It's that time of year .. Enjoy! … [Read more...] about Frank Kelly’s 12 Days of Christmas
Mac Update Frustrations
I like keeping my Macs up to date. Unfortunately they don't always want to cooperate with me. For the last few days a Mac update I was trying to install on my Macbook was stuck: I'd tried restarting the Mac, powering it down and starting it from "cold". No difference. Mac OSX is not a million miles away from Linux so you can do a lot of stuff directly from the … [Read more...] about Mac Update Frustrations
Upgrading the Windows With Shutters
Over the past few months I've been making improvements to the house. When I first moved in the house was furnished and had both curtains and blinds on the windows. I got rid of most of the furniture pretty quickly as it was ugly and not to my liking at all. There's still a couple of bits left, but they're inoffensive wardrobes and my kitchen table (which I want to replace if I … [Read more...] about Upgrading the Windows With Shutters
Yahoo! Groups Shutting Down Finally
A lot of the online services that were launched back in the 1990s fell out of favour with users over time, however many of them were still running. Yahoo!, which has changed hands multiple times over the years, offered a mailing list and group service called "Yahoo Groups". I'm not sure how many active users would still be on those groups, but while you couldn't create new ones … [Read more...] about Yahoo! Groups Shutting Down Finally
Cooking Experiments: Escargots
As I explained before, one of the things I wanted to do during the second lockdown was to hone my cooking skills. I also, by extension, wanted to try out things that were a little outside the "norm". I wanted to get further outside my comfort zone. In some cases that meant simply cooking something that I've eaten for years but never made myself. Not so much "exotic" but more of … [Read more...] about Cooking Experiments: Escargots