One Man's notebook this week.
The origin of the phrase “up sticks”:
”Instead they used Gypsy tents of the traditional style, a tarpaulin thrown over a platform of bent wooden rods. If moved on by the keepers, they could simply 'up sticks' in a matter of minutes, and disappear into the trees and on to their next encampment.”
— from The Circling Sky by Neil Ansell 📚
2023-02-05
And, really, nothing is more political than the way we engage with the world around us. We have an obligation to see the world for what it is, the bad as well as the good, and we have to blinker ourselves to keep on pretending that it is not broken.
– From The Circling Sky by Neil Ansell 📚
2023-02-05
Ah, the sweet satisfaction of landing one of the free EV charge parking spaces in the morning.
Google's Bard is singing a whole new song. Could this be the start of a whole new age of search?
It really looks like it right now.
2023-02-07
First time using my iPhone as a webcam for my training course this morning. It worked great. One of the best new features of macOS.
This pen is a blast from the past. Early 2000s blogging, when Movable Type and Typepad seemed like they would dominate - a good time, but so long ago.
14 years ago, someone registered a domain name for the local church.
Nobody remembers who. Somebody is still paying for it. Tracking down the registering account will be fun.
Why do I say “yes” to these things?
2023-02-09
I've just revamped the look of my Ghost blog One Man & His Blog, and am very happy with the results:
Good to see that the Musk rat is experiencing the same as the rest of us: cratering Twitter engagement.
Less good that he’s randomly firing people who try to explain why.
2023-02-10
Holy flip, that's a lot:
Started reading: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby 📚
2023-02-12