So we have snow in the glorious kingdom of West Midlandshire. The wife was stuck in non-moving traffic about twenty miles from #CastleCannon, and it took me fifty minutes to get to the office yesterday

"My hotel looks like a Morrocan Brothel!" In 2019, 2020 and 2023, I've attended an Opensource event Université libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles,

The one requirement of me being allowed to travel to Brussels on my own for FOSDEM (Post about fosdem to follow) is that I bring back Belgium Chocolate. "Easy enough", I hear you say, however; you don't

Nostalgia You know, we had the best episode titles. #tdtrs #castgarden #hive #linux #podcast

If there's one thing I've learnt in over thirty years of marriage is "Don't tell the missus about a plan; just present her with it." image source Now, before you all start jumping up and down with accusations

Podcast Hosting I have to say; I do like the UI for cast.garden slowly getting my episodes up. Speak to @kencode about getting your show on there. #hive #tdtrs #podcasting #support #engagement

source Back around 2015, I had numerous conversations with friends within the FOSS community about "Using your mobile phone as a PC." at the time, I pooh-pooed these suggestions fairly strongly

Out of the blue @kencode messaged me on Twitter I explained -or should that be tried to get out of it?- that our last show was seven years ago, but Ken being clearly a tenacious promoter, wasn't to be

Look, don't blame me. This stuff happens to me all the time. I can't help it if I seem to attract all the cretins. Like the mad, reckless fool I am, I answered the phone, didn't I? Caller: "Hi, I get sent

source I've just finished watching Stonehouse, a drama documentary based on the former Labour MP for Walsall North which interestingly is the constituency I live in, although I was not living in the Midlands

image source I bought the wife, an iPad Air for Christmas. I have to say that while I hate Apple products with a vengeance, I was pretty impressed with the 'setup' feature. When I was in the store (With

source Today, for many of us, is the last day of lounging around and trying to finish off the last remaining shortbread, Twiglets, matchmakers and M&S Biscuits. Tomorrow we will enter a world of coughing,

source I moaned at my local Mcdonald's this morning. TBH, I didn't really want McD's for breakfast as I'd had Burger King yesterday, but I needed to get back home quickly, and speed (Supposedly) is why

Unless you've been living under a rock, pretty much everyone knows that Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Personally, I couldn't care less; it seems to me far too many people have made a big deal out of it for

source I've just finished watching "Pepsi, where's my jet?" on Netflix. It's a story about how Pepsi Cola rang a promotion whereby you could collect points to be redeemed for things like tee shirts, baseball

The awesome @beeber runs a brilliant incentive for struggling Hive users called ED Weekly Posting Topic. The idea is a topic or word is chosen, and you write a post based on it or about it. It's a great

On 5 October 2022, Canonical announced that it was opening up its Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) for free to the general public. Before we get into this nitty-gritty, you need to understand a few things. source

source When I walk Charlie in the morning, he always gets to pick the route at the end of our road. If he turns left, that means we are off to the park; if he turns right, it's "Hello, Mr factory worker"

image source If I had a pound for every customer who runs off to Currys/PC World or Amazon, for that matter, patting themselves on the back at how clever they are and how they have saved themselves a few

source Wife: "Hey Bubb, strangest thing. I woke up, and my straighteners were bleeping. Now I know I leave them plugged in, so I was worried they had been on all day and all night, but they were not