ianne’s birthday is 3 weeks away and I am so happy that she is managing to find happiness not in wealth but in simple things. Health comes from good sleep and sleep requires a calm mind.

omorrow it’ll be 3 weeks until Rianne’s birthday and exactly 3 weeks since the end of the hearing in London [1, 2]. Many people go on a long holiday this coming week, some had their last day (prior to leave) this past Friday. I’ll be keeping this blog active throughout August as there’s no imminent plan of long-distance travel. The weather here is already good and I have plenty of things to get done.

have taken stock of things we did about half a decade ago or years ago but no longer do. The main ones:

1. Midland Hotel/Spa
2. Shopping in Town
3. Weekly coffee shop trips
4. Massively feeding hundreds of birds (we agreed with the weed-smoking neighbours to reduce the feeding in exchange for them curtailing their weed habit/hobby)
5. Consistently working overnight or at nighttime (we quit that job

Not just the birds (who can look for food elsewhere)

T was exactly 3 weeks ago, a Thursday afternoon, when our barristers explained to a judge Rianne needed to go home to feed the pets. The judge, after some discussion, said he would allow her to return a bit late the following day.

We are grateful that this judge saw the importance of our animals’ welfare.

am going to vote in a few hours, and having spent time preparing articles, today turns out to be very good! Yesterday I produced many stories (some short, some very long) and I’m planning to try to do the same today. So far this year has turned out to be by far the best and most productive year since I became an adult.

People who attempt to slow me down or sadden me are failing. I reckon they already realise this and can evidently see this.

I wonder why Bob Cringely has been so quiet lately. Health problems? Threats?

Let’s wait and see.

“Good question,” a friend has opined. “Those pushing AI [sic] are a very dodgy bunch. So I would suspect threats if anything…”

Quoting further: “Bob was on a roll for a while recently. However, what he was saying was going very strongly against the fantasy story that some very powerful, monied interests have been pushing.”

oday it is time to vote here. It’s also good that we have been getting some light rain overnight – the soil and the plants truly need it.

It turns out last night that yesterday alone I wrote over 50 original articles or short blog posts (across 3 sites). It exceeded my expectations.

T seems like August has already begun and Rianne’s birthday is a few weeks away. Today we expect some publicity and tomorrow we have an election here.

From what I can gather, the platform I’ve promoted for decades is winning the battle of attrition, which means more “mainstreaming”.

I plan to keep this blog increasingly active for the foreseeable future. It was mostly neglected for two decades because of Techrights.