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  • Sabbatical Round-up

    Sabbatical Round-up

    My sabbatical is nearly at an end, so I wanted to round-up what I did, what I didn’t and what I learnt from the experience.

    First of all, let’s go through what I planned to do and not do and how that went…

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  • Sabbatical: Week Twelve

    Sabbatical: Week Twelve

    Final week of my sabbatical and, as I write this, the final day – day 90.

    What have I been doing to round up my time?

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  • Inoreader > Feedly

    For the past week, the web interface of Feedly has been broken – read feeds continue to display until you refresh the page, which, depending on how you receive your feed, can be an awful experience. Feedly are aware but seem to be slow at fixing it.

    So, I took the time to check out the competition.

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  • Ring ring: The search for the best bicycle bell

    Ring ring: The search for the best bicycle bell

    For the last few months I’ve taken up cycling daily – a little on the road but mostly through a local park. My exploits have been mentioned before, mainly due to the idiotic meanderings of people in the cycle lane. It’s even lead to an accident.

    One thing that’s become important, is making sure people can actually hear me approaching – even if somebody is in the cycle lane, I do need to make sure I’m approaching, if only for my own safety.

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  • Sabbatical: Weeks Ten & Eleven

    Sabbatical: Weeks Ten & Eleven

    Surprise! You thought I’d forgotten last week, right?

    No, I was on holiday, so wasn’t able to post.

    So, how did it go and what else have I been up to?

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