Category Archives: geek

Time Flies

Posted on May 15, 2020 by

More time in the garden. Green shoots start to appear. Continue reading →

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Story: Blink, Blink, Blink

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

Another story, this time on the suggestion of “Blink” “I don’t know what to write. I don’t. Blink, blink, blink. I’ve been trying for months to come up with something. I sit down every day. Every day. I look up … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up for Winter

Posted on November 13, 2016 by

Where our hero tries to look past fear in learning new knitting techniques Continue reading →

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Yes, and…

Posted on February 18, 2015 by

The (ir)regular reader will have gathered that I’m on a bit of a “skills” kick at the moment, and would also have noticed (because you’re smart, handsome, and really switched on) that they’re not necessarily related. Yes! I’m working on … Continue reading →

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Mad Hattery…

Posted on December 26, 2014 by

Where our hero spends Christmas making a hat that actually fits… Continue reading →

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Project Updates – Handwarmers

Posted on December 2, 2014 by

Most of you know how I struggle in the cold with hands turning blue… (“two by two; hands of blue”. With my new-found hobby, I decided to make a few more things that might help keep me warm. The scarf … Continue reading →

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Project Updates… (+1 Knitting)

Posted on November 8, 2014 by

It occurs to me that you blog readers may have missed the update on twitter on my scarf knitting project. It had advanced to a few feet at the time of the last update, and is now complete at a … Continue reading →

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Cosplay – Learning by doing (and failing)

Posted on November 6, 2014 by

So, I got invited to a friend’s Star Wars themed birthday recently (I won’t say *which* birthday, I don’t think that would be particularly appreciated). Someone had joked about it being a costume party, with obvious consequences… In terms of … Continue reading →

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Maker Faire & Levelling Up

Posted on September 6, 2014 by

I’ve wanted to attend a maker faire since I first heard about them back in 2006. Awesome pictures and videos would surface over the web of the sort of things that would happen at them… My most recent favourite, featured … Continue reading →

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Power Struggles & Furniture Hacking

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

Like a number of you I’m sure, I have a number of devices that power from USB. Each time a new USB device arrives, it seems I spend a good 20 minutes trying to figure out what’s the optimum arrangement … Continue reading →

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