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: Synth pop perfection. The song that convinced Vince Clarke to go full on synthesiser. Almost - …
: Going to spend the weekend trying to make my Apple Watch less annoying. I exercise every day, be it …
: My ‘Doctor Who - The Collection. Season 9.’ Blu-ray arrived this afternoon. 📺
: My terrier barks so ferociously at anything that passes, she drops the most noxious farts in her …
: Has anyone here stopped wearing an Apple Watch and gone back to a regular time telling only device? …
: Hey email really is beautiful, though. 😍
: As much as I love Hey email, I’m not sure I can justify paying for it. I’m not a businessman and …
: I put on a stack of weight after the initial lockdown, like many. Realised I’ve dipped in to bad …
: Further to the ‘procrastination’ post, I’ve been lazily refining apps while watching the footy. I’m …
: I’m procrastinating again, need to get back to basics.
: The longest period of procrastination. Anyway, I sowed some chillies and tomatoes today. 🌶️🌱🍅
: As much as I love Ivory and Tapbots, I’m not sure I need Mastodon in my life at this moment in time.
: Ivory is looking lovely, I have to say.
: Currently Reading: How to Sit by Thich Nhat Hanh 📚
: Shane the dog and I were the only ones up the local trail today. There’s still snow everywhere up …
: I’m hoping next week will be the week where I manage to get some routine back in my life. Such a …
: My eldest, Dylan, turns 21 today. I feel old.
: Currently Reading: The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud 📚
: ’The Satsuma Complex’ - Bob Mortimer. Review.
: Finished reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚
: Shane managed to escape the garden again. 🐕
: 🎶Sailing on the Seven Seas - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
: The stickers arrived today, thank you very much. @Jean
: Made some tofu scramble for the seven days ahead. I generally make a burrito with it, which has just …
: Watching this at the moment. I’ve had the DVD for a little while but it’s been sat in a drawer. …
: Using Epilogue, does the ‘2023’ reading goals kickstart once I’ve finished that first book? I can’t …
: Currently Reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚
: I’ve registered with omg.lol. I hate both abbreviations ‘omg’ and ‘lol’, so I’m trying not to gnaw …
: The mighty Burnley F.C. go into the New Year top of the league and fourteen points clear of third …
: Trying out Freeform after a few here have mentioned it. The app just crashed and lost my work, is …
: Things that scared Shane during our walk this morning:- a pug snorted in his face and a branch moved …
: I’ve come to the realisation that my dogs are incompatible for walks together. They love each other …
: 1-0 Burnley with only 50 seconds gone. ⚽️
: Random musing, but does anyone use Ulysses for journaling?💻✍️📝📔
: I’ve ordered some chilli seeds. I used to have the best time growing chillies, but lost focus these …
: As much as I love MicroBlog, as soon as someone mentions a new app I have the willpower of a dog …
: I think I’ve managed to block the hole in the hedge that Shane the dog has been escaping through. …
: Haven’t had chance to properly exercise for months and I’ve been eating far too much due to stress. …
: I think I’m going to give Veganuary another whirl.
: Happy Christmas MicroBlog people.
: The elastic pants are in-situ.
: I’m still trying to get my head around the best way to use both MicroBlog and Mastodon, or even if …
: Watching a programme about orphaned orangutans. I don’t know why I do it to myself. 🥹
: Desperately need to book myself in for an eye test. My eyesight is deteriorating rapidly.
: The mighty Clarets, Burnley F.C., are top of the Championship for Christmas. ⚽️
: I love MicroBlog, but the coding and suchlike goes way over my head and trying to get plug-ins to …
: Currently Reading: Coraline Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman 📚
: Currently Reading: The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable by Aaron Blabey 📚
: Finished reading: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey 📚
: Resolutions time. Refinement of my online time and apps, mostly. Cutting down on subscriptions that …
: Does anyone else use Readwise Reader? Seems like a decent little app.
: Scaling down on subscriptions like a frugal grinch.
: Need to chop down my social media and refine my writing apps. It’s on my ‘to do’ list over the …
: Back using Ulysses again for my writing. 📝💻
: Crappy few weeks there, but trying to get some semblance of a writing routine going again now.
: I did a thingumy using a wotsit for Spotify.
