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Seed Planting March Planted some beans, peas, chillis and tomatoes in the greenhouse thing I made last month from bits of old plastic greenhouse. This is the greenhouse thing The allotment looks a...

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Actual AI Slop You OK there Gemini? Need a little help? Or are we about to see waves of Terminators sweeping across the land, wiping out humanity? If it's the last one, could...

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Allotment 2026 Went to the (new) allotment. It was super muddy. Digging over a set of smaller raised beds was much easier than a whole plot though. The onions we planted earlier...

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Lego I don't know why I have so many Mac Classic sets. The grey one with hello on it is the original, made by sourcing bricks online and following Chris McVeigh's instructions. The rest are non Lego sets.

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Email Termination Oh no! Iv've sent myself an email about terminating my own service! I guess I'd best update my payment methods so I can continue paying myself!

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Saturday Workout Trying a different gym app. This one seems to work better in that after logging a set the rest timer automatically starts. Saves me from getting distracted by my phone and spending too long sat around doing nothing.

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AI might not be completely useless Yeah that'll make some of you angry. Never mind. For reasons beyond my comprehension my Chromebook's clock was wrong. I think it's related to the battery going completely flat. And...

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Desperate Naggy Software Why is software so naggy now, why can't I just use something for a purpose without first having to click off several "did you know..." boxes that infest my screen?...

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Accidentally beta testing the world Are you one of those people who always seems to break the world? Someone for whom the phrase "That's strange, I've never seen that before" gets said around them a...

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Todays Random Fitbit Achievement I've walked to space, supposedly. Their choice of milestones is a bit random though. For a fitness app you'd think they'd do "Everest" or other popular high places.

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Amazon Mouse 2, Refund Boogaloo After chatting with some people on Discord they convinced me to be bothered to return the broken mouse. They explained that since it was so cheap, the refund would be...

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Cheap Amazon E-Waste Mouse Wherein I thought I was getting a bargain mouse... For a bargain price, using the Amazon returns warehouse thing... But instead I received someone's broken e-waste that has clearly been...

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You can't trust Google Maps reviews This doesn't seem right. I look up directions to a place, and then Google wants me to review the place, even though I never went there? I mean, I have...

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The Slow Plane from China I ordered a foot stool from Amazon... They confidently told me it would arrive Thursday. Then on Thursday the tracking changed to... which is a bit of a jump in...

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TV Licence Scaremongering It's that time again where I have to certify that I promise not to watch broadcast TV. Although they do try very hard to make me click the wrong button...

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This is a test of the emergency broadcast system If it was for real, your best course of action is to run towards the bright light. Hiding under your table is t going to help. Now, about that application...

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Android desktop mode beta, or Chromebook in your pocket I enrolled on the Android Beta and am typing this on my phone plugged into a USB-C dongle that provides HDMI and USB. The idea is it's supposed to turn...

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Leg Day Tomorrow is Can't Walk Day 😬

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New Gym The gym has moved to a new building. It's got that shiny newness to it, and I discovered there's a "new gym" smell which is much nicer than "old gym"...

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Orb Funkee Animalz This is not the fidget toy you are looking for. Sure, you can mangle and squeeze it, but it's not satisfying like a stress ball, and it doesn't go back...

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Bathing the cat We gave the cat a bath. I only came away with minor bleeding.

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Don't fear leg day... Fear the day after... Also, who invented Bulgarian split squats, they're just pure evil.

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Pickles! I've been growing cucumbers in a little plastic greenhouse thing in the back garden. Normally my attempts at this end badly, with the cucumbers turning into the most bitter things...

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Stickers I keep losing my car in carparks. It's grey and boxy, all cars are now grey and boxy and looks identical from a distance. A few stickers should help. This...

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It works 🥳

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These things are so stupid, I don't have a camera on my PC, so now I have to faff about with my phone.

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Mowing grass by hand I've got a grass problem on my plot, the grass grows better than anything else. It's a constant battle trying to keep the grass short and has so far caused the end of a petrol mower. I took my battery mower from home one weekend, but the batteries need charging half way through and I get the feeling

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What a load of farmyard manure this gardening thing is. It's only taken half a year, but my greenhouse is now finally ready for things to be planted in it! It has all its windows, won't blow away and after...

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General Plot Tidying Now the shed is in a better place I've been going around the plot unearthing all sorts of rubbish, items I'd forgotten about and random pieces of broken glass. I'm...

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