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You’ve been pressing apples too long, mate!

Posted on January 14, 2026 by james

Perhaps I have 😀

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New year, new start

Posted on January 1, 2026 by james

Well, it’s been quite some time since I last wrote anything. The second half of 2024 turned out to be exceptionally busy and then 2025 turned into the year from hell. More of that another time, perhaps. Quite a few … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 27th March 2024

Posted on March 27, 2024 by james

The weather still isn’t on my side 🙁 This afternoon has been wet and windy, but before it got too bad I did at least get a few more wheelbarrows of compost spread on the beds in the veg plot. … Continue reading →

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Tonight Matthew, I am sewing machine repairman…

Posted on February 4, 2024 by james

Sewing machines… They work by magic, don’t they? My daughter has been using my wife’s machine to make clothes and bags from old unwanted material such as pairs of jeans and shirts that I no longer fit into: Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

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The boys are back in town…

Posted on February 1, 2024 by admin

Well, nearly 🙂 It’s been six weeks shy of two years since I last posted. Why? Mostly because I just lost my computer mojo I think. I reached the point where I couldn’t face sitting in front of one and … Continue reading →

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Now I’m getting somewhere!

Posted on December 23, 2021 by james

As I posted yesterday, the kwh_accumulator process in emoncms requires Redis to be available. Fortunately there’s a Docker image for that and it was just a case of pulling the image and starting it. I came up with a systemd … Continue reading →

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Time to catch up…

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

I cannot deny that the whole lockdown situation over the last couple of months has been getting to me quite a bit and motivation has been a struggle to come by. The situation has perhaps been made even worse by … Continue reading →

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A return to posting

Posted on October 2, 2020 by james

In part thanks to our new Covid overlords, life has afforded me very little leisure time over the last three months and I’ve found little time to do much more than work and get the stuff done that I needed … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #44

Posted on March 5, 2019 by james

During last week I managed to get most of the final piece of cladding at the tops of the walls in place. All that remains now is a piece above the door and the piece below the flap in the … Continue reading →

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A return to posting

Posted on January 17, 2017 by james

It’s been an exceptionally long time since my last post. That’s probably a reflection of “real” life getting in the way. It’s been a very busy last couple of years balancing family (especially as children start to have more active … Continue reading →

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