Think every barber shop should have a visiting cat that comes in for some dreamies, a nap and to get petted by the clienteleβ¦π
Think every barber shop should have a visiting cat that comes in for some dreamies, a nap and to get petted by the clienteleβ¦π
Starting to feel the first hints of spring down on the South Coast π (bonus points for spotting Ace the cat enjoying the new season πββ¬)
GameCube and GameCube games
Afternoon well spent getting my #gamecube back up and running with a #bitfunx HDMI adapter. Best gaming console ever π€
Vinted delivery in the post today - βGodβs Giftβ by Toranaga - got this after picking up their βBastard Balladsβ EP last week. Fantastic album and band that never got quite as big as I thought they should have. Love it. ππ€
First day back at work and doing lots of sorting/planning. Best thing about WFH? Get to listen to and switch between the various Fip Radio stations all day. Best find of 2025.
www.radiofrance.fr/fip
Pinebook pro laptop and usb-c dock and external monitor
Result! After ages searching online for solution, got my Pinebook Pro working with a usb-c dock/external monitor thanks to custom Manjaro kernel from: github.com/mjrh/archlin...
Itβs times like this when I try to do something vaguely coding related that I really see how pointless LLM generated crap at top of search results are. Wasting time wading through nonsense to get to some actual worthwhile tips/help. Must be some way to switch it off. Wonder if the LLM will tell meβ¦
Starting New Yearβs Day having a lunchtime pint in Worthing and watching the Sompting Village Morris Tipteerers performing the Christmas Mummerβs play.
Did my 200th Parkrun today at a freezing Worthing seafront. 6 years on from my 100th in 2019 and nearly 13 years on from my first Parkrun in 2013. Thanks to Lou for the celebration balloon π
Well that was a bit of alright. Cabaret Voltaire live at the Attenborough Centre in Brighton.
Sunday night doinβ the do with the legend Betty Boo down in Brighton - amazing!
Another great find today - Lacy J Daltonβs 1980 album βHard Timesβ. Bit of Saturday country listeningβ¦
Nice Saturday charity shop find - Sally Oldfieldβs 1978 folky/proggy album βWater Bearerβ.
A great Sunday night at Mid Sussex Music Hall watching Ashley Campbell and her band.
The always brilliant Du Blonde live at 93 Feet East in Brick Lane last Thursday π€ππ
Trying to get my reading bug back again. Not looked at a book for months. Revisiting some of the classics from my teens. See what Corum of the Scarlet Robe has been up toβ¦
Great way to end the holiday - AC/DC live in Oslo π€π³π΄
Getting a bit obsessed with finding all the variations of Jefferson Airplane, Starship and all the side projects and solo albums. This one is great even though no Grace Slick on it. From 1979, got a real 80s rock feel to it and worth listening to for the song βJaneβ alone π€π€
Weakest Link relay race tonight with the #portsladehedgehoppers down at Hove Lagoon ππββοΈ
Tried the Run 5:30 5k today in Brighton. Looked amazing down along the seafront at 5:30am just as the sun was coming up.
Great night out with the #portsladehedgehoppers doing the Preston Park Weakest Link relay run #brighton
Got a copy of Hawkwindβs 1972 album βDoremi Fasol Latidoβ recently and it had a mint condition βStar Ratsβ poster inside. Decided it was too good to keep hidden away in the record sleeveβ¦got it framed now and up on the wall.
Great night out running on the downs with the #portsladehedgehoppers - views were amazing.
After being wiped out since Thursday by a bout of Norovirus, felt better enough today to tackle this wee job in the garden - painted and put up a new arch where the old one had blown down during storm Darragh in December.
While in Dungeness me & Lou visited Lydd and found this amazing little shop, Lyons. Had nice chat with owner and sheβs been there over 50 years - she took over from her parents who opened the place in the 1950βs. It has menβs/womenβs clothes and a hardware section in the middle. Proper old school.
One week married! Me and Lou got married last Wednesday in secret at Brighton Registry Office. Had a nice small celebration out in Brighton then off to a cottage in windy Dungeness for a mini-honeymoon.
Slava Ukraini πΊπ¦ β
Love this album!
Had an old Maplin weather station for ages but it broke a year or so ago just before I moved down to Brighton. Found the exact same model, new and unopened, in a charity shop for a tenner. Getting it going and will get it connected to my raspberry pi next. βοΈβοΈπβοΈπ¨οΈβοΈπ€οΈπ¦οΈ