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Jan 3, 2025:
PC Games I liked in 2024
This isn’t “The Game Awards” because I didn’t play every game that came out, even though I tried to. I’ll be using the …
Jan 2, 2025:
Getting my own domain
The first step to getting on the IndieWeb is to have your own domain. This is an easy step for me because I’ve already got one, so I thought …
Jan 2, 2025:
The plan
I was stuck on a problem at work, I forget what, and I was on someone’s blog reading their post about it. By the end of it they’d helped …
Jan 1, 2025:
My blog in 2024
A retrospective on blogging in 2024.
Jan 1, 2025: Happy New Year 🥳 I will be posting more in 2025. That’s not a resolution, just a coincidence.
Jul 4, 2024:
weeknotes 003
I cycled 50 miles for weeknotes 003.
Jul 4, 2024:
on cycling 50 miles in a week
50 miles in a week isn’t much of a cycling achievement. Most cyclists are training for 100 miles in one go.
Jul 3, 2024:
on microblogging a trip
I’m still working out blogging, micro or not.
Jul 3, 2024: The easiest way to avoid mistakes whilst blogging is to not post anything, but that’s also a mistake. I hit publish on bad at blogging and …
Jul 3, 2024:
don't follow me
I genuinely don’t think you should be following me. It’s a bit weird.
Jul 3, 2024:
bad at blogging
Jun 20, 2024: Hiked the West Highland Way. 96 miles from Milngavie to Fort William.
Jun 20, 2024: Rested, showered and caffeinated. Ready for day 7. 25km to Fort William.
Jun 19, 2024: Made it to Kinlochleven. Should have eaten more than just Skittles and Scottish Tablet for lunch. Tired.
Jun 19, 2024: Day 6 involves breakfast at Glencoe mountain resort, Kingshouse Inn, and dealing with a low phone battery.
Jun 18, 2024: Misty mountain wild camp.
Jun 18, 2024: Day 5 and I’d hoped for a massive day, doing 2 stages in one go to bring the total down from 8 days to 7, but I’ve woken up feeling a bit run down. …
Jun 18, 2024: Day summaries have been postponed until after the trip. They take too long to write on a phone and I have walking to do.
Jun 17, 2024: Haggis, Neeps and Tatties at the Tyndrum Inn.
Jun 17, 2024: Even later start to day 4 but I treated myself to a full Scottish breakfast. 19km today. Apparently days 2 and 3 are the toughest walking sections so …
Jun 16, 2024: Made it to Beinglas in time for dinner.
Jun 16, 2024: Loch Lomond
Jun 16, 2024: You’re not allowed to camp at this perfect little camp spot and then sit on the perfectly located bench beside it because it’s on this side of the …
Jun 16, 2024: Breakfast banana from Bocsa Bean in Rowardennan. And a coffee of course. I was impressed that the whole trailer’s powered by the electric car parked …
Jun 16, 2024: Today’s just as long as yesterday and yet I’m setting off an hour later 🥴 Should still make it before sunset.
Jun 16, 2024: Morning. Day 2 summary needs to wait until I find WiFi.
Jun 15, 2024: A long and undulating second day. Cheers! ⛺️
Jun 15, 2024: Sandwich stop in Balmaha. Which is a fantastic word to shout in a bad Scottish accent.
Jun 15, 2024: Loch Lomond from Conic Hill. Half way through today’s route.
Jun 15, 2024: These Aloe Vera ear plugs blocked out most of the snoring and noisy sleeping pads at the camp site last night. Nothing could stop the 4:30 alarm from …
Jun 14, 2024: Well this is a first. Night 1 of the West Highland Way for me is a stay at Drymen Camping, eating pizza in my tent. 🍕⛺️
Jun 14, 2024: Off to a very damp start. 3rd time doing the rain jacket on and then off again dance. 92 miles to go.
Jun 14, 2024: I’m walking The West Highland Way. Almost 100 miles, should take about a week, so this is now a hiking and camping micro blog.
Jun 14, 2024: The 2 late week notes are delayed yet again. I’d hoped to write them on the train but the views heading to Scotland were too good to ignore.
Jun 3, 2024: At least I can see the way down. ⛰️ Moel Siabod
Jun 3, 2024: I climbed 872 metres for these views. ⛰️Moel Siabod
May 31, 2024: Coffee and my first ever I-cycled-50-miles-in-a-week-biscuit. Day 5/5 complete.
May 30, 2024: Found a secret beach. It’s on Komoot and is pretty well sign-posted from the path, but it’s a secret. Day 4/5 complete.
May 29, 2024: I climbed a 10% hill. I then had to bask in the glory of my accomplishment for a minute. Day 3/5 complete.
May 28, 2024: Coach asked if a photo every day was necessary? I’m undecided. Day 2/5 complete.
May 27, 2024: Bank holiday by the sea.
May 27, 2024: Coach says if I want to cycle 50 miles in a day I must first cycle 50 miles. So I’ve split it over 5 days. Day 1/5 complete. 🚲
May 27, 2024: Got any tips for getting started with RSS readers? I’ve installed NetNewsWire on my phone and laptop and they sync from FreshRSS which is …
May 26, 2024:
Weeknotes 002
Another missed opportunity to photograph my food.
Another weeknotes.
May 20, 2024: Setting up my Micro.blog sub-domain using IaC, Terraform and Cloudflare The last step to setting up my new Micro.blog was to use it from my own domain. I debated using it exclusively at paultibbetts.uk but I want to work …
May 19, 2024: Weeknotes 001 Weeknotes are for when you’re eating sushi and forget to take a photo and then later you decide you should tell people about it because it was …
May 13, 2024: What I'm doing right now Sabbatical I’m currently on a three month sabbatical from work. I’ve been there for over five years and wanted a little break to work on …
May 8, 2024: One week of touch typing ⌨️ I thought I knew how to type. For years I’ve been able to type without looking at the keys and I could get used to a new keyboard in hours, if …
May 2, 2024: It’s new keyboard day! I ordered a Glove80 with Red switches from MoErgo on the 23rd of April and got it in the UK 10 days later. It’s …
May 2, 2024: Japanese-style sandwich bread 🍞 The recipe’s from JapanEasy Bowls & Bento by Tim Anderson 📚 Most definitely not authentic and not very …
Apr 25, 2024: The Kailh Choc switches I ordered from China finally arrived. Pro Red (right) seemed too light so I’ve gone for Red (left) for my new keyboard. …
Apr 21, 2024: Hello, micro.blog! My name’s Paul. I’m a DevOps Engineer - whatever that means. I backed Micro.blog on Kickstarter all that time ago but …
Apr 21, 2024: Hello, World! 👋