Dealing with screen addiction.

Dealing with screen addiction.

I resisted calling this title something like "Man, nearly 39, installed a Morse Code keyboard on his phone. You won't believe what happened next...". Only just. Because I did install a Morse Code keyboard on my phone. But a bit more on that later. I love...

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Filtering Ads and Other Things with Pi-hole

Filtering Ads and Other Things with Pi-hole

UPDATE, 2018/04/15: It turns out the Orange Pi wasn't reliable. I will re-write this for Raspberry Pi instructions shortly. It won't be very different, but a couple of things change. Downloads Required Armbian Ubuntu Server Win32DiskImager Putty 7-Zip...

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Simple biscuits

Simple biscuits

Set fanforced oven to 175°C. Approximately 450ml of plain flour 100ml sugar 200g room temperature butter Vanilla essence/extract/paste to taste 2 table spoons cocoa Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, add the vanilla extract/essence/paste then add the...

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Saffron Cake

Saffron Cake

A simple, but delicious cake with gentle saffron spice. Set your oven to 175°C. Ingredients 200g butter 0.5g saffron 2 eggs 300ml sugar 150ml milk 400ml plain flour 2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp cream of Tartar and 1 tsp bicarb ) Method Butter and crumb a...

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Photograph. Mine

Photograph. Mine

On Saturday night I decided to pack my camera bag and head into the hills to take some photos. I had a vague idea of where I wanted to go, and what I wanted to photograph, but no firm plans. The sun was setting fast, so as I was coming around the bend at...

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Post Rock

Post Rock

I can't remember exactly when it was, but probably about 15 years ago, I went to see a band called Because of Ghosts perform. They were a post-rock outfit from Melbourne. At the time I had no idea what post-rock was, and I'm still not entirely sure. I know I like...

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3CX Softphone with headset and speakers

I really wanted to use the 3CX Softphone rather than a desk-phone at work. But I also want to have music going through my amp and speakers. Whenever I plugged my head-set into the jacks at the front of the PC, it took over the sound and disabled the rear jacks that...

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Currant biscuits

I like to bake - scrolls and biscuits are my favourites. This is a recipe for simple currant biscuits. Ingredients 200 grams butter 4 tablespoons sugar 270 grams plain flour 100 grams currants Oven 175-200°C Equipment Kenwood mixer, grease-proof paper, fork, scales...

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Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman

Bruce Springsteen cancelled a show today in North Carolina. He did to protest against the "bathroom laws" that have recently been passed there. There is a lot of commentary available on the subject already, so I won't go into it too far other than to say that it is a...

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Band – The Lowest of the Low

In 1998 I packed a bag and hopped on a plane to Europe. I had scant plans. I was armed with a guide book, a booklet of train tickets and a heaping helping of youthful exuberance. I railed from Sweden to Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Ireland, France,...

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Photograph. Mine. Port Douglas.

I took this photo early in the morning while holidaying in Port Douglas. We were up early because Mr-then-18months was with us. It was an excellent way to get beach time in before the sun became difficult to deal with.

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Ginza – a photo by Paul

I've not travelled to Japan, and I'm not sure how I'd go there. It seems like a busy, fast paced, noisy place. Something I love the idea of, but exhausts me very quickly. Photos like this make me think I should just get on with it. Get over there and have a...

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