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The cue ball, gone
Who was the first sportsperson you were aware of? If you’re about my age, it might have been Paula Radcliffe, or Tim Henman. If you’re from my neck of the woods, it might have…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part III
Last time: there was a lot to see in Crystal Palace Park, but what there wasn’t was an abundance of borough signs. Four down, 29 to go. Why did I think for a moment…
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I’ve seen you twice, in a short time
Last year, I went to Tabletop Scotland, a convention for games of the role-playing, war, card, and board variety. I was mostly interested in the board games side, and I left with four games:…
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A prompt response
Another change I’ve noticed since restarting this blog is that the app now presents me with a daily writing prompt—and, what’s more, lets me see an archive of the prompts from the preceding ten…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part II
Last time: I decided to go get a selfie with as many London borough signs as I could in a day. Some hours later, I was in the middle of south-east London, having only…
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The “story” of Oxford
When I put this blog back online late last year (Happy New Year, by the way!) I was asked if I was willing for my posts to be used to train AI large language…
