Written by Paul in blog on Thu 18 June 2026. Tags: general,
For no apparent reason I seem to have changed the apps I use. I don't know why I do this sort of thing. I've been using Vivaldi instead of Firefox as my browser. And Obsidian instead of Zim for my notes.
It was quite easy to import my Firefox into …
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Written by Paul in films on Mon 15 June 2026. Tags: starwars,
I watched The Mandalorian and Grogu. This was the first Star Wars film I have seen in years.
I loved the original trilogy, as a child in the 80s. I was told off, on Threads, for saying that is where it should have ended. I was quite excited when, after …
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Written by Paul in blog on Sun 14 June 2026. Tags: reading,
I finally got myself a e-book reader. Years ago I had a Sony one, which might have been a PRS-500 from 2006. I loved it, I used to plug the USB into my computer, and upload various books onto it. There was no wi-fi, or automatic way for me to …
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Written by Paul in general on Thu 21 May 2026. Tags: general,
Aadam Jacobs ("Chicago Tape Guy") started taping concerts as a teenager. He has recorded over 10,000 tapes of indie and punk rock concerts between 1984 and the 2010s. Volunteers have uploaded thousands of his audio files to the Internet Archive.
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Written by Paul in blog on Wed 01 April 2026. Tags: space,
Artemis I was the first mission in the Artemis programme. An unmanned test flight to orbit the moon and return.
Artemis II is about an hour from "blast off". It is a manned flight, with 4 astronauts. The flight takes them to the moon, and returns with no moon landing …
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