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Arsenal (ex season ticket holder), Home Assistant (tinkerer), Hiking, Cooking, Travel, Craft Beer Lover (now sober), Music (Anjunadeep). Tech (30+ years in the industry), although possibly early retirement #fire East Grinstead, West Sussex UK
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Found the whole Trump Vance thing pretty distasteful. Particularly the latter, who seemed to only be concerned with receiving gratitude publicly. Felt like a premeditated strategy to me. As for the clown who raised the suit question 🙄

#London is looking pretty this evening

Heading to London tomorrow for lunch with an old work colleague - first time back since I left the world of employment behind. The weather’s actually behaving (for once), so a post-lunch wander might be on the cards. Let’s see if the city still remembers me!

Sad to hear the news about Gene Hackman and his wife. He was such a fantastic actor in so many great films

Thoroughly bonkers 🤪 news.sky.com/story/trump-...

Beggars belief 😖

Tiny is perpetually in Halloween #caturday

The government has helpfully broken down how they spent my hard-earned money. 11% on debt interest—basically, the UK is stuck in an endless Wonga repayment plan. Good news though: my personal contribution next year? Nada. Hope that helps!

Sigh

New Call of Duty seasons are the worst. As a sad, old DMZ-only player (RIP updates), I gain nothing—except an 88GB download I never asked for. Cheers, Activision. 🙄🎮

Nutley #windmill looking rather pleasant in the sunshine

One perk of not working? Midweek hikes in actual daylight! Today’s Ashdown Forest wander was mostly guided by Komoot… until the MOD kindly suggested I ‘recalculate my route’ with some big KEEP OUT signs. Detours were taken, secrets remain hidden. 🚷🥾 #HikingNotWorking www.strava.com/activities/1...

Yesterday’s sunny stroll was around Weir Wood Reservoir. Not around it around it - there’s no full path, because why make things easy? More of a short, respectful orbit from a distance. Still pretty muddy, but at least it was a quick squelch! ☀️🥾 #Sussex #Walking www.strava.com/activities/1...

Tiny kicked off #Caturday in style - with a carefully curated pile of breakfast vomit. A true artiste. 🤮😽

Love this one

Been sleeping much better so far this year. Can't work out if this stuff has helped, the regular fix of CBD, or not stressing out at work. Perhaps it's a combination of the three 😃 #sleep #cbd #electrolytes #stress

Pottered down the Forest Way to Tablehurst Farm for some ingredients for tonight's dinner. I don't know why I often forget it's there, should really support local more. Plus, sitting out the back having a snack before walking back was most pleasant in the ☀️ www.tablehurstfarm.org.uk

Arsenal's injury woes continue 🙄

That's February's half marathon out the way. It possibly negates one of the many cakes I ate over the weekend 🍰 #running

The old beer fridge appears to have turned into a Trip fridge. Possibly overdone it a little! 😂 #TripDrinks #cbd

Usually enjoy holidays that include a fair bit of travelling around and exploration. However, seriously considering Mauritius this year. Also trying to get my head beyond the word "winter" when talking about June and July. Mid 20s just doesn't sound very winter-like 🙂

Bought some of these 'Spudos' the other day, have to say I was impressed. Not great for the waistline but I liked them more than the usual suspects. Adding your own flavours reminded me of the ones that came with little sachets back in the day. The 'spud dust' for these ones though 😋 spudos.com

So had early access to Civilization 7 today. Some very disappointing aspects, particularly the UX, which is shocking. I guess the strategy for games these days is to finesse over time but feels like a lot of work needed still #civ7 #civilization7

MicroStrategy have done well over the last few years

5-1 now 😂 #Arsenal

4-1 Havertz 🥳🥳🥳🥳

3-1 Myles Lewis-Skelly 🥳 #Arsenal

Sigh, had to be Haaland 🙄 And while typing, Partey! 🥳

Whoa, great start #Arsenal

Going to 'watch' the Man City game old school, via text updates. Reliving the nostalgia like it's the 90s #Arsenal

Finally received my #Presonus Eris 8BT subwoofer to pair with the Eris 3.5BT speakers. My PC setup now delivers drum and bass that'll rattle the windows, while I can also enjoy #Anjunadeep with pristine clarity. Good thing I live in a detached house!

Took advantage of the sunshine and went for a walk—planned just to go to Forest Row and back. Turned into a 27km #hike through #WinnieThePooh country. Also stopped by Pooh Sticks Bridge, busier than I recall. Crisp sunny days have a way of escalating simple walks! www.strava.com/activities/1...

Getting colder it seems 🥶

Happy #caturday. Tiny is happy the deliveries keep coming 📦📦📦

Lengthy but interesting watch. It's certainly one way of getting exposure to bitcoin in your ISA portfolio #bitcoin #MicroStrategy

Really enjoyed using this tool to sort out my messy Spotify library today and it worked pretty well. Anyone else have other tools they have used to do something similar? #Spotify

We we never going to get away unscathed, let's face it. If the English league had competent referees it might actually help matters though. Alas not. #Arsenal

Had a few hours walk in the Sussex sun this afternoon - a rare blue sky day in the UK. Forest Way was the safest bet to avoid the mud marathon off-piste. Boosting mental wellbeing, one muddy step at a time. Anyone who says the office is better could use a bit of fresh air #MentalWellbeing

Deciding whether to get the advanced access edition of Civilization 7. Played every version since the first on my Atari ST in the '90s—it's been that long. Concerned about microtransactions, but let's be real, I'll end up buying it. Procrastinating because why not? #Civilization7

Finally got around to setting up my Home Assistant Voice to play a random playlist from Spotify, and do so on the media device based on my location. Not ground breaking but working pretty well www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

Can't imagine this post about Elon Musk will be around for long www.facebook.com/1686015532/p...