: NaNoWriMo. 1,113 today and 50,127 total. 💻📚📝🥇
: Decided to disable cross posting from here.
: Tidied up my writing area a little today. 💻📚📝
: NaNoWriMo. 1,548 today. 49,014 total. 💻📝📚
: NaNoWriMo. 1,199 today. 47,466 total. 📝📚💻
: I need to refine my social media usage. MicroBlog, Mastodon, Twitter, Insta, FB… Apps I’ve …
: Today, technology has conspired against me. Tomorrow, I shall be its master again.
: OK techy people, I think it’s my external hard-drive that’s the issue. In the age of storage clouds …
: My MacBook is playing up again. Oh dear, hopefully it’s nothing too serious. Running diagnostics …
: Dude thinks he’s a terrier or something. Big lummox.
: NaNoWriMo. 1,226 today and 46,267 total. 📚📝💻
: I’m having a little tinker with Aeon Timeline 3. Had the app for a while, but didn’t dive too deeply …
: NaNoWriMo. 1,493 today and 45,041 total. 💻📝📚
: NaNoWriMo. 1,199 today and 43,548 total. 💻📚📝
: NaNoWriMo. 1,289 today and 42,349 total. 📝💻📚
: NaNoWriMo. 1,607 today and 41,060 total. 📚💻📝
: I still think those ‘Magic Eye’ pictures from the ‘90s were a scam.
: NaNoWriMo. 1600(ish) today. 39,453 total. 📝💻📚
: Accidentally killed off the human race and welcomed humans mk II in my NaNo draft. I think I might …
: Went about as well as I anticipated. Scalded my paw trying to switch a nozzle.
: If anyone sees a mushroom cloud over Ireland, I’m about to fire up a steam cleaner for the first …
: Had a delightful breakthrough when writing just now. Total brain fart initially, then pretty much …
: NaNoWriMo. 1,669 today and 37,795 total. 📚💻📝
: I’m waiting for a delivery. Time has stopped in my little bubble.
: I’m wearing a hat with a bobble and I’m off on the school run. Wish me luck.
: NaMoWriMo. 1,511 today. 36,126 total. 📝💻📚
: Had a lazy day with NaNo, but plenty behind me and a long-day at home tomorrow.
: NaNoWriMo. 445 today and 34,616 total. 📚💻📝
: NaMoWriMo. 2,632 today and 34,167 total. 💻📝📚
: 🎶Wonder if you know the score, it’s just the touch of your paw…🎶 🐕
: NaMoWriMo. 1,521 today and 31,539 total. 📚💻📝
: Just received my first agent rejection. Am I a proper writer, now?
: NaMoWriMo. 2,229 today and 30,018 in total. 📝💻📚
: NaNoWriMo. 1,519 today and 27,785 total. 📚💻📝
: NaMoWriMo. 1,265 today. 26,266 total. 💻📝📚
: NaNoWriMo. 3,318 today and 25,003 total. The half-way to 50,000 point!💻📝📚
: NaNoWriMo. 1,477 today and 21,683 in total. 📚💻📝
: My MacBook, having been fine at 1:30pm, reset to 2020 and the settings/apps I had then. It was …
: Hello! We are Shane Bum Cushion, are you ready to ROCK!?
: So Stephen Fry closing his Twitter account and joining Mastodon seems like quite the seismic shift.
: NaNoWriMo. 2,874 today and 20,206 total. 📚💻📝
: Is it appropriate to laugh at your own jokes while writing? #NaNoWriMo 📚💻📝
: NaNoWriMo. 2,354 today and 17,359 in total. 📚💻📝
: I know I’m late to the party, but ‘She-Hulk’ is one of the best things I’ve seen in ages. Hilarious …
: I know I’m late to the party, but ‘She-Hulk’ is one of the best things I’ve seen in ages.
: NaNoWriMo. 1,853 today and 15,005 in total. 📚💻📝
: Hoping to break the 15,000 word mark on NaNo today and will try and blog about my first week.
