Every time - every time - that I list things for auction on eBay, I get queries from prospective purchasers asking if I’d accept an offer for items.

No. I put the items up for auction.
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It is interesting to see a news channel launch with a different style and a different target audience. I think it is probably a good thing to have some variety of presentational styles in our news output, and GB News is clearly aimed at people who feel ill-served by the other major news programmes. I haven’t watched much of their live output, but I ( Read more... )

Back in February I reworked my desk at home to have three monitors on a Duronic DM653 desk mount. Previously I had two monitors on my Mac, but on their own built-in stands. I liked the idea of using a combined mount, so the monitors would “float” over the desk, and let me store things under them. The Mac is currently on my desk having previously ( Read more... )

I used to drive around a fair bit. To Dundee on a weekly basis. Around town. For shopping. Occasional trips further afield. A couple of thousand miles per year.

In the past year I’ve driven the car a handful of times, the furthest distance probably being 1½ miles to the St Andrews hospital. At most, tens of miles since March last year.

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I made the mistake of winning the work quiz night last month, so I’m asking the questions for the next one, later this week. It is one way of giving other people a chance of winning.

So I’ve spent the weekend writing questions. Hope they are sane. Just need to work out how to load them into the Kahoot system that we use for the quizzes.

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O2 to Giffgaff. Having been with O2 since the day that the original iPhone was released, my annoyance with them has built to such a level that I thought I’d give Giffgaff a go instead. I know they come from the same place, but their website exudes honesty whereas O2’s just feels a bit weaselly.

Ubuntu to Alpine. At work most of our team’s Docker ( Read more... )

Last week I ordered pizza for tea, and got £10 worth of Bitcoin with the order.


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