December 13, 2025 → Doing something new is almost always a challenge and this week's Adventures in Babysitting Computing definitely left me puzzled often! While I have always been comfortable using computers, I wouldn't...
A Much Smaller Internet, One Month On
November 30, 2025 → It has now been just about one month since I deleted my accounts on chatty-type social media (i.e. Bluesky and Mastodon), which I can say has given me what I was asking for: a quieter, smaller, slower...
November 28, 2025 → I don't really know when it happened, or more importantly, why it happened, but I've developed opinions about fruit. To be certain, they're not really strong opinions, but they're opinions all the sam...
November 26, 2025 → I haven't been all that interested in cell phones in a long time. I do carry one, it makes calls, sends texts, and until recently, allowed me to self-deal in psychic damage through social media. But,...
Rediscovering A Love For Reading Fiction
November 24, 2025 → At some point in my teens or twenties, I lost my love for reading fiction. I continued to read all sorts of non-fiction - especially histories and sometimes politics - but it was a rare day that I wou...