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Half way on my walk to the tube station I notice I have my t-shirt on inside out. I have covered up with my hoodie but it is a scorcher of a...

Half way on my walk to the tube station I notice I have my t-shirt on inside out. I have covered up with my hoodie but it is a scorcher of a day.

Even more annoying, especially in combination: I lost my water bottle some time over the last few days.

Going through my cable collection, I find this. A possible moniker for obnoxious audiophiles?

Going through my cable collection, I find this. A possible moniker for obnoxious audiophiles?

Almost forgot to post:Why do software developers celebrate Christmas on Halloween?Because Oct 31 = Dec 25#Halloween #jokes

Almost forgot to post:

Why do software developers celebrate Christmas on Halloween?

Because Oct 31 = Dec 25

#Halloween #jokes

Yay for efficient service. Called in to my local pharmacy to ask about getting flu and COVID vaccinations, and they said “How about...

Yay for efficient service. Called in to my local pharmacy to ask about getting flu and COVID vaccinations, and they said “How about now?”. Don’t mind if I do!

#nhs #covid

Interesting thesis exploring a variation of the game Rock, Paper,...

Interesting thesis exploring a variation of the game Rock, Paper, Scissors.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2024/07/26/a-variation-on-rock-paper-scissors/

#maths

For a friend's birthday, I made a chocolate orange cake with a thick chocolate ganache and topped it with self-candied orange peel.#cake...

For a friend's birthday, I made a chocolate orange cake with a thick chocolate ganache and topped it with self-candied orange peel.

#cake #CakeDecorating #baking

Feline body functions (extreme)Delightful cat. He threw up as I was on the way to the loo. When I emerged to clean up, he was eating it....

Feline body functions (extreme)

Delightful cat. He threw up as I was on the way to the loo. When I emerged to clean up, he was eating it. (The attached photo is of him sleeping, not of the scene described)

#GingerCats #CatsOfMastodon #cats

Hello #maths fans (and #math fans too!). I'm taking part in some competitive writing themed on mathematics. You have from now until...

Hello #maths fans (and #math fans too!). I'm taking part in some competitive writing themed on mathematics. You have from now until 0800BST (0700UTC) on Saturday to vote. See https://aperiodical.com/2024/07/the-big-internet-math-off-2024-round-1-match-5/

#BigMathOff

I'm trying to re-find an article and its followup, likely 10+ years old. It was written by a senior journalist or editor, I think as as...

I'm trying to re-find an article and its followup, likely 10+ years old. It was written by a senior journalist or editor, I think as as a goodbye to readership before retirement. Very likely in one of the UK broadsheet newspapers.

The copyeditor of said article changed it enough to rile the original author, who followed up with a complaint letter which was published, and it's details of this complaint letter that I'm trying to recall. One of the points raised was in reference to the final sentence which had been changed to end on an unstressed syllable rather than a stressed one. (I think)

Can anyone find what I'm half remembering?

#HiveMind #journalism

Hello #maths fans! There is a competition starting today involving 16 mathematicians showcasing topics they think are interesting. Round 1...

Hello #maths fans! There is a competition starting today involving 16 mathematicians showcasing topics they think are interesting. Round 1 Match 1 is open until 0800BST (0700 UTC) tomorrow morning - take a look at https://aperiodical.com/2024/07/the-big-internet-math-off-2024-round-1-match-1/ and vote for your favourite!

I'm taking part in this but you'll need to wait until Friday to see my entry. But do check back in the days between now and then to see what others have to offer.

Good luck to the #BigMathOff competitors!

Last weekend I took a photo of the moon in Spain. It was taken on my not-especially-new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S20. I'm not much of a...

Last weekend I took a photo of the moon in Spain. It was taken on my not-especially-new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S20. I'm not much of a photographer but am very pleased with the result.

#moon #photography

Enjoy some pictures of Freddie#OrangeCats #CatsOfMastodon #mlem

Enjoy some pictures of Freddie

#OrangeCats #CatsOfMastodon #mlem

I've completed the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge. 26 articles for each of the non-Sundays in April.Today's entry is titled "Z is...

I've completed the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge. 26 articles for each of the non-Sundays in April.

Today's entry is titled "Z is for zh" (zh being the ISO 639-1 code for Chinese) in which I talk about my experiences in learning Mandarin.

https://peperell.com/2024/04/30/z-is-for-zh.html

#AtoZChallenge #mandarin

Y is for "Yesteryear" in which I talk about a few archaic English words to describe time relative to the...

Y is for "Yesteryear" in which I talk about a few archaic English words to describe time relative to the present.

https://peperell.com/2024/04/29/y-is-for-yesteryear.html

#words #AtoZChallenge #blogging

In the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge, today's letter is V and my chosen topic is "Vexillology" – I talk about different kinds...

In the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge, today's letter is V and my chosen topic is "Vexillology" – I talk about different kinds of flags.

https://peperell.com/2024/04/25/v-is-for-vexillology.html

What's your favourite flag?

#flags #AtoZChallenge #blogging

Earlier in the day than my previous articles! Latest entry in the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge is titled "T is for...

Earlier in the day than my previous articles! Latest entry in the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge is titled "T is for 'Tracking'" in which I write about my disdain for tracking components in URLs.

https://peperell.com/2024/04/23/t-is-for-tracking.html

I was sufficiently annoyed to write a tool to strip out tracking elements:

https://peperell.com/stuff/jstoys/linkstrip.html

Feedback welcome (here, on the blog article, or via github)

#AtoZChallenge #tracking #privacy

Letter "S" in my A-to-Z of Blogging series is titled "S is for 'schema.org'" in which I talk about a...

Letter "S" in my A-to-Z of Blogging series is titled "S is for 'schema.org'" in which I talk about a text-enrichment proposal to help search engines extract relevant info.

Have you heard of this? Do you include it on site(s) you maintain?

https://peperell.com/2024/04/22/s-is-for-schema-org.html

#AtoZChallenge #schemaorg #standards

Latest installment of the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge is the letter "R" in which I talk about...

Latest installment of the A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge is the letter "R" in which I talk about RSS.

https://peperell.com/2024/04/20/r-is-for-rss.html

Do you produce content accessible in RSS format? Do you consume RSS feeds?

#AtoZChallenge #blogging #rss

In today's A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge, the letter is "Q" and I write about QR codes and NaviLens, an accessible variant.Have...

In today's A-to-Z of Blogging Challenge, the letter is "Q" and I write about QR codes and NaviLens, an accessible variant.

Have you heard of this latter one?

https://peperell.com/2024/04/19/q-is-for-qr-codes.html

#AtoZChallenge #accessibility

Well shit. I realise this is only the reminders but it's still not a good sign. If Google kill Keep then I'm going to suffer...

Well shit. I realise this is only the reminders but it's still not a good sign. If Google kill Keep then I'm going to suffer greatly. I've not found anything that comes close.

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-keep-reminders-move-google-tasks-soon/