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Every now and then, I’m reminded of values.

I know I missed a couple of blogs recently but alas, I was busy and totally forgot all about it.

Thursday again.

… or at least it was for me.

For the past few years, I’ve really bulked up my CD collection.

While I’ve never signed up to a paid subscription of Spotify (or similar streaming music service), I’ve missed having ready-access to my music collection for a long time now.

Recently, I’ve been really getting into disc golf.

I’ve never been one for ’new year’s resolutions’.

Scientific Name: Helleborus x iburgensis ‘Anna’s Red’ Description A deep red colour to sit alongside our ‘regular’ greeny coloured Winter Rose.

Scientific Name: Hellebores Description Great plant for shady spots and beautiful blooms in Winter.

Scientific Name: Nasturtium officinale Description Grows well until the caterpillars get hold of it.

So I picked up a few old PC components - mostly Socket A era circa 2001 - and whilst I battle with various buggy motherboards from the era (probably due to bad capacitors which plauged everything at that time it seems), I’ve been thinking about the various

I’m having a bit of a nostalgia moment.

I was drawn to a spoken word sample a few years ago, but didn’t learn about it’s source until later on.

A little while ago I wrote about My favourite YouTube channels right now (in fact, that was almost exactly 1 year!)

There’s something a little bit magical about being in the office.

Lately I’ve been reading Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony which is the autobiography of Akio Morita, co-founder and former chairman of Sony Corporation.

Lately I’ve been looking into NAS (Network Attached Storage) for home so that I can access my files from any computer at home.

This is a bit of a thought experiment.

Scientific name: Solanum tuberosum Description Bought a cheap $3 discounted bag of seed potatoes, lets see how they go!

Description Had a good season and then collected the seeds, now growing from seeds, very slowly!

Description Instant Thai restaurant fragrance.

Scientific Name: Zantedeschia aethiopica Description Declared weed but seems to grow in quite a controlled manner in our yard.

Next time you’re on the road, look around you.

So I haven’t posted about leadership training for a while now, so it’s probably a good time to get back into sharing my thoughts and experiences.

Super quick post today, could probably be a tweet, but eh!

This is less of a guide, more of an ‘oh, it can work’ experiment.

I was chatting at a recent family gathering about some of the great content on YouTube - to the point where I’ve practically given up on regular “TV” (streaming or broadcast) and go seeking for other interesting content from outside of the ‘regular’ media…

Today’s post is a deep-dive into the late Robert Miles, a driving force in the formation of dream house and someone whose music I’ve spent far too much time listening to over the years!

Scientific Name: Commelina cyanea Description A weedy native that grows rather well in shade… this one has pretty blue flowers, not to be confused with the invasive white variety which is not a native plant.

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum Description White Nancy' Source Chatswood Plant Market Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamium_maculatum

Description Source Unknown Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens

Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia Description We have two colours which are twisted into each other, so you get a combo of pink and purple flowers at the same time.

This document aims to test a custom JavaScript-based Markdown editor which is easy to use and covers all features supported by Hugo, the fastest static site generator.

Description Our freezer is full of Garlic, but you can always have some more!

Description A couple of local houses seems to grow them well in their front yards - so we thought we’d give eggplant a go too.

Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum Description Amazing flavour from these chillis.

This post was inspired by one of my mates, Boyter and his post about intern interview questions.

I was reading this article in The New Yorker the other day and I suddenly felt inspired to write my own reflection.

Description Amazing fragrance and super large blooms in it’s first year.

Well, I thought I would have more time for this, but as luck would have it, I’m writing this on a mere 2.5 hours away from the magic midnight-new-year deadline.

For some background, I run a small web design/hosting/what-have-you business on the side of my main career.

Description A slow but lovely number!

So it’s been pretty much 8 months to the day since we entered the “everybody work from home” era of 2020.

Description ‘Eureka’.

Recently I’ve been following the trend on collecting “big box” PC games.

I found this book (505 Unbelievably Stupid Web P@ges) on my bookshelf from 2003 (it was a gift at the time) and I really doubt many of the sites from back then are still around today.

Scientific Name: Spathiphyllum Description Because everyone needs an indoor peace lily plant.

So, this whole ‘work from home’ thing is working out OK yeah?

Scientific Name: Prunus domestica Description Very pretty in Spring when the snow white blossoms come out.