10pm Thursday – congregate in the street to look at a ‘Flour Moon’. This is handy as flour is in short supply. 10am Friday – congregate in the street to watch a fly-past. Didn’t see anything so returned inside. 11am Friday – given special dispensation not to congregate in the street to observe a two minute silence. 3pm Friday – congregate in the street for a toast. Have a chat with the neighbours (again)....
After detailed analysis by medical professionals, data scientists and epidemiologists, we are delighted to announce that blog traffic to ‘Blog In Isolation’ finally looks to have peaked on Wednesday April 29 with 15 million unique visitors. Yesterday’s number, by comparison, was just 4 million. However, bear in mind this doesn’t include people who with pre-existing health conditions who have experienced pain and discomfort using an RSS Reader. Hopefully, if this promising trend is sustained, the blog can be re-opened up to Facebook and WhatsApp audiences on Sunday 10 May....
Instead of moaning about trivial marital disputes over cheque books, it’s time to celebrate some good news ! David celebrates a new arrival. As in a new baby not an Amazon delivery. Richard celebrates a significant anniversary during these unprecedented times with freshly brewed coffee, craft beers and cake. I have known David and Richard for many years, back from identi.ca days. They remain two of very few people (from social media circles) I have actually met in real-life....
After six weeks of lockdown, I finally lost it and had a blazing row with the missus over a trivial issue. ‘Have you got a cheque book handy ?’ ‘No.’ ‘What - you don’t have a cheque book ?’ ‘I have a cheque book somewhere but I haven’t used it in years so it isn’t handy, no’ ‘Hmm OK. Well, I can’t find mine and I need to write a cheque for the man from the allotment’....
I work in IT and am vaguely technical. I use Linux and vaguely know how to program in C, Python, PL/SQL and install, configure and tune a variety of databases. However, apart from the odd gratuitous post detailing my Linux desktop setup, I generally don’t post technical content and never have done. I am slightly conflicted and feel guilty about this as I feel that I have learned so much from other people’s blog posts and, increasingly, videos that I should really try to reciprocate and offer something back to the community....