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The Muppets Christmas Carol
As anyone who has seen it will attest, the Muppet’s Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the story. Dickens’s version, whilst competent, fails in…
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Guest Post: Stephen Palmer
I suppose Brian Eno is best known for his contribution to music; and a lot of it is great music. I always think of him…
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The Food Bin
This is a green bag. A green bag of food waste. The green bag contains things like potato peelings and leftover scraps: the sort of…
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Pen to Print Event
Pen to Print: A Conversation with Tony Ballantyne and Eithne Cullen Thursday 18th November 2021 13:00-15:00 I’ll be reading from and talking about Midway, and leading…
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Genesis
On Friday night I saw Genesis for what will probably be the last time. It was was an excellent, though flawed, gig. Excellent because of…
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Productivity Overview
My second most popular post ever describes my Emacs Writing Setup. (My most popular post, if you’re interested, is this one.) I wrote five novels…
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Productivity 2021
My second most popular post ever describes my Emacs Writing Setup. (My most popular post, if you’re interested, is this one.) I wrote five novels…
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You’re using folders and tags the wrong way round
According to Ian Small, CEO of Evernote, only 5% of Evernote users use tags. Evernote is not the only application that uses tags and folders,…
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Seduced by Productivity
I feel that I’ve been seduced by productivity. It’s been a gradual process. It began when I discovered GTD. At the time I was swamped…
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Educational Research
Why not do your own educational research? It’s easier than you might think. Just follow the steps below. 1: Choose a hypothesis. This is the…
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Running Obsidian on a VirtualBox Windows 98 Image
My mother unearthed a load of old CD ROMs in her attic over Christmas. She was a big fan of adventure games, in particular MYST…








