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Monks, and Cyber Threats: A Week in Review
Hello everyone, It has been quite a week on the blog. We moved from the delicate physics of interior decoration to the grand completion of our 78-day home renovation—punctuated by a sneaky suspicion that our new heating system is spying… Continue reading
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Carpet Wrestlers, LVT Monks, and the Final Renovation Push
With the hall, bathroom, and utility room floors completely cleared for the fitters, we were quietly buzzing. This is the very last job of our home renovation project. By Friday, after a grand total of 78 days, we will officially… Continue reading
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The Chainsaw Myth and the Breakfast Bar Desk
The toolbox and power drill made another appearance this morning. This is rapidly becoming a daily habit. Today’s mission: construct a brand-new study desk using a spare off-cut from our kitchen breakfast bar. Continue reading
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Committee Meetings, Corporate Memory, and the Table Tennis Hot Potato
Notebook prepared, background research complete, and briefing papers thoroughly annotated, I set off for my first major meeting as a new committee member of the local table tennis association. Continue reading
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The Quantum Mechanics of Hanging a Bathroom Picture
With Heatwave 4.0 finally subsiding, I got stuck into a few physical tasks around the house this morning. First on the list: hanging a single picture in the bathroom. Continue reading
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Upavon Village Hall, Dump Runs, and Four Showers
With my toolbox loaded into the car, I headed out early to Upavon to tackle a few outstanding odd jobs around the village hall. I was on a strict mission: blitz the to-do list before the heatwave made physical labour… Continue reading
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Password Rabbit Holes, Barber Capes, and Heatwave 4.0
Having a two-hour sleep yesterday afternoon was much needed. Waking up wide awake at 3:00 AM this morning was decidedly not. Still, determined to make up for lost time, I got stuck into a technical admin task I’d been putting… Continue reading
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Table Tennis Dizziness and the Great Eclipse Anticlimax
I rarely drink, so a hangover certainly wasn’t behind the sudden bout of dizziness I woke up with this morning. Could it have been something I ate last night? I have no idea, but I was definitely lacking my usual… Continue reading
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Table Tennis, Mindset, and Surviving Heatwave 4.0
I was scheduled to wear quite the assortment of hats today. The morning began with my ‘Village Hall Chairman’ hat firmly in place. The glamorous task at hand? Opening up the hall for the annual fire extinguisher inspection. I also… Continue reading
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The Weekly Digest
Quote of the Week “Listening to the media, you’d think a solar eclipse was a triumphant feat of human engineering. It’s basic astrophysics. It happens on a completely predictable schedule, and it’s entirely inevitable.” What’s Next? With Heatwave 4.0 finally… Continue reading
Forwards and occasionally sidewards - everyday musings of life 