Day: 4 September 2025
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Today, for the first time ever, I simultaneously published a piece of content across five different media: a Weblog post, a video essay, a podcast episode, a Gemlog post, and a Spartanlog post.
Must be about something important, right?
Nope, it's a meandering journey to coming up with a design for a ยฃ5 coin that will never exist. Delightfully pointless. Being the Internet I want to see in the world.
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The Beer Token [Video]
A vloggy video version of my blog post about Beer Tokens, for those who'd rather watch than listen or read.
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The Beer Token
Thanks to the success of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, we can never forget quite how much beer you used to be able to get for a fiver (plus an exceptionally-generous tip). Nowadays, it'll get you one pint, if you're lucky... and that offers us an exciting opportunity...
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It's the Fourth of Bleptember, but I couldn't help but share a photo from the Third, when our dog just couldn't find space for her tongue and her ball in her mouth at the same time... but soon found a workaround.
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In a grassy field, a satisfied-looking French Bulldog wearing a red jumper holds an orange ball in the left corner of her mouth, while her tongue hangs limply all the way out of the right side of her mouth.
Photo courtesy Lisa from Muddy Paws.

