don't block myself…
Blaugust Group project: Dungeon crawler Carl achievements
This post reflects my participation in the following Blaugust group project: NOTE: this post delves into some details of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series that could be considered spoilers. Some…
First rain…
We have had no rain in the Castlegar region since early in July: almost a month of totally dry weather. This was made worse when a high pressure zone moved…
Quarterly health checks
My wife Irene has cancer. It is stage 4 breast cancer, so we have a lot of things to worry about despite the excellent care and good results she has…
Watching Star Trek the original series again
My wife Irene and I watched Star Trek: Enterprise recently- the whole series, beginning to end in order. I acquired access to the Paramount Plus streaming service to facilitate this…
Tools for bullying
In my personal experience children can be horrible creatures. I moved a lot as a kid and this indirectly contributed to me being the 'odd man out' at nearly every…
My header creation process
I read a post by Bhagpuss in my Blaugust feed regarding the steps he went through to create an image of a book representing Krikket's invaluable primer. Bhagpuss' words are…