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Tag: bloganuary 2024

  • A champagne-coloured French Bulldog with a dark snout, one tooth sticking out from her underbite, nuzzles into Dan's hand as she pops up from between his legs while he lies on the sofa.

    [Bloganuary] Puppy Love

    If you want to feel loved as often as possible, with the least possible effort, get a dog. It may not be a sophisticated love. It may not be a deep love. But it's instantly and constantly available.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 January, 2024
  • A person in an orange jumper holds a cardboard box labelled "BRAIN", which completely covers their head. From outside the image, an hand above the box is holding a piece of paper labelled "DAN'S INNER PEACE".

    [Bloganuary] Clutter

    Where could I reduce clutter in my life? Oh, basically everywhere! But perhaps most-especially within my head, where the mental clutter can be an unwelcome distraction.

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    • Article
    • posted 16 January, 2024
  • A young magpie on dusty dry ground.

    [Bloganuary] Magpies are the Best Bird

    Magpies are the best bird, nay, the best animal. Fight me.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (513 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 January, 2024
  • Golden cornfield with setting sun behind.

    [Bloganuary] Communicate Early, Communicate Often

    How do I communicate online? It varies depending on whether you mean publicly, or privately!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (698 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 14 January, 2024
  • A white couple, bride and groom; she's wearing a white dress and flowers in her hair; he's in a suit with a grey waistcoat and a thistle buttonhole.

    [Bloganuary] Road Trip!

    When I was younger, stupider, and poorer, I'd go to amazing lengths to get to and from places without having to wrangle accommodation at the other end, leading to frankly ludicrous road trips. Here's an example.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1046 words)

    • Article
    • posted 13 January, 2024
  • A circle of pizza dough on a worktop, a rolling pin atop it.

    [Bloganuary] Pizza

    Would I like a snack? I certainly would. Can it be pizza, please?

    Read more - about 4 minutes (820 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 12 January, 2024
  • A white-and-brown bulldog lies flat, his tongue sticking out, on a rug.

    [Bloganuary] Paws to Hear my Scents-ible Idea

    Social networking plus scent analysis/synthesis provides for the possibility of... social networking for dogs. As definitely-not-seen on Dragon's Den.

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    • Article
    • posted 11 January, 2024
  • A white-haired woman sitting on a comfortable chair holding a mug.

    [Bloganuary] Attachment

    Many children have a comfort toy, blanket or similar that they're incredibly attached to. But I never had anything like that: I wonder why?

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 10 January, 2024
  • King Arthur again, but now he says "I wanna, like, make cool shit on the Internet or whatever."

    [Bloganuary] Mission

    My mission is to make cool shit on the Internet, and to periodically remind people about how awesome Monty Python is.

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    • Article
    • posted 9 January, 2024
  • Dan waves, his head and shoulders peeping out from underneath a white duvet.

    [Bloganuary] Live Long and Prosper

    I'd love to live as long as I can do so in reasonable health, and I'm happy for that to be longer than I'm predicted to. But if everybody lived longer, what would that mean for the world?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (623 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 8 January, 2024
  • An open Oblique Strategies box with the face card showing: "The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten".

    [Bloganuary] A Different Diet

    I periodically aspire to veganism, or at least something slightly-closer to it than where I stand right now. From an environmental/sustainability perspective, that is.

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    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 7 January, 2024
  • Building-sized billboard saying "THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK".

    [Bloganuary] Billboards

    If I had an enormous billboard sitting around, I'd print something like "this space intentionally left blank" on it.

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    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 6 January, 2024
  • Hardware turtle and microcomputer.

    [Bloganuary] Nostalgia vs Futurism

    Do I spend longer thinking about the future or the past? Honestly, I think it's about equal...

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    • Article
    • posted 5 January, 2024
  • Dan drinking beer from a Wye Valley Brewery pint glass.

    [Bloganuary] The Gift of Time

    The best gifts I've ever received have been those that take me out of my routine (or give me the time and space to do so for myself!).

    Read more - about 3 minutes (573 words)

    • Article
    • posted 4 January, 2024
  • Standing in a study bedroom, Dan shows off his certificate of admission to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

    [Bloganuary] Alumnus

    Bloganuary wants to know what colleges I've attended. Let's take a tour of my experience of further education.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1094 words)

    • Article
    • posted 3 January, 2024

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