Author Archives: james

Bee inspections

Posted on February 22, 2024 by james

Never mind the fact that “it’s still winter”, we’ve had very few days below 10°C recently and earlier this week when the Sun was out I was watching the bees in my home apiary flying strongly. I got to thinking … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th June 2022: How green is my garden?

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Everything in the veggie plot looking lush. This sort of view makes me feel so happy 🙂

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Temporary halt on Deep Sky Stacker port to Linux

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

I think I’ve reached the point where I can’t do much more with this for the moment, unfortunately. Unless I fancy creating a BITMAP-type library for Linux so I don’t have to port all of the code that uses Windows … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 21st Feb 2024: Biblical rain

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Yesterday I chipped some tree branches that had been pruned off a few trees, leaving the woodchip in the trailer. Today I realised that I was going to need the trailer for something else, so I needed it empty. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 22 June 2022: Putting the box joints to use

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Now my new table saw blade has arrived I can get on with testing it out for making box joints. First, a test run using the jig I posted about a few days ago. Confident that it would do the … Continue reading →

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Hmmmm: Google

Posted on February 20, 2024 by james

I’ve been redirected to a Google form this morning, meaning I had to log in to Google. I don’t use Google that much, so I was expecting the usual “click on all the photos with a fire hydrant” stuff. After … Continue reading →

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Driving licence renewal redux

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

Or “driving licence redux redux”, perhaps 🙂 I posted a few days back out renewing my driving licence and how I can’t do it online because I allowed my passport to expire. I can renew it at a Post Office, … Continue reading →

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I am job-hunting

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

Officially now. I have just submitted my first application. And a very strange thing it is to do. I’ve not actually had to look for work for something like twenty years. In fact I think the last job I applied … Continue reading →

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Wot no swimming?

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

Well, no 🙁 My local swimming pool is having a huge amount of work done to make the building more efficient in terms of energy use. I believe that includes entirely replacing the roof. Whilst some of the smaller spaces … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 19th June 2022: My first ever box joint

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

I must post about my table saw at some point… Anyhow, I want to start making more of my own beekeeping kit — ideally as much as possible, and whilst box joints aren’t required they’re a neat way to join … Continue reading →

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