Random thoughts on life
Tired of the poor Bluetooth transmission range of my PS4, I’ve decided to do something about it. A quick Google and it became apparent that I could fit an external aerial that would help, so this is my diary of doing this.
Okay, so I never intended for this to be a multi-part post but, as will become apparent, things didn’t go as well as was expected…
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For only the second time, I have the opportunity to speak at a WordCamp – and, again, in Scotland. This time, it’s Glasgow, a city I’ve only ever briefly visited before.
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Shamelessly ripped off from my colleague, Tammie Lister, who has written a similar post, I thought I’d write a little more about my process for preparing for talks.
Okay, so, unlike Tammie, I’ve not done that many and my process is probably very new and unrefined. My intention is to re-visit this post at times, though, and update it as I go on.
Along the way, I’m also going to add some tips that I’ve learnt along the way.
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But not literally.
Last June I decided to finally do something about my weight. It wasn’t causing health issues and tests in recent years had a shown low cholesterol and a strong heart. Never-the-less, I wasn’t happy.
So, just like that, I did.
I joined WW (what was Weight Watchers) and this week I celebrated losing over 50 lbs in total (53 lbs in total). That’s over 20% of my body weight. So, I’m four fifths of the man that I used to be, if we’re being rather more literal.
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Get comfortable as I’m about to share the amazing story of a simple toilet fault and the lengths I had to go through to get it fixed.
It’s a tale of incompetence and frustration. Oh, and a toilet cistern.
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