Having spent much of 2020 in ‘lockdown’ due to the Covid-18 pandemic the suggestion that there are three more variants of the virus already spreading around the world fills me with less joy than you might imagine. Here in Australia we’ve been fairly lucky on two fronts. One is the sheer size of the country … More More Covid strains on the way?

The wife and I are committed ‘Potterheads’. There are those who suggest because of that we *should* be committed, but that’s another issue. Anyway, we were chatting the other day and she expressed some surprise that there were just so many pre-existing words about magic and what can be described as the magical world. On … More The Magical Lexicon.

It occurs to me that because nobody but myself, well ok, possibly one or two others, will ever read this, I may as well use it for it’s original purpose, i.e. as both a diary and a place to store ideas, memories and whatever else crosses my tiny mind. Look forwards to posts about my … More My life?

I’m always loved reading. I often find myself totally absorbed in the books I pick up, entering almost completely into that universe as if I actually lived it. For example. one of the first books that sucked me in was “Treasure Island”, by Robert Louis Stevenson and bought at a church fair when I was … More Favourite reads.

Australia health has determined the Astra-Zeneca vaccine to be it’s choice weapon against the current variant of the COVID-19 virus (see link 1). However, much as they’re to be lauded for trying to ensure the safety of the population it’s a little concerning that Germany has determined the vaccine *isn’t* recommended for use with those … More Issues with the COVId-19 vaccine to be used on Australia?

I’ve never bothered to read up on the filibuster until today. Having said that, I *was* aware of it, vaguely recalling the issue from the 1939 movie “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” starring James Stewart where he spoke for 25 hours attempting to defeat an appropriations bill he objected to. The entire notion of the … More The Filibuster… what??

As far as I can make out, Google is threatening to suspend all news searches because the government wants them to pay for access to the stories. You can see why. Content creators pay for reporters, editors, printing, office space etc and depend on advertising to provide an income stream to stay in business. If … More Google to censor News Sources?

Decided it’s time to stop the pointless rambling on and on about TPP and the way the site looks and concentrate on *real* content. So, from here on in, even tho there’ll be more more rants and rambles, they’ll hopefully be related to other, more diverse topics. 😀

Seems TPP have finally come to the party and have reinstated some of the sites they’d messed up… back in 2017!! If they ever get the majority done I’ll be pleased… sort of… even if I intend to finally let them lapse! However, we are yet to face the issue that they allowed several to … More Well now…

In theory I have 20+ domains under TPP. In fact they are in suspension of a sort because when TPP took over Under Global they made a complete dogs dinner of it. I was so annoyed I pretty much ignored the entire thing for three years until I decided I’d like to take web design … More Crazy times