: NaNoWriMo. 2,315 today. 13,152 total. 💻📝📚
: I’ve been socialising, like a big boy. Spent a couple of hours there until my cup of sociability …
: NaNoWriMo. 2,921 today. 10,839 total. 📝💻📚
: NaNoWriMo. 2,583 words today and 7,919 in total. 💻📝📚
: 5,336 words total, 2,949 words today for NaNoWriMo. 💻📝📚
: Elon Musk trying to haggle with Stephen King over King’s refusal to pay for verification is …
: First day of NaNoWriMo. 2383 words. 📝💻📚
: So then, I’ve just sent my children’s story off to my first choice agent. A massive step for me, …
: Can anyone please tell me in simple terms what ActivityPub is and how it would effect my MicroBlog …
: Further to my blog post, I’ve spent the day planning scenes in Scrivener for NaNoWriMo. …
: I’ve sent a few request on the NaNoWriMo site to those I can find from here. The search function is …
: 94th minute winner to stay top? Well done Burnley!
: The weather suggests that it’s a day for watching the footy, doing a bit of writing and prep for …
: Currently Reading: Thief Of Time by Terry Pratchett 📚
: Trying to get my writing space decluttered ahead of NaNoWriMo. 💻📝
: The mighty Burnley F.C. coming back from 2-0 down at half-time to win 4-2. 😍
: I’ve deleted my habit tracker, I think it does more harm than help in the long run.
: I’m in the market for a new iPad having sold my Pro last year. Does anyone have experience of the …
: I’m still trying to work out how I can integrate this wonderful place with my other social media …
: 🎶We’re a furry family, we’re a furry family, we’re a furry family, me and my doggies.🎶🐕
: My dogs posing like a Tears For Fears album cover. 🐕
: Drafting and drafting again. At the end of the month I’m going to send my children’s story off to …
: Here I am, once again trying to consolidate all my notes and ideas into one place. I wish I was more …
: Hopping between Ulysses and Scrivener like an indecisive idiot. Pick one, Benjamin. Love it and …
: The lake was glass this morning, not a ripple. I’m back home now, but has a lovely time.
: Some more photos from Kylemore Abbey, Connemara.
: Finished reading: Midnight (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 11) by Derek Landy 📚
: As bedroom views go, it’s not bad is it? Love this part of the world, such a lovely break.
: Finished Reading: Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 10) by Derek Landy 📚
: I was being grumpy in the kitchen and my Google Hub Max remarked ‘Good Morning Sunshine!’ Less sass, …
: Going to spend an hour or so today decluttering apps.
: Waiting desperately for the rain and thunder to come in so my brain gets rid of this fuzziness.
: Anyway, the mighty Burnley F.C. kick-off at 8pm on telly - so I’ll have a few alcohol-free beers and …
: The quest to hone my productivity apps to the fewest possible is never-ending. Another pretty app …
: Last night I learned that just because a boy dog has been neutered doesn’t mean they have no …
: Seeing as I’m back; our new doggie, Shane the lurcher, is settling in well after a few dodgy weeks. …
: I’ve been having a ‘social-media break’ and, unsurprisingly, have found that I’ve not missed …
: I have a pocket-full of doggy treats and I’m ready to kick some bottom. 🐕
: I’ve been paying a sub for this wonderful place for ages and not actually using it. Hope everyone is …
: Had a bit of a crisis of confidence with my writing of late, but received word that I’ve been …
: More of Leela and I after our run this morning. 🐕🏃🏻
: A few photos of Lady Leela Doggington after our run. 🏃🏻🐕
: Trying to get some kind of routine going again for writing, running, gardening and - quite basically …
: I, unashamedly, adore this song. Better Best Forgotten - Steps
: What a song! Don’t Worry Baby
: Oh, ABBA. Brilliant new songs. 😍🎶
: Waiting patiently on the ABBA announcement. 🎶
: Oh, procrastination is kicking my arse at the moment. 📝
: I’ve been teetotal for around seven years now. This is my first time trying this, and it really does …
: Still dipping my toe into Obsidian, may well go for a nice paddle next week. Although it still …
: Another run up the mountain with my best friend. 🐕🏃🏻
: Leonard Cohen does synth-pop. Leonard Cohen - First we Take Manhattan
: I think I’m going to spend a few hours decluttering all the productivity apps I have on all my …
: Here’s me looking like a proper writer, with moody setting in the background.
: I had a bit of time away on a writer’s retreat in beautiful Connemara this weekend. 📝📷
: I forgot to have a nap today.
: 20 years married today. I’m a lucky man.
