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DANGER! DANGER! (pause) HIGH VOLTAGE! etc

DANGER! DANGER! (pause) HIGH VOLTAGE! etc

One would think that in Britain at the height of an energy price crisis that switching to a pure electric vehicle might be a silly move. But you’d be missing the fact that lead times on ordering new electric vehicles

jasonbstanding Tuesday 7th February, 2023Wednesday 8th February, 2023 Featured, Musing, non frivolous No Comments Read more

Boring router configuration stuff

Boring router configuration stuff

I was going to preface this with a disclaimer about this post not being particularly interesting. However regular readers won’t need any such preparation for the inevitable. This is basically me recording some details for posterity, because I couldn’t find

jasonbstanding Monday 28th March, 2022Wednesday 30th March, 2022 non frivolous No Comments Read more

The joy of philosophy. Of whisky.

The joy of philosophy. Of whisky.

The challenging thing about when one of your best mates publishes a whisky book is how is it possible to review it with any sense of objectivity? Well, the beauty of this being a personal blog is that I don’t

jasonbstanding Sunday 14th November, 2021Thursday 26th January, 2023 Featured, non frivolous, whisky No Comments Read more

A moment in time

A moment in time

I’ve come to value this blog not only as a means of communicating ideas and information to the thousands of regular readers* but also as a sort of time capsule for looking back at what was happening in the past

jasonbstanding Sunday 10th January, 2021Thursday 26th January, 2023 Featured, non frivolous No Comments Read more

Network? Simple!

Network? Simple!

Warning: extremely interesting and captivating blog post ahead. I posed a question to some nerdy computery mates about the use of Ethernet over Powerlines, and one of them made a comment “I’ve always been confused about the complexity of your

jasonbstanding Monday 27th July, 2020Monday 27th July, 2020 non frivolous No Comments Read more

5 more years of black mirrors

5 more years of black mirrors

In 2009 I thought it would be gripping and insightful to write about all the mobile phones I’d ever owned. And then in 2014 it seemed appropriate to update the list with what had come next. So, another 5 years

jasonbstanding Tuesday 26th May, 2020 Musing, non frivolous No Comments Read more

Coronavirus links

Coronavirus links

While I don’t profess to being an information source of any great insight or credibility, I thought it might be useful to collect a few links that I found particularly informative regarding the current crisis gripping the globe. The science

jasonbstanding Sunday 22nd March, 2020Saturday 28th March, 2020 non frivolous No Comments Read more

Got teatowel done!

Got teatowel done!

People who’ve known me a while will know that I’m a bit of a fan of a cheesy souvenir teatowel, and some of you may also be up to speed with my feelings on Brexit. So when the Conservative Party

jasonbstanding Saturday 7th March, 2020Saturday 7th March, 2020 non frivolous No Comments Read more

Brexit: a few thoughts for posterity

Brexit: a few thoughts for posterity

Given that the UK’s decision to leave the European Union is not only one of the most significant political decisions made in this country in the last 70 or so years, but also about the *only* thing anybody’s been talking

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That was 2018, eh? Doesn’t feel like we’re in the future, but we sure ain’t in Kansas…

That was 2018, eh? Doesn’t feel like we’re in the future, but we sure ain’t in Kansas…

So, in addition to watching a shitload of telly in 2018 – I figured since there’s no way I’m ever gonna get round to blogging about things I’d done individually, the next best thing would be to make a list…

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Jacket potato

As you get older, life serves up certain inevitabilities. In 1994 I was contacted by the Boy Scouts of America to inform me that I’d been succes

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