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I like cooking. To say I am “passionate” about it might be an overstatement – one which I might have made some years ago – but without sounding any trumpets I can assuredly say that I do love to cook, and sharing what I cook with friends around a dinner table. I used to think…
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I started playing Magic: the Gathering during lockdown with my flatmate, and we discovered the joys of rich rulesets, fantasy theming, and endless variation of play. I got slightly suckered into buying several expansion boxes to give a good chance of building fun decks to play with, and spent a fair amount of time sorting…
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Get into any special-interest community and there is bound to be some sort of high-level low-key controversy that recent-initiates throw at even-newer beginners as a meagre flex. One such in the fungi appreciation world is what does and does not constitute a mushroom, on a technical level – similar to what happens in the confusing…
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From my recent foray into fermenting drinks with ginger bugs and foraged flowers, I have come to realise a couple of over-generalisations. Firstly, that the recipes for most of not all fermented drinks take the same shape. Secondly, that any flavour that works well with sugar can be turned into a fermented drink. The following…
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Back when I was contracting, I set up a limited company to better segregate my personal finances from my professional ones, and limit any liability arising from my activities. I made a number of rookie mistakes back then, the bare essentials for operating a company. EDIT : in 2025 I am actually coming back to…
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The foraged-food fermentation took a little hiatus as I didn’t have many opportune weekends on which to go grasping at the last of the wild garlic, and I have not yet learned any further worthwhile forageables to put through the process. But the bubbly liquids… I’m building up a proper collection of failures experimentation results.…
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I’m now a few months into some new hobbies, and I reckon it’s about time to check in with myself. I’ve learned quite a bit since December/January (I think?) in a few various different areas. I’ve taken a keen interest in fungi and edible mushrooms in particular, as well as foraging in general, and through…
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How I got interested in fungi – and why I am a pain to go out walking with now.
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I remember at some point having it in my Life Goals to “be a game changer” in my field. I wanted to become a notable developer, known for some fantastic tool that is included as standard in every Linux distro, or influential in some community at large. Cue running to meetups, organising events, doing everything…
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Let me introduce you to a little contraption I built in Tears of the Kingdom: the Cryder ! (because…. tears…. cry…. rider…. OK I suck at naming things) It’s made of two small wheels attached to a wagon wheel; the steering stick is attached to the bottom of the wagon wheel, whilst the stabilizer is…
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