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7 facts about me

I haven’t gone in for any memes (I always hate that word, but note it’s pronounced “meems”, like “themes”, but with an M) for a while. However, since Pelf tagged me, and I’ve been writing a lot about techie things lately, I thought I’d honour her request with a bit about me.
I’ve actually done this [...]

Wooshka T-shirts

Wooshka!
Lookee what came in the mail yesterday…

Me doing some magnetic poetry in my new Wooshka shirt, and being silly with the merch.
My new Wooshka t-shirt. Last week Wooshka had a $1 sale. So this t-shirt cost me $1+$5p&h. I’m pretty impressed with the quality, material feels nice and it’s a pretty good fit; it’s a [...]

2 buses and an afro

The last couple of days have been curious.
Yesterday our local train station was a mad house with everyone being redirected from a whole line after a bus ran onto the train tracks!

A quick note about power outages

It’s sweet that when you’re working on a laptop and the power goes out you can still do stuff (if the battery is charged). Bummer that the modem/router needs power!

Birds’ sense of direction

I saw the headline Study suggests birds can truly navigate.
It cracked me up.
It’s cool that birds can navigate over 1000 kilometers, but when they fly into church in the middle of the service they can’t find their way back out… and poop on the projector screen.

 

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