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Wordle
Does anyone else play Wordle? https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
I'm getting quite fond of it, as a morning brain teaser.
It's guessing a five letter world with the rules of Mastermind (if you ever played that as a kid, which I did)
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Sit stand desk
I've been trying many things to try and help the sciatica. One of the things I've tried is a sit-stand desk, very similar to the one in the photo - it's a Yo Yo desk. (but mine has the risers crossing in the centre rather than at the side)
Has it helped - yes, I think it's been an overall improvement. The sciatica still hurts, but I've noticed ( Read more... ) -
Engineering
A friend of mine is an excellent DIY engineer who can creatively fix all kinds of things. He's okay with me sharing this story with you (He reads this blog, Hi, Adrian!)
"You might be interested to hear the saga of our neighbourhood Christmas emergency: it all began on the Friday before Christmas week, when the local butcher's vacuum bag- ( Read more... ) -
Spooky fic
I've been following some fiction recs from SelenaK and one I particularly liked also led me to this one - https://archiveofourown.org/works/35797606
A short, spooky crossover between 'Grand Designs' and the Cthulhu mythos.
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Interesting ideas for space opera RP...
I'm helping GM a role-playing space opera game. The six players have various factions, all the way from rats who steal everything that's not nailed down (and have a fascinating culture to go with it), to an AI whose task it is to look after a race of humanoids who have all entered virtual reality pods long ago and may/may not still be alive.
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Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker (Fallen Empire series)
(Sorry for posting so little of recent. I've had a lot of trouble with sciatica. )
Star Nomad is a reasonably good story.
The war between the Imperials and the Alliance is over, with many dead on both sides.
Alisa, who was a pilot for the Alliance (who won) is trying to get back some to her daughter.
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Seeking Disco...
I'm looking at Pluto TV, but no matter what I put into it's search, I can't find Discovery.
Help!
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth where it has
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Language
I'm back in learning German mode. Helps my stress levels - which are way too high after COP26...
And cheerfully making mistakes...But it's good, because I keep learning.
For some reason, I find poetry is a good way of learning the language.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth where it has
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Defunding you life from fossil fuels
I'm going to cover Banks, Investments, Insurance Companies and Pensions. All are important, and some are very easy to change.
Much of the information in this post comes from Ethical Consumer Magazine https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ They've done some excellent articles on ethical investments, and if you're a subscriber you get full access to the ( Read more... ) -
Electric transport
Today COP 26 themed post is about electric transport. the12daysofcop.wordpress.com/drive-electric/
It's a big gain carbon-wise, but this one - unlike many other climate saving actions which can cost virtually nothing - is an expensive step.
Electric cars are wonderful - we've just bought a second-hand Renault Zoe - and for the first time in my life ( Read more... )