: I sat on my reading glasses yesterday. Might be time for that bit of rope that keeps it around my …
: The ‘Freedom Day’ footage of maskless people jammed shoulder to shoulder in clubs is absolutely …
: Am I too late to mention how warm it is?
: A gorgeous synthy song. Heaven Opened
: Obsidian mobile has been officially released. I was put off by how complicated it seems, but will …
: Had an incredibly soggy run with my dog this morning. 🐕🏃🏻
: I’ve been eating terribly this week and my stomach is in bits. Even a vegetarian diet can be …
: Decided not to renew Hey email. I’ve actually found it a pretty decent app to use and love what they …
: I’m going through some subscriptions and cancelling them to save money, like a real grown up.
: So then? Will this be the week when I finally get that writing routine in place? No school runs, …
: If anyone wants me, I’ll be rehydrating a coir block. 🌱
: Well, I got up early and did some yoga. Blimey, I’m stiff and crackly again; but, it has to be said, …
: I think I’m going to start up my yoga practice again next week. Haven’t done it for ages and can …
: Went out for a first proper ‘take-out/sit-outside’ coffee in months and it was an abysmal cup of …
: I’ve fallen out with my dog. We’ve had a cuddle and kiss, but there’s still an uneasy atmosphere. …
: To be honest, eating snacks and having an early night is pretty much my default setting.
: My wife is away for the night on a well-earned beak with friends. I’m planning on eating snacks and …
: Trying to get my fitness levels back up to speed again. Another lovely run with Leela the dog up the …
: I’ve had my running gear on all day, but I have not run.
: Had a little wander in the garden today, seeing as it’s a nice day. As with every year, the garden …
: We have a lot of work going on in the house and grounds at the moment, it’s been incredibly noisy so …
: Second vaccination done and, aside from a sore arm, I feel grand.
: Time to make the most of the weather and do a bit of work in the overgrown veg patch. 🌱
: This unpredictable weather is incredibly predictable. Every spring it knocks me for six, summery …
: Gary Numan nails it again. Great to hear him crafting confident and great sounding material again. …
: I’ve got an oil diffuser on the go and have just demolished a vegan pizza. I am a happy hippy. 🌱🍕
: One can’t be glum while listening to Sparks. open.spotify.com/track/6TF…
: ‘There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.’ However I am NOT going out in that.
: Gorgeous day in which I ran with my dog, did some gardening, and ate a doughnut. 🍩🐕🏃🏻
: Leela was in mischievous form during our 5km this morning. 🏃🏻🐕
: Currently Reading: Diggers (The Bromeliad Trilogy) by Terry Pratchett 📚 I listened to the audiobook …
: Finished reading: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold 📚
: Finished reading: The Hitchhikers’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 📚 I’ve read …
: Made an incredibly tasty vegan keema aloo, recipe by Bosh!🌱🥔🥘
: Most productive run with my dog for months. 🐕🏃🏻
: Currently reading: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 📚 Re-reading the …
: Battling Procrastination and Fear.📝
: Absolutely soaked to the skin. 🐕🏃🏻
: I need to desperately declutter my living space, my writing space and my digital apps. Everything is …
: Sun’s out, but it’s nippy. Loads of gardening to do, but content in procrastination at the moment.
: Passed the business end of the horrid cold and have done some gardening.
: I’ve got a rotten cold and am craving something spicy.
: I had washing on the line, it started raining, so I ran out to retrieve the washing and now it’s …
: Took my dog for her yearly vaccination and was told she’s a lovely, well-behaved, girl. 🐕😍
: A great run/walk with my dog to start the day, a superb Burnley performance to lift my mood higher, …
: The garden beckons. Potatoes to plant, seeds to sow, weeds to eradicate, dreams to dream. 🌱
: Trying a new (to me) alcohol free wine. Probably the closest to proper wine I’ve drank - which is a …
: The brighter days don’t half make me happy.
: Loving the Ulysses integration.
: The Four Squirrels of Procrastination.📝
: Slowly building our fitness levels. 🐕🏃
: I was, apparently, making a sound like a startled sloth as I slept last night.
: About to go for another 5km run with Leela the dog.
: Battled with a backed-up septic tank, put clean sheets on the bed and ate a vegan pizza. I’m a …