Greetings

Is this a futuristic site about the year 2045?
Did I set it so that from around 2040 onwards, the domain name may be worth a fortune?
Does the year 2045 have a mystical significance?
Or did I just set it up at a quarter to nine?
I just wish I could remember.
Anyway you have stumbled upon my “writing site”  Read more

Using a dynamic mic with a Macbook

Look anywhere on the web and you will be told you need an audio interface to connect your mic to your MacBook, or you need to switch to a USB mic.  Well, it ain’t necessarily so. Read more

The South West Water Scandal.

Following a resignation by Susan Davy, following her disgraceful record at South west water, it is time for an update.
Well done Ben Mcguire.
Well done Noah Law.

Due to gross mismanagement we can almost certainly expect another hosepipe ban this year, and more beach pollution, but it’s start.

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You’ll Never Believe Who’s Running the News — Spoiler: It’s Not You!

Exclusive Interview With the Algorithm That Fired All the Humans [BREAKING NEWS ALERT™] In a shocking revelation that has rocked the media landscape (or at least the corner of the internet that still cares), a man attempting to submit an article to The National Investigator discovered that the entire publication is operated by a single … Read more

Climate it’s all hitting the fan

“Enjoy life while you can. Because if you’re lucky it’s going to be 20 years before it hits the fan.”
James Ephraim Lovelock CH CBE FRS (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022)
Lovelock said this in 2008. He’s been pretty correct so far. I think we can safely say it’s starting to hit the fan now. Read more

The Earth in Perspective

Imagine the globe 12 inches in diameter in the middle across the equator in front of you. That’s about football size (or soccer ball size for non UK folk). It will look spherical, although it is about 1/20th of an inch smaller from top to bottom (pole to pole). Read more