oday we are one week away from September and I will soon ‘push to live’ the new version of “Today in Techrights” and “Over at Tux Machines…”

There seem to be no bugs in these. We still test a number of other things.

There’s also room for more scripting to lessen the manual work.

he insensitive behaviour of Brett Wilson LLP last year [1, 2, 3] was a self-inflicted wound, as it was not the first time, far from it, but this time it was more blatant and likely intentional (they like to attack people during holidays, they effectively weaponise religion). In this particular case it was a mistake as they know that in this sector being seen as antisemitic is career suicide and, to make matters worse, their biggest client is alleged to be profoundly antisemitic. Freedom fighters don’t massacre dogs and civilians.

oday I published 13 posts here, which probably is an all-time high for this blog or “Weblog” that began in 2004. That’s despite the fact we were out for Rianne’s birthday, so at least the day of this record will be a memorable one (the date).

Tomorrow we’ll be back to normal, except still on vacation. No journeys across Town.

Personal stuff isolated:

HE other month (June or July) I began writing many more posts in my personal blog and I didn’t expect it to ramp up this quickly – to the point where today this is the twelfth blog post despite us being outside the home much of the day. The aim was to improve Signal-to-Noise (s/n) ratio in other blogs and it seems to have worked. Fewer but more focused articles elsewhere.

I’ve meanwhile noticed an increase in Geminispace activity, so maybe it’s time to set up a capsule again at home, this time for another site in incubation.

oday we travelled to 3 places (quite distant from one another). One of them had a beach-like feel to it, but Manchester has no beaches, the closest one can get to that are the reservoirs, the boat canal, or the port-like structures in Salford Quays. They’re not too far from central stations, the weather was perfect (blue sky, but not too hot), so we made the most out of it and everything went smoothly for Rianne’s birthday.

9 years ago on the same date we stayed in the centre of Town, but not this time.

Next up we have the September 2024 [1, 2] counterclaim anniversary, then our wedding anniversary, followed by an anniversary in October, another one in November, and then my birthday in December, exactly a week before XMas Eve.

Lots to look forward to. We still need more rain.

wrote to Evri today, early in the morning to be more specific, opening a second ticket after they had made an error by automation. Finally, after a week, I received a reply. Only after opening two tickets and further chasing the first (unhandled) one.

However, it seems to be a template and it refers generally to a lost parcel incident, which isn’t even remotely what this was about! So I wonder if this too is a bot reply. Notice the generic (no name) signature:

Update

260817-046188

Hi Roy,

Thank you for your reply regarding parcel reference .

I’m sorry to hear your parcel still hasn’t been located and I have escalated this with the courier’s manager to be investigated and to ensure this doesn’t happen again. We will try to retrieve the parcel however at this stage it is likely the parcel is unfortunately lost.

I’m sorry that this has happened, we will liaise with the sender to inform them of this outcome. I would recommend you also contact them as it is within their gift to discuss next steps and consider the options available to you.

Once again, I’m sorry for the inconvenience regarding your parcel delivery.

Kind regards,
Evri Customer Services

From what I can gather, they send false bills to many people and hope that some fools will pay the false bills, knowing it would be cheaper than spending half an hour calling them and then spending a lot of money in phone bills (more than the “worth” of the false bill).

Just reading the above generic (and false) reply is itself further waste of time. It speaks of something that was not even reported!

he 24^th of August is Ukraine’s Independence Day, not just Rianne’s birthday. She happens to know someone born on the same day (same year, too, so literally hours apart) and she sometimes sees her.

The birthday of Ukraine represents freedom from Russia or USSR.

Who would excuse the occupation of Ukraine by Russia and why?