Over the past couple of months I seem to be getting more unsolicited emails from companies. I also seem to be getting more badly targetted LiinkedIn "invites". An "invite" is a real misnomer. They're much much closer to being spam than anything else. Today's little "gem" is a great example of how NOT to connect with me on LinkedIn: So much wrong with this. So let's … [Read more...] about Lazy Bad Marketing on Steroids
Salad, Flowers, Herbs and LED Lights
Like everyone else I'm both incredibly bored as well as fairly busy. I'm bored with not being able to travel to see friends, family or anything else. But I'm kept busy with work and I've also been doing a few things that had been put on the long finger. Sure, I'm not anyway as productive as I could be, but I think that's acceptable. While some people seem to think that we're … [Read more...] about Salad, Flowers, Herbs and LED Lights
Catching up on Stuff I’ve Been Avoiding
One of the positive aspects of being stuck at home is that you find yourself doing things you normally wouldn't. For me that's meant a few things. I've been cooking a lot more than I would normally so I've been able to experiment with recipes I'd normally have avoided. So I've had a reasonable degree of success stuffing courgettes for example. Of course I've also had a … [Read more...] about Catching up on Stuff I’ve Been Avoiding
A New Look Caricature
I've been using a couple of photos as my online avatar on multiple platforms for the last few years. I've had various caricatures but I hadn't got a new one in a long long time. Last night I was sent an updated one which I'll probably use in several places: It's the work of Allan Cavanagh, who has been doing caricatures and comics for as long as I can remember. … [Read more...] about A New Look Caricature
More Home Cooking & Buying From Smaller Producers
During the current insanity most of the country is on lockdown (or lock in) and many small businesses are closed. How many of them will re-open when things start returning to some semblance of "normal" is unknown, but I suspect quite a few will struggle to get back to business. I've always liked supporting smaller food producers, which was one of the reasons why I setup the … [Read more...] about More Home Cooking & Buying From Smaller Producers